Discretionary Housing payment spend: 2020/21

Discretionary Housing Payments amount

29 September 2022

Your questions

  1. the total Discretionary Housing Payment allocation for your authority for 2020/21
  2. the equivalent figure for 2019/20
  3. as at 31 October  2020, the amount of this budget that has already been spent
  4. for comparison, the amount of the 2019/20 budget which had been by 31 October  2019
  5. the number of applications for DHP received so far in 2020/21
  6. the number of applications for DHP rejected so far in 2020/21
  7. for comparison, equivalent numbers to (4) and (5) for the period April to October 2019

Our response

  1. £1,690,641
  2. £1,337,808
  3. amount paid or allocated - £982,005
  4. Amount paid or allocated - £679,988
  5. 3695 to 15/11/20
  6. applications received 1/4/19-15/11/19 - 1990

    applications refused 1/4/19-15/11/19 - 563