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<p /> <p /> <p>Local authorities are required to submit their claims for funding for
Discretionary Housing Payments by 30 April following the end of the financial year.</p><p>
</p><p>Until the returns have been received from each authority, we are not in a position
to say how much of this funding has been unused.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>At
the end of the 2012/13 year, of the £67,906,916 made available by central Government
towards Discretionary Housing Payments, £12,453,471 (18.34%) was unspent.</p>
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