Discretionary Assistance Fund Framework Agreement
What the buyer wrote
The UK Government’s Welfare Reform Act 2012 abolished the discretionary Social Fund, which was administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and replaced parts of it (crisis loans and community care grants) with new locally based provision. From April 2013 funding for the Social Fund was devolved to the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and to local authorities in England. The Discretionary Assistance Fund was established and has operated as the replacement scheme in Wales since 2013. The fund comprises two distinct elements: - Emergency Assistance Payments (EAP) – which provide assistance with an emergency or disaster situation when there is an immediate threat to healt…
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Discretionary Assistance Fund Framework Agreement
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Framework
- Yes: joining it lets you bid for call-offs without a new tender each time
- Where
- in Wales
Who the buyer named
Ceryl Williams was the named contact on this notice.