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S9/2022: Mid-year Discretionary Housing Payments government contribution for English and Welsh local authorities for the financial year ending March 2023
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Introduction
1. This circular provides details of the mid-year government contribution and overall expenditure limit for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) for the financial year ending (FYE) March 2023 for local authorities (LAs) in England and Wales.
Background
2. DHPs have been available to LAs since 2001 to help claimants who may need additional support with housing costs.
3. The total DHP funding for England and Wales for FYE March 2023 is £100 million. We made the first allocations totalling £98 million in April 2022. This is detailed in circular HB S1/2022.
4. We are now allocating the remaining £2 million of DHP funding in line with the approach taken for allocating the initial £98 million with a flat rate reduction compared to funding for the previous year.
5. Annex A provides the FYE March 2023 mid-year DHP government contribution LA allocations.
Payment of government contribution DHP funding
6. In accordance with the department’s standard DHP reconciliation and payment process, the second and final instalment of DHP funding will be paid in late November 2022.
Annex A
FYE March 2023 mid-year DHP government contribution LA allocations.
| LA | Mid-year (£2 million) DHP allocation for FYE March 2023 | Total (£100 million) DHP allocation for FYE March 2023 | Top-up limit (x2.5) for total (£100 million allocation) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | £1,786 | £87,973 | £219,933 |
| Allerdale | £2,852 | £140,471 | £351,178 |
| Amber Valley | £2,495 | £122,855 | £307,138 |
| Arun | £4,587 | £225,903 | £564,758 |
| Ashfield | £3,025 | £148,984 | £372,460 |
| Ashford | £3,990 | £196,507 | £491,268 |
| Babergh | £1,758 | £86,572 | £216,430 |
| Barking and Dagenham | £14,777 | £727,763 | £1,819,408 |
| Barnet | £29,948 | £1,474,953 | £3,687,383 |
| Barnsley | £7,904 | £389,289 | £973,223 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | £1,453 | £71,566 | £178,915 |
| Basildon | £6,570 | £323,563 | £808,908 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £4,702 | £231,553 | £578,883 |
| Bassetlaw | £2,543 | £125,261 | £313,153 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £3,924 | £193,278 | £483,195 |
| Bedford | £4,832 | £237,954 | £594,885 |
| Bexley | £7,829 | £385,556 | £963,890 |
| Birmingham | £54,604 | £2,689,243 | £6,723,108 |
| Blaby | £1,280 | £63,060 | £157,650 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £4,614 | £227,242 | £568,105 |
| Blackpool | £3,910 | £192,583 | £481,458 |
| Blaenau Gwent | £2,846 | £140,170 | £350,425 |
| Bolsover | £1,882 | £92,696 | £231,740 |
| Bolton £9,335 | £459,755 | £1,149,388 | |
| Boston | £1,533 | £75,494 | £188,735 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £13,100 | £645,158 | £1,612,895 |
| Bracknell Forest | £2,912 | £143,414 | £358,535 |
| Bradford | £17,218 | £847,980 | £2,119,950 |
| Braintree | £3,624 | £178,477 | £446,193 |
| Breckland | £2,846 | £140,158 | £350,395 |
| Brent | £32,897 | £1,620,155 | £4,050,388 |
| Brentwood | £1,846 | £90,930 | £227,325 |
| Bridgend | £5,245 | £258,312 | £645,780 |
| Brighton and Hove | £13,107 | £645,514 | £1,613,785 |
| Bristol, City of | £15,043 | £740,869 | £1,852,173 |
| Broadland | £1,680 | £82,733 | £206,833 |
| Bromley | £10,416 | £512,968 | £1,282,420 |
| Bromsgrove | £1,266 | £62,332 | £155,830 |
| Broxbourne | £5,241 | £258,140 | £645,350 |
| Broxtowe | £1,698 | £83,603 | £209,008 |
| Buckinghamshire | £12,662 | £623,616 | £1,559,040 |
| Burnley | £3,015 | £148,472 | £371,180 |
| Bury | £4,253 | £209,441 | £523,603 |
| Caerphilly | £6,889 | £339,277 | £848,193 |
| Calderdale | £6,917 | £340,648 | £851,620 |
| Cambridge | £2,806 | £138,217 | £345,543 |
| Camden | £12,641 | £622,578 | £1,556,445 |
| Cannock Chase | £1,734 | £85,409 | £213,523 |
| Canterbury | £4,015 | £197,748 | £494,370 |
| Cardiff | £15,869 | £781,533 | £1,953,833 |
| Carlisle | £1,710 | £84,233 | £210,583 |
| Carmarthenshire | £5,448 | £268,324 | £670,810 |
| Castle Point | £3,008 | £148,138 | £370,345 |
| Central Bedfordshire | £5,026 | £247,516 | £618,790 |
| Ceredigion | £1,795 | £275,132 | £687,830 |
| Charnwood | £2,750 | £135,431 | £338,578 |
| Chelmsford | £4,120 | £202,891 | £507,228 |
| Cheltenham | £2,161 | £106,443 | £266,108 |
| Cherwell | £3,805 | £187,383 | £468,458 |
| Cheshire East | £7,079 | £348,661 | £871,653 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £7,625 | £375,530 | £938,825 |
| Chesterfield | £2,852 | £140,446 | £351,115 |
| Chichester | £2,959 | £145,722 | £364,305 |
| Chorley | £2,164 | £106,566 | £266,415 |
| City of London | £276 | £13,611 | £34,028 |
| Colchester | £5,256 | £258,862 | £647,155 |
| Conwy | £3,580 | £176,335 | £440,838 |
| Copeland | £2,346 | £115,528 | £288,820 |
| Cornwall | £15,335 | £755,235 | £1,888,088 |
| Cotswold | £1,451 | £71,475 | £178,688 |
| County Durham | £16,980 | £836,254 | £2,090,635 |
| Coventry | £14,853 | £731,530 | £1,828,825 |
| Craven | £756 | £109,352 | £273,380 |
| Crawley | £4,621 | £227,592 | £568,980 |
| Croydon | £25,203 | £1,241,242 | £3,103,105 |
| Dacorum | £4,999 | £246,208 | £615,520 |
| Darlington | £3,135 | £154,394 | £385,985 |
| Dartford | £3,624 | £178,490 | £446,225 |
| Denbighshire | £3,475 | £171,145 | £427,863 |
| Derby | £6,746 | £332,258 | £830,645 |
| Derbyshire Dales | £1,175 | £57,865 | £144,663 |
| Doncaster | £10,104 | £497,602 | £1,244,005 |
| Dorset | £9,306 | £458,298 | £1,145,745 |
| Dover | £3,583 | £176,439 | £441,098 |
| Dudley | £9,604 | £473,000 | £1,182,500 |
| Ealing | £29,618 | £1,458,664 | £3,646,660 |
| East Cambridgeshire | £1,375 | £67,716 | £169,290 |
| East Devon | £3,039 | £149,659 | £374,148 |
| East Hampshire | £1,793 | £88,281 | £220,703 |
| East Hertfordshire | £3,437 | £169,250 | £423,125 |
| East Lindsey | £4,226 | £208,153 | £520,383 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £6,694 | £329,687 | £824,218 |
| East Staffordshire | £2,331 | £114,778 | £286,945 |
| East Suffolk | £6,050 | £297,949 | £744,873 |
| Eastbourne | £4,905 | £241,581 | £603,953 |
| Eastleigh | £2,503 | £123,292 | £308,230 |
| Eden | £850 | £147,027 | £367,568 |
| Elmbridge | £3,993 | £196,640 | £491,600 |
| Enfield | £33,924 | £1,670,771 | £4,176,928 |
| Epping Forest | £2,113 | £104,045 | £260,113 |
| Epsom and Ewell | £2,323 | £114,414 | £286,035 |
| Erewash | £2,366 | £116,528 | £291,320 |
| Exeter | £2,707 | £133,300 | £333,250 |
| Fareham | £1,758 | £86,557 | £216,393 |
| Fenland | £2,591 | £127,604 | £319,010 |
| Flintshire | £4,170 | £205,365 | £513,413 |
| Folkestone and Hythe | £4,165 | £205,129 | £512,823 |
| Forest of Dean | £1,462 | £71,991 | £179,978 |
| Fylde | £1,610 | £79,316 | £198,290 |
| Gateshead | £7,175 | £353,382 | £883,455 |
| Gedling | £2,099 | £103,352 | £258,380 |
| Gloucester | £3,808 | £187,557 | £468,893 |
| Gosport | £1,301 | £64,080 | £160,200 |
| Gravesham | £3,633 | £178,908 | £447,270 |
| Great Yarmouth | £3,540 | £174,349 | £435,873 |
| Greenwich | £13,519 | £665,818 | £1,664,545 |
| Guildford | £3,043 | £149,866 | £374,665 |
| Gwynedd | £3,586 | £650,017 | £1,625,043 |
| Hackney | £24,213 | £1,192,513 | £2,981,283 |
| Halton | £5,672 | £279,321 | £698,303 |
| Hambleton | £1,586 | £78,091 | £195,228 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £12,092 | £595,540 | £1,488,850 |
| Harborough | £1,054 | £51,889 | £129,723 |
| Haringey | £24,215 | £1,192,612 | £2,981,530 |
| Harlow | £3,483 | £171,557 | £428,893 |
| Harrogate | £2,880 | £141,822 | £354,555 |
| Harrow | £14,124 | £695,591 | £1,738,978 |
| Hart | £1,819 | £89,597 | £223,993 |
| Hartlepool | £4,747 | £233,796 | £584,490 |
| Hastings | £4,485 | £220,901 | £552,253 |
| Havant | £3,374 | £166,157 | £415,393 |
| Havering | £9,448 | £465,294 | £1,163,235 |
| Herefordshire, County of | £3,911 | £192,609 | £481,523 |
| Hertsmere | £4,459 | £219,612 | £549,030 |
| High Peak | £1,648 | £81,184 | £202,960 |
| Hillingdon | £13,696 | £674,526 | £1,686,315 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £1,599 | £78,739 | £196,848 |
| Horsham | £2,654 | £130,731 | £326,828 |
| Hounslow | £16,939 | £834,254 | £2,085,635 |
| Huntingdonshire | £3,310 | £163,009 | £407,523 |
| Hyndburn | £2,613 | £128,711 | £321,778 |
| Ipswich | £4,058 | £199,861 | £499,653 |
| Isle of Anglesey | £2,498 | £123,008 | £307,520 |
| Isle of Wight | £4,582 | £225,653 | £564,133 |
| Isles of Scilly | £8 | £386 | £965 |
| Islington | £12,775 | £629,184 | £1,572,960 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £11,546 | £568,616 | £1,421,540 |
| King’s Lynn and West Norfolk | £3,722 | £183,294 | £458,235 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | £11,113 | £547,296 | £1,368,240 |
| Kingston upon Thames | £6,512 | £320,701 | £801,753 |
| Kirklees | £9,283 | £457,165 | £1,142,913 |
| Knowsley | £7,939 | £390,985 | £977,463 |
| Lambeth | £19,328 | £951,920 | £2,379,800 |
| Lancaster | £3,786 | £186,464 | £466,160 |
| Leeds | £24,170 | £1,190,379 | £2,975,948 |
| Leicester | £12,730 | £626,948 | £1,567,370 |
| Lewes | £3,409 | £167,898 | £419,745 |
| Lewisham | £18,763 | £924,089 | £2,310,223 |
| Lichfield | £1,499 | £73,830 | £184,575 |
| Lincoln | £2,687 | £132,330 | £330,825 |
| Liverpool | £23,866 | £1,175,423 | £2,938,558 |
| Luton | £9,780 | £481,678 | £1,204,195 |
| Maidstone | £4,710 | £231,984 | £579,960 |
| Maldon | £1,213 | £59,743 | £149,358 |
| Malvern Hills | £1,536 | £75,651 | £189,128 |
| Manchester | £28,348 | £1,396,135 | £3,490,338 |
| Mansfield | £1,845 | £90,874 | £227,185 |
| Medway | £9,831 | £484,162 | £1,210,405 |
| Melton | £725 | £35,685 | £89,213 |
| Mendip | £2,652 | £130,618 | £326,545 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £2,928 | £144,200 | £360,500 |
| Merton | £8,744 | £430,653 | £1,076,633 |
| Mid Devon | £1,568 | £77,202 | £193,005 |
| Mid Suffolk | £1,423 | £70,059 | £175,148 |
| Mid Sussex | £3,122 | £153,750 | £384,375 |
| Middlesbrough | £8,085 | £398,209 | £995,523 |
| Milton Keynes | £9,413 | £463,575 | £1,158,938 |
| Mole Valley | £1,579 | £77,766 | £194,415 |
| Monmouthshire | £2,418 | £119,074 | £297,685 |
| Neath Port Talbot | £5,917 | £291,401 | £728,503 |
| New Forest | £4,126 | £203,218 | £508,045 |
| Newark and Sherwood | £2,171 | £106,928 | £267,320 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £12,187 | £600,199 | £1,500,498 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £2,254 | £111,031 | £277,578 |
| Newham | £27,883 | £1,373,258 | £3,433,145 |
| Newport | £7,723 | £380,372 | £950,930 |
| North Devon | £2,438 | £120,076 | £300,190 |
| North East Derbyshire | £2,011 | £99,045 | £247,613 |
| North East Lincolnshire | £4,959 | £244,219 | £610,548 |
| North Hertfordshire | £2,921 | £143,846 | £359,615 |
| North Northamptonshire | £7,864 | £387,317 | £968,293 |
| North Kesteven | £1,765 | £86,931 | £217,328 |
| North Lincolnshire | £2,964 | £145,993 | £364,983 |
| North Norfolk | £2,092 | £103,037 | £257,593 |
| North Somerset | £5,511 | £271,399 | £678,498 |
| North Tyneside | £6,225 | £306,562 | £766,405 |
| North Warwickshire | £1,223 | £60,256 | £150,640 |
| North West Leicestershire | £1,645 | £81,022 | £202,555 |
| Northumberland | £8,038 | £395,885 | £989,713 |
| Norwich | £5,253 | £258,729 | £646,823 |
| Nottingham | £12,765 | £628,697 | £1,571,743 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £3,390 | £166,978 | £417,445 |
| Oadby and Wigston | £1,143 | £56,271 | £140,678 |
| Oldham | £8,710 | £428,970 | £1,072,425 |
| Oxford | £5,150 | £253,638 | £634,095 |
| Pembrokeshire | £4,024 | £198,191 | £495,478 |
| Pendle | £2,147 | £105,741 | £264,353 |
| Peterborough | £7,589 | £373,781 | £934,453 |
| Plymouth | £8,596 | £423,350 | £1,058,375 |
| Portsmouth | £8,699 | £428,432 | £1,071,080 |
| Powys | £2,942 | £527,613 | £1,319,033 |
| Preston | £4,348 | £214,140 | £535,350 |
| Reading | £7,461 | £367,440 | £918,600 |
| Redbridge | £18,246 | £898,622 | £2,246,555 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £5,491 | £270,448 | £676,120 |
| Redditch | £1,610 | £79,296 | £198,240 |
| Reigate and Banstead | £3,712 | £182,823 | £457,058 |
| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff | £8,204 | £404,038 | £1,010,095 |
| Ribble Valley | £740 | £36,448 | £91,120 |
| Richmond upon Thames | £6,170 | £303,855 | £759,638 |
| Richmondshire | £786 | £114,649 | £286,623 |
| Rochdale | £7,724 | £380,421 | £951,053 |
| Rochford | £1,777 | £87,518 | £218,795 |
| Rossendale | £1,421 | £69,985 | £174,963 |
| Rother | £2,917 | £143,672 | £359,180 |
| Rotherham | £8,682 | £427,584 | £1,068,960 |
| Rugby | £2,284 | £112,474 | £281,185 |
| Runnymede | £2,396 | £117,986 | £294,965 |
| Rushcliffe | £1,724 | £84,908 | £212,270 |
| Rushmoor | £3,260 | £160,572 | £401,430 |
| Rutland | £459 | £22,594 | £56,485 |
| Ryedale | £1,047 | £178,795 | £446,988 |
| Salford | £10,951 | £539,340 | £1,348,350 |
| Sandwell | £14,506 | £714,430 | £1,786,075 |
| Scarborough | £3,249 | £160,006 | £400,015 |
| Sedgemoor | £3,528 | £173,751 | £434,378 |
| Sefton | £10,058 | £495,361 | £1,238,403 |
| Selby | £1,454 | £71,591 | £178,978 |
| Sevenoaks | £2,884 | £142,028 | £355,070 |
| Sheffield | £15,095 | £743,428 | £1,858,570 |
| Shropshire | £6,280 | £309,310 | £773,275 |
| Slough | £10,184 | £501,546 | £1,253,865 |
| Solihull | £4,863 | £239,499 | £598,748 |
| Somerset West and Taunton | £4,489 | £221,096 | £552,740 |
| South Cambridgeshire | £2,244 | £110,515 | £276,288 |
| South Derbyshire | £1,741 | £85,732 | £214,330 |
| South Gloucestershire | £5,130 | £252,639 | £631,598 |
| South Hams | £1,906 | £93,848 | £234,620 |
| South Holland | £1,778 | £87,577 | £218,943 |
| South Kesteven | £3,165 | £155,861 | £389,653 |
| South Lakeland | £1,503 | £74,041 | £185,103 |
| South Norfolk | £2,354 | £115,933 | £289,833 |
| South Oxfordshire | £2,751 | £135,465 | £338,663 |
| South Ribble | £1,735 | £85,446 | £213,615 |
| South Somerset | £3,291 | £162,105 | £405,263 |
| South Staffordshire | £1,770 | £87,179 | £217,948 |
| South Tyneside | £6,254 | £308,014 | £770,035 |
| Southampton | £9,117 | £449,031 | £1,122,578 |
| Southend-on-Sea | £8,315 | £409,532 | £1,023,830 |
| Southwark | £16,602 | £817,657 | £2,044,143 |
| Spelthorne | £4,120 | £202,932 | £507,330 |
| St Albans | £2,909 | £143,269 | £358,173 |
| St. Helens | £6,917 | £340,641 | £851,603 |
| Stafford | £1,905 | £93,829 | £234,573 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £1,314 | £64,731 | £161,828 |
| Stevenage | £2,880 | £141,827 | £354,568 |
| Stockport | £5,758 | £283,604 | £709,010 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £6,378 | £314,139 | £785,348 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £8,289 | £408,213 | £1,020,533 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £2,373 | £116,848 | £292,120 |
| Stroud | £1,188 | £58,498 | £146,245 |
| Sunderland | £5,469 | £269,369 | £673,423 |
| Surrey Heath | £1,642 | £80,854 | £202,135 |
| Sutton | £7,037 | £346,556 | £866,390 |
| Swale | £5,295 | £260,758 | £651,895 |
| Swansea | £8,034 | £395,685 | £989,213 |
| Swindon | £5,986 | £294,823 | £737,058 |
| Tameside | £7,888 | £388,501 | £971,253 |
| Tamworth | £1,997 | £98,331 | £245,828 |
| Tandridge | £2,295 | £113,042 | £282,605 |
| Teignbridge | £3,328 | £163,919 | £409,798 |
| Telford and Wrekin | £6,724 | £331,146 | £827,865 |
| Tendring | £5,973 | £294,172 | £735,430 |
| Test Valley | £2,434 | £119,892 | £299,730 |
| Tewkesbury | £1,431 | £70,492 | £176,230 |
| Thanet | £6,711 | £330,521 | £826,303 |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | £3,940 | £194,041 | £485,103 |
| Three Rivers | £2,593 | £127,690 | £319,225 |
| Thurrock | £7,592 | £373,896 | £934,740 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | £3,222 | £158,698 | £396,745 |
| Torbay | £6,387 | £314,561 | £786,403 |
| Torfaen | £3,856 | £189,926 | £474,815 |
| Torridge | £1,428 | £70,333 | £175,833 |
| Tower Hamlets | £23,579 | £1,161,275 | £2,903,188 |
| Trafford | £5,854 | £288,315 | £720,788 |
| Tunbridge Wells | £2,620 | £129,046 | £322,615 |
| Uttlesford | £1,617 | £79,657 | £199,143 |
| Vale of White Horse | £2,464 | £121,338 | £303,345 |
| Wakefield | £11,127 | £548,018 | £1,370,045 |
| Walsall | £10,968 | £540,168 | £1,350,420 |
| Waltham Forest | £16,013 | £788,626 | £1,971,565 |
| Wandsworth | £15,984 | £787,211 | £1,968,028 |
| Warrington | £4,060 | £199,974 | £499,935 |
| Warwick | £2,375 | £116,985 | £292,463 |
| Watford | £4,267 | £210,139 | £525,348 |
| Waverley | £2,307 | £113,643 | £284,108 |
| Wealden | £3,466 | £170,709 | £426,773 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £3,703 | £182,366 | £455,915 |
| West Berkshire | £3,680 | £181,226 | £453,065 |
| West Devon | £1,026 | £127,233 | £318,083 |
| West Lancashire | £2,964 | £145,991 | £364,978 |
| West Lindsey | £2,137 | £105,255 | £263,138 |
| West Northamptonshire | £8,846 | £435,684 | £1,089,210 |
| West Oxfordshire | £2,183 | £107,528 | £268,820 |
| West Suffolk | £3,431 | £168,976 | £422,440 |
| Westminster | £17,620 | £867,782 | £2,169,455 |
| Wigan | £8,868 | £436,756 | £1,091,890 |
| Wiltshire | £6,507 | £320,453 | £801,133 |
| Winchester | £2,128 | £104,807 | £262,018 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £3,627 | £178,617 | £446,543 |
| Wirral | £11,201 | £551,637 | £1,379,093 |
| Woking | £2,668 | £131,398 | £328,495 |
| Wokingham | £2,947 | £145,121 | £362,803 |
| Wolverhampton | £10,962 | £539,869 | £1,349,673 |
| Worcester | £2,420 | £119,200 | £298,000 |
| Worthing | £3,120 | £153,637 | £384,093 |
| Wrexham | £4,590 | £226,072 | £565,180 |
| Wychavon | £2,276 | £112,099 | £280,248 |
| Wyre | £2,802 | £138,017 | £345,043 |
| Wyre Forest | £2,238 | £110,242 | £275,605 |
| York | £3,330 | £163,991 | £409,978 |