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Rates used to calculate housing benefit

Rates used to calculate housing benefit.

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Calculation of entitlement to housing benefit

Housing benefit calculation rates are the figures used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to calculate applicable amounts, treatment of capital, disregards and deductions relevant to a claimant for the calculation of their entitlement to housing benefit.

Rates are updated annually by the DWP and take effect in April each year.

Old calculation rates 

Benefit rates used to calculate housing benefit older than three years are no longer published on Shelter Legal.

Please contact Shelter Legal for information on old benefit rates from 2009 onwards.

Last updated: 25 March 2022