Official Statistics
Analysis of local authorities' use of Discretionary Housing Payment funds, based on local authority end-of-year returns.
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This publication provides analysis of the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs).
DHPs are monetary awards that can be made by Local Authorities to people experiencing financial difficulty with housing costs who qualify for Housing Benefit or the housing costs element of Universal Credit.
This statistical release presents analysis of information submitted to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) by Local Authorities, covering the financial year ending March 2023.
Local Authorities provide details of their use of DHP funds to DWP for these statistics twice a year. These are published for the first 6 months of the financial year and for the whole of the financial year.
DHPs for Scotland were devolved from 1 April 2017, under the Scotland Act 2016 implementing the Smith Commission Agreement.
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We welcome all feedback on the content, relevance, accessibility and timing of these statistics to help us in producing statistics that meet user needs. For non-media enquiries on these statistics email: dhp.returns@dwp.gov.uk
For media enquiries please contact the DWP press office.
Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics are published twice a year. The dates for future releases are listed in the statistics release calendar.
In addition to staff who are responsible for the production and quality assurance of the statistics, up to 24-hour pre-release access is provided to ministers and other officials. We publish the job titles and organisations of the people who have been granted up to 24-hour pre-release access to the Discretionary Housing Payments statistics.
Published 13 July 2023
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