S1/2023 Discretionary Housing Payment government contribution for English and Welsh local authorities for financial years ending March 2024 and March 2025
Updated 19 December 2023
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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Introduction
1. Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) funding is available for those entitled to Housing Benefit or the Housing Element of Universal Credit who require further financial assistance with housing costs.
2. This circular provides details of the government contribution and overall expenditure limit for DHP for the financial years ending March 2024 and March 2025.
Funding
3. In order to provide local authorities (LAs) with consistency and certainty to plan delivery over the next two years, DHP funding for England and Wales for the financial years ending March 2024 and March 2025 is confirmed at £100 million per year. This is consistent with the total funding provided to LAs in the financial year ending (FYE) March 2023.
4. LAs will receive the same allocation level as they received in FYE March 2023. This was considered the fairest approach given broader economic pressures.
5. The individual allocations shown in Annex A are the full government contribution for each LA from the £100 million DHP fund for the FYE March 2024.
6. LA allocations for the FYE March 2025 will be confirmed through a circular before the end of the FYE 2024. It is expected LAs will receive the same amount as FYE March 2024. However, there may be a slight adjustment if any LAs were to merge in FYE March 2025.
7. Any unspent funds from FYE March 2023 and March 2024 cannot be carried over to subsequent years.
Expenditure limit
8. In addition to the central government contribution, English and Welsh LAs are able to top up DHP funding up to a maximum of two and a half times this figure using their own funds.
Annex A: £100 million Discretionary Housing Payment government contribution local authority allocations for financial year ending 2024
| LA | Total (£100 million) DHP allocation for FYE March 2024 | Top-up limit (x2.5 allocation) |
|---|---|---|
| Adur | £87,973 | £219,933 |
| Amber Valley | £122,855 | £307,138 |
| Arun | £225,903 | £564,758 |
| Ashfield | £148,984 | £372,460 |
| Ashford | £196,507 | £491,268 |
| Babergh | £86,572 | £216,430 |
| Barking and Dagenham | £727,763 | £1,819,408 |
| Barnet | £1,474,953 | £3,687,383 |
| Barnsley | £389,289 | £973,223 |
| Basildon | £323,563 | £808,908 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £231,553 | £578,883 |
| Bassetlaw | £125,261 | £313,153 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £193,278 | £483,195 |
| Bedford | £237,954 | £594,885 |
| Bexley | £385,556 | £963,890 |
| Birmingham | £2,689,243 | £6,723,108 |
| Blaby | £63,060 | £157,650 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £227,242 | £568,105 |
| Blackpool | £192,583 | £481,458 |
| Blaenau Gwent | £140,170 | £350,425 |
| Bolsover | £92,696 | £231,740 |
| Bolton | £459,755 | £1,149,388 |
| Boston | £75,494 | £188,735 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £645,158 | £1,612,895 |
| Bracknell Forest | £143,414 | £358,535 |
| Bradford | £847,980 | £2,119,950 |
| Braintree | £178,477 | £446,193 |
| Breckland | £140,158 | £350,395 |
| Brent | £1,620,155 | £4,050,388 |
| Brentwood | £90,930 | £227,325 |
| Bridgend | £258,312 | £645,780 |
| Brighton and Hove | £645,514 | £1,613,785 |
| Bristol, City of | £740,869 | £1,852,173 |
| Broadland | £82,733 | £206,833 |
| Bromley | £512,968 | £1,282,420 |
| Bromsgrove | £62,332 | £155,830 |
| Broxbourne | £258,140 | £645,350 |
| Broxtowe | £83,603 | £209,008 |
| Buckinghamshire | £623,616 | £1,559,040 |
| Burnley | £148,472 | £371,180 |
| Bury | £209,441 | £523,603 |
| Caerphilly | £339,277 | £848,193 |
| Calderdale | £340,648 | £851,620 |
| Cambridge | £138,217 | £345,543 |
| Camden | £622,578 | £1,556,445 |
| Cannock Chase | £85,409 | £213,523 |
| Canterbury | £197,748 | £494,370 |
| Cardiff | £781,533 | £1,953,833 |
| Carmarthenshire | £268,324 | £670,810 |
| Castle Point | £148,138 | £370,345 |
| Central Bedfordshire | £247,516 | £618,790 |
| Ceredigion | £275,132 | £687,830 |
| Charnwood | £135,431 | £338,578 |
| Chelmsford | £202,891 | £507,228 |
| Cheltenham | £106,443 | £266,108 |
| Cherwell | £187,383 | £468,458 |
| Cheshire East | £348,661 | £871,653 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £375,530 | £938,825 |
| Chesterfield | £140,446 | £351,115 |
| Chichester | £145,722 | £364,305 |
| Chorley | £106,566 | £266,415 |
| City of London | £13,611 | £34,028 |
| Colchester | £258,862 | £647,155 |
| Conwy | £176,335 | £440,838 |
| Cornwall | £755,235 | £1,888,088 |
| Cotswold | £71,475 | £178,688 |
| County Durham | £836,254 | £2,090,635 |
| Coventry | £731,530 | £1,828,825 |
| Crawley | £227,592 | £568,980 |
| Croydon | £1,241,242 | £3,103,105 |
| Cumberland | £340,232 | £850,580 |
| Dacorum | £246,208 | £615,520 |
| Darlington | £154,394 | £385,985 |
| Dartford | £178,490 | £446,225 |
| Denbighshire | £171,145 | £427,863 |
| Derby | £332,258 | £830,645 |
| Derbyshire Dales | £57,865 | £144,663 |
| Doncaster | £497,602 | £1,244,005 |
| Dorset | £458,298 | £1,145,745 |
| Dover | £176,439 | £441,098 |
| Dudley | £473,000 | £1,182,500 |
| Ealing | £1,458,664 | £3,646,660 |
| East Cambridgeshire | £67,716 | £169,290 |
| East Devon | £149,659 | £374,148 |
| East Hampshire | £88,281 | £220,703 |
| East Hertfordshire | £169,250 | £423,125 |
| East Lindsey | £208,153 | £520,383 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £329,687 | £824,218 |
| East Staffordshire | £114,778 | £286,945 |
| East Suffolk | £297,949 | £744,873 |
| Eastbourne | £241,581 | £603,953 |
| Eastleigh | £123,292 | £308,230 |
| Elmbridge | £196,640 | £491,600 |
| Enfield | £1,670,771 | £4,176,928 |
| Epping Forest | £104,045 | £260,113 |
| Epsom and Ewell | £114,414 | £286,035 |
| Erewash | £116,528 | £291,320 |
| Exeter | £133,300 | £333,250 |
| Fareham | £86,557 | £216,393 |
| Fenland | £127,604 | £319,010 |
| Flintshire | £205,365 | £513,413 |
| Folkestone and Hythe | £205,129 | £512,823 |
| Forest of Dean | £71,991 | £179,978 |
| Fylde | £79,316 | £198,290 |
| Gateshead | £353,382 | £883,455 |
| Gedling | £103,352 | £258,380 |
| Gloucester | £187,557 | £468,893 |
| Gosport | £64,080 | £160,200 |
| Gravesham | £178,908 | £447,270 |
| Great Yarmouth | £174,349 | £435,873 |
| Greenwich | £665,818 | £1,664,545 |
| Guildford | £149,866 | £374,665 |
| Gwynedd | £650,017 | £1,625,043 |
| Hackney | £1,192,513 | £2,981,283 |
| Halton | £279,321 | £698,303 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £595,540 | £1,488,850 |
| Harborough | £51,889 | £129,723 |
| Haringey | £1,192,612 | £2,981,530 |
| Harlow | £171,557 | £428,893 |
| Harrow | £695,591 | £1,738,978 |
| Hart | £89,597 | £223,993 |
| Hartlepool | £233,796 | £584,490 |
| Hastings | £220,901 | £552,253 |
| Havant | £166,157 | £415,393 |
| Havering | £465,294 | £1,163,235 |
| Herefordshire, County of | £192,609 | £481,523 |
| Hertsmere | £219,612 | £549,030 |
| High Peak | £81,184 | £202,960 |
| Hillingdon | £674,526 | £1,686,315 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £78,739 | £196,848 |
| Horsham | £130,731 | £326,828 |
| Hounslow | £834,254 | £2,085,635 |
| Huntingdonshire | £163,009 | £407,523 |
| Hyndburn | £128,711 | £321,778 |
| Ipswich | £199,861 | £499,653 |
| Isle of Anglesey | £123,008 | £307,520 |
| Isle of Wight | £225,653 | £564,133 |
| Isles of Scilly | £386 | £965 |
| Islington | £629,184 | £1,572,960 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £568,616 | £1,421,540 |
| King’s Lynn and West Norfolk | £183,294 | £458,235 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | £547,296 | £1,368,240 |
| Kingston upon Thames | £320,701 | £801,753 |
| Kirklees | £457,165 | £1,142,913 |
| Knowsley | £390,985 | £977,463 |
| Lambeth | £951,920 | £2,379,800 |
| Lancaster | £186,464 | £466,160 |
| Leeds | £1,190,379 | £2,975,948 |
| Leicester | £626,948 | £1,567,370 |
| Lewes | £167,898 | £419,745 |
| Lewisham | £924,089 | £2,310,223 |
| Lichfield | £73,830 | £184,575 |
| Lincoln | £132,330 | £330,825 |
| Liverpool | £1,175,423 | £2,938,558 |
| Luton | £481,678 | £1,204,195 |
| Maidstone | £231,984 | £579,960 |
| Maldon | £59,743 | £149,358 |
| Malvern Hills | £75,651 | £189,128 |
| Manchester | £1,396,135 | £3,490,338 |
| Mansfield | £90,874 | £227,185 |
| Medway | £484,162 | £1,210,405 |
| Melton | £35,685 | £89,213 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £144,200 | £360,500 |
| Merton | £430,653 | £1,076,633 |
| Mid Devon | £77,202 | £193,005 |
| Mid Suffolk | £70,059 | £175,148 |
| Mid Sussex | £153,750 | £384,375 |
| Middlesbrough | £398,209 | £995,523 |
| Milton Keynes | £463,575 | £1,158,938 |
| Mole Valley | £77,766 | £194,415 |
| Monmouthshire | £119,074 | £297,685 |
| Neath Port Talbot | £291,401 | £728,503 |
| New Forest | £203,218 | £508,045 |
| Newark and Sherwood | £106,928 | £267,320 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £600,199 | £1,500,498 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £111,031 | £277,578 |
| Newham | £1,373,258 | £3,433,145 |
| Newport | £380,372 | £950,930 |
| North Devon | £120,076 | £300,190 |
| North East Derbyshire | £99,045 | £247,613 |
| North East Lincolnshire | £244,219 | £610,548 |
| North Hertfordshire | £143,846 | £359,615 |
| North Kesteven | £86,931 | £217,328 |
| North Lincolnshire | £145,993 | £364,983 |
| North Norfolk | £103,037 | £257,593 |
| North Northamptonshire | £387,317 | £968,293 |
| North Somerset | £271,399 | £678,498 |
| North Tyneside | £306,562 | £766,405 |
| North Warwickshire | £60,256 | £150,640 |
| North West Leicestershire | £81,022 | £202,555 |
| North Yorkshire Council | £854,306 | £2,135,765 |
| Northumberland | £395,885 | £989,713 |
| Norwich | £258,729 | £646,823 |
| Nottingham | £628,697 | £1,571,743 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £166,978 | £417,445 |
| Oadby and Wigston | £56,271 | £140,678 |
| Oldham | £428,970 | £1,072,425 |
| Oxford | £253,638 | £634,095 |
| Pembrokeshire | £198,191 | £495,478 |
| Pendle | £105,741 | £264,353 |
| Peterborough | £373,781 | £934,453 |
| Plymouth | £423,350 | £1,058,375 |
| Portsmouth | £428,432 | £1,071,080 |
| Powys | £527,613 | £1,319,033 |
| Preston | £214,140 | £535,350 |
| Reading | £367,440 | £918,600 |
| Redbridge | £898,622 | £2,246,555 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £270,448 | £676,120 |
| Redditch | £79,296 | £198,240 |
| Reigate and Banstead | £182,823 | £457,058 |
| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff | £404,038 | £1,010,095 |
| Ribble Valley | £36,448 | £91,120 |
| Richmond upon Thames | £303,855 | £759,638 |
| Rochdale | £380,421 | £951,053 |
| Rochford | £87,518 | £218,795 |
| Rossendale | £69,985 | £174,963 |
| Rother | £143,672 | £359,180 |
| Rotherham | £427,584 | £1,068,960 |
| Rugby | £112,474 | £281,185 |
| Runnymede | £117,986 | £294,965 |
| Rushcliffe | £84,908 | £212,270 |
| Rushmoor | £160,572 | £401,430 |
| Rutland | £22,594 | £56,485 |
| Salford | £539,340 | £1,348,350 |
| Sandwell | £714,430 | £1,786,075 |
| Sefton | £495,361 | £1,238,403 |
| Sevenoaks | £142,028 | £355,070 |
| Sheffield | £743,428 | £1,858,570 |
| Shropshire | £309,310 | £773,275 |
| Slough | £501,546 | £1,253,865 |
| Solihull | £239,499 | £598,748 |
| Somerset | £687,570 | £1,718,925 |
| South Cambridgeshire | £110,515 | £276,288 |
| South Derbyshire | £85,732 | £214,330 |
| South Gloucestershire | £252,639 | £631,598 |
| South Hams | £93,848 | £234,620 |
| South Holland | £87,577 | £218,943 |
| South Kesteven | £155,861 | £389,653 |
| South Norfolk | £115,933 | £289,833 |
| South Oxfordshire | £135,465 | £338,663 |
| South Ribble | £85,446 | £213,615 |
| South Staffordshire | £87,179 | £217,948 |
| South Tyneside | £308,014 | £770,035 |
| Southampton | £449,031 | £1,122,578 |
| Southend-on-Sea | £409,532 | £1,023,830 |
| Southwark | £817,657 | £2,044,143 |
| Spelthorne | £202,932 | £507,330 |
| St Albans | £143,269 | £358,173 |
| St. Helens | £340,641 | £851,603 |
| Stafford | £93,829 | £234,573 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £64,731 | £161,828 |
| Stevenage | £141,827 | £354,568 |
| Stockport | £283,604 | £709,010 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £314,139 | £785,348 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £408,213 | £1,020,533 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £116,848 | £292,120 |
| Stroud | £58,498 | £146,245 |
| Sunderland | £269,369 | £673,423 |
| Surrey Heath | £80,854 | £202,135 |
| Sutton | £346,556 | £866,390 |
| Swale | £260,758 | £651,895 |
| Swansea | £395,685 | £989,213 |
| Swindon | £294,823 | £737,058 |
| Tameside | £388,501 | £971,253 |
| Tamworth | £98,331 | £245,828 |
| Tandridge | £113,042 | £282,605 |
| Teignbridge | £163,919 | £409,798 |
| Telford and Wrekin | £331,146 | £827,865 |
| Tendring | £294,172 | £735,430 |
| Test Valley | £119,892 | £299,730 |
| Tewkesbury | £70,492 | £176,230 |
| Thanet | £330,521 | £826,303 |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | £194,041 | £485,103 |
| Three Rivers | £127,690 | £319,225 |
| Thurrock | £373,896 | £934,740 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | £158,698 | £396,745 |
| Torbay | £314,561 | £786,403 |
| Torfaen | £189,926 | £474,815 |
| Torridge | £70,333 | £175,833 |
| Tower Hamlets | £1,161,275 | £2,903,188 |
| Trafford | £288,315 | £720,788 |
| Tunbridge Wells | £129,046 | £322,615 |
| Uttlesford | £79,657 | £199,143 |
| Vale of White Horse | £121,338 | £303,345 |
| Wakefield | £548,018 | £1,370,045 |
| Walsall | £540,168 | £1,350,420 |
| Waltham Forest | £788,626 | £1,971,565 |
| Wandsworth | £787,211 | £1,968,028 |
| Warrington | £199,974 | £499,935 |
| Warwick | £116,985 | £292,463 |
| Watford | £210,139 | £525,348 |
| Waverley | £113,643 | £284,108 |
| Wealden | £170,709 | £426,773 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £182,366 | £455,915 |
| West Berkshire | £181,226 | £453,065 |
| West Devon | £127,233 | £318,083 |
| West Lancashire | £145,991 | £364,978 |
| West Lindsey | £105,255 | £263,138 |
| West Northamptonshire | £435,684 | £1,089,210 |
| West Oxfordshire | £107,528 | £268,820 |
| West Suffolk | £168,976 | £422,440 |
| Westminster | £867,782 | £2,169,455 |
| Westmoreland and Furness | £292,634 | £731,585 |
| Wigan | £436,756 | £1,091,890 |
| Wiltshire | £320,453 | £801,133 |
| Winchester | £104,807 | £262,018 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £178,617 | £446,543 |
| Wirral | £551,637 | £1,379,093 |
| Woking | £131,398 | £328,495 |
| Wokingham | £145,121 | £362,803 |
| Wolverhampton | £539,869 | £1,349,673 |
| Worcester | £119,200 | £298,000 |
| Worthing | £153,637 | £384,093 |
| Wrexham | £226,072 | £565,180 |
| Wychavon | £112,099 | £280,248 |
| Wyre | £138,017 | £345,043 |
| Wyre Forest | £110,242 | £275,605 |
| York | £163,991 | £409,978 |