Guidance

The Crisis and Resilience Fund Management Information (combined) data

Published 13 January 2026

Applies to England

Delivery plan

Section/strand: Governance

Table	Data request	Data type
1 – Local authority (LA) details	LA name	LA drop-down
2 – Reporting period	Return date	Date template returned
3 – Section 151 Officer sign off	Section 151 Officer sign off	Typed signature, Section 151 Officer email
4 – Governance	Cabinet member sign off	Cabinet member name, cabinet member email, cabinet member approval, Section 151 Officer copied into the email
5 – Totals	Not applicable	Pre-populated

Section/strand: Planned activity and spend

Table	Data request	Data type
6 – Anticipated spend split by the Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) strand	Anticipated spend	Crisis scheme, Housing Payments costs, resilience building investments, Community Coordination costs, admin costs
7 – Planned activity for each CRF strand	Planned activities	Crisis scheme, Housing Payments, resilience strands intended outcomes, Community Coordination, admin, further information

Note: District councils will not be required to complete Delivery Plans for the Department for Work and Pensions.

Management Information

Section/strand: Governance and admin

Table	Data request	Data type
1 – LA details	LA name	LA drop-down
2 – Reporting period	Return date	Reporting period, date template returned
3 – Section 151 Officer sign off	Section 151 Officer sign off	Typed signature, Section 151 Officer email
4 – Governance	Section 151 Officer sign off	Section 151 Officer included in email, Single Point of Contact email
5 – Admin expenditure	Admin expenditure	Crisis, resilience and Community Coordination scheme admin costs, evaluation costs, Housing Payments admin costs
6 - Totals	Housing Payments contribution from the core CRF	Contribution to Housing Payment from the core CRF funding and pre-populated
7 – Notes	-	Free text

Section/strand: Crisis support

Table	Data request	Data type
8 – Crisis strand total spend	Actual spend	Spend on crisis strand
9 – Number of applications	Application volumes	Received, awarded, refused
10 – Application routes	Application route volumes	Online, phone, in-person, other
11 – Spend by support type	Actual spend	Application based spend, non-application based spend
12 – Time from application to award	Application volumes (successful applications)	48 hours or less, more than 48 hours (excluding in-kind goods)
13 – Volume of recipients by number of previous awards	Application volumes (repeat applications within a 12-month period)	No previous awards, 1 previous award, 2 or more previous awards
14a – Awards made by presenting crisis	Award volumes	Disaster, accident or health emergency, household relationship breakdown, essential item breakdown, unexpected loss of income, other
14b – Spend by presenting crisis	Actual spend	Disaster, accident or health emergency, household relationship breakdown, essential item breakdown, unexpected loss of income, other
15a – Awards by support method	Award volumes	Cash, voucher, in-kind, other
15b – Spend by support method	Actual spend	Cash, voucher, in-kind, other
16a – Awards by crisis need	Award volumes	Food, essential item or wider essentials, furniture or appliances, rent or housing crisis, essential transport, priority debt or bills crisis, essential utilities, other.
16b – Spend by crisis need	Actual spend	Food, essential item or wider essentials, furniture/appliances, rent or housing crisis, essential transport, priority debt or bills crisis, essential utilities, other.
17a – Award demographics	Award volumes	Awards to support children, pensioners, disabled persons, other individuals; employment recipients, recipients not in employment; benefit recipients, non-benefit recipients
17b – Spend demographics	Actual spend	Spend to support children, pensioners, disabled persons, other individuals; employment recipients, recipients not in employment; benefit recipients, non-benefit recipients

Section/strand: Housing Payments

Table	Data request	Data type
18 – Housing Payments total spend	Actual spend	Expenditure on the CRF Housing Payment for the reporting period from allocation (excluding admin spend), LA contribution to Housing Payments above allocation (external to the CRF), contribution to Housing Payments from the core CRF funding for unitary authorities, metropolitan and London borough councils, and district councils
19 – Housing Payment volume breakdown	Application and award volumes	Number of applications, number of awards, optional breakdowns
20 – Housing Payments one-off and repeated awards	Awards and expenditure	Number of awards, expenditure (optional)
21 – Housing Payments: time from application to award	Award volumes	Up to 2 weeks, 2 weeks to a month, 1 month to 2 months, more than 2 months (optional)
22 – Housing Payments: demographics	Award and expenditure	Private rented sector, social rented sector, temporary accommodation or moving out of temporary accommodation or supported housing, other (optional)
23 – Housing Payments spend breakdown	Actual spend and comments	Benefit cap, removal of spare room subsidy, Local Housing Allowance reform, combination, other

Section/strand: Resilience - Data

Table	Data request	Data type
24 – Resilience total spend	Actual spend	Total resilience spend
25 – Access routes	Award volumes	Referred from crisis support or Housing Payments, self-referred, proactive route, third party organisations, elsewhere.
26a – Resilience building category	Number of individuals accessed	Reduced experiences of material deprivation, reduced need for emergency food parcels, increased access to appropriate and quality services, increased savings, reduction in priority debt, maximisation of individuals’ incomes, decreased need for Crisis Payments and Housing Payments, other
26b – Resilience building category	Actual spend	Reduced experiences of material deprivation, reduced need for emergency food parcels, increased access to appropriate and quality services, increased savings, reduction in priority debt, maximisation of individuals’ incomes, decreased need for Crisis Payments and Housing Payments, other
27 – Individuals accessing services, demographics	Number of individuals accessed	Services provided to support children, pensioners, disabled persons, other individuals; employed recipients, recipients not in employment; benefit recipients, non-benefit recipients

Section/strand: Resilience - Outcomes

Table	Data request	Data type
28 – Resilience outcomes evidence	Resilience outcomes evidence	Free text, Reduced experiences of material deprivation, reduced need for emergency food parcels, increased access to appropriate and quality services, increased savings, reduction in priority debt, maximisation of individuals’ incomes, decreased need for Crisis Payments and Housing Payments

Section/strand: Community Coordination

Table	Data request	Data type
29 – Community Coordination strand total spend and volume of initiatives	-	Total spent on bolstering Community Coordination, volume of Community Coordination initiatives
30 – Community Coordination spend breakdown	Spend and activity	Free text