Guidance

Housing Benefit subsidy circulars 2018

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

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

S10/2018 Payment for the verify earnings and pension alerts service 2018

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S9/2018 Transition to Universal Credit Housing Payments and removal of temporary accommodation from Universal Credit New Burdens payments

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S8/2018: 2018/19 Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation information

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S7/2018: Assurance of Housing Benefit subsidy claims 2018/19 (England only)

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S6/2018: Payment of New Burdens relating to the Single Fraud Investigation Service for 2018/19

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S5/2018: Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of implementing Welfare Reform changes in 2018/19

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S4/2018: Final New Burdens payment 2017/18 for the Real Time Information Bulk Data Matching initiative

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S3/2018: 2018/19 Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities

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S2/2018: Universal Credit live service closure New Burdens payments

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S1/2018: 2018/19 Discretionary Housing Payments government contribution for English and Welsh local authorities

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Details

Housing Benefit subsidy (S) circulars give information about:

  • the money the government pays local authorities in the form of a subsidy to administer Housing Benefit
  • other financial matters for local authority staff

For enquiries about the distribution of circulars, email: housing.correspondenceandpqs@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

Updates to this page

Published 29 January 2018
Last updated 5 November 2018 + show all updates
  1. Added Housing Benefit subsidy circular S12/2018: Assurance of Housing Benefit subsidy following the end of Public Sector Audit Appointments transitional arrangements (England only).

  2. Published Housing Benefit S11/2018: Self-employed review funding 2018/19.

  3. Added circular S10/2018 'Payment for the verify earnings and pension alerts service 2018'.

  4. Added Housing Benefit Circular: S9/2018 Transition to Universal Credit Housing Payments and removal of temporary accommodation from Universal Credit New Burdens payments.

  5. Published Housing Benefit Subsidy circular S8/2018: 2018/19 Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation information.

  6. Added HB Subsidy Circulars S5/2018: Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of implementing Welfare Reform changes in 2018-19, S6/2018: Payment of New Burdens relating to the Single Fraud Investigation Service for 2018-19 and S7/2018: Assurance of Housing Benefit subsidy claims 2018-19 (England only).

  7. Published Housing Benefit Subsidy circular S4/2018: Final New Burdens payment 2017/18 for the Real Time Information Bulk Data Matching initiative.

  8. Published Housing Benefit Subsidy circular S3/2018: 2018/19 Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities.

  9. Published Housing Benefit Subsidy circular S2/2018: Universal Credit live service closure New Burdens payments.

  10. First published.

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