Dear Northern Ireland Housing Executive,

I would be very grateful if you could provide the following information:

1. Number of awards made between 1 April 2020 and 27 November 2020
2. Number of awards to HB claimants and to UC claimants
3. Number of awards where UC claimant received 13 weeks payment of their full contractual shortfall in replication of the protection set out in regulation 14 of the HB Regulations NI 2006
4. Average amount awarded under said 13-week full shortfall
5. Average amount awarded under all other DHP awards
6. Number of requests for review of existing DHP award
8. Number of incidences where award was increased following a review request, and (if held) the reasons for such increase or refusal of increase
9. Amount of the Discretionary Housing Payment budget for 2020/2021
10. Amount of increase awarded to the Discretionary Housing Payment budget as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yours faithfully,

E Farrell