Guidance

Local Authority Housing Fund: grant determination (capital) 2023-24 (31/6857)

Updated 16 November 2023

Applies to England

The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (鈥渢he Secretary of State鈥�), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:

Citation

1) This determination may be cited as the Local Authority Housing Fund Determination 2023-24 (July 2023, Tranche 2) [No31/6857].

Purpose of the grant

2) The purpose of the grant is to provide support to local authorities in England towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred by them.

Determination

3) The Secretary of State determines as the authorities to which grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid, the authorities and the amounts set out in Annex A.

Grant conditions

4) Pursuant to section [31(3) and] 31(4) of the Local Government Act 2003, the Secretary of State determines that the grant will be paid subject to the condition in Annex B.

5) Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Secretary of State obtained the consent of the Treasury.

UK Government Branding

6) The Grant Recipient shall at all times during and following the end of the Funding Period:

6.1 comply with requirements of the Branding Manual in relation to the Funded Activities; and

6.2 cease use of the Funded by UK Government logo on demand if directed to do so by the Minister of State.

7) Branding Manual means the HM Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 鈥樷€� first published by the Cabinet Office in November 2022 including any subsequent updates from time to time.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Emma Fraser and Melanie Montanari
Directors, Housing Markets and Strategy
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

12 July 2023

Annex A

Authorities to which grant is to be paid Amount of grant to be paid
Babergh District Council 拢892,968
Cheltenham Borough Council 拢1,654,524
Colchester Borough Council 拢547,994
Dover District Council 拢832,906
East Hampshire District Council 拢1,389,732
East Hertfordshire District Council 拢1,230,471
Greater London Authority 拢88,328,306
Hart District Council 拢1,055,848
King鈥檚 Lynn and West Norfolk 拢1,203,399
Leicester City Council 拢1,350,390
Lincoln City Council 拢537,250
Mid Suffolk District Council 拢1,011,000
Newcastle City Council 拢2,167,412
North Devon District Council 拢700,757
North Northamptonshire District Council 拢2,264,069
Oxford City Council 拢452,634
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 拢1,510,753
Runnymede Borough Council 拢1,004,763
Rushmoor Borough Council 拢620,591
South Cambridgeshire District Council 拢4,803,513
Southampton City Council 拢1,174,318
Spelthorne Borough Council 拢1,292,952
St Albans City and District Council 拢2,697,249
Stevenage Borough Council 拢1,497,419
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 拢2,077,403
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 拢1,585,732
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council 拢439,767
Watford Borough Council 拢1,277,210
West Suffolk Council 拢738,667
Winchester City Council 拢1,910,376
Wokingham Borough Council 拢2,174,042
Total 拢130,424,415

Annex B

Grant condition

Grant paid to a local authority under this determination may be used only for the purposes that a capital receipt may be used for in accordance with regulations made under section 11 of the Local Government Act 2003.