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S2/2024: Discretionary Housing Payment government contribution for English and Welsh local authorities for the financial year ending March 2025
Updated 20 December 2024
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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 rental costs.
2. This circular provides final confirmation of the government contribution and overall expenditure limit for DHPs for the financial year ending (FYE) March 2025.
Funding
3. The individual allocations shown in Annex A are the full government contribution for each local authority (LA) from the £100 million DHP fund for the FYE March 2025.
4. Any unspent funds from FYE March 2025 cannot be carried over to subsequent years.
Total expenditure limit
5. In addition to the central government contribution, English and Welsh LAs can top up their DHP funding so that their total DHP expenditure is a maximum of two and a half times their government contribution.
£100 million Discretionary Housing Payment government contribution local authority allocations for the financial year ending 2025
| Local authority | Total (£100 million) DHP allocation for FYE March 2025 | Total expenditure limit (x2.5 allocation) |
|---|---|---|
| Adur | £87,973 | £219,933 |
| Amber Valley | £122,855 | £307,138 |
| Arun | £225,903 | £564,758 |
| Ashfield | £148,984 | £372,460 |
| Ashford | £196,507 | £491,268 |
| Babergh | £86,572 | £216,430 |
| Barking and Dagenham | £727,763 | £1,819,408 |
| Barnet | £1,474,953 | £3,687,383 |
| Barnsley | £389,289 | £973,223 |
| Basildon | £323,563 | £808,908 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £231,553 | £578,883 |
| Bassetlaw | £125,261 | £313,153 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £193,278 | £483,195 |
| Bedford | £237,954 | £594,885 |
| Bexley | £385,556 | £963,890 |
| Birmingham | £2,689,243 | £6,723,108 |
| Blaby | £63,060 | £157,650 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £227,242 | £568,105 |
| Blackpool | £192,583 | £481,458 |
| Blaenau Gwent | £140,170 | £350,425 |
| Bolsover | £92,696 | £231,740 |
| Bolton | £459,755 | £1,149,388 |
| Boston | £75,494 | £188,735 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £645,158 | £1,612,895 |
| Bracknell Forest | £143,414 | £358,535 |
| Bradford | £847,980 | £2,119,950 |
| Braintree | £178,477 | £446,193 |
| Breckland | £140,158 | £350,395 |
| Brent | £1,620,155 | £4,050,388 |
| Brentwood | £90,930 | £227,325 |
| Bridgend | £258,312 | £645,780 |
| Brighton and Hove | £645,514 | £1,613,785 |
| Bristol, City of | £740,869 | £1,852,173 |
| Broadland | £82,733 | £206,833 |
| Bromley | £512,968 | £1,282,420 |
| Bromsgrove | £62,332 | £155,830 |
| Broxbourne | £258,140 | £645,350 |
| Broxtowe | £83,603 | £209,008 |
| Buckinghamshire | £623,616 | £1,559,040 |
| Burnley | £148,472 | £371,180 |
| Bury | £209,441 | £523,603 |
| Caerphilly | £339,277 | £848,193 |
| Calderdale | £340,648 | £851,620 |
| Cambridge | £138,217 | £345,543 |
| Camden | £622,578 | £1,556,445 |
| Cannock Chase | £85,409 | £213,523 |
| Canterbury | £197,748 | £494,370 |
| Cardiff | £781,533 | £1,953,833 |
| Carmarthenshire | £268,324 | £670,810 |
| Castle Point | £148,138 | £370,345 |
| Central Bedfordshire | £247,516 | £618,790 |
| Ceredigion | £275,132 | £687,830 |
| Charnwood | £135,431 | £338,578 |
| Chelmsford | £202,891 | £507,228 |
| Cheltenham | £106,443 | £266,108 |
| Cherwell | £187,383 | £468,458 |
| Cheshire East | £348,661 | £871,653 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £375,530 | £938,825 |
| Chesterfield | £140,446 | £351,115 |
| Chichester | £145,722 | £364,305 |
| Chorley | £106,566 | £266,415 |
| City of London | £13,611 | £34,028 |
| Colchester | £258,862 | £647,155 |
| Conwy | £176,335 | £440,838 |
| Cornwall | £755,235 | £1,888,088 |
| Cotswold | £71,475 | £178,688 |
| County Durham | £836,254 | £2,090,635 |
| Coventry | £731,530 | £1,828,825 |
| Crawley | £227,592 | £568,980 |
| Croydon | £1,241,242 | £3,103,105 |
| Cumberland | £340,232 | £850,580 |
| Dacorum | £246,208 | £615,520 |
| Darlington | £154,394 | £385,985 |
| Dartford | £178,490 | £446,225 |
| Denbighshire | £171,145 | £427,863 |
| Derby | £332,258 | £830,645 |
| Derbyshire Dales | £57,865 | £144,663 |
| Doncaster | £497,602 | £1,244,005 |
| Dorset | £458,298 | £1,145,745 |
| Dover | £176,439 | £441,098 |
| Dudley | £473,000 | £1,182,500 |
| Ealing | £1,458,664 | £3,646,660 |
| East Cambridgeshire | £67,716 | £169,290 |
| East Devon | £149,659 | £374,148 |
| East Hampshire | £88,281 | £220,703 |
| East Hertfordshire | £169,250 | £423,125 |
| East Lindsey | £208,153 | £520,383 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £329,687 | £824,218 |
| East Staffordshire | £114,778 | £286,945 |
| East Suffolk | £297,949 | £744,873 |
| Eastbourne | £241,581 | £603,953 |
| Eastleigh | £123,292 | £308,230 |
| Elmbridge | £196,640 | £491,600 |
| Enfield | £1,670,771 | £4,176,928 |
| Epping Forest | £104,045 | £260,113 |
| Epsom and Ewell | £114,414 | £286,035 |
| Erewash | £116,528 | £291,320 |
| Exeter | £133,300 | £333,250 |
| Fareham | £86,557 | £216,393 |
| Fenland | £127,604 | £319,010 |
| Flintshire | £205,365 | £513,413 |
| Folkestone and Hythe | £205,129 | £512,823 |
| Forest of Dean | £71,991 | £179,978 |
| Fylde | £79,316 | £198,290 |
| Gateshead | £353,382 | £883,455 |
| Gedling | £103,352 | £258,380 |
| Gloucester | £187,557 | £468,893 |
| Gosport | £64,080 | £160,200 |
| Gravesham | £178,908 | £447,270 |
| Great Yarmouth | £174,349 | £435,873 |
| Greenwich | £665,818 | £1,664,545 |
| Guildford | £149,866 | £374,665 |
| Gwynedd | £650,017 | £1,625,043 |
| Hackney | £1,192,513 | £2,981,283 |
| Halton | £279,321 | £698,303 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £595,540 | £1,488,850 |
| Harborough | £51,889 | £129,723 |
| Haringey | £1,192,612 | £2,981,530 |
| Harlow | £171,557 | £428,893 |
| Harrow | £695,591 | £1,738,978 |
| Hart | £89,597 | £223,993 |
| Hartlepool | £233,796 | £584,490 |
| Hastings | £220,901 | £552,253 |
| Havant | £166,157 | £415,393 |
| Havering | £465,294 | £1,163,235 |
| Herefordshire, County of | £192,609 | £481,523 |
| Hertsmere | £219,612 | £549,030 |
| High Peak | £81,184 | £202,960 |
| Hillingdon | £674,526 | £1,686,315 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £78,739 | £196,848 |
| Horsham | £130,731 | £326,828 |
| Hounslow | £834,254 | £2,085,635 |
| Huntingdonshire | £163,009 | £407,523 |
| Hyndburn | £128,711 | £321,778 |
| Ipswich | £199,861 | £499,653 |
| Isle of Anglesey | £123,008 | £307,520 |
| Isle of Wight | £225,653 | £564,133 |
| Isles of Scilly | £386 | £965 |
| Islington | £629,184 | £1,572,960 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £568,616 | £1,421,540 |
| King’s Lynn and West Norfolk | £183,294 | £458,235 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | £547,296 | £1,368,240 |
| Kingston upon Thames | £320,701 | £801,753 |
| Kirklees | £457,165 | £1,142,913 |
| Knowsley | £390,985 | £977,463 |
| Lambeth | £951,920 | £2,379,800 |
| Lancaster | £186,464 | £466,160 |
| Leeds | £1,190,379 | £2,975,948 |
| Leicester | £626,948 | £1,567,370 |
| Lewes | £167,898 | £419,745 |
| Lewisham | £924,089 | £2,310,223 |
| Lichfield | £73,830 | £184,575 |
| Lincoln | £132,330 | £330,825 |
| Liverpool | £1,175,423 | £2,938,558 |
| Luton | £481,678 | £1,204,195 |
| Maidstone | £231,984 | £579,960 |
| Maldon | £59,743 | £149,358 |
| Malvern Hills | £75,651 | £189,128 |
| Manchester | £1,396,135 | £3,490,338 |
| Mansfield | £90,874 | £227,185 |
| Medway | £484,162 | £1,210,405 |
| Melton | £35,685 | £89,213 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £144,200 | £360,500 |
| Merton | £430,653 | £1,076,633 |
| Mid Devon | £77,202 | £193,005 |
| Mid Suffolk | £70,059 | £175,148 |
| Mid Sussex | £153,750 | £384,375 |
| Middlesbrough | £398,209 | £995,523 |
| Milton Keynes | £463,575 | £1,158,938 |
| Mole Valley | £77,766 | £194,415 |
| Monmouthshire | £119,074 | £297,685 |
| Neath Port Talbot | £291,401 | £728,503 |
| New Forest | £203,218 | £508,045 |
| Newark and Sherwood | £106,928 | £267,320 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £600,199 | £1,500,498 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £111,031 | £277,578 |
| Newham | £1,373,258 | £3,433,145 |
| Newport | £380,372 | £950,930 |
| North Devon | £120,076 | £300,190 |
| North East Derbyshire | £99,045 | £247,613 |
| North East Lincolnshire | £244,219 | £610,548 |
| North Hertfordshire | £143,846 | £359,615 |
| North Kesteven | £86,931 | £217,328 |
| North Lincolnshire | £145,993 | £364,983 |
| North Norfolk | £103,037 | £257,593 |
| North Northamptonshire | £387,317 | £968,293 |
| North Somerset | £271,399 | £678,498 |
| North Tyneside | £306,562 | £766,405 |
| North Warwickshire | £60,256 | £150,640 |
| North West Leicestershire | £81,022 | £202,555 |
| North Yorkshire Council | £854,306 | £2,135,765 |
| Northumberland | £395,885 | £989,713 |
| Norwich | £258,729 | £646,823 |
| Nottingham | £628,697 | £1,571,743 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £166,978 | £417,445 |
| Oadby and Wigston | £56,271 | £140,678 |
| Oldham | £428,970 | £1,072,425 |
| Oxford | £253,638 | £634,095 |
| Pembrokeshire | £198,191 | £495,478 |
| Pendle | £105,741 | £264,353 |
| Peterborough | £373,781 | £934,453 |
| Plymouth | £423,350 | £1,058,375 |
| Portsmouth | £428,432 | £1,071,080 |
| Powys | £527,613 | £1,319,033 |
| Preston | £214,140 | £535,350 |
| Reading | £367,440 | £918,600 |
| Redbridge | £898,622 | £2,246,555 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £270,448 | £676,120 |
| Redditch | £79,296 | £198,240 |
| Reigate and Banstead | £182,823 | £457,058 |
| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff | £404,038 | £1,010,095 |
| Ribble Valley | £36,448 | £91,120 |
| Richmond upon Thames | £303,855 | £759,638 |
| Rochdale | £380,421 | £951,053 |
| Rochford | £87,518 | £218,795 |
| Rossendale | £69,985 | £174,963 |
| Rother | £143,672 | £359,180 |
| Rotherham | £427,584 | £1,068,960 |
| Rugby | £112,474 | £281,185 |
| Runnymede | £117,986 | £294,965 |
| Rushcliffe | £84,908 | £212,270 |
| Rushmoor | £160,572 | £401,430 |
| Rutland | £22,594 | £56,485 |
| Salford | £539,340 | £1,348,350 |
| Sandwell | £714,430 | £1,786,075 |
| Sefton | £495,361 | £1,238,403 |
| Sevenoaks | £142,028 | £355,070 |
| Sheffield | £743,428 | £1,858,570 |
| Shropshire | £309,310 | £773,275 |
| Slough | £501,546 | £1,253,865 |
| Solihull | £239,499 | £598,748 |
| Somerset | £687,570 | £1,718,925 |
| South Cambridgeshire | £110,515 | £276,288 |
| South Derbyshire | £85,732 | £214,330 |
| South Gloucestershire | £252,639 | £631,598 |
| South Hams | £93,848 | £234,620 |
| South Holland | £87,577 | £218,943 |
| South Kesteven | £155,861 | £389,653 |
| South Norfolk | £115,933 | £289,833 |
| South Oxfordshire | £135,465 | £338,663 |
| South Ribble | £85,446 | £213,615 |
| South Staffordshire | £87,179 | £217,948 |
| South Tyneside | £308,014 | £770,035 |
| Southampton | £449,031 | £1,122,578 |
| Southend-on-Sea | £409,532 | £1,023,830 |
| Southwark | £817,657 | £2,044,143 |
| Spelthorne | £202,932 | £507,330 |
| St Albans | £143,269 | £358,173 |
| St. Helens | £340,641 | £851,603 |
| Stafford | £93,829 | £234,573 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £64,731 | £161,828 |
| Stevenage | £141,827 | £354,568 |
| Stockport | £283,604 | £709,010 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £314,139 | £785,348 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £408,213 | £1,020,533 |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £116,848 | £292,120 |
| Stroud | £58,498 | £146,245 |
| Sunderland | £269,369 | £673,423 |
| Surrey Heath | £80,854 | £202,135 |
| Sutton | £346,556 | £866,390 |
| Swale | £260,758 | £651,895 |
| Swansea | £395,685 | £989,213 |
| Swindon | £294,823 | £737,058 |
| Tameside | £388,501 | £971,253 |
| Tamworth | £98,331 | £245,828 |
| Tandridge | £113,042 | £282,605 |
| Teignbridge | £163,919 | £409,798 |
| Telford and Wrekin | £331,146 | £827,865 |
| Tendring | £294,172 | £735,430 |
| Test Valley | £119,892 | £299,730 |
| Tewkesbury | £70,492 | £176,230 |
| Thanet | £330,521 | £826,303 |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | £194,041 | £485,103 |
| Three Rivers | £127,690 | £319,225 |
| Thurrock | £373,896 | £934,740 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | £158,698 | £396,745 |
| Torbay | £314,561 | £786,403 |
| Torfaen | £189,926 | £474,815 |
| Torridge | £70,333 | £175,833 |
| Tower Hamlets | £1,161,275 | £2,903,188 |
| Trafford | £288,315 | £720,788 |
| Tunbridge Wells | £129,046 | £322,615 |
| Uttlesford | £79,657 | £199,143 |
| Vale of White Horse | £121,338 | £303,345 |
| Wakefield | £548,018 | £1,370,045 |
| Walsall | £540,168 | £1,350,420 |
| Waltham Forest | £788,626 | £1,971,565 |
| Wandsworth | £787,211 | £1,968,028 |
| Warrington | £199,974 | £499,935 |
| Warwick | £116,985 | £292,463 |
| Watford | £210,139 | £525,348 |
| Waverley | £113,643 | £284,108 |
| Wealden | £170,709 | £426,773 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £182,366 | £455,915 |
| West Berkshire | £181,226 | £453,065 |
| West Devon | £127,233 | £318,083 |
| West Lancashire | £145,991 | £364,978 |
| West Lindsey | £105,255 | £263,138 |
| West Northamptonshire | £435,684 | £1,089,210 |
| West Oxfordshire | £107,528 | £268,820 |
| West Suffolk | £168,976 | £422,440 |
| Westminster | £867,782 | £2,169,455 |
| Westmoreland and Furness | £292,634 | £731,585 |
| Wigan | £436,756 | £1,091,890 |
| Wiltshire | £320,453 | £801,133 |
| Winchester | £104,807 | £262,018 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £178,617 | £446,543 |
| Wirral | £551,637 | £1,379,093 |
| Woking | £131,398 | £328,495 |
| Wokingham | £145,121 | £362,803 |
| Wolverhampton | £539,869 | £1,349,673 |
| Worcester | £119,200 | £298,000 |
| Worthing | £153,637 | £384,093 |
| Wrexham | £226,072 | £565,180 |
| Wychavon | £112,099 | £280,248 |
| Wyre | £138,017 | £345,043 |
| Wyre Forest | £110,242 | £275,605 |
| York | £163,991 | £409,978 |