PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Discretionary Housing Payments (21 February 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Department will include universal credit in the calculation of funding to local authorities for Discretionary Housing Payments; and whether additional DHP funding will be allocated to those Councils most affected by universal credit.

Asked by:
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour)

The methodologies used to allocate Discretionary Housing Payment funding is reviewed annually to ensure a fair and equitable distribution across all English and Welsh local authorities.

The methodologies take account of claimants in receipt of both Universal Credit and Housing Benefit ensuring that those local authorities with larger Universal Credit caseloads continue to receive a fair allocation of Discretionary Housing Payment funding.

Answered by:
Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
26 February 2018