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<p>Since 2015-16 Local Welfare Provision funding has been rolled into Revenue Support
Grant. This decision was made to further simplify and decentralise funding, because
local authorities know better how to make good local decisions to help vulnerable
people</p><p><br>The Ministry does not give local authorities specific direction about
what to spend revenue support grant on. Local authorities are open to spend non ringfenced
funding as they see fit to meet local priorities, and are accountable to their local
electorate for their spending. However, we do publish data on total expenditure on
Local Welfare Assistance Schemes by each local authority, which is available through
the link below in each year to 2017/18.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Flocal-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing&data=02%7C01%7CGrace.Death%40communities.gov.uk%7C0e469d514fa9467e19e508d74b23f91b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637060490179823743&sdata=lw3mOsC8Z2Ro1TAckvqPAzfS1JYs5yINbJ3UMUquAYg%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing.</a></p>
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