Discretionary Housing Payments in Scotland: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

This publication provides information on Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) in Scotland over the twelve-month period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Information on applications, determinations, awards and total award value is being published as Official Statistics in Development. Official Statistics in Development are defined in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics as “official statistics that are undergoing development and evaluation under the guidance of the Head of Profession for Statistics. They may be new or existing statistics and will be tested with users in line with the standards of Trustworthiness, Quality and Value.” These statistics have not yet been assessed by the UK Statistics Authority.

The Scottish Government also collected management information on DHPs from local authorities from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. This information is informally collected by the Scottish Government and includes total actual spend broken down by the purpose of the award. This collection replaces similar collections made by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in previous years (and still collected in England and Wales). Management information on expenditure by funding stream has been included in this publication.

All tables and charts relating to this publication can be found here.