Source: Supported accommodation review - The scale, scope and cost of the supported housing sector | A report of research carried out by Ipsos MORI, Imogen Blood & Associates and Housing & Support Partnership on behalf of the DWP and the DCLG (Nov 2016) - Table B.8 Summary of rents and service charges (rounded) for Private Registered Providers in England (CORE 2014/15) by supported housing client group page 117.
Source: Supported accommodation review - The scale, scope and cost of the supported housing sector | A report of research carried out by Ipsos MORI, Imogen Blood & Associates and Housing & Support Partnership on behalf of the DWP and the DCLG (Nov 2016) - Table 3.14 Estimated amount of additional spend on supported housing beyond Housing Benefit per annum by client group on page 64.
This Table suggests that across GB an estimated £2.05bn each year is spent on support and care costs in supported housing in addition to that covered by Housing Benefit.
The authors of the report advise that appropriate caution should be exercised when interpreting results at this level of disaggregation. Profile of the ‘Others’ category has been derived using the overall landlord type profile for working-age provision across each nation.