DHP payment budget

1. The total discretionary housing payment budget available to the council for the 2013/14 financial year [include, and specify, any additional funds granted]

DWP DHP grant 2013/14: £1,014,714
Brighton & Hove City Council contingency fund: £300k
Brighton & Hove City Council contingency to mitigate Social Sector Size Criteria: £70k

2. The amount spent or committed at the end of the financial year

Amount spent @ 31/3/14: £1,005,327.71
Amount committed @ 31/3/14: £2308.40

3. The number of applications for DHP received by the council

1/4/13 – 31/3/14: 2517

4. The number of applications refused

1/4/13 – 31/3/14: 698

5. The number of applications refused where the applicant was impacted by the under occupancy penalty

122

6. The number of applications refused where the applicant was registered as disabled (if available)

We don’t hold information where we classify the person as “registered disabled”, however 135 people were in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) in this category.

7. The number of applications refused where an applicant was registered as disabled and was impacted by the under occupancy penalty (if available)

We don’t hold information where we classify the person as “registered disabled”, however there were 60 people receiving DLA in this category