Benefits data

To help with the understanding of how Housing Benefit and Council Tax support works and how the service is delivered we publish and update data regularly.

Benefit caseloads

Housing Benefit and Council Tax support caseload figures.

• Benefit caseload (XLS, 14KB) – Data since July 2013 (updated annually)
• Benefit caseload up to March 2013 (XLS)

Housing Benefit and Council Tax support spend

Amount spent on Housing Benefit and Council Tax support each financial year since 2007-08 (updated annually).

Amount spent on Housing Benefit and Council Tax support (XLS, 11KB)

Discretionary Housing Payments

Total received in funding and the total spend each financial year since 2009-10 (updated annually).

Discretionary housing payments (XLS, 12KB)

Bedroom Tax and Benefit Cap

Numbers affected by the bedroom tax and the benefit cap (updated quarterly).

NEL Numbers affected by ‘The Bedroom Tax’ and ‘the Benefit Cap’ (XLS, 12KB)

Related content

Business rates statistics

Council Tax data

Contact details

Benefits , Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 1HU

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 0300 3030164 option 3

Telephone opening times: Monday to Friday 9am to 4:30pm, except bank holidays