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FOI request (FOIR-823779557)
Housing Benefit claims
Requested Tue 07 April 2026
Responded Fri 07 August 2026The number of Housing Benefit claims for exempt accommodation made between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2025, broken down by year.
The total expenditure on Housing Benefit for exempt accommodation between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2025, broken down by year.
The number of distinct landlords OR providers receiving Housing Benefit payments for exempt accommodation between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2025, broken down by year.
For clarity, “exempt accommodation” refers to accommodation where Housing Benefit is paid under the exempt accommodation provisions of the Housing Benefit Regulations. If your authority records this under a different but equivalent category (e.g. specified accommodation), please provide the closest available data and specify the definition used.
Response
Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding, your request has taken a significant time to gather as there is no reporting available for these statistics therefore, the data has been gathered manually from the system.
Details:
The number of Housing Benefit claims for exempt accommodation made between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2025, broken down by year.
2020 – 104
2021 – 156
2022 – 200
2023 – 146
2024 – 131
2025 - 125
The total expenditure on Housing Benefit for exempt accommodation between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2025, broken down by year.
2020 – £2,377,400.88
2021 – £2,382,366.21
2022 – £3,007,841.89
2023 – £3,296,725.97
2024 – £3,531,572.59
2025 - £3,284,144.07
The number of distinct landlords OR providers receiving Housing Benefit payments for exempt accommodation between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2025, broken down by year.
2020 – 11
2021 – 11
2022 – 12
2023 – 12
2024 – 12
2025 - 12
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