This publication provides analysis of the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) including:

• DHP expenditure compared with full year allocation (for England, Wales, Scotland, GB and GB excluding Scotland)
• DHP expenditure distribution across local authorities
• proportion of DHP expenditure for different welfare reform measures (for GB and GB excluding Scotland)

DHPs are awards that can be made by local authorities to Housing Benefit claimants who are experiencing financial difficulty with housing costs.

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 2025.

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 and Scotland

DHPs for Scotland were devolved from 1 April 2017, under the Scotland Act 2016 implementing the Smith Commission Agreement.

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Use of Discretionary Housing Payments statistics are published twice a year. The dates for future releases are listed in the statistics release calendar.

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This publication provides analysis of the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) including:

• DHP expenditure compared with full year allocation (for England, Wales, Scotland, GB and GB excluding Scotland)
• DHP expenditure distribution across local authorities
• proportion of DHP expenditure for different welfare reform measures (for GB and GB excluding Scotland)

DHPs are awards that can be made by local authorities to Housing Benefit claimants who are experiencing financial difficulty with housing costs.

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 first half of the financial year from April 2020 to September 2020. Local authorities provide details of their use of DHP funds to DWP twice a year. These are published for the first 6 months of the financial year and for the whole of the financial year.

DHPs and Scotland

DHPs for Scotland were devolved from 1 April 2017, under the Scotland Act 2016 implementing the Smith Commission Agreement.