Council Tax Hardship Fund Allocation by local authorities

The £500 million Hardship Fund allows councils to give extra support to help people affected by Coronavirus. Councils are expected to use this welcome funding to reduce the council tax bills of working-age people who are already receiving council tax support, by £150 in 2020/21.

Because councils have different council tax support schemes they will have different amounts of discretionary support leftover. Those with more generous support will have more discretionary hardship funds available to help support vulnerable households.

For example, local authorities that give council tax support based on 100% of council tax liability need only to use a small proportion of their Hardship Fund to give an additional discount to people in receipt of council tax support. These councils will have more money left over from their Hardship Fund than councils with schemes based on less than 100% of council tax liability.

Policy in Practice analysed the allocation of the Hardship Fund under the assumption that councils initially allocate funding in the manner set out by MHCLG. The table below shows the amount of funds each individual council across the country will be able to retain for their own discretionary allocation.

Local Authority		Based on pre COVID-19 caseload			Based on post COVID-19 caseload
	HF Allocation	HF initial cost	Amount remaining	Proportion remaining	Amount remaining after OBR prediction of increased unemployment in 2020/21	Proportion remaining
Adur	£453,179	£99,914	£353,265	78%	£261,344	58%
Allerdale	£910,462	£201,211	£709,251	78%	£524,137	58%
Amber Valley	£1,033,585	£639,892	£393,693	38%	-£195,007	0%
Arun	£945,239	£226,496	£718,743	76%	£510,366	54%
Ashfield	£1,383,514	£359,583	£1,023,931	74%	£693,114	50%
Ashford	£968,568	£666,062	£302,506	31%	-£310,271	0%
Babergh	£467,436	£210,368	£257,068	55%	£63,529	14%
Barking and Dagenham	£2,214,270	£1,537,650	£676,620	31%	-£738,018	0%
Barnet	£4,132,829	£2,869,950	£1,262,879	31%	-£1,377,475	0%
Barnsley	£2,646,497	£1,837,800	£808,697	31%	-£882,079	0%
Barrow-in-Furness	£798,140	£206,699	£591,441	74%	£401,277	50%
Basildon	£1,648,768	£357,745	£1,291,023	78%	£961,897	58%
Basingstoke and Deane	£1,019,761	£270,592	£749,169	73%	£500,225	49%
Bassetlaw	£906,790	£559,703	£347,087	38%	-£167,839	0%
Bath and North East Somerset UA	£1,288,040	£658,130	£629,910	49%	£24,431	2%
Bedford UA	£1,438,595	£341,910	£1,096,685	76%	£782,128	54%
Bexley	£1,850,733	£1,285,200	£565,533	31%	-£616,851	0%
Birmingham	£17,382,811	£9,437,607	£7,945,204	46%	-£737,394	0%
Blaby	£415,378	£230,167	£185,211	45%	-£26,543	0%
Blackburn with Darwen UA	£2,194,182	£1,523,700	£670,482	31%	-£731,322	0%
Blackpool UA	£2,803,101	£1,946,550	£856,551	31%	-£934,275	0%
Bolsover	£779,779	£498,959	£280,820	36%	-£178,223	0%
Bolton	£3,454,789	£2,399,100	£1,055,689	31%	-£1,151,483	0%
Boston	£538,069	£373,650	£164,419	31%	-£179,339	0%
Bournemouth UA	£3,103,348	£1,631,464	£1,471,884	47%	-£29,063	0%
Bracknell Forest UA	£609,567	£151,457	£458,110	75%	£318,769	52%
Bradford	£5,852,232	£4,063,950	£1,788,282	31%	-£1,950,552	0%
Braintree	£891,670	£619,200	£272,470	31%	-£297,194	0%
Breckland	£919,967	£562,110	£357,857	39%	-£159,284	0%
Brent	£3,948,577	£1,013,665	£2,934,912	57%	£2,002,341	51%
Brentwood	£345,609	£93,930	£251,679	73%	£165,263	48%
Brighton and Hove UA	£2,329,833	£1,617,900	£711,933	31%	-£776,535	0%
Bristol, City of UA	£5,005,923	£1,161,333	£3,844,590	77%	£2,776,163	55%
Broadland	£637,216	£442,500	£194,716	31%	-£212,384	0%
Bromley	£1,841,229	£1,278,600	£562,629	31%	-£613,683	0%
Bromsgrove	£460,955	£320,100	£140,855	31%	-£153,637	0%
Broxbourne	£735,930	£511,050	£224,880	31%	-£245,286	0%
Broxtowe	£816,716	£216,034	£600,682	74%	£401,930	49%
Buckinghamshire	£2,813,901	£1,463,798	£1,350,103	48%	£3,409	0%
Burnley	£1,475,316	£802,290	£673,026	46%	-£65,080	0%
Bury	£1,888,102	£1,311,150	£576,952	31%	-£629,306	0%
Calderdale	£2,169,989	£1,506,900	£663,089	31%	-£723,259	0%
Cambridge	£920,831	£177,904	£742,927	81%	£579,254	63%
Camden	£3,119,765	£2,371,021	£748,744	76%	-£1,432,596	0%
Canterbury	£710,225	£150,999	£559,226	79%	£420,307	59%
Carlisle	£1,082,619	£269,415	£813,204	75%	£565,342	52%
Castle Point	£989,736	£687,300	£302,436	31%	-£329,880	0%
Central Bedfordshire UA	£439,787	£305,400	£134,387	31%	-£146,581	0%
Charnwood	£1,606,215	£1,115,400	£490,815	31%	-£535,353	0%
Chelmsford	£978,936	£679,800	£299,136	31%	-£326,280	0%
Cheltenham	£866,829	£214,943	£651,886	75%	£454,139	52%
Cherwell	£851,709	£248,350	£603,359	71%	£374,876	44%
Cheshire East UA	£818,012	£568,050	£249,962	31%	-£272,644	0%
Cheshire West and Chester UA	£2,062,635	£1,432,350	£630,285	31%	-£687,477	0%
Chesterfield	£2,423,580	£1,472,550	£951,030	39%	-£403,715	0%
Chichester	£1,191,269	£268,539	£922,730	77%	£675,674	57%
Chiltern	£699,209	£485,550	£213,659	31%	-£233,047	0%
Chorley	£855,381	£213,816	£641,565	75%	£444,854	52%
City of London	£33,265	£8,462	£24,803	75%	£17,018	51%
Colchester	£1,151,524	£799,650	£351,874	31%	-£383,804	0%
Copeland	£769,411	£182,876	£586,535	76%	£418,289	54%
Corby	£534,829	£331,525	£203,304	38%	-£101,699	0%
Cornwall UA	£4,756,869	£3,303,300	£1,453,569	31%	-£1,585,467	0%
Cotswold	£389,458	£234,848	£154,610	40%	-£61,450	0%
Coventry	£3,731,924	£2,591,550	£1,140,374	31%	-£1,243,852	0%
Craven	£267,199	£180,044	£87,155	33%	-£78,486	0%
Crawley	£988,656	£259,160	£729,496	74%	£491,069	50%
Croydon	£4,387,932	£2,676,639	£1,711,293	61%	-£751,214	0%
Dacorum	£1,062,098	£561,806	£500,292	47%	-£16,570	0%
Darlington UA	£1,305,968	£906,900	£399,068	31%	-£435,280	0%
Dartford	£897,286	£291,195	£606,091	68%	£338,192	38%
Daventry	£394,210	£273,750	£120,460	31%	-£131,390	0%
Derby UA	£2,187,702	£1,519,200	£668,502	31%	-£729,162	0%
Derbyshire Dales	£338,264	£216,105	£122,159	36%	-£76,657	0%
Doncaster	£2,992,753	£826,642	£2,166,111	72%	£1,405,601	47%
Dorset	£2,647,793	£1,484,854	£1,162,939	44%	-£203,126	0%
Dover	£1,053,674	£466,889	£586,785	56%	£157,247	15%
Dudley	£2,989,729	£1,639,420	£1,350,309	45%	-£157,958	0%
Durham UA	£6,964,443	£2,045,112	£4,919,331	71%	£3,037,828	44%
Ealing	£3,061,443	£1,806,251	£1,255,192	59%	-£406,560	0%
East Cambridgeshire	£429,851	£266,531	£163,320	38%	-£81,888	0%
East Devon	£713,034	£305,536	£407,498	57%	£126,406	18%
East Hampshire	£516,901	£130,984	£385,917	75%	£265,412	51%
East Hertfordshire	£665,944	£406,294	£259,650	39%	-£114,140	0%
East Lindsey	£1,378,546	£957,300	£421,246	31%	-£459,470	0%
East Northamptonshire	£439,787	£305,400	£134,387	31%	-£146,581	0%
East Riding of Yorkshire UA	£1,942,320	£1,348,800	£593,520	31%	-£647,376	0%
East Staffordshire	£812,828	£564,450	£248,378	31%	-£270,916	0%
East Suffolk	£1,916,615	£1,168,957	£747,658	39%	-£327,783	0%
Eastbourne	£918,455	£637,800	£280,655	31%	-£306,121	0%
Eastleigh	£543,469	£129,051	£414,418	76%	£295,690	54%
Eden	£307,160	£90,643	£216,517	70%	£133,124	43%
Elmbridge	£667,672	£409,923	£257,749	39%	-£119,380	0%
Enfield	£5,896,729	£3,007,332	£2,889,397	51%	£122,652	2%
Epping Forest	£658,168	£457,050	£201,118	31%	-£219,368	0%
Epsom and Ewell	£344,096	£238,950	£105,146	31%	-£114,688	0%
Erewash	£949,343	£587,286	£362,057	38%	-£178,247	0%
Exeter	£934,439	£648,900	£285,539	31%	-£311,449	0%
Fareham	£423,370	£226,930	£196,440	46%	-£12,335	0%
Fenland	£907,222	£630,000	£277,222	31%	-£302,378	0%
Forest Heath	£1,132,732	£476,088	£656,644	58%	£218,644	19%
Forest of Dean	£638,728	£191,793	£446,935	70%	£270,485	42%
Fylde	£586,022	£328,824	£257,198	44%	-£45,320	0%
Gateshead	£2,672,418	£1,752,294	£920,124	34%	-£691,987	0%
Gedling	£873,093	£257,295	£615,798	71%	£379,087	43%
Gloucester	£1,145,476	£280,390	£865,086	76%	£607,127	53%
Gosport	£565,286	£392,550	£172,736	31%	-£188,410	0%
Gravesham	£893,182	£482,914	£410,268	46%	-£34,013	0%
Great Yarmouth	£1,305,536	£803,668	£501,868	38%	-£237,507	0%
Greenwich	£3,188,238	£719,058	£2,469,180	77%	£1,807,646	57%
Guildford	£469,380	£136,261	£333,119	71%	£207,759	44%
Hackney	£4,612,361	£3,202,950	£1,409,411	31%	-£1,537,303	0%
Halton UA	£1,618,528	£1,123,950	£494,578	31%	-£539,456	0%
Hambleton	£383,193	£238,819	£144,374	38%	-£75,339	0%
Hammersmith and Fulham	£1,947,072	£535,894	£1,411,178	72%	£918,155	47%
Harborough	£298,519	£207,300	£91,219	31%	-£99,497	0%
Haringey	£3,663,666	£2,564,566	£1,099,100	70%	-£1,260,301	0%
Harlow	£933,791	£648,450	£285,341	31%	-£311,233	0%
Harrogate	£863,157	£242,184	£620,973	72%	£398,164	46%
Harrow	£1,391,506	£966,300	£425,206	31%	-£463,790	0%
Hart	£318,608	£101,381	£217,227	68%	£123,957	39%
Hartlepool UA	£1,864,342	£1,294,650	£569,692	31%	-£621,386	0%
Hastings	£1,281,991	£426,843	£855,148	67%	£462,453	36%
Havant	£1,099,899	£526,949	£572,950	52%	£88,158	8%
Havering	£1,807,532	£1,255,200	£552,332	31%	-£602,452	0%
Herefordshire, County of UA	£1,076,354	£747,450	£328,904	31%	-£358,750	0%
Hertsmere	£735,930	£202,886	£533,044	72%	£346,389	47%
High Peak	£716,058	£215,475	£500,583	70%	£302,345	42%
Hillingdon	£2,124,412	£709,360	£1,415,052	67%	£762,440	36%
Hinckley and Bosworth	£531,157	£368,850	£162,307	31%	-£177,035	0%
Horsham	£602,007	£327,769	£274,238	46%	-£27,309	0%
Hounslow	£2,610,856	£796,747	£1,814,109	69%	£1,081,101	41%
Huntingdonshire	£827,084	£461,798	£365,286	44%	-£59,569	0%
Hyndburn	£942,431	£519,734	£422,697	45%	-£55,459	0%
Ipswich	£1,508,581	£733,381	£775,200	51%	£100,490	7%
Isle of Wight UA	£1,135,756	£643,905	£491,851	43%	-£100,541	0%
Islington	£3,879,455	£1,551,782	£2,327,673	40%	£900,034	23%
Kensington and Chelsea	£1,709,466	£1,350,478	£358,988	79%	-£883,452	0%
Kettering	£584,294	£405,750	£178,544	31%	-£194,746	0%
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk	£1,035,961	£582,429	£453,532	44%	-£82,302	0%
Kingston upon Hull, City of UA	£4,251,200	£2,952,150	£1,299,050	31%	-£1,416,928	0%
Kingston upon Thames	£1,132,084	£344,991	£787,093	70%	£469,702	41%
Kirklees	£4,956,890	£2,776,960	£2,179,930	44%	-£374,873	0%
Knowsley	£2,455,764	£1,705,350	£750,414	31%	-£818,508	0%
Lambeth	£3,095,140	£1,949,938	£1,145,202	63%	-£648,741	0%
Lancaster	£1,424,987	£435,643	£989,344	69%	£588,552	41%
Leeds	£8,921,883	£4,924,724	£3,997,159	45%	-£533,588	0%
Leicester UA	£3,738,404	£2,596,050	£1,142,354	31%	-£1,246,012	0%
Lewes	£816,500	£567,000	£249,500	31%	-£272,140	0%
Lewisham	£3,241,160	£2,250,750	£990,410	31%	-£1,080,280	0%
Lichfield	£562,910	£390,900	£172,010	31%	-£187,618	0%
Lincoln	£1,209,846	£377,759	£832,087	69%	£484,548	40%
Liverpool	£9,142,208	£4,781,944	£4,360,264	48%	-£39,124	0%
Luton UA	£2,100,868	£940,124	£1,160,744	55%	£295,831	14%
Maidstone	£1,177,877	£817,950	£359,927	31%	-£392,587	0%
Maldon	£337,832	£234,600	£103,232	31%	-£112,600	0%
Malvern Hills	£409,330	£128,177	£281,153	69%	£163,229	40%
Manchester	£7,458,231	£5,179,200	£2,279,031	31%	-£2,485,833	0%
Mansfield	£1,220,430	£847,500	£372,930	31%	-£406,770	0%
Medway UA	£2,056,371	£1,428,000	£628,371	31%	-£685,389	0%
Melton	£258,126	£179,250	£78,876	31%	-£86,034	0%
Mendip	£742,410	£515,550	£226,860	31%	-£247,446	0%
Merton	£1,483,740	£541,587	£942,153	64%	£443,894	30%
Mid Devon	£474,564	£132,274	£342,290	72%	£220,599	46%
Mid Suffolk	£435,683	£206,614	£229,069	53%	£38,985	9%
Mid Sussex	£695,753	£216,043	£479,710	69%	£280,950	40%
Middlesbrough UA	£2,832,262	£1,966,800	£865,462	31%	-£943,994	0%
Milton Keynes UA	£2,322,057	£1,612,500	£709,557	31%	-£773,943	0%
Mole Valley	£419,914	£142,693	£277,221	66%	£145,944	35%
New Forest	£886,486	£505,208	£381,278	43%	-£83,514	0%
Newark and Sherwood	£810,884	£563,100	£247,784	31%	-£270,268	0%
Newcastle upon Tyne	£1,035,529	£397,736	£637,793	62%	£271,875	26%
Newcastle-under-Lyme	£6,157,231	£4,275,750	£1,881,481	31%	-£2,052,209	0%
Newham	£4,268,049	£2,963,850	£1,304,199	31%	-£1,422,543	0%
North Devon	£692,081	£200,958	£491,123	71%	£306,242	44%
North East Derbyshire	£776,323	£499,536	£276,787	36%	-£182,787	0%
North East Lincolnshire UA	£1,655,033	£951,410	£703,623	43%	-£171,675	0%
North Hertfordshire	£910,246	£519,513	£390,733	43%	-£87,218	0%
North Kesteven	£514,957	£289,311	£225,646	44%	-£40,520	0%
North Lincolnshire UA	£1,170,101	£812,550	£357,551	31%	-£389,995	0%
North Norfolk	£723,834	£458,228	£265,606	37%	-£155,963	0%
North Somerset UA	£1,492,597	£1,036,500	£456,097	31%	-£497,483	0%
North Tyneside	£2,023,970	£1,405,500	£618,470	31%	-£674,590	0%
North Warwickshire	£453,395	£296,665	£156,730	35%	-£116,203	0%
North West Leicestershire	£545,197	£378,600	£166,597	31%	-£181,715	0%
Northampton	£1,861,318	£1,292,550	£568,768	31%	-£620,378	0%
Northumberland UA	£3,381,563	£1,686,594	£1,694,969	50%	£143,303	4%
Norwich	£2,036,930	£677,278	£1,359,652	67%	£736,555	36%
Nottingham UA	£4,022,883	£2,793,600	£1,229,283	31%	-£1,340,829	0%
Nuneaton and Bedworth	£1,156,924	£647,309	£509,615	44%	-£85,910	0%
Oadby and Wigston	£274,327	£190,500	£83,827	31%	-£91,433	0%
Oldham	£3,015,434	£1,651,156	£1,364,278	45%	-£154,786	0%
Oxford	£1,156,492	£413,307	£743,185	64%	£362,943	31%
Pendle	£1,029,697	£593,894	£435,803	42%	-£110,579	0%
Peterborough UA	£1,668,857	£938,598	£730,259	44%	-£133,250	0%
Plymouth UA	£2,574,999	£908,141	£1,666,858	65%	£831,368	32%
Portsmouth UA	£1,866,502	£1,296,150	£570,352	31%	-£622,106	0%
Preston	£1,795,436	£969,780	£825,656	46%	-£66,541	0%
Reading UA	£952,799	£661,650	£291,149	31%	-£317,569	0%
Redbridge	£2,023,106	£1,031,784	£991,322	51%	£42,081	2%
Redcar and Cleveland UA	£1,847,925	£1,283,250	£564,675	31%	-£615,915	0%
Redditch	£671,777	£466,500	£205,277	31%	-£223,903	0%
Reigate and Banstead	£754,507	£523,950	£230,557	31%	-£251,477	0%
Ribble Valley	£222,053	£123,825	£98,228	44%	-£15,691	0%
Richmond upon Thames	£1,118,691	£607,836	£510,855	46%	-£48,354	0%
Richmondshire (see note 4)	£245,598	£139,596	£106,002	43%	-£22,426	0%
Rochdale	£3,064,251	£1,741,124	£1,323,127	43%	-£278,706	0%
Rochford	£336,968	£234,000	£102,968	31%	-£112,312	0%
Rossendale	£734,634	£403,120	£331,514	45%	-£39,357	0%
Rother	£650,824	£296,392	£354,432	54%	£81,750	13%
Rotherham	£2,864,446	£1,794,947	£1,069,499	37%	-£581,852	0%
Rugby	£651,904	£452,700	£199,204	31%	-£217,280	0%
Runnymede	£337,832	£234,600	£103,232	31%	-£112,600	0%
Rushcliffe	£515,389	£339,671	£175,718	34%	-£136,780	0%
Rushmoor	£541,525	£376,050	£165,475	31%	-£180,491	0%
Rutland UA	£121,611	£84,450	£37,161	31%	-£40,533	0%
Ryedale	£333,512	£211,968	£121,544	36%	-£73,466	0%
Salford	£3,581,800	£2,487,300	£1,094,500	31%	-£1,193,816	0%
Sandwell	£4,546,912	£1,482,767	£3,064,145	67%	£1,699,999	37%
Scarborough	£1,243,543	£863,550	£379,993	31%	-£414,473	0%
Sedgemoor	£849,765	£590,100	£259,665	31%	-£283,227	0%
Sefton	£3,036,603	£2,108,700	£927,903	31%	-£1,012,101	0%
Selby	£523,813	£363,750	£160,063	31%	-£174,587	0%
Sevenoaks	£697,265	£338,408	£358,857	51%	£47,522	7%
Sheffield	£6,058,517	£4,207,200	£1,851,317	31%	-£2,019,307	0%
Shropshire UA	£1,540,118	£880,007	£660,111	43%	-£149,495	0%
Slough UA	£1,332,321	£637,700	£694,621	52%	£107,938	8%
Solihull	£1,571,871	£1,091,550	£480,321	31%	-£523,905	0%
Somerset West and Taunton	£1,382,002	£385,246	£996,756	72%	£642,329	46%
South Cambridgeshire	£661,192	£245,470	£415,722	63%	£189,890	29%
South Derbyshire	£606,111	£336,787	£269,324	44%	-£40,520	0%
South Gloucestershire UA	£1,115,883	£774,900	£340,983	31%	-£371,925	0%
South Hams	£507,828	£165,550	£342,278	67%	£189,972	37%
South Holland	£461,387	£262,627	£198,760	43%	-£42,857	0%
South Kesteven	£924,719	£642,150	£282,569	31%	-£308,209	0%
South Lakeland	£487,092	£167,282	£319,810	66%	£165,910	34%
South Norfolk	£756,235	£414,252	£341,983	45%	-£39,130	0%
South Northamptonshire	£283,831	£178,652	£105,179	37%	-£59,181	0%
South Oxfordshire	£577,166	£163,177	£413,989	72%	£263,866	46%
South Ribble	£707,201	£179,091	£528,110	75%	£363,346	51%
South Somerset	£1,155,628	£802,500	£353,128	31%	-£385,172	0%
South Staffordshire	£514,957	£279,378	£235,579	46%	-£21,450	0%
South Tyneside	£2,497,669	£1,734,450	£763,219	31%	-£832,475	0%
Southampton UA	£2,584,071	£1,794,450	£789,621	31%	-£861,273	0%
Southend-on-Sea UA	£1,661,945	£1,154,100	£507,845	31%	-£553,927	0%
Southwark	£3,476,389	£1,251,500	£2,224,889	36%	£1,073,509	31%
Spelthorne	£588,614	£408,750	£179,864	31%	-£196,186	0%
St Albans	£779,347	£245,955	£533,392	68%	£307,114	39%
St. Helens	£1,905,815	£1,323,450	£582,365	31%	-£635,209	0%
Stafford	£651,040	£187,083	£463,957	71%	£291,841	45%
Staffordshire Moorlands	£516,901	£315,759	£201,142	39%	-£89,356	0%
Stevenage	£779,347	£484,800	£294,547	38%	-£151,469	0%
Stockport	£2,462,460	£668,256	£1,794,204	73%	£1,179,408	48%
Stockton-on-Tees UA	£2,440,212	£1,694,550	£745,662	31%	-£813,324	0%
Stoke-on-Trent UA	£3,157,350	£1,752,468	£1,404,882	45%	-£207,389	0%
Stratford-on-Avon	£660,760	£458,850	£201,910	31%	-£220,232	0%
Stroud	£628,575	£195,710	£432,865	69%	£252,813	40%
Sunderland	£4,195,687	£2,083,151	£2,112,536	50%	£196,037	5%
Surrey Heath	£293,551	£203,850	£89,701	31%	-£97,841	0%
Sutton	£1,646,824	£839,880	£806,944	51%	£34,254	2%
Swale	£1,173,341	£814,800	£358,541	31%	-£391,075	0%
Swindon UA	£1,305,752	£704,995	£600,757	46%	-£47,838	0%
Tameside	£2,158,109	£1,498,650	£659,459	31%	-£719,299	0%
Tamworth	£565,718	£392,850	£172,868	31%	-£188,554	0%
Tandridge	£466,571	£132,163	£334,408	72%	£212,818	46%
Teignbridge	£940,055	£295,781	£644,274	69%	£372,156	40%
Telford and Wrekin UA	£1,820,061	£785,276	£1,034,785	57%	£312,331	17%
Tendring	£1,374,442	£954,450	£419,992	31%	-£458,102	0%
Test Valley	£573,710	£283,705	£290,005	51%	£28,995	5%
Tewkesbury	£532,237	£118,397	£413,840	78%	£304,916	57%
Thanet	£1,644,880	£856,716	£788,164	48%	-£15	0%
Three Rivers	£497,676	£128,385	£369,291	74%	£251,176	50%
Thurrock UA	£1,283,936	£891,600	£392,336	31%	-£427,936	0%
Tonbridge and Malling	£866,829	£461,274	£405,555	47%	-£18,816	0%
Torbay UA	£1,610,536	£1,118,400	£492,136	31%	-£536,792	0%
Torridge	£419,266	£291,150	£128,116	31%	-£139,742	0%
Tower Hamlets	£4,382,100	£3,286,575	£1,095,525	75%	-£1,928,124	0%
Trafford	£1,561,070	£304,564	£1,256,506	80%	£976,307	63%
Tunbridge Wells	£621,879	£431,850	£190,029	31%	-£207,273	0%
Uttlesford	£325,304	£172,128	£153,176	47%	-£5,183	0%
Vale of White Horse	£618,639	£306,195	£312,444	51%	£30,745	5%
Wakefield	£3,405,540	£2,364,900	£1,040,640	31%	-£1,135,068	0%
Walsall	£3,879,239	£1,966,039	£1,913,200	49%	£104,443	3%
Waltham Forest	£2,053,994	£1,426,350	£627,644	31%	-£684,598	0%
Wandsworth	£1,987,681	£1,380,300	£607,381	31%	-£662,495	0%
Warrington UA	£1,589,583	£592,183	£997,400	63%	£452,592	28%
Warwick	£819,308	£228,168	£591,140	72%	£381,226	47%
Watford	£802,028	£177,617	£624,411	78%	£461,003	57%
Waverley	£527,485	£139,422	£388,063	74%	£259,794	49%
Wealden	£689,705	£160,840	£528,865	77%	£380,892	55%
Wellingborough	£550,382	£382,200	£168,182	31%	-£183,442	0%
Welwyn Hatfield	£826,436	£432,649	£393,787	48%	-£4,249	0%
West Berkshire UA	£548,870	£288,709	£260,161	47%	-£5,452	0%
West Devon	£355,977	£75,600	£280,377	79%	£210,825	59%
West Lancashire	£994,920	£533,778	£461,142	46%	-£29,933	0%
West Lindsey	£793,388	£409,959	£383,429	48%	£6,267	1%
West Oxfordshire	£474,564	£109,882	£364,682	77%	£263,591	56%
West Suffolk	£1,037,690	£634,933	£402,757	39%	-£181,381	0%
Westminster (see note 6)	£2,203,686	£503,257	£1,700,429	77%	£1,237,434	56%
Wigan	£3,509,222	£1,839,144	£1,670,078	48%	-£21,934	0%
Wiltshire UA	£3,222,151	£1,661,310	£1,560,841	48%	£32,435	1%
Winchester	£659,680	£169,879	£489,801	74%	£333,512	51%
Windsor and Maidenhead UA	£564,206	£275,290	£288,916	51%	£35,650	6%
Wirral	£3,910,992	£2,005,230	£1,905,762	49%	£60,950	2%
Woking	£505,452	£97,637	£407,815	81%	£317,988	63%
Wokingham UA	£415,594	£104,222	£311,372	75%	£215,487	52%
Wolverhampton	£3,272,264	£2,272,350	£999,914	31%	-£1,090,648	0%
Worcester	£868,557	£220,522	£648,035	75%	£445,155	51%
Worthing	£709,577	£492,750	£216,827	31%	-£236,503	0%
Wychavon	£767,251	£532,800	£234,451	31%	-£255,725	0%
Wyre	£1,043,738	£470,831	£572,907	55%	£139,743	13%
Wyre Forest	£952,367	£200,355	£752,012	79%	£567,686	60%
York UA	£956,904	£664,500	£292,404	31%	-£318,936	0%

These figures are for guidelines only. In calculating the cost of the Hardship Fund the following principles are used:

• Average % of the UK low-income population with non-dependant deductions and the average cost of non-dependant deductions in the UK
• Average proportion of the low-income ESA/LCW claimants in the UK who are in the Support/LCWRA group
• Where the local authority has set a different maximum CTS award for vulnerable claimants, this is applied to the UK average proportion of the low-income population that are in receipt of disability benefits or ESA Support/LCWRA
• The analysis presumes a discount for all claims in the caseload pre-COVID-19. This is the caseload that MHCLG used to determine awards
• The analysis presumes a maximum award of £150 or residual council tax liability
• Calculations are based on the Band B liability for each local authority. This is the modal national council tax liability for the low-income population

Spend your extra money well

Some councils will have over £3 million for discretionary support to distribute to low-income households.

Use your admin data and, via a LIFT Platform, identify the most vulnerable households. Target your extra support to these households, and then track change over time.