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<p>Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) expenditure and caseload estimates are provided
in DWP <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017"
target="_blank">Benefit expenditure and caseload tables</a>. The table below shows
the estimated expenditure on SMI in the last 5 years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£287m</p></td><td><p>£256m</p></td><td><p>£240m</p></td><td><p>£209m</p></td><td><p>£205m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The maximum individual payment of SMI over the course of a year is currently
£6,240. Within the last 5 years it has been £7,260 (2014/15) in a year.</p><p> </p>
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