Social Fund (UK)

For other uses, see Social Fund (disambiguation).

The Social Fund in the UK was a form of welfare benefit provision payable for exceptional or intermittent needs, in addition to regular payments such as Jobseeker's Allowance or Income Support.

The United Kingdom coalition government abolished the discretionary social fund with effect from April 2013, by means of legislation contained in the Welfare Reform Act 2012.[1] Community care grants and crisis loans were abolished from April 2013 and instead funding was made available to local authorities in England and to the devolved administrations to provide such assistance in their areas as they saw fit.[2]

  1. ^ Welfare Reform Act 2012, ss.70-73.
  2. ^ House of Commons Library (2012) Localisation of the Social Fund, Standard Note: SN06413, Steven Kennedy, Social policy section. Available at: Parliament website (accessed 7 November 2012).