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<p /> <p /> <p>The Department has responsibility for the funding of Discretionary
Housing Payments (DHP) in Great Britain, but not the UK. The table below shows the
amounts of unused DHPs returned to the Department since 2011 for the respective areas.
The figures for 2013/14 will be available in due course once the information has been
collated from local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local
Authority Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under Spend since 2011</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St
Albans</p></td><td><p>£18,717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>£72,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern
England</p></td><td><p>£1,494,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>£20,982,679</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The Department provides local authorities with a guidance manual and
good practice guide to aide them in the administration of the DHP scheme. This has
recently been updated following informal consultation with stakeholder groups and
local authority practitioners. The new guidance encourages councils to make longer
term awards where appropriate to those with ongoing needs.</p>
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