Guto Bebb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of the total discretionary
housing budget that was spent during the first six months of 2013-14.
Steve Webb: The Department has collated six-monthly
returns detailing DHP awards made by local authorities in Great Britain between
the beginning of April to the end of September 2013. The Department has
pre-announced that this information will be published on 20 December 2013. This
year the Government contribution to discretionary housing payments has been
increased to £180 million. As part of this, local authorities are able to bid
for funding from a £20 million reserve fund. The scheme is open to bids until 3
February 2014.
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