A wnaiff y Gweinidog ddatgan faint o arian sydd wedi'i ddyrannu drwy'r Gronfa Cymorth Dewisol ers mis Mawrth 2020, gyda dadansoddiad o'r cyllid a ddyranwyd yn benodol drwy'r Taliad Cymorth Brys a'r Taliad Cymorth Unigol?
I am replying as responsibility for the DAF falls within my portfolio. Between March 2020 and December 2020, the Discretionary Assistance Fund has made a total of 154,791 awards with a value of £16.38m in grant funding. Of these awards, 149,708 relate to Emergency Assistance Payments totalling £10.347m and 5,083 relate to Individual Assistance Payments totalling £6.033m.
The total number of applications, awards and funding spent since April 2016 to December 2020 is broken down in the table below:
|
Financial Year |
Total Applications |
Total Awards |
Total Allocated Spend |
|
2016-2017 |
64,882 |
31,192 |
£7.29m |
|
2017-2018 |
74,561 |
39,106 |
£7.48m |
|
2018-2019 |
117,742 |
58,934 |
£7.49m |
|
2019-2020 |
182,395 |
77,892 |
£10.57m |
|
2020-2021 (April to December only) |
266,755 |
154,791 |
£16.38m |