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Would that be considered a public fund?

Would that be considered a public fund?

No. 

Here's the list.

Public funds include a range of benefits that are given to people on a low income, as well as housing support. These are:

    income-based jobseeker’s allowance
    income support
    child tax credit
    universal credit
    working tax credit
    a social fund payment
    child benefit
    housing benefit
    council tax benefit
    council tax reduction
    domestic rate relief (Northern Ireland)
    state pension credit
    attendance allowance
    severe disablement allowance
    personal independence payment
    carer’s allowance
    disability living allowance
    an allocation of local authority housing
    local authority homelessness assistance
 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-funds--2/public-funds

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