Research and analysis
Household Support Fund 4 management information for 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
Published 3 October 2024
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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:
- as 4 spreadsheets – called tables 1, 2, 3 and 4
- as 4 tables in HTML format in the Annex: Authority level MI tables
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.
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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.
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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 | 99.41% | 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 | 99.98% | 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 | 99.02% | 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% | 17% | 26% | 24% | 33% | 11% |
| City of Nottingham UA | £7,113,868.00 | £7,016,953.99 | 674,046 | 98.64% | 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 | 99.56% | 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 | 99.70% | 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 | 99.24% | 66% | 1% | 29% | 3% | 4% |
| Gateshead | £3,673,260.00 | £3,634,273.00 | 130,615 | 98.94% | 66% | 2% | 9% | 22% | 5% |
| Gloucestershire | £7,384,966.00 | £7,219,675.65 | 172,085 | 97.76% | 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 | 99.29% | 74% | 2% | 4% | 20% | 8% |
| Halton UA | £2,595,761.00 | £2,525,406.31 | 81,623 | 97.29% | 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 | 94.98% | 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 | 99.56% | 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 | 99.96% | 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 | 93.74% | 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 | 95.94% | 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 | 99.20% | 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 | 99.08% | 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 | 99.95% | 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 | 99.76% | 58% | 6% | 20% | 16% | 2% |
| Windsor & Maidenhead UA | £1,175,810.00 | £1,172,371.00 | 18,989 | 99.71% | 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