We provide access to debt counselling, income maximisation support, money advice and welfare benefit advice services.  

We design and deliver services against statutory and non-statutory plans, that outline the main actions and improvements the service are required to deliver to support Council priorities and local neighbourhoods

West Dunbartonshire Council Benefit and Debt Information and Advice Service Three-Year Plan 2025 – 2028 

Our Annual Service Plan outlines our objectives and the activities to ensure that we deliver money advice and information services in West Dunbartonshire for the year ahead.

Key Progress Indicators 2025-26

Here are some of our key achievements:

  • 3,277 local people supported
  • 6,029 total cases addressed
  • £9,337,471 total value of income generated
  • £1,348,076 value of new debt managed

Here are a few of our other key progress indicators for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026:

Progress Indicators 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
Progress Indicator Achieved
Number of Local People supported, with a disability or health issues 2,978
Percentage of local people with increased or sustained income through reduced debt liability/debt management 81.1%
Success Rate - All Claims 95.4%
Number of Mandatory Reconsideration Before Appeal Representations 46
Success rate - Mandatory Reconsideration Before Appeal cases 74.2%
Number of Appeal Representations 17
Success Rate - Appeal Cases 100%

Customer Satisfaction

We want to use feedback from those who use our services. We will use the information in our 2025-26 Customer Satisfaction Report to shape provision going forward.

If you have used our Money service and have not already completed a survey, please take a few minutes to tell us what you think by completing our satisfaction survey.

This will help us identify where we are delivering services well or where we need to make improvements.