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Data Provider: Welsh Government Management Information Discretionary Assistance Fund by Local authority - Quarterly data (April 2023 Onwards)
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Isle of Anglesey9468529581,210998769411747
Blaenau Gwent2,1821,8052,1382,6542,6071,7689931,672
Bridgend2,6452,3752,6163,2643,2332,1831,1501,948
Caerphilly3,7433,1453,5454,5054,2753,0431,6193,147
Cardiff7,2646,6447,0668,9828,6585,9063,2825,175
Carmarthenshire2,3052,1802,5742,9992,8822,1221,1911,784
Ceredigion483469556574570410262349
Conwy1,5721,3831,6862,0751,8781,3517861,246
Denbighshire1,6501,4721,8502,2211,8881,2977831,287
Flintshire1,8691,7282,0712,6302,3691,6439771,534
Gwynedd1,5251,2691,6172,1011,9201,2227591,268
Merthyr Tydfil2,1751,6241,8122,4002,2871,5357881,578
Monmouthshire7467068991,051982708378674
Neath Port Talbot3,0002,6232,8693,5013,4742,4791,3042,226
Newport4,2753,6994,0675,2164,8983,4051,7723,019
Pembrokeshire1,1791,0961,2911,5271,401954596959
Powys7958278481,059968756487744
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff6,1394,8875,6646,9076,8444,4982,4034,298
Swansea4,6093,9774,4805,6345,3673,6971,9393,410
Torfaen1,9291,8122,0482,6442,3041,6981,0091,595
Vale of Glamorgan1,9771,7841,9342,6262,4181,6819391,640
Wrexham3,1682,6573,0873,6323,6282,4981,3282,197

Metadata

General description

The Discretionary Assistance Fund (DAF) offers two types of grant. Individual Assistance Payments (IAPs) help people live independently in their home or a property that they are moving into. Emergency Assistance Payments (EAPs) help pay for essential costs, such as food, gas, electricity, clothing or emergency travel.

From 1 April 2023 all applicants will be eligible for 3 payments in a 12-month rolling period. (This will include all EAP awards previously received within the past 12 months). Since 2020, people impacted by the pandemic or the loss of the £20 Universal Credit uplift have been able to receive 5 payments. These 3 payments will be at a higher value with an 11% inflationary increase given to all EAP awards. The 28-day gap between application dates will reduce to 7 days for all applicants. These changes are to allow for short and successive use of the fund in a time of crisis or emergency.

Data collection and calculation

DAF data is supplied to the Welsh Government by our service provider NEC Software Solutions UK.

Frequency of publication

Quarterly

Statistical quality

DAF data is supplied to the Welsh Government by our service provider NEC Software Solutions UK. The data does not go through any formal validation processes and therefore is not published as a National Statistic.

To ensure the timely reporting of DAF figures the number and values of payments refer to approved applications not applications which have been paid. This means the value of payments in this report may differ from the final amount paid to recipients.

Title

Discretionary Assistance Fund by Local authority - Quarterly data (April 2023 Onwards)

Last update

June 2025
 June 2025

Next update

September 2025


Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.inclusion@gov.wales

Designation

Management information

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Keywords

DAF