Discretionary Housing Payments
(asked on 2nd September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Local Authorities on the Government's decision to cut the Discretionary Housing Payment budget from £140 million in 2021/22 to £100 million for 2022/23.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has not met Local Authorities (LAs) to discuss Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) funding for 2022/23.
Officials at the Department for Work and Pensions engage with LAs through regular forums, and those LAs were informed of a reduction in funding prior to the publication of the full allocations for 2022/23.
LAs are notified annually of the total amount of DHP funding and how much funding has been allocated to each LA.