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Housing Benefit subsidy circulars 2022

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

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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

For enquiries about the distribution of circulars, email: lawelfare.correspondence@dwp.gov.uk

Published 24 February 2022
Last updated 18 November 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added S10/2022: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative funding for financial year ending March 2023 for local authorities participating from October 2022 (Year 3).

  2. Added Housing Benefit subsidy memo S9/2022: Mid-year Discretionary Housing Payments government contribution for English and Welsh local authorities for the financial year ending March 2023.

  3. Added HB Subsidy circular S8/2022: Payment for the Verify Earnings and Pension service for the financial year ending March 2023.

  4. Added Housing Benefit Circular HB S7/2022.

  5. Added HB Subsidy circulars S4/2022: Additional New Burdens funding for costs of delivering Welfare Reform changes ending March 2023, S5/2022: Additional New Burdens funding for costs of implementing changes after the Incapacity Benefit Reassessment LEAP exercise and S6/2022: HB administration subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh LAs ending March 2023.

  6. Added S3/2022.

  7. Added S2/2022: Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation information for financial year ending March 2023.

  8. First published.