Housing Benefit subsidy circulars 2015
Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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Housing Benefit subsidy (S) circulars give information about:
- the money the government pays local authorities in the form of a subsidy to administer Housing Benefit
- other financial matters for local authority staff
The circulars make many references to Council Tax Benefit as this was administered by local authorities alongside Housing Benefit until March 2013. In April 2013 Council Tax Benefit was replaced by local authorities’ own council tax support and reduction schemes, removing DWP’s involvement.
Readers will need to consider references to Council Tax Benefit in these documents accordingly.
For enquiries about the distribution of circulars, email: housing.correspondenceandpqs@dwp.gov.uk.
Last updated 18 December 2015 + show all updates
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Added S9/2015 (England), S10/2015 (Scotland) and S11/2015 (Wales) on Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements for local authorities for 2016/17.
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Added revised version of S8/2015 - 200 of the 380 payments of New Burdens relating to the Single Fraud Investigation Service for 2015/16, have been amended.
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Added S8/2015: Payment of New Burdens relating to the Single Fraud Investigation Service for 2015/16.
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Added S7/2015: New Burdens payment for the Real Time Information bulk data matching initiative.
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Added S5/2015: New Burdens payment for migrants access to benefits and S6/2015: Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation information – 2015/2016.
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