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 |