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.

Five local authorities in Wales spent less than their 2013-14 Government contribution in Discretionary Housing Payments. These were:

Local Authority Government Contribution Amount Unspent

Details for all 240 local authorities in Great Britain which spent less than their 2013-14 Government contribution in DHP are provided in the attached annex.

For the remaining 140 local authorities across Great Britain, of which 17 were in Wales, DHP expenditure in 2013-14 either matched or exceeded the Government contribution.