Guidance

Local Authority Housing Fund: grant determination (capital) 2023-24 (31/6858)

Updated 16 November 2023

Applies to England

The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (“the Secretary of State”), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:

Citation

1) This determination may be cited as the Local Authority Housing Fund R2 Determination 2023-24 (July 2023, Tranche 1) [No31/6858].

Purpose of the grant

2) The purpose of the grant is to provide support to local authorities in England towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred by them.

Determination

3) The Secretary of State determines as the authorities to which grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid, the authorities and the amounts set out in Annex A.

Grant conditions

4) Pursuant to section [31(3) and] 31(4) of the Local Government Act 2003, the Secretary of State determines that the grant will be paid subject to the condition in Annex B.

5) Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Secretary of State obtained the consent of the Treasury.

UK Government Branding

6) The Grant Recipient shall at all times during and following the end of the Funding Period:

6.1 comply with requirements of the Branding Manual in relation to the Funded Activities; and

6.2 cease use of the Funded by UK Government logo on demand if directed to do so by the Minister of State.

7) Branding Manual means the HM Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ‘Funded by UK Government branding manual’ first published by the Cabinet Office in November 2022 including any subsequent updates from time to time.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Emma Fraser and Melanie Montanari
Directors, Housing Markets and Strategy
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

12 July 2023

Annex A

Authorities to which grant is to be paid Amount of grant to be paid
Brighton and Hove Council £561,000
Cambridge City Council £252,000
Cheshire West and Chester UA £337,500
Colchester City Council £343,680
Eastbourne Borough Council £356,400
Eastleigh Borough Council £180,000
Harrow London Borough £720,000
Hertsmere Borough Council £215,100
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council £227,100
Leicester City Council £325,200
Lewes District Council £156,060
Oxford City Council £237,972
Reading Borough Council £273,600
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council £210,600
Sutton London Borough £591,000
Three Rivers District Council £219,600
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council £332,640
Warwick District Council £275,760
Watford Borough Council £219,456
Total £6,034,668

Annex B

Grant condition

Grant paid to a local authority under this determination may be used only for the purposes that a capital receipt may be used for in accordance with regulations made under section 11 of the Local Government Act 2003.