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Discretionary Housing Payments statistics

Statistics on local authorities' use of Discretionary Housing Payment funds.

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Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
19 December 2014
Last updated:
9 July 2026
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  1. Added a link to a new release of Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering the financial year 2025 to 2026. Added a section to the page 'The future of the Discretionary Housing Payment statistics'.

  2. The link to the consultation survey has been removed, as the deadline to complete it has passed. The feedback survey link has also been corrected.

  3. Added latest release of Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering April to September 2025. Also added information to the page about proposed changes to future releases of the statistics.

  4. Added a link to a new release of Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering the financial year 2024 to 2025. Updated the note on the page about the publication of a revised version of the April to September 2024 statistics.

  5. Added a notice of correction around an error in which a small number of local authorities are assigned to the incorrect region in the release.

  6. Use of Discretionary Housing Payments: April to September 2024 document added to collection.

  7. Added a link to a new release of Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering the financial year 2023 to 2024.

  8. Added a link to a new release of Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering April to September 2023.

  9. Added a link to a new release of Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering the financial year 2022 to 2023.

  10. Added a link to a new release of Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering April to September 2022.

  11. Added a link to a new release of Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering the financial year 2021 to 2022.

  12. Added a link to a new release of Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering April to September 2021.

  13. Added a link to a new release of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering the financial year 2020 to 2021.

  14. Added a link to a new release of Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering April to September 2020.

  15. Added a link to a new release of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering the financial year 2019 to 2020.

  16. Added a link to a new release of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering April to September 2019.

  17. Added a link to a new release of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics, covering the financial year 2018 to 2019.

  18. Added Use of Discretionary Housing Payments: April to September 2018 statistics.

  19. Added 'Use of Discretionary Housing Payments: financial year 2017 to 2018' statistics.

  20. Added 'Use of Discretionary Housing Payments: April to September 2017'.

  21. Added 'Use of Discretionary Housing Payments: financial year 2016/17'.

  22. Added 'Use of Discretionary Housing Payments: April to September 2016' statistics.

  23. Added Use of Discretionary Housing Payments: financial year 2015/16 statistics

  24. Published 'Use of Discretionary Housing Payments: April to September 2015' statistics.

  25. Published 'Use of Discretionary Housing Payments: financial year 2014/15' statistics.

  26. First published.

Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are monetary awards that can be made by local authorities to those entitled to Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit who require further financial assistance meeting their housing costs.

Local authorities provide details of their use of DHP funds to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for these statistics twice a year. These are published for the first 6 months of the financial year and then for the whole of the financial year.

The future of the Discretionary Housing Payment statistics

From April 2026, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in England were incorporated into the Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF). The DHP scheme continues to be delivered by Welsh local authorities.

Between 18 December 2025 and 15 February 2026, the Department ran a consultation survey on whether to continue to publish DHP statistics relating to the 22 local authorities which will continue to deliver DHPs in Wales or whether to cease the series in its entirety. We can now confirm the decision to continue the DHP statistics as a Wales-only series going forward.

Future publications will retain all existing financial and monitoring information, but we are currently reviewing whether all tables and charts included in the existing publication will be relevant to a Wales-only series. We can confirm the regional breakdown tables and charts will no longer be included.

A new publication series concerning Crisis and Resilience Fund Management Information, including information related to Housing Payment expenditure in England, is being considered.

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