CRISIS GRANTS HIT RECORD HIGH OVER LOCKDOWN

CRISIS GRANTS HIT RECORD HIGH OVER LOCKDOWN

The Scottish Welfare Fund made 1,570 crisis grant payments to people in West Lothian in the last financial quarter – an increase of 27% on last year - to help pay for essentials such as food, heating costs, and household necessities. 

 

Latest figures show that the Scottish Welfare Fund has paid out a total of 25,860 crisis grants to West Lothian households since it was established 2013. 

 

The Scottish Welfare Fund awarded £5.2 million in crisis grants across Scotland between April and June 2020, up 77 per cent on the same period last year - after Scottish Government increased the amount of funding available for the fund. 

 

Angela Constance MSP said:

 

“The Scottish Welfare Fund is an important example of the kind of action the Scottish Government has taken to ensure there is additional financial support in place for people across West Lothian coping with the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Scottish Government will continue to do everything in our power to tackle poverty and support people to get through this challenging time.”

 

 

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Notes: 

 

Local Authority	Apr to Jun 2020	Increase - April to June 2020 compared with April to June 2019		Total since April 2013
Scotland1	53,590	20,645	63%	841,040
Aberdeen City	2,975	1,085	57%	44,140
Aberdeenshire	1,065	250	30%	19,210
Angus	745	210	39%	14,145
Argyll & Bute	225	45	27%	7,885
Clackmannanshire	665	310	88%	7,410
Dumfries & Galloway	1,720	675	65%	23,495
Dundee City	1,890	955	102%	30,110
East Ayrshire	1,035	230	29%	25,460
East Dunbartonshire	660	355	116%	8,760
East Lothian	665	125	23%	11,455
East Renfrewshire	150	65	80%	2,650
Edinburgh2	8,015	5,735	252%	57,110
Eilean Siar	60	30	94%	1,225
Falkirk	815	305	59%	20,305
Fife	6,575	2,385	57%	79,615
Glasgow City	9,320	3,905	72%	121,285
Highland	650	150	30%	20,745
Inverclyde	815	225	38%	16,475
Midlothian	815	125	19%	16,290
Moray	325	15	4%	11,020
North Ayrshire	1,075	60	6%	29,720
North Lanarkshire3	2,840	(205)	7%	76,880
Orkney	25	15	93%	465
Perth & Kinross	1,235	645	109%	17,390
Renfrewshire	2,295	395	21%	50,125
Scottish Borders	440	225	104%	9,265
Shetland	15	(25)	68%	870
South Ayrshire	790	305	64%	13,400
South Lanarkshire	1,160	285	32%	29,335
Stirling	695	225	48%	14,355
West Dunbartonshire	2,255	1,205	115%	34,580
West Lothian4	1,570	335	27%	25,860

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