Asked by: Guto Bebb (Independent - Aberconwy)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding in 2013-14.
Answered by Steve Webb
The information requested is due to be published shortly as part of wider analysis on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2013/14.
Asked by: Guto Bebb (Independent - Aberconwy)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned unused discretionary housing payment to his Department in 2013-14.
Answered by Steve Webb
The information requested is due to be published shortly as part of wider analysis on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2013/14.
Asked by: Guto Bebb (Independent - Aberconwy)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in Wales applied for additional financial assistance to cover discretionary housing payments in 2013-14; and what assistance such local authorities received.
Answered by Steve Webb
The three local authorities in Wales that applied for additional Discretionary Housing Payments from the additional £20 million reserve fund provided by the Government are detailed on the table below:
Local Authority | Amount Awarded |
Caerphilly | £63,000 |
Cardiff | £150,000 |
Conwy | £25,000 |
This information was published on 24 March 2014 in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) subsidy circular S3/2014. Please find attached a link where the information can be found.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf
Asked by: Guto Bebb (Independent - Aberconwy)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in Wales applied for additional financial assistance to cover discretionary housing payments in 2013-14; and what assistance such local authorities received.
Answered by Steve Webb
The three local authorities in Wales that applied for additional Discretionary Housing Payments from the additional £20 million reserve fund provided by the Government are detailed on the table below:
Local Authority | Amount Awarded |
Caerphilly | £63,000 |
Cardiff | £150,000 |
Conwy | £25,000 |
This information was published on 24 March 2014 in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) subsidy circular S3/2014. Please find attached a link where the information can be found.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf