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Heating and housing benefits

Research and statistics

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  • Official experimental statistics on the number of households in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest loans.

  • Data on the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants, the overpayments recovered and amounts written off.

  • Analysis of local authorities' use of Discretionary Housing Payment funds from April to September 2020, based on local authority mid-year returns.

  • Experimental Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit flows data.

  • Data on the number of Winter Fuel Payments made and the amounts spent on them, by European Economic Area (EEA) country and Switzerland.

  • Statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients by local authority and by parliamentary constituency for winter 2019 to 2020.

  • Statistics on the average number of days to process a new Housing Benefit claim or a change in circumstance of an existing claimant.

  • Twice-yearly publication on Housing Benefit debt recoveries.

  • Analysis of local authorities' use of Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) funds, based on end-of-year monitoring and financial returns.

  • Statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients by local authority and by parliamentary constituency for winter 2018 to 2019.

  • Research report by Deloitte LLP and the Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP)'s recommendations.

  • Estimated number of eligible recipients, and triggers for Cold Weather Payments made in Great Britain between 1 November 2019 and 31 March 2020.

  • Data on the amount of Housing Benefit that is overpaid to claimants, the overpayments recovered and amounts written off.

  • Statistics on the average number of days to process a new Housing Benefit claim or a change in circumstance of an existing claimant.

  • Twice-yearly publication on Housing Benefit debt recoveries.

  • Analysis of local authorities' use of Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) funds, based on end-of-year monitoring and financial returns.

  • This publication provides analysis relating to mixed age couples estimated to be affected by the change in policy from 15 May 2019.

  • Estimated number of eligible recipients, and triggers for Cold Weather Payments made in Great Britain from 1 November 2018 to 31 March 2019.

  • Twice-yearly publication on Housing Benefit debt recoveries.

  • This report presents findings on Housing Benefit fraud and error and limiting absences outside Great Britain, and changes to local authority structures and services.