Guidance

Housing Benefit subsidy circulars 2021

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: 15 March 2021
• Last updated: 17 June 2022
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  1. 17 June 2022

     Revised HB circular 6/21: Payments for the Verify Earnings and Pension service 2021-22 with revisions to funding payments for Hackney, Renfrewshire and Torbay.

  2. 22 October 2021

     Added S11/2021: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative funding for financial year ending March 2022 for local authorities participating from 4 October 2021.

  3. 1 October 2021

     Revised version of circular S10/2021 - updated to include payment of government contribution (Discretionary Housing Payments) DHP funding information at paragraph 9.

  4. 20 September 2021

     Added S10/2021 circular.

  5. 23 July 2021

     Added S9/2021 circular.

  6. 16 July 2021

     Added revised version of circular S8/2021 - updated to correct the number of local authorities participating in the Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative in paragraph one from 190 to 191 and include the funding payment for South Oxfordshire District Council in Annex A.

  7. 27 April 2021

     Added S8/2021.

  8. 19 April 2021

     Added S7/2021.

  9. 19 April 2021

     Added S5/2021 and S6/2021.

  10. 24 March 2021

      Added S4/2021.

  11. 19 March 2021

      Added S3/2021.

  12. 18 March 2021

      Added S2/2021.

  13. 15 March 2021

      First published.

Documents

S11/2021: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative funding for financial year ending March 2022 for local authorities participating from 4 October 2021

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S10/2021 (revised): Mid-year Discretionary Housing Payments government contribution for English and Welsh local authorities for the financial year ending March 2022

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S9/2021: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative funding for financial year ending March 2022 for local authorities participating from 5 July 2021

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S8/2021(revised): Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative funding for financial year ending March 2022 for LAs participating from 6 April 2021

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S7/2021: Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities 2021 to 2022

Ref: S7/2021

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S6/2021 (Revised): Payments for the Verify Earnings and Pension service 2021 to 2022

Ref: S6/2021

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S5/2021: Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of delivering Welfare Reform changes in 2021 to 2022

Ref: S5/2021

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S4/2021: Discretionary Housing Payments government contribution for English and Welsh local authorities

Ref: S4/2021

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S3/2021: Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation information 2021 to 2022

Ref: S3/2021

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S2/2021: Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of implementing the changes to the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for State Pension credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

Ref: S2/2021

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S1/2021: 2020 to 2021 Housing Benefit administration subsidy additional £20.175 million funding for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities

Ref: S1/2021

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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