Guidance

Housing Benefit subsidy circulars 2016

Subsidy circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 4 February 2016
• Last updated: 21 December 2016
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  1. 21 December 2016

     Published S10/2016: 2017/18 Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities.

  2. 16 August 2016

     Published HB circular S9/2016: New Burdens payment 2016/17: Removal of temporary accommodation management fee in Housing Benefit subsidy.

  3. 8 July 2016

     Published HB circular S8/2016: New Burdens payment for the implementation of the 2016 benefit cap changes.

  4. 16 June 2016

     Published HB circular S7/2016: Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation information – 2016/17.

  5. 25 May 2016

     Published HB circular S6/2016: New Burdens payment 2016/17 for the Pension Credit Assessed Income Period Reform.

  6. 10 May 2016

     Published S5/2016: Payment of New Burdens relating to the Single Fraud Investigation Service Project for 2016/17.

  7. 3 May 2016

     Published S4/2016: Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of implementing welfare reform changes in 2016/17.

  8. 24 March 2016

     Published S3/2016: Final New Burdens payment 2015/16 for the Real Time Information Bulk Data Matching Initiative, reduction in Housing Benefit backdating and removal of Family Premium.

  9. 12 February 2016

     Published S2/2016: Extension of Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme 2016/17 Maintenance Fund.

  10. 4 February 2016

      First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

S10/2016: 2017/18 Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities

Ref: S10/2016

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S9/2016: New Burdens payment 2016/17, removal of temporary accommodation management fee in Housing Benefit subsidy

Ref: S9/2016

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S8/2016: New Burdens payment for the implementation of the 2016 benefit cap changes

Ref: S8/2016

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S7/2016: Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation information – 2016/17

Ref: S7/2016

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S6/2016: New Burdens payment 2016/17 for the Pension Credit assessed income period reform

Ref: S6/2016

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S5/2016: Payment of New Burdens relating to the Single Fraud Investigation Service Project for 2016/17

Ref: S5/2016

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S4/2016: Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of implementing welfare reform changes in 2016/17

Ref: S4/2016

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S3/2016: Final New Burdens payment 2015/16 for the Real Time Information Bulk Data Matching Initiative, reduction in Housing Benefit backdating and removal of Family Premium

Ref: S3/2016

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S2/2016: Extension of Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme 2016/17 Maintenance Fund

Ref: S2/2016

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S1/2016: Discretionary Housing Payments government contribution for 2016/17

Ref: S1/2016

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Details

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

For enquiries about the distribution of circulars, email: housing.correspondenceandpqs@dwp.gov.uk.