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Written Question
Discretionary Housing Payments
Monday 16th June 2014

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.


Written Question
Discretionary Housing Payments
Monday 16th June 2014

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.


Written Question
Housing Benefit: Wales
Thursday 12th June 2014

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


Written Question
Discretionary Housing Payments: Wales
Thursday 12th June 2014

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