Household Support Fund Phase 7 data shows how financial support was distributed to city residents by Leicester City Council. The fund provided targeted support for food, energy and water bills, and essential items like white goods. This phase of the scheme ran from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the allocation of local welfare funds based on the described spend criteria.
- Mapping the distribution of support for essential items like white goods based on the fund's purpose.
- Assessing the reach of targeted financial support for households at risk of economic crisis.
- Comparing local authority administration of central government funds based on the described DWP-provided criteria.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific, defined program period from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026.
- Dataset originates from a specific local authority, Leicester City Council, providing geographic focus.
- The fund's purpose and supported categories (food, energy/water bills, white goods) are clearly described.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Leicester City Council
- Collection Method
- Administered by local authorities based on spend criteria provided by the UK Department for Work and Pensions.
- Time Range
- 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-17 11:35:38.180608; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Leicester City, United Kingdom