{"version":"1","article":{"id":"scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026","slug":"scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026?lang=en","title":"Scottish Discretionary Housing Payment spending rises 19% to August","summary":"There were 93,360 cumulative applications for Scottish Discretionary Housing Payments from April through August, with actual or committed spending reaching £93 million.","category":"fiscal","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-10T18:32:52+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T18:32:52+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-08","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Scottish Government","url":"https://www.gov.scot/publications/swf-monthly-management-information/","publishedAt":"2026-10-06","checkedAt":"2026-10-10"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/scotland-discretionary-housing-payments-spending-up-19-percent-to-august-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Monthly data updated by the Scottish Government on 6 October recorded 93,360 cumulative applications for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) during April–August of the 2026–27 financial year. Actual or committed spending over the same period reached £93.0 million. Compared with the same point in the previous financial year, applications were down 5% while spending was 19% higher.","DHP figures cover applications for additional help with housing costs and payments made or committed by local authorities. Because the application count resets at the start of each financial year, the totals are cumulative from April, not August-only figures. The government identifies the DHP table as official statistics, while noting that Scottish Welfare Fund application data in the same workbook is management information that has not yet met the required quality-assurance standard."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"There were 93,360 cumulative applications for Scottish Discretionary Housing Payments from April through August, with actual or committed spending reaching £93 million.\n\nMonthly data updated by the Scottish Government on 6 October recorded 93,360 cumulative applications for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) during April–August of the 2026–27 financial year. Actual or committed spending over the same period reached £93.0 million. Compared with the same point in the previous financial year, applications were down 5% while spending was 19% higher.\n\nDHP figures cover applications for additional help with housing costs and payments made or committed by local authorities. Because the application count resets at the start of each financial year, the totals are cumulative from April, not August-only figures. The government identifies the DHP table as official statistics, while noting that Scottish Welfare Fund application data in the same workbook is management information that has not yet met the required quality-assurance standard.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"fiscal","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/fiscal-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic public finance illustration with a civic building, balanced scale and closed books.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"fiscal","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/fiscal-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic public finance illustration with a civic building, balanced scale and closed books.","language":"en"}}}