Guidance

Housing Benefit subsidy circulars 2023

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

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 24 February 2023
• Last updated: 19 December 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

S8/2023 Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of recording Adult Disability Payment awards on Housing Benefit systems

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S7/2023 Funding for the Verify Earnings and Pension service for the financial year ending March 2024

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S6/2023 Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative funding for the financial year ending March 2024 for local authorities participating from 3 April 2023

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S5/2023 Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of delivering Welfare Reform changes in the financial year ending March 2024

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S4/2023 Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation information for financial year ending March 2024 (Wales only)

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S3/2023 Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of action required to improve the quality of supported housing and temporary accommodation management information

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S2/2023 Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities for the financial year ending March 2024

Ref: S2/2023

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S1/2023 Discretionary Housing Payment government contribution for English and Welsh local authorities for financial years ending March 2024 and March 2025

Ref: S1/2023

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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: lawelfare.correspondence@dwp.gov.uk

Published 24 February 2023
Last updated 19 December 2023 + show all updates

1. 19 December 2023

   Revised Housing Benefit Circular S6/2023 Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative funding for the financial year ending March 2024 for local authorities participating from 3 April 2023 -- the payment for Gloucester City Council has been revised in Annex A.

2. 22 November 2023

   Added Central Bedfordshire and Rushcliffe to Housing Benefit S1/2023, Annex A and City of Lincoln to S2/2023, LA allocations, England.

3. 5 July 2023

   Added circular S8/2023: Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of recording Adult Disability Payment awards on Housing Benefit systems.

4. 9 May 2023

   S5/2023 - Updated contact email address. Updated Annex A with details for Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar and Conwy County Borough Council.

5. 27 April 2023

   Added the circular S6/2023 Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative funding for the financial year ending March 2024 for local authorities participating from 3 April 2023 and circular S7/2023 Funding for the Verify Earnings and Pension service for the financial year ending March 2024.

6. 13 April 2023

   Added S5/2023: Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of delivering Welfare Reform changes in the financial year ending March 2024.

7. 27 March 2023

   Added circular S4/2023: Rent Rebate Subsidy Limitation information for financial year ending March 2024 (Wales only).

8. 16 March 2023

   Added circular S3/2023: Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of action required to improve the quality of supported housing and temporary accommodation management information.

9. 28 February 2023

   Added circular S2/2023 Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities for the financial year ending March 2024.

10. 24 February 2023

    First published.