Research and analysis

Household Support Fund 4 management information for 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

Published 3 October 2024

Introduction

The fourth iteration of the Household Support Fund grant was made available from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 to support those most in need across England with the cost of

  • food
  • energy
  • water
  • other essential living needs
  • advice services

The total funding available across England for the relevant period was £842 million.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) provided funding to Upper Tier Local Authorities including metropolitan councils and London boroughs (“the Authorities”), under section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003.

The Authorities administered the scheme to provide further support to those households in the most need, including households with children, pensioners, disabled people, and other vulnerable households during the grant period. In line with previous Household Support Fund grants, the Barnett formula was applied in the usual way for the devolved administrations.

All 153 county councils and unitary authorities in England participated. The guidance enabled them to deliver the scheme through a variety of routes, including issuing grants to third parties, providing vouchers to households, or direct provision. County councils were encouraged to work together with district councils to provide support and ensure the funding met its objectives in all areas and responded to local needs.

The grant was primarily allocated to support with the costs of food, energy, water, other essential living and advice service needs as described in the grant determination terms below:

a) the Authority is to ensure that the grant is primarily allocated to support with the costs of energy (for heating, lighting and cooking), food, water (for household purposes, including sewerage) and other essential living needs in accordance with the Scheme guidance

b) by exception and where existing housing support has been exhausted, the Authority may allocate grant funds to support with housing costs as set out in the Scheme guidance

c) the Authority, during the Grant Period, is to facilitate applications for assistance under the Scheme from individuals who are eligible for assistance in its area

d) the Authority may, in accordance with the Scheme guidance, allocate a limited portion of the grant to fund the provision of advice to individuals that is likely to assist those individuals in meeting their essential living needs in the longer term and complements other assistance provided to those individuals under the Scheme.

The grant guidance is published on GOV.UK.

About these statistics

We’ve published the figures in this release:

The figures shown in this release are from the individual Authority’s Management Information Return (as of 7 August 2024) from the 153 English county councils and unitary authorities which participated in the Household Support Fund programme.

Note that on 1 April 2023 Cumbria County Council was replaced by two new Unitary Authorities: Cumberland Council and Westmoreland and Furness Council.

The template for returning details of spend, the grant determination (describing the terms of the grant) and detailed guidance were published on GOV.UK.

Statement of application of the Code of Practice for Statistics

The Code of Practice for Statistics (the Code) is built around 3 main concepts, or pillars:

  • trustworthiness – is about having confidence in the people and organisations that publish statistics
  • quality – is about using data and methods that produce statistics
  • value – is about publishing statistics that support society’s needs

The following explains how we have applied the pillars of the Code in a proportionate way.

Trustworthiness

The figures were created following interest from Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ministers and Members of Parliament. We were unable to restrict access to the data ahead of the publication as the data has been used internally as Management Information (MI). They are being published now in order to give equal access to all those with an interest in them.

Quality

The data which underpins this information is taken directly and solely from the Statements of Spend returned to DWP by participating Authorities and the published grant determination for the scheme. DWP liaised with Authorities to validate the returns. Analysis of the Authority returns has undergone review by analysts and internal audit. The MI has also been reviewed and approved by the scheme’s project design group.

Value

Releasing this information serves the increased public interest in how Authorities have used grant funding from DWP to support those most in need to help with global inflationary challenges and the rising costs of living. The figures also help reduce the administrative burden of answering parliamentary questions, Freedom of Information requests and other forms of ad hoc enquiry and serves public interest.

Further information and feedback

Lead Analysts: Emma Macrae, Clare Smithson
Analysts: Katrin Izquierdo, Ellen Johns, Alex Wiatrowska

Contact the DWP Press Office if you have any questions or feedback.

Annex: Authority level MI tables

The following tables (1, 2, 3 and 4) have also been published in spreadsheet format.

Table 1: Grant Allocation and reported spend for the Household Support Fund 4 by Authority for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

The first table shows the Authorities’ grant allocations and each Authority’s reported spend, the number of awards made, as well as the percentages of the award spent split by household types and the administration costs of the scheme for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

All MI is as reported by Authorities in their declaration of spend for the Household Support Fund (HSF).

Authority Total HSF awarded Total LA Spend (inc. admin) (£) Number of awards % Award spent % Expenditure on households with children % Expenditure on households with pensioners % Expenditure on households with a disabled person % Expenditure on other households % spend on administration
Barking & Dagenham £4,324,103.00 £4,324,103.00 111,672 100% 63% 15% 13% 9% 10%
Barnet £4,910,366.00 £4,910,366.00 23,045 100% 76% 14% 3% 7% 3%
Barnsley £4,702,528.00 £4,702,528.00 60,572 100% 29% 13% 12% 45% 6%
Bath & North East Somerset UA £1,933,721.00 £1,933,721.00 28,459 100% 73% 3% 4% 21% 7%
Bedford UA £2,402,970.00 £2,402,970.00 117,781 100% 74% 13% 0% 13% 6%
Bexley £3,084,619.00 £3,084,619.00 40,600 100% 86% 2% 3% 9% 5%
Birmingham £25,582,270.00 £25,581,838.49 302,551 100% 45% 11% 28% 16% 9%
Blackburn with Darwen UA £3,237,053.00 £3,237,053.00 55,130 100% 56% 10% 24% 10% 6%
Blackpool UA £3,491,715.00 £3,491,715.00 173,603 100% 73% 8% 8% 11% 4%
Bolton £5,560,633.00 £5,560,633.00 133,102 100% 78% 9% 10% 3% 2%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UA £5,306,734.00 £5,275,292.98 123,454 99% 71% 11% 8% 10% 6%
Bracknell Forest UA £1,110,936.00 £1,110,930.14 27,510 100% 68% 12% 6% 13% 10%
Bradford £11,388,976.00 £11,388,976.00 559,734 100% 48% 18% 3% 31% 5%
Brent £5,562,445.00 £5,562,445.00 35,837 100% 46% 1% 6% 47% 3%
Brighton & Hove UA £4,280,722.00 £4,280,722.00 108,995 100% 66% 4% 16% 14% 6%
Bristol UA £8,079,930.00 £8,079,930.00 801,316 100% 65% 6% 12% 17% 4%
Bromley £3,735,765.00 £3,735,765.00 119,354 100% 59% 12% 23% 6% 8%
Buckinghamshire UA £4,798,381.00 £4,798,381.00 151,447 100% 62% 12% 5% 21% 7%
Bury £3,068,400.00 £3,067,811.63 51,976 100% 60% 6% 12% 22% 9%
Calderdale £3,666,007.00 £3,666,007.00 18,340 100% 52% 2% 40% 6% 5%
Cambridgeshire £7,162,849.00 £7,162,849.00 153,215 100% 77% 10% 3% 10% 5%
Camden £4,013,864.00 £4,013,864.00 97,215 100% 64% 2% 18% 16% 11%
Central Bedfordshire UA £2,966,148.00 £2,966,148.00 82,422 100% 74% 11% 7% 8% 4%
Cheshire East UA £4,407,784.00 £4,364,635.13 25,408 99% 59% 32% 1% 8% 10%
Cheshire West and Chester UA £4,580,095.00 £4,580,095.00 95,874 100% 77% 8% 9% 6% 6%
City of London £126,161.00 £116,282.42 427 92% 17% 26% 24% 33% 11%
City of Nottingham UA £7,113,868.00 £7,016,953.99 674,046 99% 64% 7% 11% 17% 4%
Cornwall UA £9,057,140.00 £9,057,140.00 97,767 100% 43% 30% 17% 11% 4%
Coventry £6,448,445.00 £6,448,445.00 166,303 100% 63% 0% 17% 20% 8%
Croydon £6,027,379.00 £6,027,379.00 181,552 100% 84% 4% 2% 10% 2%
Cumberland £4,334,878.00 £4,334,878.00 93,700 100% 86% 0% 4% 10% 5%
Darlington UA £1,827,708.00 £1,827,708.00 53,146 100% 65% 12% 7% 16% 2%
Derby City UA £4,449,423.00 £4,449,423.00 164,920 100% 85% 1% 1% 12% 5%
Derbyshire £10,808,162.00 £10,760,309.55 111,856 100% 44% 31% 12% 13% 3%
Devon £10,129,752.00 £10,129,752.00 81,623 100% 73% 10% 10% 16% 12%
Doncaster £5,978,546.00 £5,978,545.94 62,526 100% 71% 0% 13% 16% 0%
Dorset UA £4,589,883.00 £4,589,883.00 90,645 100% 70% 11% 12% 7% 6%
Dudley £5,251,038.00 £5,251,038.00 53,217 100% 68% 4% 16% 12% 2%
Durham UA £9,352,199.00 £9,352,199.00 190,886 100% 80% 4% 6% 11% 4%
Ealing £5,317,610.00 £5,301,899.93 107,269 100% 67% 2% 9% 22% 11%
East Riding of Yorkshire UA £4,123,665.00 £4,123,665.00 76,582 100% 51% 14% 17% 18% 8%
East Sussex £7,793,568.00 £7,793,568.00 152,025 100% 52% 12% 24% 12% 4%
Enfield £5,695,989.00 £5,695,989.00 73,098 100% 69% 9% 11% 10% 5%
Essex £18,873,086.00 £18,730,535.03 253,477 99% 66% 1% 29% 3% 4%
Gateshead £3,673,260.00 £3,634,273.00 130,615 99% 66% 2% 9% 22% 5%
Gloucestershire £7,384,966.00 £7,219,675.65 172,085 98% 69% 8% 10% 14% 5%
Greenwich £4,757,386.00 £4,757,386.00 174,894 100% 59% 8% 24% 9% 4%
Hackney £5,644,517.00 £5,604,517.00 83,620 99% 74% 2% 4% 20% 8%
Halton UA £2,595,761.00 £2,525,406.31 81,623 97% 63% 21% 4% 11% 5%
Hammersmith & Fulham £2,828,750.00 £2,828,750.00 49,054 100% 40% 14% 22% 23% 5%
Hampshire £14,248,255.00 £14,248,253.45 279,945 100% 44% 9% 10% 37% 7%
Haringey £4,813,343.00 £4,813,343.00 35,117 100% 69% 2% 9% 20% 8%
Harrow £2,953,414.00 £2,953,413.26 75,034 100% 72% 13% 3% 12% 8%
Hartlepool UA £1,986,043.00 £1,986,043.00 26,048 100% 48% 29% 0% 23% 5%
Havering £3,296,302.00 £3,296,302.00 28,478 100% 66% 19% 7% 8% 8%
Herefordshire UA £2,659,204.00 £2,659,204.00 45,810 100% 70% 7% 9% 13% 8%
Hertfordshire £12,344,130.00 £12,344,130.00 431,564 100% 61% 11% 11% 17% 1%
Hillingdon £4,138,684.00 £4,138,684.00 133,039 100% 71% 7% 9% 13% 5%
Hounslow £4,084,792.00 £4,084,792.00 156,674 100% 84% 5% 0% 11% 1%
Isle of Wight UA £2,263,152.00 £ 2,263,152.00 85,619 100% 60% 14% 14% 12% 4%
Isles of Scilly £22,260.00 £22,260.00 100 100% 52% 17% 12% 20% 6%
Islington £4,436,319.00 £4,436,319.00 26,231 100% 63% 6% 16% 15% 2%
Kensington & Chelsea £2,360,738.00 £2,242,290.92 57,478 95% 57% 30% 1% 12% 0%
Kent £22,130,762.00 £22,130,761.60 536,554 100% 78% 6% 8% 8% 4%
Kingston upon Hull UA £6,076,587.00 £6,076,587.00 226,976 100% 60% 10% 18% 12% 2%
Kingston upon Thames £1,725,734.00 £1,725,734.00 57,561 100% 75% 1% 3% 22% 1%
Kirklees £7,405,647.00 £7,405,646.54 143,097 100% 72% 3% 8% 17% 10%
Knowsley £3,724,377.00 £3,724,377.00 148,892 100% 77% 8% 10% 5% 7%
Lambeth £5,441,274.00 £5,441,274.00 43,829 100% 79% 5% 5% 10% 0%
Lancashire £19,356,470.00 £19,356,470.00 532,610 100% 71% 7% 8% 14% 5%
Leeds £14,197,296.00 £14,197,296.00 218,438 100% 44% 20% 12% 24% 6%
Leicester City UA £6,858,706.00 £6,858,706.00 310,326 100% 60% 7% 14% 18% 11%
Leicestershire £7,240,078.00 £7,240,078.00 206,814 100% 77% 2% 20% 7% 5%
Lewisham £5,337,075.00 £5,337,075.00 33,595 100% 85% 4% 6% 5% 3%
Lincolnshire £10,929,370.00 £10,881,096.89 99,541 100% 52% 29% 5% 14% 2%
Liverpool £12,108,040.00 £12,108,040.00 520,959 100% 63% 10% 9% 18% 2%
Luton UA £3,658,548.00 £3,658,548.00 83,069 100% 76% 10% 8% 6% 6%
Manchester £12,906,326.00 £12,906,326.00 67,653 100% 57% 6% 20% 17% 0%
Merton £2,373,215.00 £2,373,215.00 17,744 100% 74% 8% 3% 14% 3%
Middlesbrough UA £3,307,230.00 £3,305,930.22 90,216 100% 55% 10% 6% 29% 10%
Milton Keynes UA £3,585,033.00 £3,585,033.00 106,352 100% 82% 1% 5% 11% 11%
Newcastle upon Tyne £5,796,808.00 £5,796,808.00 79,477 100% 66% 14% 1% 19% 0%
Newham £6,678,390.00 £6,678,389.50 245,445 100% 79% 9% 7% 4% 10%
Norfolk £13,393,612.00 £13,393,612.00 389,697 100% 73% 4% 11% 12% 6%
North East Lincolnshire UA £3,119,329.00 £3,119,329.00 59,793 100% 45% 38% 4% 14% 4%
North Lincolnshire UA £2,647,786.00 £2,647,786.00 32,393 100% 38% 39% 16% 8% 5%
North Northamptonshire £4,930,984.00 £4,930,984.00 169,460 100% 89% 2% 6% 2% 7%
North Somerset UA £2,615,696.00 £2,615,696.00 40,879 100% 60% 20% 5% 14% 5%
North Tyneside £3,219,996.00 £3,219,996.00 45,397 100% 81% 4% 11% 5% 4%
North Yorkshire £7,075,100.00 £7,075,100.00 255,510 100% 14% 43% 4% 39% 6%
Northumberland UA £4,960,660.00 £4,960,660.00 95,656 100% 48% 19% 20% 14% 3%
Nottinghamshire £11,292,900.00 £11,292,900.00 72,434 100% 29% 15% 44% 11% 5%
Oldham £4,838,738.00 £4,838,738.00 131,400 100% 80% 3% 13% 4% 1%
Oxfordshire £6,722,512.00 £6,722,512.00 263,191 100% 68% 23% 4% 7% 7%
Peterborough UA £3,649,273.00 £3,649,273.00 195,185 100% 83% 2% 6% 8% 10%
Plymouth UA £4,589,594.00 £4,589,594.00 89,109 100% 68% 4% 11% 17% 9%
Portsmouth UA £3,776,429.00 £3,776,429.00 100,075 100% 73% 10% 7% 10% 5%
Reading UA £2,261,298.00 £2,261,298.00 16,889 100% 68% 19% 8% 5% 8%
Redbridge £3,931,958.00 £3,931,958.00 63,819 100% 68% 4% 10% 19% 8%
Redcar & Cleveland UA £2,592,762.00 £2,592,762.00 11,862 100% 25% 39% 9% 26% 4%
Richmond upon Thames £1,672,713.00 £1,672,713.00 27,481 100% 85% 1% 7% 7% 4%
Rochdale £4,674,768.00 £4,674,768.00 194,401 100% 68% 22% 5% 5% 4%
Rotherham £4,978,060.00 £4,978,060.00 137,621 100% 64% 1% 20% 16% 0%
Rutland UA £314,742.00 £295,035.00 5,455 94% 65% 15% 0% 19% 4%
Salford £5,467,798.00 £5,467,798.00 103,361 100% 81% 1% 8% 12% 7%
Sandwell £6,942,885.00 £6,942,885.00 138,623 100% 67% 14% 6% 13% 0%
Sefton £4,870,222.00 £4,870,222.00 167,233 100% 61% 15% 0% 24% 3%
Sheffield £10,407,651.00 £9,984,602.23 62,365 96% 73% 9% 8% 10% 11%
Shropshire UA £4,177,590.00 £4,177,590.00 17,935 100% 48% 29% 7% 16% 10%
Slough UA £2,355,383.00 £ 2,355,383.00 47,762 100% 83% 2% 3% 12% 6%
Solihull £2,816,718.00 £2,816,718.00 98,334 100% 58% 7% 25% 10% 9%
Somerset £7,640,831.00 £7,640,610.00 223,257 100% 73% 3% 6% 18% 4%
South Gloucestershire UA £2,820,033.00 £2,820,033.00 54,406 100% 64% 8% 10% 18% 7%
South Tyneside £2,969,708.00 £2,969,708.00 70,953 100% 63% 21% 7% 9% 1%
Southampton UA £4,445,352.00 £4,409,929.44 147,619 99% 78% 3% 12% 7% 6%
Southend-on-Sea UA £2,826,158.00 £2,826,158.00 28,046 100% 58% 4% 34% 5% 5%
Southwark £5,468,732.00 £5,468,732.00 170,240 100% 68% 0% 9% 101% 6%
St Helens £3,559,162.00 £3,559,162.00 35,973 100% 56% 32% 6% 6% 4%
Staffordshire £11,013,096.00 £11,013,096.00 245,010 100% 74% 12% 6% 8% 10%
Stockport £4,326,259.00 £4,326,259.00 62,248 100% 79% 4% 9% 8% 5%
Stockton-on-Tees UA £3,371,748.00 £3,371,748.00 28,863 100% 29% 22% 23% 26% 3%
Stoke-on-Trent UA £5,373,444.00 £5,373,444.00 152,872 100% 77% 2% 8% 13% 4%
Suffolk £10,212,060.00 £10,212,060.00 173,556 100% 67% 3% 19% 11% 7%
Sunderland £5,347,124.00 £5,347,124.00 103,686 100% 63% 15% 16% 6% 2%
Surrey £10,581,659.00 £10,581,659.00 427,669 100% 73% 7% 11% 9% 4%
Sutton £2,311,578.00 £2,311,575.00 88,547 100% 73% 5% 16% 6% 1%
Swindon UA £3,030,691.00 £3,002,705.50 69,060 99% 72% 12% 10% 6% 4%
Tameside £4,449,373.00 £4,449,373.00 100,768 100% 88% 0% 1% 11% 9%
Telford and the Wrekin UA £3,029,094.00 £3,029,094.00 44,778 100% 74% 20% 3% 3% 10%
The Medway Towns UA £4,524,926.00 £4,524,926.00 172,156 100% 74% 13% 9% 4% 7%
Thurrock UA £2,590,082.00 £2,590,082.00 35,479 100% 59% 1% 37% 4% 4%
Torbay UA £2,470,714.00 £2,470,714.00 22,739 100% 39% 16% 13% 32% 8%
Tower Hamlets £5,992,559.00 £5,992,559.00 71,990 100% 63% 4% 2% 30% 9%
Trafford £2,916,149.00 £2,916,149.00 37,062 100% 65% 13% 18% 5% 5%
Wakefield £6,249,854.00 £6,249,854.00 82,342 100% 40% 25% 23% 12% 3%
Walsall £5,639,620.00 £5,639,620.00 39,732 100% 72% 3% 9% 16% 10%
Waltham Forest £4,655,055.00 £4,655,053.71 107,865 100% 80% 4% 3% 14% 6%
Wandsworth £4,138,970.00 £4,138,970.00 136,653 100% 85% 3% 5% 8% 2%
Warrington UA £2,881,501.00 £2,881,369.00 118,720 100% 51% 18% 0% 31% 1%
Warwickshire £6,945,994.00 £6,945,994.00 164,268 100% 96% 1% 1% 2% 5%
West Berkshire UA £1,389,699.00 £1,389,699.00 25,827 100% 47% 22% 20% 11% 10%
West Northamptonshire £5,199,257.00 £5,199,257.00 163,233 100% 74% 6% 11% 8% 5%
West Sussex £9,740,724.00 £9,740,724.00 229,515 100% 65% 7% 11% 17% 4%
Westminster £3,903,014.00 £3,901,014.20 63,705 100% 61% 14% 18% 6% 1%
Westmorland and Furness £3,045,591.00 £3,045,591.00 60,072 100% 75% 5% 6% 14% 9%
Wigan £5,636,469.00 £5,636,469.00 102,405 100% 64% 23% 4% 9% 5%
Wiltshire UA £5,457,313.00 £5,444,379.54 93,128 100% 58% 6% 20% 16% 2%
Windsor & Maidenhead UA £1,175,810.00 £1,172,371.00 18,989 100% 72% 7% 11% 9% 10%
Wirral £6,098,690.00 £6,098,690.00 188,024 100% 69% 7% 8% 16% 9%
Wokingham UA £1,051,147.00 £1,051,147.00 19,002 100% 77% 5% 10% 7% 6%
Wolverhampton £5,263,755.00 £5,263,754.00 99,036 100% 28% 5% 2% 65% 13%
Worcestershire £7,898,278.00 £7,898,278.00 200,712 100% 60% 15% 15% 11% 8%
York UA £2,075,813.00 £2,075,813.00 9,453 100% 52% 10% 10% 31% 2%
Totals £841,999,999.00 £840,603,927.19 19,548,829 100% 65% 11% 11% 15% 6%

Notes to Table 1:

  • total GBP (£) Household Support Fund 4 awarded. This is the total Award made to Authorities as described in the Grant Determination for the scheme covering the period of 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
  • all spend statistics derived from individual Authority’s Management Information Return as of 7 August 2024 and as described in the scheme’s detailed guidance
  • totals may not sum to 100% as Authority spend has been capped to remove any contributions made by Authorities using their own funds
  • number of awards is as reported by Authorities; it may not represent the number of people helped as some may have received multiple awards
  • percentage (%) spend on administration – this is calculated for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 as reported: administration costs/total reported spend on the Household Support Fund 4 for the Authority less any Authority contributions

Table 2: Percentage (%) spend for the Household Support Fund 4 by Authority for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 split by the eligible categories of spend

The second table shows the percentages of the award spent split by the relevant spend categories (for example, food, energy and water) for the same period.

All MI is as reported by Authorities in their declaration of spend for the HSF.

Authority % Spend on food (Non-Free School Meals support in the holidays) % Spend on Free School Meals support in the holidays % Spend on energy and water % Spend on essentials linked to energy and water % Spend on wider essentials % Spend on housing costs % Spend on advice services
Barking & Dagenham 10% 53% 11% 6% 10% 4% 6%
Barnet 12% 61% 12% 5% 8% 1% 1%
Barnsley 10% 13% 27% 29% 20% 1% 1%
Bath & North East Somerset UA 0% 44% 50% 0% 6% 0% 0%
Bedford UA 0% 62% 38% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Bexley 10% 61% 3% 2% 12% 12% 0%
Birmingham 26% 10% 24% 6% 22% 5% 7%
Blackburn with Darwen UA 37% 3% 37% 0% 17% 0% 6%
Blackpool UA 14% 53% 9% 3% 9% 4% 7%
Bolton 19% 53% 12% 3% 10% 1% 1%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UA 35% 50% 14% 0% 1% 0% 0%
Bracknell Forest UA 26% 44% 11% 2% 15% 2% 0%
Bradford 44% 0% 46% 5% 4% 0% 0%
Brent 12% 34% 47% 1% 4% 0% 2%
Brighton & Hove UA 30% 40% 13% 5% 10% 0% 3%
Bristol UA 21% 48% 8% 3% 6% 8% 5%
Bromley 0% 48% 0% 52% 0% 0% 0%
Buckinghamshire UA 10% 51% 6% 9% 18% 5% 2%
Bury 37% 40% 10% 0% 12% 0% 2%
Calderdale 42% 4% 42% 0% 12% 0% 0%
Cambridgeshire 16% 61% 13% 0% 3% 0% 7%
Camden 20% 38% 20% 9% 5% 2% 6%
Central Bedfordshire UA 30% 63% 1% 2% 4% 0% 0%
Cheshire East UA 10% 43% 44% 0% 0% 3% 0%
Cheshire West and Chester UA 3% 53% 38% 4% 2% 0% 0%
City of London 19% 0% 53% 21% 5% 3% 0%
City of Nottingham UA 22% 49% 28% 0% 1% 0% 0%
Cornwall UA 41% 0% 46% 6% 5% 3% 0%
Coventry 10% 24% 50% 9% 8% 0% 0%
Croydon 10% 52% 20% 7% 1% 10% 0%
Cumberland 3% 62% 20% 0% 15% 0% 0%
Darlington UA 33% 44% 18% 0% 2% 0% 2%
Derby City UA 28% 66% 6% 1% 0% 0% 0%
Derbyshire 35% 0% 42% 2% 10% 11% 0%
Devon 22% 48% 17% 8% 12% 1% 1%
Doncaster 0% 43% 49% 0% 7% 0% 0%
Dorset UA 47% 48% 3% 0% 2% 0% 0%
Dudley 26% 38% 14% 2% 16% 4% 0%
Durham UA 25% 48% 7% 4% 14% 2% 0%
Ealing 26% 52% 12% 4% 5% 1% 0%
East Riding of Yorkshire UA 25% 45% 17% 3% 9% 0% 0%
East Sussex 17% 43% 29% 1% 7% 2% 1%
Enfield 40% 2% 14% 1% 16% 27% 0%
Essex 30% 45% 13% 11% 0% 0% 0%
Gateshead 44% 46% 1% 2% 3% 2% 2%
Gloucestershire 26% 36% 21% 6% 6% 1% 4%
Greenwich 18% 58% 9% 2% 8% 0% 4%
Hackney 40% 43% 13% 0% 0% 1% 3%
Halton UA 11% 53% 3% 21% 10% 0% 2%
Hammersmith & Fulham 17% 5% 24% 0% 21% 29% 3%
Hampshire 58% 8% 16% 2% 8% 6% 2%
Haringey 23% 48% 23% 0% 6% 0% 0%
Harrow 35% 59% 0% 0% 0% 4% 2%
Hartlepool UA 2% 48% 13% 29% 7% 1% 0%
Havering 29% 35% 35% 0% 1% 0% 0%
Herefordshire UA 23% 46% 15% 7% 6% 2% 2%
Hertfordshire 17% 33% 24% 1% 21% 1% 3%
Hillingdon 8% 52% 29% 2% 5% 3% 2%
Hounslow 11% 61% 20% 4% 4% 0% 0%
Isle of Wight UA 78% 0% 3% 6% 11% 0% 2%
Isles of Scilly 33% 0% 52% 0% 12% 4% 0%
Islington 25% 56% 17% 0% 3% 0% 0%
Kensington & Chelsea 8% 51% 32% 0% 9% 0% 0%
Kent 12% 36% 42% 3% 2% 3% 1%
Kingston upon Hull UA 23% 46% 17% 3% 10% 0% 0%
Kingston upon Thames 22% 58% 8% 2% 9% 1% 0%
Kirklees 47% 0% 42% 2% 5% 0% 5%
Knowsley 37% 50% 7% 0% 5% 0% 1%
Lambeth 11% 79% 9% 0% 0% 0% 1%
Lancashire 21% 49% 12% 4% 8% 3% 4%
Leeds 40% 0% 27% 17% 11% 4% 2%
Leicester City UA 26% 7% 40% 1% 5% 17% 3%
Leicestershire 24% 55% 24% 1% 0% 0% 0%
Lewisham 26% 57% 2% 2% 6% 2% 4%
Lincolnshire 66% 1% 27% 1% 5% 0% 0%
Liverpool 43% 15% 26% 2% 14% 0% 1%
Luton UA 23% 56% 8% 0% 0% 13% 0%
Manchester 0% 55% 45% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Merton 14% 61% 14% 6% 1% 4% 0%
Middlesbrough UA 58% 0% 10% 4% 27% 0% 0%
Milton Keynes UA 11% 59% 6% 17% 2% 3% 2%
Newcastle upon Tyne 0% 66% 33% 0% 0% 1% 0%
Newham 32% 56% 11% 0% 2% 0% 0%
Norfolk 18% 51% 11% 8% 9% 1% 3%
North East Lincolnshire UA 26% 32% 36% 1% 2% 0% 3%
North Lincolnshire UA 35% 21% 45% 0% 0% 0% 0%
North Northamptonshire 6% 42% 11% 1% 14% 10% 15%
North Somerset UA 71% 25% 1% 3% 0% 0% 1%
North Tyneside 27% 51% 22% 0% 0% 1% 0%
North Yorkshire 85% 0% 12% 0% 2% 0% 1%
Northumberland UA 14% 58% 19% 6% 2% 0% 1%
Nottinghamshire 45% 0% 42% 7% 0% 5% 1%
Oldham 14% 62% 4% 13% 3% 4% 0%
Oxfordshire 10% 53% 3% 0% 35% 0% 1%
Peterborough UA 32% 61% 1% 0% 5% 0% 1%
Plymouth UA 14% 44% 14% 16% 6% 5% 1%
Portsmouth UA 78% 0% 11% 1% 4% 5% 2%
Reading UA 22% 0% 21% 18% 20% 19% 0%
Redbridge 17% 33% 17% 7% 13% 15% 0%
Redcar & Cleveland UA 40% 0% 40% 0% 20% 0% 0%
Richmond upon Thames 8% 75% 9% 1% 2% 4% 0%
Rochdale 6% 61% 28% 0% 5% 0% 0%
Rotherham 6% 50% 12% 0% 25% 8% 0%
Rutland UA 19% 63% 19% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Salford 17% 61% 12% 0% 10% 3% 0%
Sandwell 2% 64% 1% 26% 3% 5% 0%
Sefton 2% 44% 40% 5% 8% 0% 0%
Sheffield 18% 47% 21% 3% 10% 0% 0%
Shropshire UA 1% 30% 7% 4% 50% 7% 1%
Slough UA 25% 59% 7% 0% 6% 3% 0%
Solihull 16% 61% 8% 8% 3% 3% 1%
Somerset 26% 27% 20% 0% 21% 0% 6%
South Gloucestershire UA 20% 38% 21% 4% 10% 2% 5%
South Tyneside 15% 48% 12% 0% 21% 3% 2%
Southampton UA 26% 54% 5% 5% 1% 5% 3%
Southend-on-Sea UA 61% 10% 23% 7% 0% 0% 0%
Southwark 0% 67% 110% 0% 1% 0% 0%
St Helens 4% 41% 44% 6% 0% 2% 3%
Staffordshire 20% 39% 33% 0% 6% 0% 2%
Stockport 5% 1% 73% 2% 18% 1% 0%
Stockton-on-Tees UA 7% 0% 88% 2% 2% 0% 1%
Stoke-on-Trent UA 15% 47% 14% 0% 13% 6% 5%
Suffolk 16% 37% 18% 11% 12% 6% 0%
Sunderland 33% 50% 14% 1% 1% 0% 1%
Surrey 19% 49% 13% 3% 9% 2% 4%
Sutton 24% 53% 19% 0% 1% 4% 0%
Swindon UA 10% 59% 18% 0% 2% 11% 1%
Tameside 2% 74% 1% 0% 12% 3% 7%
Telford and the Wrekin UA 34% 64% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
The Medway Towns UA 14% 59% 7% 6% 4% 9% 1%
Thurrock UA 28% 28% 29% 0% 15% 0% 0%
Torbay UA 17% 0% 70% 3% 5% 0% 6%
Tower Hamlets 62% 0% 33% 0% 5% 0% 0%
Trafford 11% 55% 32% 0% 1% 0% 0%
Wakefield 85% 0% 7% 8% 0% 0% 0%
Walsall 35% 0% 30% 16% 9% 8% 2%
Waltham Forest 24% 39% 4% 14% 14% 0% 4%
Wandsworth 16% 61% 7% 0% 6% 10% 0%
Warrington UA 16% 51% 32% 1% 0% 0% 0%
Warwickshire 39% 0% 60% 1% 0% 0% 0%
West Berkshire UA 21% 32% 14% 11% 11% 10% 1%
West Northamptonshire 38% 47% 0% 1% 12% 0% 1%
West Sussex 18% 31% 27% 6% 7% 8% 3%
Westminster 14% 51% 34% 0% 1% 0% 0%
Westmorland and Furness 9% 44% 28% 3% 15% 0% 0%
Wigan 8% 48% 43% 0% 1% 0% 0%
Wiltshire UA 12% 47% 8% 16% 14% 1% 2%
Windsor & Maidenhead UA 7% 56% 8% 4% 5% 9% 11%
Wirral 47% 11% 20% 2% 19% 2% 0%
Wokingham UA 12% 53% 15% 3% 8% 2% 6%
Wolverhampton 25% 4% 7% 6% 36% 12% 10%
Worcestershire 15% 42% 24% 7% 5% 2% 6%
York UA 46% 2% 46% 2% 5% 0% 3%
Totals 24% 39% 22% 4% 8% 3% 2%

Notes to Table 2:

  • all spend statistics derived from individual Authority’s Management Information Return as of 7 August 2024 and as described in the scheme’s detailed guidance
  • totals may not sum to 100% as Authority spend has been capped to remove any contributions made by Authorities using their own funds
  • percentage (%) spend split by the seven categories – this is calculated for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 as reported: for example, spend on food/total reported spend on the Household Support Fund 4 for the Authority less the total of administrative costs and any Authority contributions

Table 3: Percentage (%) spend for the Household Support Fund 4 by Authority for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 split by the eligible types of support

The third table shows the percentages of the award spent split by types of support (for example, vouchers, cash awards, tangible items) for the same period.

All MI as reported by Authorities in their declaration of spend for the HSF.

Authority % Spend on vouchers % Spend on cash awards % Spend on third party organisations % Spend on tangible items
Barking & Dagenham 56% 12% 20% 2%
Barnet 75% 19% 2% 4%
Barnsley 39% 2% 26% 31%
Bath & North East Somerset UA 44% 40% 13% 3%
Bedford UA 62% 31% 8% 0%
Bexley 68% 27% 0% 4%
Birmingham 23% 44% 15% 5%
Blackburn with Darwen UA 79% 0% 0% 14%
Blackpool UA 54% 0% 28% 3%
Bolton 62% 0% 8% 10%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UA 35% 2% 54% 9%
Bracknell Forest UA 67% 9% 12% 7%
Bradford 43% 17% 38% 2%
Brent 57% 37% 2% 0%
Brighton & Hove UA 77% 4% 16% 0%
Bristol UA 51% 11% 33% 4%
Bromley 100% 0% 0% 0%
Buckinghamshire UA 61% 0% 25% 14%
Bury 59% 39% 2% 0%
Calderdale 1% 87% 0% 12%
Cambridgeshire 65% 24% 3% 0%
Camden 58% 36% 0% 0%
Central Bedfordshire UA 86% 3% 8% 3%
Cheshire East UA 100% 0% 0% 0%
Cheshire West and Chester UA 60% 35% 0% 4%
City of London 9% 16% 10% 10%
City of Nottingham UA 94% 0% 5% 0%
Cornwall UA 2% 85% 4% 8%
Coventry 77% 0% 12% 11%
Croydon 66% 8% 1% 3%
Cumberland 68% 30% 2% 0%
Darlington UA 85% 0% 0% 12%
Derby City UA 93% 0% 6% 1%
Derbyshire 22% 60% 7% 4%
Devon 59% 34% 7% 2%
Doncaster 0% 92% 4% 4%
Dorset UA 90% 5% 0% 5%
Dudley 71% 18% 2% 5%
Durham UA 56% 2% 35% 7%
Ealing 73% 24% 3% 0%
East Riding of Yorkshire UA 53% 32% 11% 4%
East Sussex 46% 24% 26% 1%
Enfield 43% 44% 7% 1%
Essex 80% 0% 4% 16%
Gateshead 79% 1% 16% 2%
Gloucestershire 64% 8% 27% 1%
Greenwich 0% 78% 13% 5%
Hackney 59% 7% 30% 0%
Halton UA 66% 16% 0% 11%
Hammersmith & Fulham 9% 35% 18% 7%
Hampshire 52% 0% 40% 6%
Haringey 85% 12% 3% 0%
Harrow 19% 59% 16% 0%
Hartlepool UA 48% 0% 17% 4%
Havering 0% 99% 0% 0%
Herefordshire UA 49% 3% 48% 0%
Hertfordshire 79% 2% 10% 2%
Hillingdon 69% 24% 6% 2%
Hounslow 68% 14% 14% 4%
Isle of Wight UA 44% 0% 56% 0%
Isles of Scilly 0% 0% 100% 0%
Islington 56% 44% 0% 0%
Kensington & Chelsea 56% 44% 0% 0%
Kent 82% 4% 9% 3%
Kingston upon Hull UA 78% 4% 4% 13%
Kingston upon Thames 83% 0% 16% 0%
Kirklees 39% 38% 23% 0%
Knowsley 50% 1% 44% 1%
Lambeth 83% 11% 5% 0%
Lancashire 67% 10% 15% 5%
Leeds 8% 53% 30% 5%
Leicester City UA 25% 33% 15% 1%
Leicestershire 99% 0% 6% 0%
Lewisham 60% 0% 6% 24%
Lincolnshire 74% 11% 14% 1%
Liverpool 56% 13% 14% 11%
Luton UA 82% 6% 0% 0%
Manchester 55% 45% 0% 0%
Merton 63% 29% 2% 6%
Middlesbrough UA 56% 12% 7% 4%
Milton Keynes UA 77% 0% 3% 17%
Newcastle upon Tyne 82% 16% 0% 0%
Newham 68% 12% 20% 0%
Norfolk 67% 0% 21% 10%
North East Lincolnshire UA 34% 58% 8% 1%
North Lincolnshire UA 59% 0% 41% 0%
North Northamptonshire 57% 20% 23% 0%
North Somerset UA 96% 4% 1% 0%
North Tyneside 73% 20% 3% 1%
North Yorkshire 89% 5% 1% 5%
Northumberland UA 67% 17% 13% 1%
Nottinghamshire 26% 61% 1% 7%
Oldham 82% 5% 5% 5%
Oxfordshire 64% 26% 3% 5%
Peterborough UA 86% 0% 14% 0%
Plymouth UA 44% 11% 41% 5%
Portsmouth UA 55% 25% 0% 17%
Reading UA 64% 35% 0% 0%
Redbridge 58% 24% 3% 0%
Redcar & Cleveland UA 0% 99% 0% 0%
Richmond upon Thames 75% 21% 0% 0%
Rochdale 67% 18% 0% 15%
Rotherham 51% 20% 5% 0%
Rutland UA 91% 9% 0% 0%
Salford 83% 15% 2% 0%
Sandwell 84% 0% 4% 0%
Sefton 45% 42% 9% 4%
Sheffield 52% 48% 0% 0%
Shropshire UA 31% 57% 2% 1%
Slough UA 97% 0% 0% 0%
Solihull 68% 4% 22% 6%
Somerset 62% 0% 38% 1%
South Gloucestershire UA 69% 2% 17% 7%
South Tyneside 66% 23% 0% 5%
Southampton UA 80% 5% 8% 5%
Southend-on-Sea UA 81% 0% 12% 7%
Southwark 141% 37% 0% 0%
St Helens 44% 46% 2% 7%
Staffordshire 59% 0% 34% 6%
Stockport 71% 0% 28% 0%
Stockton-on-Tees UA 85% 7% 4% 3%
Stoke-on-Trent UA 50% 0% 35% 0%
Suffolk 42% 47% 10% 1%
Sunderland 78% 0% 12% 8%
Surrey 58% 21% 9% 7%
Sutton 55% 42% 2% 0%
Swindon UA 80% 0% 6% 2%
Tameside 74% 6% 8% 8%
Telford and the Wrekin UA 94% 0% 5% 0%
The Medway Towns UA 73% 23% 4% 0%
Thurrock UA 91% 0% 0% 9%
Torbay UA 2% 70% 22% 3%
Tower Hamlets 47% 42% 0% 11%
Trafford 50% 47% 1% 2%
Wakefield 84% 0% 2% 7%
Walsall 6% 63% 1% 20%
Waltham Forest 57% 20% 6% 16%
Wandsworth 87% 0% 0% 3%
Warrington UA 2% 98% 0% 0%
Warwickshire 98% 0% 3% 0%
West Berkshire UA 33% 37% 18% 12%
West Northamptonshire 76% 9% 14% 2%
West Sussex 45% 0% 52% 0%
Westminster 97% 0% 3% 0%
Westmorland and Furness 60% 27% 5% 6%
Wigan 60% 40% 0% 1%
Wiltshire UA 75% 6% 6% 9%
Windsor & Maidenhead UA 56% 29% 15% 0%
Wirral 6% 0% 88% 4%
Wokingham UA 91% 0% 8% 2%
Wolverhampton 1% 26% 43% 19%
Worcestershire 67% 12% 9% 10%
York UA 4% 88% 0% 5%
Totals 59% 21% 12% 4%

Notes to Table 3:

  • all spend statistics derived from individual Authority’s Management Information Return as of 7 August 2024 and as described in the scheme’s detailed guidance
  • totals may not sum to 100% as Authority spend has been capped to remove any contributions made by Authorities using their own funds.
  • percentage (%) spend split by the four types of support – this is calculated for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 as reported: for example, spend on vouchers/total reported spend on the Household Support Fund 4 for the Authority less the total of administrative costs and any Authority contributions

Table 4: Percentage (%) spend for the Household Support Fund 4 by Authority for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 split by access route

The fourth table shows the percentages of the award spent split by access routes (namely, application-based support and proactive support) for the same period.

All MI as reported by Authorities in their declaration of spend for the HSF.

Authority % Spend on application-based support % Spend on proactive support
Barking & Dagenham 20% 23%
Barnet 30% 69%
Barnsley 32% 39%
Bath & North East Somerset UA 42% 44%
Bedford UA 1% 99%
Bexley 18% 78%
Birmingham 44% 43%
Blackburn with Darwen UA 54% 46%
Blackpool UA 9% 91%
Bolton 26% 71%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UA 43% 2%
Bracknell Forest UA 32% 68%
Bradford 7% 62%
Brent 37% 61%
Brighton & Hove UA 97% 0%
Bristol UA 26% 74%
Bromley 52% 48%
Buckinghamshire UA 33% 67%
Bury 46% 54%
Calderdale 14% 75%
Cambridgeshire 37% 61%
Camden 37% 58%
Central Bedfordshire UA 9% 91%
Cheshire East UA 27% 73%
Cheshire West and Chester UA 38% 62%
City of London 7% 63%
City of Nottingham UA 35% 61%
Cornwall UA 42% 58%
Coventry 69% 24%
Croydon 16% 84%
Cumberland 13% 67%
Darlington UA 42% 58%
Derby City UA 34% 66%
Derbyshire 34% 64%
Devon 79% 27%
Doncaster 22% 75%
Dorset UA 89% 11%
Dudley 42% 46%
Durham UA 36% 64%
Ealing 16% 81%
East Riding of Yorkshire UA 27% 72%
East Sussex 46% 53%
Enfield 16% 84%
Essex 43% 47%
Gateshead 27% 71%
Gloucestershire 70% 30%
Greenwich 11% 73%
Hackney 16% 81%
Halton UA 17% 79%
Hammersmith & Fulham 25% 75%
Hampshire 22% 78%
Haringey 18% 79%
Harrow 1% 77%
Hartlepool UA 21% 77%
Havering 56% 44%
Herefordshire UA 3% 47%
Hertfordshire 19% 77%
Hillingdon 12% 85%
Hounslow 31% 69%
Isle of Wight UA 42% 56%
Isles of Scilly 100% 0%
Islington 9% 91%
Kensington & Chelsea 12% 87%
Kent 15% 81%
Kingston upon Hull UA 34% 61%
Kingston upon Thames 26% 58%
Kirklees 63% 37%
Knowsley 48% 52%
Lambeth 4% 90%
Lancashire 72% 20%
Leeds 17% 83%
Leicester City UA 50% 50%
Leicestershire 49% 56%
Lewisham 4% 67%
Lincolnshire 7% 87%
Liverpool 36% 64%
Luton UA 17% 83%
Manchester 4% 96%
Merton 14% 86%
Middlesbrough UA 20% 70%
Milton Keynes UA 36% 59%
Newcastle upon Tyne 15% 82%
Newham 38% 62%
Norfolk 25% 72%
North East Lincolnshire UA 9% 91%
North Lincolnshire UA 41% 59%
North Northamptonshire 43% 57%
North Somerset UA 7% 89%
North Tyneside 39% 55%
North Yorkshire 18% 76%
Northumberland UA 31% 67%
Nottinghamshire 13% 82%
Oldham 15% 80%
Oxfordshire 17% 85%
Peterborough UA 25% 61%
Plymouth UA 19% 16%
Portsmouth UA 46% 52%
Reading UA 16% 83%
Redbridge 51% 50%
Redcar & Cleveland UA 99% 0%
Richmond upon Thames 19% 81%
Rochdale 13% 86%
Rotherham 19% 76%
Rutland UA 5% 95%
Salford 36% 62%
Sandwell 5% 23%
Sefton 43% 57%
Sheffield 42% 56%
Shropshire UA 54% 46%
Slough UA 38% 59%
Solihull 32% 68%
Somerset 38% 62%
South Gloucestershire UA 48% 47%
South Tyneside 28% 72%
Southampton UA 39% 57%
Southend-on-Sea UA 51% 49%
Southwark 6% 172%
St Helens 14% 83%
Staffordshire 59% 41%
Stockport 2% 69%
Stockton-on-Tees UA 3% 92%
Stoke-on-Trent UA 2% 49%
Suffolk 41% 55%
Sunderland 18% 82%
Surrey 33% 61%
Sutton 43% 55%
Swindon UA 24% 75%
Tameside 11% 83%
Telford and the Wrekin UA 11% 84%
The Medway Towns UA 14% 86%
Thurrock UA 72% 28%
Torbay UA 70% 17%
Tower Hamlets 10% 82%
Trafford 72% 28%
Wakefield 20% 76%
Walsall 36% 61%
Waltham Forest 16% 78%
Wandsworth 20% 80%
Warrington UA 4% 96%
Warwickshire 9% 89%
West Berkshire UA 37% 63%
West Northamptonshire 9% 91%
West Sussex 10% 84%
Westminster 1% 87%
Westmorland and Furness 44% 56%
Wigan 22% 77%
Wiltshire UA 18% 77%
Windsor & Maidenhead UA 29% 56%
Wirral 50% 50%
Wokingham UA 38% 53%
Wolverhampton 100% 0%
Worcestershire 31% 64%
York UA 95% 7%
Totals 31% 64%

Notes to Table 4:

  • all spend statistics derived from individual Authority’s Management Information Return as of 7 August 2024 and as described in the scheme’s detailed guidance.
  • totals may not sum to 100% as Authority spend has been capped to remove any contributions made by Authorities using their own funds
  • percentage (%) spend split by the two access routes – this is calculated for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 as reported: for example, spend on proactive support/total reported spend on the Household Support Fund 4 for the Authority less the total of administrative costs and any Authority contributions