Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2015 to 2016
This guidance is for local authorities. It explains the subsidies DWP pays them for certain costs of the Housing Benefit scheme.
- From:
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Published
- 5 April 2016
Documents
About this guidance and contents
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Section 1: Introduction
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Section 2: Benefit costs
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Section 3: Backdating
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Section 4: Overpayments
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Section 5: Disproportionate rent increase rule (Scottish and Welsh authorities only)
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Section 6: Temporary accommodation
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Section 7: Rent allowances
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Section 8: Expenditure not to be included as qualifiying expenditure because it does not attract subsidy
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Section 9: Rent rebate subsidy limitation
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Section 10: Administration costs
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Section 11: In-year instalments of subsidy and payments of subsidy
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Section 12: Extended payments of HB
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Section 13: Expenditure attracting full rate subsidy not separately identified elsewhere on the claim form
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Details
This guidance covers subsidies for:
- benefit costs
- administration costs
Best practice guide
We’ve also published the Housing Benefit subsidy claims: local authority best practice guide to help local authorities minimise or avoid qualified audits of Housing Benefit subsidy claims.
Guidance for 2014 to 2015 and earlier
See last years Housing Benefit subsidy guidance for 2014 to 2015.
There is separate HB and CTB subsidy guidance for 2013 to 2014.
We’ve archived the HB and CTB Subsidy Guidance Manual 2012 to 2013.
Guidance for earlier years can be found on the National Archives website.