Guidance

Housing Benefit subsidy circulars 2024

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

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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

Updates to this page

Published 15 March 2024
Last updated 20 December 2024 + show all updates
  1. S7/2024, S8/2024 and S9/2024 added to the page.

  2. S5/2024 and S6/2024 bulletins added

  3. Added Housing Benefit circular S4/2024: Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of delivering Welfare Reform changes in the financial year ending March 2025.

  4. Added circulars: S2/2024 'Discretionary Housing Payment government contribution for English and Welsh local authorities for the financial year ending March 2025' and S3/2024 (revised) 'Housing Benefit Administration Subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities for the financial year ending March 2025'.

  5. First published.

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