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S1/2022: Discretionary Housing Payment government contribution for English and Welsh local authorities for financial year ending March 2023

Updated 18 November 2022

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Introduction

1. Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) funding is available for those entitled to Housing Benefit or the Housing Element of Universal Credit who require further financial assistance with housing costs.

2. This circular provides details of the government contribution and overall expenditure limit for DHPs for financial year ending (FYE) March 2023 (England and Wales).

Funding

3. The total amount of DHP funding for England and Wales for FYE March 2023 is £100 million.

4. £98 million of funding will be allocated in April 2022 for the FYE March 2023. See Annex A for individual LA funding allocations.

5. Funding will be allocated using a flat rate reduction for all LAs, with the exception of the eight most rural LAs.

6. The funding for FYE March 2023 maintains the ring-fenced £1.5 million for the eight most rural LAs which are Ceredigion, Craven, Eden, Gwynedd, Powys, Richmondshire, Ryedale and West Devon. These LAs will see less of a percentage reduction in funding compared with the majority of LAs.

7. We are reserving £2 million of DHP funding until later in the year. Further information about how this funding will be allocated will be provided in due course.

Expenditure limit

8. In addition to the central government contribution, English and Welsh local authorities are able to top up DHP funding up to a maximum of two and a half times this figure using their own funds.

Annex A: £98 million DHP government contribution LA allocations FYE March 2023

LA Total (£98million) FYE March 2023 allocation Top up limit (x2.5 allocation)
Adur £86,187 £215,468
Allerdale £137,619 £344,048
Amber Valley £120,360 £300,900
Arun £221,316 £553,290
Ashfield £145,959 £364,898
Ashford £192,517 £481,293
Babergh £84,814 £212,035
Barking and Dagenham £712,986 £1,782,465
Barnet £1,445,005 £3,612,513
Barnsley £381,385 £953,463
Barrow-in-Furness £70,113 £175,283
Basildon £316,993 £792,483
Basingstoke and Deane £226,851 £567,128
Bassetlaw £122,718 £306,795
Bath and North East Somerset £189,354 £473,385
Bedford £233,122 £582,805
Bexley £377,727 £944,318
Birmingham £2,634,639 £6,586,598
Blaby £61,780 £154,450
Blackburn with Darwen £222,628 £556,570
Blackpool £188,673 £471,683
Blaenau Gwent £137,324 £343,310
Bolsover £90,814 £227,035
Bolton £450,420 £1,126,050
Boston £73,961 £184,903
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole £632,058 £1,580,145
Bracknell Forest £140,502 £351,255
Bradford £830,762 £2,076,905
Braintree £174,853 £437,133
Breckland £137,312 £343,280
Brent £1,587,258 £3,968,145
Brentwood £89,084 £222,710
Bridgend £253,067 £632,668
Brighton and Hove £632,407 £1,581,018
Bristol, City of £725,826 £1,814,565
Broadland £81,053 £202,633
Bromley £502,552 £1,256,380
Bromsgrove £61,066 £152,665
Broxbourne £252,899 £632,248
Broxtowe £81,905 £204,763
Buckinghamshire £610,954 £1,527,385
Burnley £145,457 £363,643
Bury £205,188 £512,970
Caerphilly £332,388 £830,970
Calderdale £333,731 £834,328
Cambridge £135,411 £338,528
Camden £609,937 £1,524,843
Cannock Chase £83,675 £209,188
Canterbury £193,733 £484,333
Cardiff £765,664 £1,914,160
Carlisle £82,523 £206,308
Carmarthenshire £262,876 £657,190
Castle Point £145,130 £362,825
Central Bedfordshire £242,490 £606,225
Ceredigion £273,337 £683,343
Charnwood £132,681 £331,703
Chelmsford £198,771 £496,928
Cheltenham £104,282 £260,705
Cherwell £183,578 £458,945
Cheshire East £341,582 £853,955
Cheshire West and Chester £367,905 £919,763
Chesterfield £137,594 £343,985
Chichester £142,763 £356,908
Chorley £104,402 £261,005
City of London £13,335 £33,338
Colchester £253,606 £634,015
Conwy £172,755 £431,888
Copeland £113,182 £282,955
Cornwall £739,900 £1,849,750
Cotswold £70,024 £175,060
County Durham £819,274 £2,048,185
Coventry £716,677 £1,791,693
Craven £108,596 £271,490
Crawley £222,971 £557,428
Croydon £1,216,039 £3,040,098
Dacorum £241,209 £603,023
Darlington £151,259 £378,148
Dartford £174,866 £437,165
Denbighshire £167,670 £419,175
Derby £325,512 £813,780
Derbyshire Dales £56,690 £141,725
Doncaster £487,498 £1,218,745
Dorset £448,992 £1,122,480
Dover £172,856 £432,140
Dudley £463,396 £1,158,490
Ealing £1,429,046 £3,572,615
East Cambridgeshire £66,341 £165,853
East Devon £146,620 £366,550
East Hampshire £86,488 £216,220
East Hertfordshire £165,813 £414,533
East Lindsey £203,927 £509,818
East Riding of Yorkshire £322,993 £807,483
East Staffordshire £112,447 £281,118
East Suffolk £291,899 £729,748
Eastbourne £236,676 £591,690
Eastleigh £120,789 £301,973
Eden £146,177 £365,443
Elmbridge £192,647 £481,618
Enfield £1,636,847 £4,092,118
Epping Forest £101,932 £254,830
Epsom and Ewell £112,091 £280,228
Erewash £114,162 £285,405
Exeter £130,593 £326,483
Fareham £84,799 £211,998
Fenland £125,013 £312,533
Flintshire £201,195 £502,988
Folkestone and Hythe £200,964 £502,410
Forest of Dean £70,529 £176,323
Fylde £77,706 £194,265
Gateshead £346,207 £865,518
Gedling £101,253 £253,133
Gloucester £183,749 £459,373
Gosport £62,779 £156,948
Gravesham £175,275 £438,188
Great Yarmouth £170,809 £427,023
Greenwich £652,299 £1,630,748
Guildford £146,823 £367,058
Gwynedd £646,431 £1,616,078
Hackney £1,168,300 £2,920,750
Halton £273,649 £684,123
Hambleton £76,505 £191,263
Hammersmith and Fulham £583,448 £1,458,620
Harborough £50,835 £127,088
Haringey £1,168,397 £2,920,993
Harlow £168,074 £420,185
Harrogate £138,942 £347,355
Harrow £681,467 £1,703,668
Hart £87,778 £219,445
Hartlepool £229,049 £572,623
Hastings £216,416 £541,040
Havant £162,783 £406,958
Havering £455,846 £1,139,615
Herefordshire, County of £188,698 £471,745
Hertsmere £215,153 £537,883
High Peak £79,536 £198,840
Hillingdon £660,830 £1,652,075
Hinckley and Bosworth £77,140 £192,850
Horsham £128,077 £320,193
Hounslow £817,315 £2,043,288
Huntingdonshire £159,699 £399,248
Hyndburn £126,098 £315,245
Ipswich £195,803 £489,508
Isle of Anglesey £120,510 £301,275
Isle of Wight £221,071 £552,678
Isles of Scilly £378 £945
Islington £616,409 £1,541,023
Kensington and Chelsea £557,070 £1,392,675
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk £179,572 £448,930
Kingston upon Hull, City of £536,183 £1,340,458
Kingston upon Thames £314,189 £785,473
Kirklees £447,882 £1,119,705
Knowsley £383,046 £957,615
Lambeth £932,592 £2,331,480
Lancaster £182,678 £456,695
Leeds £1,166,209 £2,915,523
Leicester £614,218 £1,535,545
Lewes £164,489 £411,223
Lewisham £905,326 £2,263,315
Lichfield £72,331 £180,828
Lincoln £129,643 £324,108
Liverpool £1,151,557 £2,878,893
Luton £471,898 £1,179,745
Maidstone £227,274 £568,185
Maldon £58,530 £146,325
Malvern Hills £74,115 £185,288
Manchester £1,367,787 £3,419,468
Mansfield £89,029 £222,573
Medway £474,331 £1,185,828
Melton £34,960 £87,400
Mendip £127,966 £319,915
Merthyr Tydfil £141,272 £353,180
Merton £421,909 £1,054,773
Mid Devon £75,634 £189,085
Mid Suffolk £68,636 £171,590
Mid Sussex £150,628 £376,570
Middlesbrough £390,124 £975,310
Milton Keynes £454,162 £1,135,405
Mole Valley £76,187 £190,468
Monmouthshire £116,656 £291,640
Neath Port Talbot £285,484 £713,710
New Forest £199,092 £497,730
Newark and Sherwood £104,757 £261,893
Newcastle upon Tyne £588,012 £1,470,030
Newcastle-under-Lyme £108,777 £271,943
Newham £1,345,375 £3,363,438
Newport £372,649 £931,623
North Devon £117,638 £294,095
North East Derbyshire £97,034 £242,585
North East Lincolnshire £239,260 £598,150
North Hertfordshire £140,925 £352,313
North Northamptonshire £379,453 £948,633
North Kesteven £85,166 £212,915
North Lincolnshire £143,029 £357,573
North Norfolk £100,945 £252,363
North Somerset £265,888 £664,720
North Tyneside £300,337 £750,843
North Warwickshire £59,033 £147,583
North West Leicestershire £79,377 £198,443
Northumberland £387,847 £969,618
Norwich £253,476 £633,690
Nottingham £615,932 £1,539,830
Nuneaton and Bedworth £163,588 £408,970
Oadby and Wigston £55,128 £137,820
Oldham £420,260 £1,050,650
Oxford £248,488 £621,220
Pembrokeshire £194,167 £485,418
Pendle £103,594 £258,985
Peterborough £366,192 £915,480
Plymouth £414,754 £1,036,885
Portsmouth £419,733 £1,049,333
Powys £524,671 £1,311,678
Preston £209,792 £524,480
Reading £359,979 £899,948
Redbridge £880,376 £2,200,940
Redcar and Cleveland £264,957 £662,393
Redditch £77,686 £194,215
Reigate and Banstead £179,111 £447,778
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff £395,834 £989,585
Ribble Valley £35,708 £89,270
Richmond upon Thames £297,685 £744,213
Richmondshire £113,863 £284,658
Rochdale £372,697 £931,743
Rochford £85,741 £214,353
Rossendale £68,564 £171,410
Rother £140,755 £351,888
Rotherham £418,902 £1,047,255
Rugby £110,190 £275,475
Runnymede £115,590 £288,975
Rushcliffe £83,184 £207,960
Rushmoor £157,312 £393,280
Rutland £22,135 £55,338
Ryedale £177,748 £444,370
Salford £528,389 £1,320,973
Sandwell £699,924 £1,749,810
Scarborough £156,757 £391,893
Sedgemoor £170,223 £425,558
Sefton £485,303 £1,213,258
Selby £70,137 £175,343
Sevenoaks £139,144 £347,860
Sheffield £728,333 £1,820,833
Shropshire £303,030 £757,575
Slough £491,362 £1,228,405
Solihull £234,636 £586,590
Somerset West and Taunton £216,607 £541,518
South Cambridgeshire £108,271 £270,678
South Derbyshire £83,991 £209,978
South Gloucestershire £247,509 £618,773
South Hams £91,942 £229,855
South Holland £85,799 £214,498
South Kesteven £152,696 £381,740
South Lakeland £72,538 £181,345
South Norfolk £113,579 £283,948
South Oxfordshire £132,714 £331,785
South Ribble £83,711 £209,278
South Somerset £158,814 £397,035
South Staffordshire £85,409 £213,523
South Tyneside £301,760 £754,400
Southampton £439,914 £1,099,785
Southend-on-Sea £401,217 £1,003,043
Southwark £801,055 £2,002,638
Spelthorne £198,812 £497,030
St Albans £140,360 £350,900
St. Helens £333,724 £834,310
Stafford £91,924 £229,810
Staffordshire Moorlands £63,417 £158,543
Stevenage £138,947 £347,368
Stockport £277,846 £694,615
Stockton-on-Tees £307,761 £769,403
Stoke-on-Trent £399,924 £999,810
Stratford-on-Avon £114,475 £286,188
Stroud £57,310 £143,275
Sunderland £263,900 £659,750
Surrey Heath £79,212 £198,030
Sutton £339,519 £848,798
Swale £255,463 £638,658
Swansea £387,651 £969,128
Swindon £288,837 £722,093
Tameside £380,613 £951,533
Tamworth £96,334 £240,835
Tandridge £110,747 £276,868
Teignbridge £160,591 £401,478
Telford and Wrekin £324,422 £811,055
Tendring £288,199 £720,498
Test Valley £117,458 £293,645
Tewkesbury £69,061 £172,653
Thanet £323,810 £809,525
The Vale of Glamorgan £190,101 £475,253
Three Rivers £125,097 £312,743
Thurrock £366,304 £915,760
Tonbridge and Malling £155,476 £388,690
Torbay £308,174 £770,435
Torfaen £186,070 £465,175
Torridge £68,905 £172,263
Tower Hamlets £1,137,696 £2,844,240
Trafford £282,461 £706,153
Tunbridge Wells £126,426 £316,065
Uttlesford £78,040 £195,100
Vale of White Horse £118,874 £297,185
Wakefield £536,891 £1,342,228
Walsall £529,200 £1,323,000
Waltham Forest £772,613 £1,931,533
Wandsworth £771,227 £1,928,068
Warrington £195,914 £489,785
Warwick £114,610 £286,525
Watford £205,872 £514,680
Waverley £111,336 £278,340
Wealden £167,243 £418,108
Welwyn Hatfield £178,663 £446,658
West Berkshire £177,546 £443,865
West Devon £126,207 £315,518
West Lancashire £143,027 £357,568
West Lindsey £103,118 £257,795
West Northamptonshire £426,838 £1,067,095
West Oxfordshire £105,345 £263,363
West Suffolk £165,545 £413,863
Westminster £850,162 £2,125,405
Wigan £427,888 £1,069,720
Wiltshire £313,946 £784,865
Winchester £102,679 £256,698
Windsor and Maidenhead £174,990 £437,475
Wirral £540,436 £1,351,090
Woking £128,730 £321,825
Wokingham £142,174 £355,435
Wolverhampton £528,907 £1,322,268
Worcester £116,780 £291,950
Worthing £150,517 £376,293
Wrexham £221,482 £553,705
Wychavon £109,823 £274,558
Wyre £135,215 £338,038
Wyre Forest £108,004 £270,010
York £160,661 £401,653