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.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Updates to this page

Published 24 February 2023
Last updated 19 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. 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. Added Central Bedfordshire and Rushcliffe to Housing Benefit S1/2023, Annex A and City of Lincoln to S2/2023, LA allocations, England.

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

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

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

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

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

  10. First published.

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