Discretionary Housing Payments

(asked on 21st April 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of delaying part of the grant which funds the Discretionary Housing Payment for 2020-21 until October 2021 on local authorities' ability to administer that payment effectively.


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Will Quince
This question was answered on 26th April 2021

There has been no delay to Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) funding.

DHP funding for 2021/22 is a total of £140m, which will be allocated in two parts. £100m initial allocation at the start of the financial year, followed by £40m at mid-year which will be allocated based on the most up to date information available on each LAs individual needs; this approach aims to ensure that DHPs are targeted to areas with the greatest need.

We have been closely monitoring the DHP spend and we will continue to do this throughout 2021/22.

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