Published 3 November 2026. Analysis by Jacob Whitmore, Look Into Research, from MHCLG's 2026-27 Disabled Facilities Grant allocations and Census 2021. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a credit and link. No affiliate links or quote forms on this page.
The short answer. England's £723 million Disabled Facilities Grant for 2026-27 works out at £73.97 for every disabled resident. What each council gets varies 7 times over. Uttlesford receives £24.76 per disabled resident and Burnley £173.23. Much of the gap comes from a transition rule that guarantees no council gets less than it did in 2025. On Look Into's estimate, about £70.89 million of this year's money sits with councils above the fair share that the government's own new formula sets.
£73.97
DFG funding per disabled resident in England, 2026-27
7x
gap between the lowest (Uttlesford) and highest (Burnley) council per disabled resident
68
councils funded at least 20% above their formula fair share
48
councils funded at least 20% below their formula fair share
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What the allocations show
- The average is £73.97 per disabled resident. MHCLG allocated £723 million to 296 housing authorities for 2026-27. Census 2021 counted 9,774,501 people in England disabled under the Equality Act. The typical (median) council gets £70.59.
- The range is 7 to 1. Uttlesford gets £24.76 per disabled resident (£0.30m for 12,230 people). Burnley gets £173.23 (£3.38m for 19,502). The Isles of Scilly and the City of London are left out of the range because a minimum-allocation rule sets their funding.
- Need is not the only thing setting the money. In February 2026 the government adopted a new needs-based formula, which uses disabled and older populations, income deprivation, social housing stock and building costs. It also promised that no council would get less in 2026-27 than its June 2025 allocation, with floors of 97.5% in 2027-28 and 95% in 2028-29. Protecting those councils caps the gains of others.
- 68 councils get at least 20% more than their fair share, and 48 get at least 20% less. MHCLG publishes each council's fair share of the national pot. Multiplying it by £723 million and comparing with the actual allocation gives the gap. Across every council above its fair share, the excess adds up to about £70.89 million, close to a tenth of the budget.
- The widest gaps run both ways. Luton, Hackney and Lewisham are each funded about 45% below their formula share. Staffordshire Moorlands gets 177% more than its formula share, because its protected 2025 level is far above what the new formula gives it.
The 15 councils with the least per disabled resident
| Council | DFG 2026-27 | Disabled residents | Per disabled resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uttlesford | £0.30m | 12,230 | £24.76 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £0.74m | 19,923 | £37.35 |
| Milton Keynes | £1.63m | 42,512 | £38.33 |
| Camden | £1.35m | 31,882 | £42.20 |
| High Peak | £0.71m | 16,732 | £42.63 |
| South Cambridgeshire | £1.06m | 23,896 | £44.39 |
| Cheshire East | £3.01m | 67,819 | £44.39 |
| Harborough | £0.66m | 14,709 | £44.77 |
| Lewisham | £1.95m | 43,248 | £45.15 |
| Swindon | £1.68m | 37,075 | £45.29 |
| Charnwood | £1.45m | 30,149 | £48.03 |
| Tamworth | £0.70m | 14,541 | £48.34 |
| Ashfield | £1.35m | 27,809 | £48.40 |
| North East Derbyshire | £1.05m | 21,748 | £48.45 |
| East Hertfordshire | £0.99m | 20,462 | £48.53 |
The 15 councils with the most per disabled resident
| Council | DFG 2026-27 | Disabled residents | Per disabled resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley | £3.38m | 19,502 | £173.23 |
| Hillingdon | £6.34m | 39,466 | £160.70 |
| Brent | £6.60m | 41,163 | £160.28 |
| Thanet | £4.25m | 32,135 | £132.13 |
| Dudley | £8.00m | 62,567 | £127.80 |
| North East Lincolnshire | £4.00m | 31,991 | £124.93 |
| Hastings | £2.55m | 20,525 | £124.33 |
| Swale | £3.62m | 29,637 | £122.13 |
| Cotswold | £1.65m | 13,983 | £117.83 |
| Woking | £1.66m | 14,142 | £117.37 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £2.20m | 18,823 | £116.93 |
| Rother | £2.29m | 20,138 | £113.67 |
| Tewkesbury | £1.72m | 15,172 | £113.61 |
| Manchester | £10.53m | 96,737 | £108.81 |
| West Berkshire | £2.56m | 23,671 | £108.26 |
Furthest above and below the formula's fair share
Councils with a fair share of at least 0.1% of the national pot. Smaller councils are left out because MHCLG rounds fair shares to four decimal places, which makes the gap unreliable for them.
Funded above fair share
| Council | Allocation | Fair share x £723m | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £2.20m | £0.80m | +177% |
| Cotswold | £1.65m | £0.72m | +128% |
| East Hampshire | £2.10m | £0.94m | +123% |
| Richmond upon Thames | £2.39m | £1.16m | +107% |
| South Oxfordshire | £1.92m | £0.94m | +105% |
| West Berkshire | £2.56m | £1.30m | +97% |
| Dudley | £8.00m | £4.12m | +94% |
| Woking | £1.66m | £0.87m | +91% |
| Vale of White Horse | £2.03m | £1.08m | +88% |
| Hillingdon | £6.34m | £3.54m | +79% |
| Fylde | £1.54m | £0.87m | +77% |
| Tunbridge Wells | £1.79m | £1.01m | +77% |
Funded below fair share
| Council | Allocation | Fair share x £723m | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luton | £2.07m | £3.83m | -46% |
| Hackney | £2.22m | £4.12m | -46% |
| Lewisham | £1.95m | £3.54m | -45% |
| Camden | £1.35m | £2.31m | -42% |
| Braintree | £1.36m | £2.31m | -41% |
| Milton Keynes | £1.63m | £2.75m | -41% |
| Ashfield | £1.35m | £2.17m | -38% |
| Basildon | £1.85m | £2.96m | -38% |
| Swindon | £1.68m | £2.68m | -37% |
| Oldham | £3.01m | £4.77m | -37% |
| Rochford | £0.69m | £1.08m | -36% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £0.74m | £1.16m | -36% |
What it means if you need an adaptation
The allocation is what your council receives from central government. It does not cap what you can get: the mandatory grant is up to £30,000 in England whatever your council's budget, a cap that has lost 41% of its value since 2008. But a council with less money per disabled resident has less room to fund discretionary top-ups, move quickly, or cover jobs above the cap. Councils can add their own money. Our Disabled Facilities Grant guide explains the means test and the stages, and the home adaptation cost calculator prices common jobs against the grant limit.
All 296 housing authorities
Ranked from least to most per disabled resident. "Gap" is the allocation compared with MHCLG's fair share multiplied by £723 million.
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| Rank | Council | DFG 2026-27 (£) | Disabled residents | Per disabled resident | Gap to fair share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttlesford | 302,804 | 12,230 | £24.76 | -53% |
| 2 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 744,152 | 19,923 | £37.35 | -36% |
| 3 | Milton Keynes | 1,629,585 | 42,512 | £38.33 | -41% |
| 4 | Camden | 1,345,453 | 31,882 | £42.20 | -42% |
| 5 | High Peak | 713,347 | 16,732 | £42.63 | -30% |
| 6 | South Cambridgeshire | 1,060,624 | 23,896 | £44.39 | -8% |
| 7 | Cheshire East | 3,010,671 | 67,819 | £44.39 | -26% |
| 8 | Harborough | 658,584 | 14,709 | £44.77 | -9% |
| 9 | Lewisham | 1,952,454 | 43,248 | £45.15 | -45% |
| 10 | Swindon | 1,679,216 | 37,075 | £45.29 | -37% |
| 11 | Charnwood | 1,448,118 | 30,149 | £48.03 | -9% |
| 12 | Tamworth | 702,962 | 14,541 | £48.34 | -19% |
| 13 | Ashfield | 1,345,850 | 27,809 | £48.40 | -38% |
| 14 | North East Derbyshire | 1,053,617 | 21,748 | £48.45 | -27% |
| 15 | East Hertfordshire | 993,024 | 20,462 | £48.53 | -28% |
| 16 | New Forest | 1,591,407 | 32,591 | £48.83 | +0% |
| 17 | South Kesteven | 1,253,629 | 25,627 | £48.92 | -13% |
| 18 | South Ribble | 995,066 | 20,314 | £48.98 | -14% |
| 19 | Cambridge | 1,051,549 | 21,433 | £49.06 | +32% |
| 20 | Rushcliffe | 939,135 | 19,075 | £49.23 | +8% |
| 21 | Brentwood | 540,042 | 10,850 | £49.77 | -7% |
| 22 | City of London | 46,024 | 919 | £50.08 | +59% |
| 23 | Rochford | 694,181 | 13,694 | £50.69 | -36% |
| 24 | West Northamptonshire | 3,289,209 | 64,876 | £50.70 | -24% |
| 25 | Melton | 443,083 | 8,727 | £50.77 | -12% |
| 26 | Rugby | 921,921 | 18,058 | £51.05 | -2% |
| 27 | Stroud | 1,048,518 | 20,521 | £51.09 | -3% |
| 28 | Mid Suffolk | 897,150 | 17,539 | £51.15 | -11% |
| 29 | Guildford | 999,993 | 19,518 | £51.23 | +15% |
| 30 | Lambeth | 2,157,395 | 42,017 | £51.35 | -29% |
| 31 | Lincoln | 1,095,131 | 21,323 | £51.36 | -11% |
| 32 | Tandridge | 671,182 | 13,058 | £51.40 | +3% |
| 33 | Rutland | 335,343 | 6,523 | £51.41 | +16% |
| 34 | Southwark | 2,167,336 | 42,022 | £51.58 | -25% |
| 35 | Braintree | 1,357,928 | 26,288 | £51.66 | -41% |
| 36 | Chorley | 1,129,834 | 21,809 | £51.81 | -8% |
| 37 | Ribble Valley | 487,659 | 9,398 | £51.89 | +12% |
| 38 | St Albans | 996,179 | 19,125 | £52.09 | -2% |
| 39 | West Lindsey | 1,020,645 | 19,530 | £52.26 | -29% |
| 40 | Blaby | 853,241 | 16,305 | £52.33 | -9% |
| 41 | Exeter | 1,252,122 | 23,782 | £52.65 | -9% |
| 42 | York | 1,821,521 | 34,592 | £52.66 | +48% |
| 43 | North Northamptonshire | 3,292,834 | 62,313 | £52.84 | -28% |
| 44 | South Norfolk | 1,330,915 | 25,142 | £52.94 | -8% |
| 45 | North Kesteven | 1,170,386 | 22,104 | £52.95 | -5% |
| 46 | North West Leicestershire | 977,627 | 18,330 | £53.33 | -10% |
| 47 | Broadland | 1,302,996 | 24,417 | £53.36 | -5% |
| 48 | Dartford | 878,636 | 16,374 | £53.66 | -29% |
| 49 | Dacorum | 1,269,322 | 23,522 | £53.96 | -24% |
| 50 | Chelmsford | 1,415,993 | 26,188 | £54.07 | -27% |
| 51 | Warwick | 1,240,126 | 22,535 | £55.03 | +23% |
| 52 | Stratford-on-Avon | 1,194,592 | 21,681 | £55.10 | -3% |
| 53 | Worcester | 1,002,880 | 18,195 | £55.12 | -13% |
| 54 | Wiltshire | 4,773,728 | 86,495 | £55.19 | -17% |
| 55 | Fareham | 1,065,847 | 19,252 | £55.36 | +34% |
| 56 | Norwich | 1,662,693 | 30,018 | £55.39 | -8% |
| 57 | South Holland | 992,805 | 17,901 | £55.46 | -14% |
| 58 | North Tyneside | 2,319,155 | 41,748 | £55.55 | +11% |
| 59 | Bristol | 4,535,271 | 81,159 | £55.88 | -15% |
| 60 | Canterbury | 1,733,229 | 30,870 | £56.15 | -17% |
| 61 | Central Bedfordshire | 2,476,580 | 44,032 | £56.25 | -26% |
| 62 | Malvern Hills | 857,774 | 15,144 | £56.64 | -1% |
| 63 | Derbyshire Dales | 746,657 | 13,177 | £56.66 | +15% |
| 64 | Wealden | 1,577,514 | 27,629 | £57.10 | -1% |
| 65 | Colchester | 1,866,507 | 32,624 | £57.21 | -26% |
| 66 | Doncaster | 3,576,105 | 62,416 | £57.29 | -26% |
| 67 | Brighton and Hove | 2,972,999 | 51,797 | £57.40 | -2% |
| 68 | Waverley | 1,057,945 | 18,396 | £57.51 | +33% |
| 69 | North Hertfordshire | 1,225,218 | 21,237 | £57.69 | -23% |
| 70 | West Oxfordshire | 1,002,286 | 17,296 | £57.95 | +16% |
| 71 | Broxtowe | 1,220,946 | 20,976 | £58.21 | +6% |
| 72 | Bath and North East Somerset | 1,853,396 | 31,778 | £58.32 | -8% |
| 73 | Babergh | 943,348 | 16,160 | £58.38 | +0% |
| 74 | Ashford | 1,326,653 | 22,655 | £58.56 | -27% |
| 75 | North Yorkshire | 6,346,790 | 107,986 | £58.77 | +24% |
| 76 | Basildon | 1,849,226 | 31,380 | £58.93 | -38% |
| 77 | Nottingham | 3,558,511 | 60,218 | £59.09 | -29% |
| 78 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 3,378,154 | 56,961 | £59.31 | +11% |
| 79 | Stockton-on-Tees | 2,319,668 | 39,052 | £59.40 | -13% |
| 80 | Oadby and Wigston | 591,574 | 9,914 | £59.67 | +2% |
| 81 | Sheffield | 6,566,135 | 109,869 | £59.76 | -11% |
| 82 | Somerset | 6,366,284 | 106,514 | £59.77 | -8% |
| 83 | Hackney | 2,224,589 | 37,020 | £60.09 | -46% |
| 84 | West Devon | 714,973 | 11,896 | £60.10 | -1% |
| 85 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 3,829,488 | 63,601 | £60.21 | +29% |
| 86 | Wokingham | 1,334,715 | 22,159 | £60.23 | +42% |
| 87 | Wandsworth | 2,262,288 | 37,444 | £60.42 | -11% |
| 88 | East Cambridgeshire | 856,275 | 14,166 | £60.45 | -1% |
| 89 | Newark and Sherwood | 1,490,103 | 24,470 | £60.90 | -10% |
| 90 | Derby | 2,986,329 | 49,040 | £60.90 | -29% |
| 91 | Leicester | 3,488,527 | 57,148 | £61.04 | -33% |
| 92 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 4,522,369 | 73,838 | £61.25 | -7% |
| 93 | Northumberland | 4,130,676 | 67,190 | £61.48 | +12% |
| 94 | Gateshead | 2,619,593 | 42,548 | £61.57 | +7% |
| 95 | Kirklees | 4,658,211 | 75,591 | £61.62 | -5% |
| 96 | Breckland | 1,709,098 | 27,724 | £61.65 | -12% |
| 97 | Erewash | 1,365,385 | 22,123 | £61.72 | -18% |
| 98 | South Gloucestershire | 2,932,346 | 47,429 | £61.83 | -1% |
| 99 | Welwyn Hatfield | 1,115,860 | 17,906 | £62.32 | -9% |
| 100 | West Suffolk | 1,830,711 | 29,375 | £62.32 | +1% |
| 101 | Darlington | 1,319,439 | 21,103 | £62.52 | +1% |
| 102 | Huntingdonshire | 1,851,457 | 29,577 | £62.60 | +2% |
| 103 | South Derbyshire | 1,155,648 | 18,412 | £62.77 | -11% |
| 104 | Plymouth | 3,616,778 | 57,395 | £63.02 | -26% |
| 105 | Bedford | 1,813,334 | 28,724 | £63.13 | -24% |
| 106 | Reading | 1,535,942 | 24,095 | £63.75 | +1% |
| 107 | Cannock Chase | 1,304,398 | 20,324 | £64.18 | +6% |
| 108 | East Devon | 1,900,020 | 29,412 | £64.60 | +5% |
| 109 | Boston | 813,279 | 12,576 | £64.67 | -34% |
| 110 | South Hams | 1,091,402 | 16,756 | £65.13 | +8% |
| 111 | Medway | 3,175,756 | 48,572 | £65.38 | -26% |
| 112 | Mid Sussex | 1,443,251 | 22,063 | £65.41 | +25% |
| 113 | Epping Forest | 1,248,378 | 19,012 | £65.66 | -4% |
| 114 | Cherwell | 1,538,565 | 23,397 | £65.76 | +18% |
| 115 | Three Rivers | 842,773 | 12,692 | £66.40 | -3% |
| 116 | Thurrock | 1,694,805 | 25,443 | £66.61 | -22% |
| 117 | Southend-on-Sea | 2,212,223 | 33,106 | £66.82 | -25% |
| 118 | Luton | 2,067,448 | 30,933 | £66.84 | -46% |
| 119 | Hertsmere | 1,008,249 | 15,076 | £66.88 | -18% |
| 120 | Gedling | 1,475,616 | 22,062 | £66.88 | +2% |
| 121 | Stockport | 3,580,879 | 53,493 | £66.94 | +10% |
| 122 | Cheltenham | 1,271,268 | 18,949 | £67.09 | +26% |
| 123 | Castle Point | 1,068,674 | 15,884 | £67.28 | -22% |
| 124 | Kensington and Chelsea | 1,233,739 | 18,311 | £67.38 | +0% |
| 125 | Buckinghamshire | 5,045,198 | 74,601 | £67.63 | +11% |
| 126 | Wychavon | 1,553,446 | 22,955 | £67.67 | +13% |
| 127 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 1,280,708 | 18,906 | £67.74 | +36% |
| 128 | Mid Devon | 1,038,519 | 15,326 | £67.76 | +3% |
| 129 | South Staffordshire | 1,398,005 | 20,606 | £67.84 | +29% |
| 130 | Oldham | 3,012,015 | 44,249 | £68.07 | -37% |
| 131 | Bromley | 3,131,874 | 45,894 | £68.24 | +1% |
| 132 | Maldon | 786,822 | 11,484 | £68.51 | -9% |
| 133 | Dorset | 5,152,517 | 75,077 | £68.63 | +3% |
| 134 | Havering | 2,643,774 | 38,449 | £68.76 | -1% |
| 135 | East Staffordshire | 1,439,858 | 20,931 | £68.79 | +17% |
| 136 | East Suffolk | 3,498,020 | 50,749 | £68.93 | -3% |
| 137 | Maidstone | 1,937,102 | 28,025 | £69.12 | -8% |
| 138 | Kingston upon Hull | 3,694,532 | 53,398 | £69.19 | -10% |
| 139 | Gosport | 1,160,190 | 16,714 | £69.41 | -6% |
| 140 | Cheshire West and Chester | 4,576,583 | 65,897 | £69.45 | +4% |
| 141 | Portsmouth | 2,555,739 | 36,648 | £69.74 | +1% |
| 142 | Basingstoke and Deane | 1,938,929 | 27,781 | £69.79 | +22% |
| 143 | Ipswich | 1,757,576 | 25,165 | £69.84 | -10% |
| 144 | Bassetlaw | 1,680,618 | 24,022 | £69.96 | +1% |
| 145 | Rotherham | 3,938,064 | 56,177 | £70.10 | -1% |
| 146 | Croydon | 3,846,731 | 54,852 | £70.13 | -26% |
| 147 | Stevenage | 1,088,800 | 15,468 | £70.39 | -11% |
| 148 | Bradford | 6,603,171 | 93,697 | £70.47 | -27% |
| 149 | Teignbridge | 1,937,993 | 27,411 | £70.70 | -8% |
| 150 | Harrow | 2,212,851 | 31,258 | £70.79 | -19% |
| 151 | Southampton | 3,118,615 | 43,937 | £70.98 | +0% |
| 152 | Islington | 2,493,349 | 35,063 | £71.11 | -12% |
| 153 | Gloucester | 1,641,330 | 23,073 | £71.14 | -5% |
| 154 | South Tyneside | 2,380,494 | 33,368 | £71.34 | +14% |
| 155 | Bracknell Forest | 1,201,617 | 16,704 | £71.94 | +19% |
| 156 | Merton | 1,866,660 | 25,902 | £72.07 | -4% |
| 157 | Amber Valley | 1,808,989 | 25,067 | £72.17 | +0% |
| 158 | North Somerset | 2,930,217 | 40,533 | £72.29 | +10% |
| 159 | North Norfolk | 1,680,858 | 23,227 | £72.37 | +11% |
| 160 | County Durham | 8,671,146 | 119,790 | £72.39 | +7% |
| 161 | Arun | 2,355,526 | 32,481 | £72.52 | +9% |
| 162 | Lichfield | 1,376,330 | 18,944 | £72.65 | +36% |
| 163 | Redcar and Cleveland | 2,221,389 | 30,483 | £72.87 | -1% |
| 164 | Adur | 918,497 | 12,577 | £73.03 | +15% |
| 165 | Elmbridge | 1,212,294 | 16,565 | £73.18 | +29% |
| 166 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 2,291,585 | 31,213 | £73.42 | -1% |
| 167 | Crawley | 1,305,939 | 17,697 | £73.79 | +6% |
| 168 | East Lindsey | 2,621,563 | 35,512 | £73.82 | -19% |
| 169 | Chesterfield | 1,763,217 | 23,838 | £73.97 | -2% |
| 170 | Warrington | 2,757,571 | 37,266 | £74.00 | +16% |
| 171 | North Devon | 1,428,225 | 19,295 | £74.02 | -6% |
| 172 | Forest of Dean | 1,238,625 | 16,681 | £74.25 | +14% |
| 173 | Hartlepool | 1,570,574 | 21,145 | £74.28 | -20% |
| 174 | Tower Hamlets | 2,982,974 | 40,125 | £74.34 | -36% |
| 175 | Bury | 2,669,235 | 35,886 | £74.38 | -0% |
| 176 | Barnet | 3,707,715 | 49,679 | £74.63 | -17% |
| 177 | Lewes | 1,521,125 | 20,342 | £74.78 | +11% |
| 178 | Eastleigh | 1,637,608 | 21,869 | £74.88 | +33% |
| 179 | Fenland | 1,561,449 | 20,836 | £74.94 | -17% |
| 180 | Oxford | 1,763,767 | 23,493 | £75.08 | +74% |
| 181 | Shropshire | 4,518,428 | 59,990 | £75.32 | +45% |
| 182 | Mansfield | 1,832,424 | 24,315 | £75.36 | -3% |
| 183 | Torridge | 1,089,402 | 14,449 | £75.40 | -6% |
| 184 | Stafford | 1,888,596 | 24,969 | £75.64 | +54% |
| 185 | Wakefield | 5,386,116 | 71,206 | £75.64 | +5% |
| 186 | Sutton | 2,243,168 | 29,614 | £75.75 | +11% |
| 187 | Leeds | 10,281,651 | 135,681 | £75.78 | +37% |
| 188 | Reigate and Banstead | 1,596,577 | 21,065 | £75.79 | +23% |
| 189 | Broxbourne | 1,084,755 | 14,255 | £76.10 | -32% |
| 190 | Watford | 985,714 | 12,933 | £76.22 | -15% |
| 191 | Harlow | 1,164,075 | 15,224 | £76.46 | -11% |
| 192 | Dover | 1,893,818 | 24,647 | £76.84 | -10% |
| 193 | Great Yarmouth | 1,732,752 | 22,548 | £76.85 | -23% |
| 194 | Redditch | 1,181,745 | 15,304 | £77.22 | +26% |
| 195 | Cornwall | 9,366,480 | 120,570 | £77.68 | +5% |
| 196 | Barnsley | 4,190,366 | 53,916 | £77.72 | +18% |
| 197 | Folkestone and Hythe | 1,867,983 | 23,960 | £77.96 | -1% |
| 198 | Winchester | 1,527,515 | 19,566 | £78.07 | +76% |
| 199 | Sunderland | 5,032,092 | 64,396 | £78.14 | +2% |
| 200 | Bromsgrove | 1,285,847 | 16,437 | £78.23 | +62% |
| 201 | Stoke-on-Trent | 4,272,944 | 54,608 | £78.25 | +6% |
| 202 | West Lancashire | 1,791,082 | 22,777 | £78.64 | +24% |
| 203 | Telford and Wrekin | 2,875,688 | 36,527 | £78.73 | -1% |
| 204 | Westminster | 2,222,680 | 28,124 | £79.03 | -4% |
| 205 | Bolsover | 1,450,660 | 18,343 | £79.09 | +0% |
| 206 | Tameside | 3,662,459 | 46,209 | £79.26 | -16% |
| 207 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 2,050,012 | 25,694 | £79.79 | +9% |
| 208 | Horsham | 1,741,888 | 21,803 | £79.89 | +61% |
| 209 | Spelthorne | 1,170,409 | 14,638 | £79.96 | +8% |
| 210 | Preston | 2,160,029 | 26,838 | £80.48 | -4% |
| 211 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 1,855,793 | 22,972 | £80.78 | +7% |
| 212 | Herefordshire | 2,815,031 | 34,828 | £80.83 | +56% |
| 213 | Hart | 1,039,954 | 12,850 | £80.93 | +80% |
| 214 | Slough | 1,466,207 | 17,977 | £81.56 | -8% |
| 215 | Trafford | 3,064,844 | 37,550 | £81.62 | +32% |
| 216 | Peterborough | 2,874,604 | 35,180 | £81.71 | -25% |
| 217 | Westmorland and Furness | 3,457,171 | 42,287 | £81.75 | +65% |
| 218 | North Warwickshire | 985,920 | 12,045 | £81.85 | +24% |
| 219 | Hyndburn | 1,408,723 | 17,125 | £82.26 | -15% |
| 220 | Barking and Dagenham | 2,386,824 | 28,993 | £82.32 | -21% |
| 221 | Torbay | 2,736,176 | 33,225 | £82.35 | -14% |
| 222 | Tonbridge and Malling | 1,667,979 | 20,224 | £82.48 | +21% |
| 223 | Waltham Forest | 3,036,464 | 36,762 | £82.60 | -2% |
| 224 | Solihull | 3,083,300 | 37,234 | £82.81 | +29% |
| 225 | Wirral | 6,071,658 | 73,088 | £83.07 | -13% |
| 226 | Mole Valley | 1,100,399 | 13,242 | £83.10 | +52% |
| 227 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 2,128,178 | 25,610 | £83.10 | +55% |
| 228 | Gravesham | 1,461,296 | 17,509 | £83.46 | +6% |
| 229 | Tendring | 2,982,688 | 35,694 | £83.56 | -25% |
| 230 | Worthing | 1,781,586 | 21,303 | £83.63 | +17% |
| 231 | Pendle | 1,420,109 | 16,915 | £83.96 | -30% |
| 232 | Birmingham | 16,636,797 | 198,064 | £84.00 | -17% |
| 233 | Test Valley | 1,706,769 | 20,316 | £84.01 | +57% |
| 234 | Redbridge | 3,122,440 | 37,022 | £84.34 | -4% |
| 235 | Runnymede | 1,084,747 | 12,842 | £84.47 | +67% |
| 236 | Greenwich | 3,544,877 | 41,576 | £85.26 | +2% |
| 237 | Kingston upon Thames | 1,886,213 | 21,990 | £85.78 | +37% |
| 238 | Wigan | 5,651,238 | 65,868 | £85.80 | +26% |
| 239 | Bolton | 4,598,950 | 53,598 | £85.80 | -15% |
| 240 | Isle of Wight | 2,819,232 | 32,755 | £86.07 | +5% |
| 241 | Newham | 3,660,851 | 42,032 | £87.10 | -20% |
| 242 | Wyre Forest | 1,811,496 | 20,459 | £88.54 | +19% |
| 243 | Sevenoaks | 1,616,972 | 18,088 | £89.39 | +32% |
| 244 | Surrey Heath | 1,096,927 | 12,268 | £89.41 | +69% |
| 245 | Rochdale | 3,839,931 | 42,567 | £90.21 | -18% |
| 246 | Salford | 4,498,818 | 49,818 | £90.31 | -7% |
| 247 | Halton | 2,563,952 | 28,382 | £90.34 | -4% |
| 248 | Coventry | 5,188,794 | 57,225 | £90.67 | +1% |
| 249 | South Oxfordshire | 1,923,855 | 20,899 | £92.05 | +105% |
| 250 | Lancaster | 2,660,701 | 28,856 | £92.21 | +60% |
| 251 | Fylde | 1,535,198 | 16,649 | £92.21 | +77% |
| 252 | Wolverhampton | 4,431,405 | 47,979 | £92.36 | +9% |
| 253 | Epsom and Ewell | 974,408 | 10,369 | £93.97 | +68% |
| 254 | Blackpool | 3,361,198 | 35,459 | £94.79 | -5% |
| 255 | Middlesbrough | 2,814,373 | 29,520 | £95.34 | -0% |
| 256 | Haringey | 3,443,342 | 36,114 | £95.35 | -13% |
| 257 | St Helens | 3,905,852 | 40,829 | £95.66 | +4% |
| 258 | Blackburn with Darwen | 2,737,531 | 28,575 | £95.80 | -16% |
| 259 | Sandwell | 5,867,565 | 61,047 | £96.12 | +14% |
| 260 | North Lincolnshire | 3,210,130 | 33,343 | £96.28 | +53% |
| 261 | Sefton | 5,985,019 | 61,133 | £97.90 | +6% |
| 262 | Eastbourne | 2,177,949 | 21,919 | £99.36 | +16% |
| 263 | Calderdale | 3,763,476 | 37,862 | £99.40 | +37% |
| 264 | Cumberland | 5,390,647 | 54,117 | £99.61 | +36% |
| 265 | Vale of White Horse | 2,033,699 | 20,398 | £99.70 | +88% |
| 266 | Walsall | 5,402,160 | 54,153 | £99.76 | -2% |
| 267 | Havant | 2,473,197 | 24,718 | £100.06 | +32% |
| 268 | Knowsley | 3,530,487 | 34,990 | £100.90 | -14% |
| 269 | Richmond upon Thames | 2,389,529 | 23,479 | £101.77 | +107% |
| 270 | Chichester | 2,135,764 | 20,976 | £101.82 | +74% |
| 271 | Bexley | 3,679,055 | 36,083 | £101.96 | +21% |
| 272 | Rossendale | 1,439,437 | 14,027 | £102.62 | +33% |
| 273 | Liverpool | 10,944,132 | 105,962 | £103.28 | -5% |
| 274 | Tunbridge Wells | 1,789,114 | 17,299 | £103.42 | +77% |
| 275 | Wyre | 2,580,898 | 24,771 | £104.19 | +49% |
| 276 | Rushmoor | 1,493,114 | 14,309 | £104.35 | +48% |
| 277 | Hounslow | 3,721,992 | 35,294 | £105.46 | +23% |
| 278 | Ealing | 4,750,409 | 44,811 | £106.01 | -0% |
| 279 | Enfield | 4,802,086 | 44,876 | £107.01 | -16% |
| 280 | East Hampshire | 2,097,539 | 19,579 | £107.13 | +123% |
| 281 | West Berkshire | 2,562,585 | 23,671 | £108.26 | +97% |
| 282 | Manchester | 10,525,724 | 96,737 | £108.81 | +8% |
| 283 | Tewkesbury | 1,723,713 | 15,172 | £113.61 | +70% |
| 284 | Rother | 2,289,105 | 20,138 | £113.67 | +51% |
| 285 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 2,201,067 | 18,823 | £116.93 | +177% |
| 286 | Woking | 1,659,872 | 14,142 | £117.37 | +91% |
| 287 | Cotswold | 1,647,677 | 13,983 | £117.83 | +128% |
| 288 | Swale | 3,619,650 | 29,637 | £122.13 | +32% |
| 289 | Isles of Scilly | 36,412 | 295 | £123.43 | +404% |
| 290 | Hastings | 2,551,975 | 20,525 | £124.33 | +10% |
| 291 | North East Lincolnshire | 3,996,530 | 31,991 | £124.93 | +58% |
| 292 | Dudley | 7,996,217 | 62,567 | £127.80 | +94% |
| 293 | Thanet | 4,246,147 | 32,135 | £132.13 | +25% |
| 294 | Brent | 6,597,406 | 41,163 | £160.28 | +32% |
| 295 | Hillingdon | 6,341,993 | 39,466 | £160.70 | +79% |
| 296 | Burnley | 3,378,236 | 19,502 | £173.23 | +51% |
Download the full dataset (CSV), 296 rows, with ONS codes.
How Look Into made this
Allocations are from Annex A of MHCLG's February 2026 consultation response, which lists the 2026-27 DFG for each district, unitary and London borough. County rows are totals of their districts and are not counted again; the listed figures add to £723.0 million. Disabled residents are people "disabled under the Equality Act" in Census 2021 table TS038, matched by ONS code. Cumberland, North Yorkshire, Somerset and Westmorland and Furness were formed after the census, so their former districts are added together. Fair shares are from MHCLG's Fair Shares Calculator. Per disabled resident is the allocation divided by Census disabled residents.
What this could not check. The formula uses its own estimate of disabled adults and children, which MHCLG rounds to the nearest 1,000 and part-bases on licensed data. Look Into uses the Census count instead so the figures can be reproduced, and the two differ. Fair shares are rounded to four decimal places, so a small council's gap can be off by several percentage points. Fair share times £723 million is not exactly what a council would get with no transition rule, because the minimum-allocation safeguard also takes a slice. The Census was taken in March 2021. None of this measures how well a council spends its grant or how long it takes; that needs council-level timescale data, which is not published.
Sources
- MHCLG, Changing the way government allocates DFG funding: consultation response, Annex A allocations and Annex B technical annex (17 February 2026)
- MHCLG, Disabled Facilities Grant: Fair Shares Calculator (spreadsheet)
- ONS, Census 2021, TS038 Disability, lower tier local authorities
- Housing LIN, DFG budget to be £723m in 2026/27 (18 February 2026)
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