Last updated November 2018
Annual Report on the Social Fund 2017-18
In the last year the Social Fund has provided over £625.3 million to support families on low income with certain one-off or occasional expenses through Budgeting Loans, Sure Start Maternity Grants, Funeral Expenses Payments and Cold Weather Payments. Winter Fuel Payments continued to provide an additional £2 billion to support older people in meeting their heating costs.