Housing Benefit Circular
Department for Work and Pensions
Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NA
HB S3/2018
SUBSIDY CIRCULAR
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ACTION |
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SUBJECT |
2018-19 Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities |
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Contents
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2018-19 Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities
Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 1
Background......................................................................................................................... 4
Universal Credit rollout....................................................................................................... 9
Distribution methodology................................................................................................ 11
2018-19 national funding................................................................................................. 16
Payment of administration subsidy................................................................................ 17
2018-19 LA allocations - England........................................................................ Annex A
2018-19 LA allocations - Scotland....................................................................... Annex B
2018-19 LA allocations - Wales........................................................................... Annex C
2018-19 Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities
Introduction
Background
Universal Credit rollout
Distribution methodology
2018-19 national funding
|
HB administration subsidy |
2017-18 (£million, rounded) |
2018-19 (£million, rounded) |
|
HB administration subsidy allocation (previous year) |
£261.755 |
£235.938 |
|
Less adjustment for Universal Credit |
£11.300 |
£5.894 |
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Less efficiency challenge |
£14.517 |
£13.237 |
|
HB administration subsidy allocation (final) |
£235.938 |
£216.807 |
Payment of administration subsidy
2018-19 LA allocations - England
|
LA |
Final 2018-19 DWP HB administration subsidy allocation (£) |
|
Adur |
168,661 |
|
Allerdale |
262,412 |
|
Amber Valley |
322,355 |
|
Arun |
439,124 |
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Ashfield |
417,437 |
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Ashford |
332,412 |
|
Aylesbury Vale |
408,425 |
|
Babergh |
185,900 |
|
Barking |
1,031,669 |
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Barnet |
1,478,278 |
|
Barnsley |
841,419 |
|
Barrow-in-Furness |
215,961 |
|
Basildon |
604,550 |
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Basingstoke and Deane |
411,551 |
|
Bassetlaw |
323,742 |
|
Bath and N E Somerset |
414,650 |
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Bedford |
474,290 |
|
Bexley |
700,259 |
|
Birmingham |
4,845,983 |
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Blaby |
165,768 |
|
Blackburn with Darwen |
518,877 |
|
Blackpool |
831,138 |
|
Bolsover |
254,274 |
|
Bolton |
1,082,057 |
|
Boston |
224,548 |
|
Bournemouth |
716,277 |
|
Bracknell Forest |
288,279 |
|
Bradford |
1,911,684 |
|
Braintree |
375,425 |
|
Breckland |
348,285 |
|
Brent |
1,825,004 |
|
Brentwood |
138,800 |
|
Brighton and Hove |
1,108,821 |
|
Bristol |
1,759,545 |
|
Broadland |
223,677 |
|
Bromley |
875,650 |
|
Bromsgrove |
164,936 |
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Broxbourne |
280,731 |
|
Broxtowe |
262,047 |
|
Burnley |
352,107 |
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Bury |
578,005 |
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Calderdale |
666,397 |
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Cambridge |
345,827 |
|
Camden |
1,478,991 |
|
Cannock Chase |
295,781 |
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Canterbury |
406,551 |
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Carlisle |
310,708 |
|
Castle Point |
211,774 |
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Central Bedfordshire |
578,690 |
|
Charnwood |
343,403 |
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Chelmsford |
388,426 |
|
Cheltenham |
288,073 |
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Cherwell |
324,446 |
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Cheshire East |
774,548 |
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Cheshire West and Chester |
849,622 |
|
Chesterfield |
393,601 |
|
Chichester |
297,301 |
|
Chiltern |
169,226 |
|
Chorley |
258,250 |
|
Christchurch |
121,477 |
|
City of London |
62,210 |
|
Colchester |
493,341 |
|
Copeland |
202,557 |
|
Corby |
250,517 |
|
Cornwall |
1,745,138 |
|
Cotswold |
180,982 |
|
Coventry |
1,235,694 |
|
Craven |
96,753 |
|
Crawley |
432,204 |
|
Croydon |
1,470,136 |
|
Dacorum |
443,418 |
|
Darlington |
411,782 |
|
Dartford |
264,352 |
|
Daventry |
140,106 |
|
Derby |
889,298 |
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Derbyshire Dales |
140,921 |
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Doncaster |
1,073,628 |
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Dover |
357,141 |
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Dudley |
988,896 |
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Durham |
2,018,235 |
|
Ealing |
1,571,849 |
|
East Cambridgeshire |
190,181 |
|
East Devon |
311,072 |
|
East Dorset |
162,697 |
|
East Hampshire |
224,619 |
|
East Hertfordshire |
301,524 |
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East Lindsey |
488,039 |
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East Northamptonshire |
187,915 |
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East Riding of Yorkshire |
837,734 |
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East Staffordshire |
297,962 |
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Eastbourne |
403,326 |
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Eastleigh |
245,547 |
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Eden |
96,353 |
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Elmbridge |
281,494 |
|
Enfield |
1,560,821 |
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Epping Forest |
321,590 |
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Epsom and Ewell |
148,919 |
|
Erewash |
299,681 |
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Exeter |
386,170 |
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Fareham |
193,886 |
|
Fenland |
312,129 |
|
Forest Heath |
163,075 |
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Forest of Dean |
213,816 |
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Fylde |
199,357 |
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Gateshead |
885,392 |
|
Gedling |
300,683 |
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Gloucester |
410,346 |
|
Gosport |
303,370 |
|
Gravesham |
317,703 |
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Great Yarmouth |
380,857 |
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Greenwich |
1,535,326 |
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Guildford |
297,357 |
|
Hackney |
2,278,328 |
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Halton |
473,845 |
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Hambleton |
167,917 |
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Hammersmith and Fulham |
1,030,738 |
|
Harborough |
117,523 |
|
Haringey |
1,665,501 |
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Harlow |
362,108 |
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Harrogate |
277,348 |
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Harrow |
841,293 |
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Hart |
121,839 |
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Hartlepool |
429,762 |
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Hastings |
420,606 |
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Havant |
340,395 |
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Havering |
691,892 |
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Herefordshire |
485,187 |
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Hertsmere |
300,007 |
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High Peak |
240,915 |
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Hillingdon |
1,025,399 |
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Hinckley and Bosworth |
191,985 |
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Horsham |
246,248 |
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Hounslow |
941,612 |
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Huntingdonshire |
396,617 |
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Hyndburn |
314,957 |
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Ipswich |
527,783 |
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Isle of Wight |
498,873 |
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Isles of Scilly |
1,779 |
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Islington |
1,660,490 |
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Kensington and Chelsea |
932,921 |
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Kettering |
261,678 |
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Kings Lynn and West Norfolk |
418,310 |
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Kingston upon Hull |
1,441,320 |
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Kingston upon Thames |
449,283 |
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Kirklees |
1,335,647 |
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Knowsley |
760,790 |
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Lambeth |
2,116,006 |
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Lancaster |
357,841 |
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Leeds |
3,000,369 |
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Leicester |
1,429,272 |
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Lewes |
276,347 |
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Lewisham |
1,972,731 |
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Lichfield |
190,731 |
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Lincoln |
391,402 |
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Liverpool |
2,706,464 |
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Luton |
749,632 |
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Maidstone |
403,528 |
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Maldon |
134,080 |
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Malvern Hills |
180,660 |
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Manchester |
2,663,251 |
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Mansfield |
387,934 |
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Medway |
871,344 |
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Melton |
89,038 |
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Mendip |
264,961 |
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Merton |
603,503 |
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Mid Devon |
191,837 |
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Mid Suffolk |
172,484 |
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Mid Sussex |
247,338 |
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Middlesbrough |
797,064 |
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Milton Keynes |
936,940 |
|
Mole Valley |
177,763 |
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New Forest |
375,463 |
|
Newark and Sherwood |
295,136 |
|
Newcastle upon Tyne |
1,262,109 |
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Newcastle-under-Lyme |
342,445 |
|
Newham |
1,713,116 |
|
North Devon |
287,593 |
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North Dorset |
148,381 |
|
North East Derbyshire |
279,461 |
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North East Lincolnshire |
633,576 |
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North Hertfordshire |
349,879 |
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North Kesteven |
223,363 |
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North Lincolnshire |
494,063 |
|
North Norfolk |
287,501 |
|
North Somerset |
579,464 |
|
North Tyneside |
795,212 |
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North Warwickshire |
152,736 |
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North West Leicestershire |
207,790 |
|
Northampton |
715,240 |
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Northumberland |
1,042,202 |
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Norwich |
701,790 |
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Nottingham |
1,573,781 |
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Nuneaton and Bedworth |
377,849 |
|
Oadby and Wigston |
98,605 |
|
Oldham |
841,141 |
|
Oxford |
465,233 |
|
Pendle |
325,830 |
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Peterborough |
725,956 |
|
Plymouth |
1,010,710 |
|
Poole |
384,168 |
|
Portsmouth |
990,482 |
|
Preston |
486,146 |
|
Purbeck |
109,227 |
|
Reading |
599,511 |
|
Redbridge |
894,183 |
|
Redcar and Cleveland |
595,052 |
|
Redditch |
247,933 |
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Reigate and Banstead |
310,534 |
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Ribble Valley |
88,793 |
|
Richmond upon Thames |
461,112 |
|
Richmondshire |
81,472 |
|
Rochdale |
888,867 |
|
Rochford |
155,011 |
|
Rossendale |
207,571 |
|
Rother |
235,430 |
|
Rotherham |
1,002,694 |
|
Rugby |
221,259 |
|
Runnymede |
189,945 |
|
Rushcliffe |
180,560 |
|
Rushmoor |
300,175 |
|
Rutland |
59,284 |
|
Ryedale |
107,869 |
|
Salford |
1,211,029 |
|
Sandwell |
1,451,145 |
|
Scarborough |
413,616 |
|
Sedgemoor |
293,746 |
|
Sefton |
951,562 |
|
Selby |
173,002 |
|
Sevenoaks |
253,535 |
|
Sheffield |
2,211,617 |
|
Shepway |
386,086 |
|
Shropshire |
717,236 |
|
Slough |
548,949 |
|
Solihull |
520,274 |
|
South Bucks |
125,096 |
|
South Cambridgeshire |
262,077 |
|
South Derbyshire |
194,231 |
|
South Gloucestershire |
644,006 |
|
South Hams |
211,064 |
|
South Holland |
214,481 |
|
South Kesteven |
324,425 |
|
South Lakeland |
187,569 |
|
South Norfolk |
267,200 |
|
South Northamptonshire |
129,724 |
|
South Oxfordshire |
236,961 |
|
South Ribble |
235,100 |
|
South Somerset |
398,192 |
|
South Staffordshire |
228,960 |
|
South Tyneside |
807,910 |
|
Southampton |
937,411 |
|
Southend on Sea |
674,571 |
|
Southwark |
1,821,052 |
|
Spelthorne |
238,464 |
|
St Albans |
266,714 |
|
St Edmundsbury |
260,676 |
|
St Helens |
687,740 |
|
Stafford |
282,170 |
|
Staffordshire Moorlands |
187,524 |
|
Stevenage |
328,392 |
|
Stockport |
786,763 |
|
Stockton on Tees |
723,140 |
|
Stoke on Trent |
1,070,400 |
|
Stratford-on-Avon |
253,567 |
|
Stroud |
244,426 |
|
Suffolk Coastal |
270,052 |
|
Sunderland |
1,354,237 |
|
Surrey Heath |
156,737 |
|
Sutton |
552,843 |
|
Swale |
451,413 |
|
Swindon |
544,653 |
|
Tameside |
892,517 |
|
Tamworth |
215,178 |
|
Tandridge |
175,139 |
|
Taunton Deane |
283,257 |
|
Teignbridge |
348,469 |
|
Telford and Wrekin |
674,888 |
|
Tendring |
545,504 |
|
Test Valley |
257,724 |
|
Tewkesbury |
180,578 |
|
Thanet |
613,951 |
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Three Rivers |
202,728 |
|
Thurrock |
515,679 |
|
Tonbridge and Malling |
295,320 |
|
Torbay |
621,630 |
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Torridge |
184,810 |
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Tower Hamlets |
1,975,866 |
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Trafford |
572,504 |
|
Tunbridge Wells |
282,174 |
|
Uttlesford |
137,566 |
|
Vale of White Horse |
232,307 |
|
Wakefield |
1,324,444 |
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Walsall |
1,182,221 |
|
Waltham Forest |
1,200,866 |
|
Wandsworth |
1,460,967 |
|
Warrington |
500,707 |
|
Warwick |
295,984 |
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Watford |
295,967 |
|
Waveney |
378,119 |
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Waverley |
251,210 |
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Wealden |
267,480 |
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Wellingborough |
247,314 |
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Welwyn Hatfield |
347,407 |
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West Berkshire |
337,409 |
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West Devon |
129,865 |
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West Dorset |
253,631 |
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West Lancashire |
287,148 |
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West Lindsey |
262,726 |
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West Oxfordshire |
207,734 |
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West Somerset |
111,146 |
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Westminster |
1,378,835 |
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Weymouth and Portland |
246,684 |
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Wigan |
1,053,308 |
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Wiltshire |
1,044,787 |
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Winchester |
245,154 |
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Windsor and Maidenhead |
297,451 |
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Wirral |
1,238,690 |
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Woking |
224,465 |
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Wokingham |
188,393 |
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Wolverhampton |
1,138,969 |
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Worcester |
311,222 |
|
Worthing |
301,724 |
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Wychavon |
282,274 |
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Wycombe |
395,036 |
|
Wyre |
335,089 |
|
Wyre Forest |
329,150 |
|
York |
416,507 |
|
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Total |
185,132,133 |
2018-19 LA allocations - Scotland
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LA |
Final 2018-19 DWP HB administration subsidy allocation (£) |
|
Aberdeen |
689,041 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
609,938 |
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Angus |
368,077 |
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Argyll and Bute |
319,323 |
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Clackmannanshire |
204,134 |
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
105,407 |
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Dumfries and Galloway |
609,978 |
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Dundee |
823,321 |
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East Ayrshire |
531,445 |
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East Dunbartonshire |
221,758 |
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East Lothian |
282,606 |
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East Renfrewshire |
175,490 |
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Edinburgh |
1,752,172 |
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Falkirk |
562,731 |
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Fife |
1,319,829 |
|
Glasgow |
3,943,978 |
|
Highland |
686,589 |
|
Inverclyde |
388,854 |
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Midlothian |
270,558 |
|
Moray |
257,770 |
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North Ayrshire |
672,284 |
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North Lanarkshire |
1,457,778 |
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Orkney |
62,862 |
|
Perth and Kinross |
446,995 |
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Renfrewshire |
778,470 |
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Scottish Borders |
417,835 |
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Shetland |
50,400 |
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South Ayrshire |
442,814 |
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South Lanarkshire |
1,114,586 |
|
Stirling |
235,824 |
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West Dunbartonshire |
540,770 |
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West Lothian |
666,878 |
|
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Total |
21,010,495 |
2018-19 LA allocations - Wales
|
LA |
Final 2018-19 DWP HB administration subsidy allocation (£) |
|
Blaenau Gwent |
335,207 |
|
Bridgend |
494,528 |
|
Caerphilly |
670,501 |
|
Cardiff |
1,311,726 |
|
Carmarthenshire |
574,293 |
|
Ceredigion |
208,376 |
|
Conwy |
386,790 |
|
Denbighshire |
354,600 |
|
Flintshire |
396,103 |
|
Gwynedd |
375,758 |
|
Isle of Anglesey |
220,487 |
|
Merthyr Tydfil |
247,532 |
|
Monmouthshire |
219,545 |
|
Neath Port Talbot |
573,428 |
|
Newport |
574,254 |
|
Pembrokeshire |
396,561 |
|
Powys |
346,356 |
|
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
875,988 |
|
Swansea |
895,579 |
|
Torfaen |
360,633 |
|
Vale of Glamorgan |
382,134 |
|
Wrexham |
463,982 |
|
|
|
|
Total |
10,664,361 |
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