England’s Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) budget for 2026/27 is £723 million, confirmed in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s grant determination letter of 14 May 2026 and divided between 296 housing authorities. The DFG is the main public funding route for major home adaptations, including through-floor lifts and home lifts, with up to £30,000 available per application in England. The table below shows each council’s allocation for this year and last, and whether its budget rose or was frozen.
£723mEngland DFG budget 2026/27
296housing authorities funded
157councils got an increase
139councils frozen at 2025/26 levels
What changed for 2026/27
The national budget rose by £12 million, from £711 million in 2025/26 to £723 million, a 1.7% increase overall. The rise was not spread evenly. From 2026/27 MHCLG has moved to a revised funding formula, applied with what the determination letter calls “transitional protections to give local authorities time to adjust”. The result: no council lost money, 139 councils were frozen at exactly their 2025/26 allocation (including Manchester, Leeds, Cornwall, County Durham and Dudley), 140 received the maximum uplift of 3.6%, and 17 landed somewhere in between.
2025/26 also had a one-off £50 million in-year top-up, announced in January 2026, which is not included in the baseline figures below. A council shown as frozen here may have less to spend in 2026/27 than it actually had last year.
DFG allocation for every English council, 2026/27 vs 2025/26
In two-tier areas the money goes to the district council, which is the housing authority, so search for either the district or the county name. Click a column heading to sort.
Showing all 296 authorities
| Housing authority | 2026/27 | 2025/26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adur · West Sussex | £918,497 | £918,497 | Frozen |
| Amber Valley · Derbyshire | £1,808,989 | £1,804,790 | +£4,199 (+0.2%) |
| Arun · West Sussex | £2,355,526 | £2,355,526 | Frozen |
| Ashfield · Nottinghamshire | £1,345,850 | £1,299,212 | +£46,638 (+3.6%) |
| Ashford · Kent | £1,326,653 | £1,280,680 | +£45,973 (+3.6%) |
| Babergh · Suffolk | £943,348 | £943,348 | Frozen |
| Barking & Dagenham | £2,386,824 | £2,304,113 | +£82,711 (+3.6%) |
| Barnet | £3,707,715 | £3,579,230 | +£128,485 (+3.6%) |
| Barnsley | £4,190,366 | £4,190,366 | Frozen |
| Basildon · Essex | £1,849,226 | £1,785,144 | +£64,082 (+3.6%) |
| Basingstoke & Deane · Hampshire | £1,938,929 | £1,938,929 | Frozen |
| Bassetlaw · Nottinghamshire | £1,680,618 | £1,643,729 | +£36,889 (+2.2%) |
| Bath & North East Somerset | £1,853,396 | £1,789,170 | +£64,226 (+3.6%) |
| Bedford | £1,813,334 | £1,750,496 | +£62,838 (+3.6%) |
| Bexley | £3,679,055 | £3,679,055 | Frozen |
| Birmingham | £16,636,797 | £16,060,276 | +£576,521 (+3.6%) |
| Blaby · Leicestershire | £853,241 | £823,673 | +£29,568 (+3.6%) |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £2,737,531 | £2,642,666 | +£94,865 (+3.6%) |
| Blackpool | £3,361,198 | £3,244,721 | +£116,477 (+3.6%) |
| Bolsover · Derbyshire | £1,450,660 | £1,407,177 | +£43,483 (+3.1%) |
| Bolton | £4,598,950 | £4,439,581 | +£159,369 (+3.6%) |
| Boston · Lincolnshire | £813,279 | £785,096 | +£28,183 (+3.6%) |
| Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole | £4,522,369 | £4,365,654 | +£156,715 (+3.6%) |
| Bracknell Forest | £1,201,617 | £1,201,617 | Frozen |
| Bradford | £6,603,171 | £6,374,349 | +£228,822 (+3.6%) |
| Braintree · Essex | £1,357,928 | £1,310,871 | +£47,057 (+3.6%) |
| Breckland · Norfolk | £1,709,098 | £1,649,872 | +£59,226 (+3.6%) |
| Brent | £6,597,406 | £6,597,406 | Frozen |
| Brentwood · Essex | £540,042 | £521,328 | +£18,714 (+3.6%) |
| Brighton & Hove | £2,972,999 | £2,869,975 | +£103,024 (+3.6%) |
| Bristol, City Of | £4,535,271 | £4,378,109 | +£157,162 (+3.6%) |
| Broadland · Norfolk | £1,302,996 | £1,257,843 | +£45,153 (+3.6%) |
| Bromley | £3,131,874 | £3,030,825 | +£101,049 (+3.3%) |
| Bromsgrove · Worcestershire | £1,285,847 | £1,285,847 | Frozen |
| Broxbourne · Hertfordshire | £1,084,755 | £1,047,165 | +£37,590 (+3.6%) |
| Broxtowe · Nottinghamshire | £1,220,946 | £1,220,946 | Frozen |
| Buckinghamshire | £5,045,198 | £5,045,198 | Frozen |
| Burnley · Lancashire | £3,378,236 | £3,378,236 | Frozen |
| Bury | £2,669,235 | £2,576,737 | +£92,498 (+3.6%) |
| Calderdale | £3,763,476 | £3,763,476 | Frozen |
| Cambridge · Cambridgeshire | £1,051,549 | £1,051,549 | Frozen |
| Camden | £1,345,453 | £1,298,829 | +£46,624 (+3.6%) |
| Cannock Chase · Staffordshire | £1,304,398 | £1,304,398 | Frozen |
| Canterbury · Kent | £1,733,229 | £1,673,167 | +£60,062 (+3.6%) |
| Castle Point · Essex | £1,068,674 | £1,031,641 | +£37,033 (+3.6%) |
| Central Bedfordshire | £2,476,580 | £2,390,758 | +£85,822 (+3.6%) |
| Charnwood · Leicestershire | £1,448,118 | £1,397,936 | +£50,182 (+3.6%) |
| Chelmsford · Essex | £1,415,993 | £1,366,924 | +£49,069 (+3.6%) |
| Cheltenham · Gloucestershire | £1,271,268 | £1,271,268 | Frozen |
| Cherwell · Oxfordshire | £1,538,565 | £1,538,565 | Frozen |
| Cheshire East | £3,010,671 | £2,906,341 | +£104,330 (+3.6%) |
| Cheshire West & Chester | £4,576,583 | £4,576,583 | Frozen |
| Chesterfield · Derbyshire | £1,763,217 | £1,702,116 | +£61,101 (+3.6%) |
| Chichester · West Sussex | £2,135,764 | £2,135,764 | Frozen |
| Chorley · Lancashire | £1,129,834 | £1,090,681 | +£39,153 (+3.6%) |
| City Of London | £46,024 | £46,024 | Frozen |
| Colchester · Essex | £1,866,507 | £1,801,826 | +£64,681 (+3.6%) |
| Cornwall | £9,366,480 | £9,366,480 | Frozen |
| Cotswold · Gloucestershire | £1,647,677 | £1,647,677 | Frozen |
| County Durham | £8,671,146 | £8,671,146 | Frozen |
| Coventry | £5,188,794 | £5,188,794 | Frozen |
| Crawley · West Sussex | £1,305,939 | £1,305,939 | Frozen |
| Croydon | £3,846,731 | £3,713,429 | +£133,302 (+3.6%) |
| Cumberland | £5,390,647 | £5,390,647 | Frozen |
| Dacorum · Hertfordshire | £1,269,322 | £1,225,336 | +£43,986 (+3.6%) |
| Darlington | £1,319,439 | £1,319,439 | Frozen |
| Dartford · Kent | £878,636 | £848,188 | +£30,448 (+3.6%) |
| Derby | £2,986,329 | £2,882,843 | +£103,486 (+3.6%) |
| Derbyshire Dales · Derbyshire | £746,657 | £746,657 | Frozen |
| Doncaster | £3,576,105 | £3,452,181 | +£123,924 (+3.6%) |
| Dorset | £5,152,517 | £5,152,517 | Frozen |
| Dover · Kent | £1,893,818 | £1,828,191 | +£65,627 (+3.6%) |
| Dudley | £7,996,217 | £7,996,217 | Frozen |
| Ealing | £4,750,409 | £4,621,461 | +£128,948 (+2.8%) |
| East Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire | £856,275 | £856,275 | Frozen |
| East Devon · Devon | £1,900,020 | £1,900,020 | Frozen |
| East Hampshire · Hampshire | £2,097,539 | £2,097,539 | Frozen |
| East Hertfordshire · Hertfordshire | £993,024 | £958,612 | +£34,412 (+3.6%) |
| East Lindsey · Lincolnshire | £2,621,563 | £2,530,717 | +£90,846 (+3.6%) |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £3,829,488 | £3,829,488 | Frozen |
| East Staffordshire · Staffordshire | £1,439,858 | £1,439,858 | Frozen |
| East Suffolk · Suffolk | £3,498,020 | £3,376,802 | +£121,218 (+3.6%) |
| Eastbourne · East Sussex | £2,177,949 | £2,177,949 | Frozen |
| Eastleigh · Hampshire | £1,637,608 | £1,637,608 | Frozen |
| Elmbridge · Surrey | £1,212,294 | £1,212,294 | Frozen |
| Enfield | £4,802,086 | £4,635,678 | +£166,408 (+3.6%) |
| Epping Forest · Essex | £1,248,378 | £1,205,118 | +£43,260 (+3.6%) |
| Epsom & Ewell · Surrey | £974,408 | £974,408 | Frozen |
| Erewash · Derbyshire | £1,365,385 | £1,318,070 | +£47,315 (+3.6%) |
| Exeter · Devon | £1,252,122 | £1,208,732 | +£43,390 (+3.6%) |
| Fareham · Hampshire | £1,065,847 | £1,065,847 | Frozen |
| Fenland · Cambridgeshire | £1,561,449 | £1,507,340 | +£54,109 (+3.6%) |
| Folkestone & Hythe · Kent | £1,867,983 | £1,867,983 | Frozen |
| Forest of Dean · Gloucestershire | £1,238,625 | £1,238,625 | Frozen |
| Fylde · Lancashire | £1,535,198 | £1,535,198 | Frozen |
| Gateshead | £2,619,593 | £2,619,593 | Frozen |
| Gedling · Nottinghamshire | £1,475,616 | £1,475,616 | Frozen |
| Gloucester · Gloucestershire | £1,641,330 | £1,584,452 | +£56,878 (+3.6%) |
| Gosport · Hampshire | £1,160,190 | £1,119,986 | +£40,204 (+3.6%) |
| Gravesham · Kent | £1,461,296 | £1,461,296 | Frozen |
| Great Yarmouth · Norfolk | £1,732,752 | £1,672,706 | +£60,046 (+3.6%) |
| Greenwich | £3,544,877 | £3,544,877 | Frozen |
| Guildford · Surrey | £999,993 | £999,993 | Frozen |
| Hackney | £2,224,589 | £2,147,500 | +£77,089 (+3.6%) |
| Halton | £2,563,952 | £2,475,102 | +£88,850 (+3.6%) |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | £1,855,793 | £1,855,793 | Frozen |
| Harborough · Leicestershire | £658,584 | £635,762 | +£22,822 (+3.6%) |
| Haringey | £3,443,342 | £3,324,019 | +£119,323 (+3.6%) |
| Harlow · Essex | £1,164,075 | £1,123,736 | +£40,339 (+3.6%) |
| Harrow | £2,212,851 | £2,136,168 | +£76,683 (+3.6%) |
| Hart · Hampshire | £1,039,954 | £1,039,954 | Frozen |
| Hartlepool | £1,570,574 | £1,516,148 | +£54,426 (+3.6%) |
| Hastings · East Sussex | £2,551,975 | £2,551,975 | Frozen |
| Havant · Hampshire | £2,473,197 | £2,473,197 | Frozen |
| Havering | £2,643,774 | £2,552,158 | +£91,616 (+3.6%) |
| Herefordshire | £2,815,031 | £2,815,031 | Frozen |
| Hertsmere · Hertfordshire | £1,008,249 | £973,310 | +£34,939 (+3.6%) |
| High Peak · Derbyshire | £713,347 | £688,627 | +£24,720 (+3.6%) |
| Hillingdon | £6,341,993 | £6,341,993 | Frozen |
| Hinckley & Bosworth · Leicestershire | £744,152 | £718,365 | +£25,787 (+3.6%) |
| Horsham · West Sussex | £1,741,888 | £1,741,888 | Frozen |
| Hounslow | £3,721,992 | £3,721,992 | Frozen |
| Huntingdonshire · Cambridgeshire | £1,851,457 | £1,851,457 | Frozen |
| Hyndburn · Lancashire | £1,408,723 | £1,359,906 | +£48,817 (+3.6%) |
| Ipswich · Suffolk | £1,757,576 | £1,696,670 | +£60,906 (+3.6%) |
| Isle Of Wight | £2,819,232 | £2,819,232 | Frozen |
| Isles Of Scilly | £36,412 | £36,412 | Frozen |
| Islington | £2,493,349 | £2,406,946 | +£86,403 (+3.6%) |
| Kensington & Chelsea | £1,233,739 | £1,190,986 | +£42,753 (+3.6%) |
| King’s Lynn & West Norfolk · Norfolk | £2,291,585 | £2,212,174 | +£79,411 (+3.6%) |
| Kingston Upon Hull, City Of | £3,694,532 | £3,566,504 | +£128,028 (+3.6%) |
| Kingston Upon Thames | £1,886,213 | £1,886,213 | Frozen |
| Kirklees | £4,658,211 | £4,496,788 | +£161,423 (+3.6%) |
| Knowsley | £3,530,487 | £3,408,144 | +£122,343 (+3.6%) |
| Lambeth | £2,157,395 | £2,082,634 | +£74,761 (+3.6%) |
| Lancaster · Lancashire | £2,660,701 | £2,660,701 | Frozen |
| Leeds | £10,281,651 | £10,281,651 | Frozen |
| Leicester | £3,488,527 | £3,367,638 | +£120,889 (+3.6%) |
| Lewes · East Sussex | £1,521,125 | £1,521,125 | Frozen |
| Lewisham | £1,952,454 | £1,884,795 | +£67,659 (+3.6%) |
| Lichfield · Staffordshire | £1,376,330 | £1,376,330 | Frozen |
| Lincoln · Lincolnshire | £1,095,131 | £1,057,181 | +£37,950 (+3.6%) |
| Liverpool | £10,944,132 | £10,564,881 | +£379,251 (+3.6%) |
| Luton | £2,067,448 | £1,995,804 | +£71,644 (+3.6%) |
| Maidstone · Kent | £1,937,102 | £1,869,975 | +£67,127 (+3.6%) |
| Maldon · Essex | £786,822 | £759,556 | +£27,266 (+3.6%) |
| Malvern Hills · Worcestershire | £857,774 | £847,337 | +£10,437 (+1.2%) |
| Manchester | £10,525,724 | £10,525,724 | Frozen |
| Mansfield · Nottinghamshire | £1,832,424 | £1,768,924 | +£63,500 (+3.6%) |
| Medway | £3,175,756 | £3,065,705 | +£110,051 (+3.6%) |
| Melton · Leicestershire | £443,083 | £427,729 | +£15,354 (+3.6%) |
| Merton | £1,866,660 | £1,801,974 | +£64,686 (+3.6%) |
| Mid Devon · Devon | £1,038,519 | £1,014,822 | +£23,697 (+2.3%) |
| Mid Suffolk · Suffolk | £897,150 | £866,061 | +£31,089 (+3.6%) |
| Mid Sussex · West Sussex | £1,443,251 | £1,443,251 | Frozen |
| Middlesbrough | £2,814,373 | £2,814,373 | Frozen |
| Milton Keynes | £1,629,585 | £1,573,114 | +£56,471 (+3.6%) |
| Mole Valley · Surrey | £1,100,399 | £1,100,399 | Frozen |
| New Forest · Hampshire | £1,591,407 | £1,584,501 | +£6,906 (+0.4%) |
| Newark & Sherwood · Nottinghamshire | £1,490,103 | £1,438,466 | +£51,637 (+3.6%) |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | £3,378,154 | £3,378,154 | Frozen |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme · Staffordshire | £2,128,178 | £2,128,178 | Frozen |
| Newham | £3,660,851 | £3,533,990 | +£126,861 (+3.6%) |
| North Devon · Devon | £1,428,225 | £1,378,732 | +£49,493 (+3.6%) |
| North East Derbyshire · Derbyshire | £1,053,617 | £1,017,106 | +£36,511 (+3.6%) |
| North East Lincolnshire | £3,996,530 | £3,996,530 | Frozen |
| North Hertfordshire · Hertfordshire | £1,225,218 | £1,182,760 | +£42,458 (+3.6%) |
| North Kesteven · Lincolnshire | £1,170,386 | £1,129,828 | +£40,558 (+3.6%) |
| North Lincolnshire | £3,210,130 | £3,210,130 | Frozen |
| North Norfolk · Norfolk | £1,680,858 | £1,680,858 | Frozen |
| North Northamptonshire | £3,292,834 | £3,178,726 | +£114,108 (+3.6%) |
| North Somerset | £2,930,217 | £2,930,217 | Frozen |
| North Tyneside | £2,319,155 | £2,319,155 | Frozen |
| North Warwickshire · Warwickshire | £985,920 | £985,920 | Frozen |
| North West Leicestershire · Leicestershire | £977,627 | £943,749 | +£33,878 (+3.6%) |
| North Yorkshire | £6,346,790 | £6,346,790 | Frozen |
| Northumberland | £4,130,676 | £4,130,676 | Frozen |
| Norwich · Norfolk | £1,662,693 | £1,605,075 | +£57,618 (+3.6%) |
| Nottingham | £3,558,511 | £3,435,197 | +£123,314 (+3.6%) |
| Nuneaton & Bedworth · Warwickshire | £2,050,012 | £2,050,012 | Frozen |
| Oadby & Wigston · Leicestershire | £591,574 | £571,074 | +£20,500 (+3.6%) |
| Oldham | £3,012,015 | £2,907,639 | +£104,376 (+3.6%) |
| Oxford · Oxfordshire | £1,763,767 | £1,763,767 | Frozen |
| Pendle · Lancashire | £1,420,109 | £1,370,897 | +£49,212 (+3.6%) |
| Peterborough | £2,874,604 | £2,774,989 | +£99,615 (+3.6%) |
| Plymouth | £3,616,778 | £3,491,445 | +£125,333 (+3.6%) |
| Portsmouth | £2,555,739 | £2,555,739 | Frozen |
| Preston · Lancashire | £2,160,029 | £2,085,177 | +£74,852 (+3.6%) |
| Reading | £1,535,942 | £1,485,706 | +£50,236 (+3.4%) |
| Redbridge | £3,122,440 | £3,014,237 | +£108,203 (+3.6%) |
| Redcar & Cleveland | £2,221,389 | £2,221,389 | Frozen |
| Redditch · Worcestershire | £1,181,745 | £1,181,745 | Frozen |
| Reigate & Banstead · Surrey | £1,596,577 | £1,596,577 | Frozen |
| Ribble Valley · Lancashire | £487,659 | £487,659 | Frozen |
| Richmond Upon Thames | £2,389,529 | £2,389,529 | Frozen |
| Rochdale | £3,839,931 | £3,706,865 | +£133,066 (+3.6%) |
| Rochford · Essex | £694,181 | £670,125 | +£24,056 (+3.6%) |
| Rossendale · Lancashire | £1,439,437 | £1,439,437 | Frozen |
| Rother · East Sussex | £2,289,105 | £2,289,105 | Frozen |
| Rotherham | £3,938,064 | £3,801,597 | +£136,467 (+3.6%) |
| Rugby · Warwickshire | £921,921 | £889,973 | +£31,948 (+3.6%) |
| Runnymede · Surrey | £1,084,747 | £1,084,747 | Frozen |
| Rushcliffe · Nottinghamshire | £939,135 | £939,135 | Frozen |
| Rushmoor · Hampshire | £1,493,114 | £1,493,114 | Frozen |
| Rutland | £335,343 | £335,343 | Frozen |
| Salford | £4,498,818 | £4,342,919 | +£155,899 (+3.6%) |
| Sandwell | £5,867,565 | £5,867,565 | Frozen |
| Sefton | £5,985,019 | £5,985,019 | Frozen |
| Sevenoaks · Kent | £1,616,972 | £1,616,972 | Frozen |
| Sheffield | £6,566,135 | £6,338,596 | +£227,539 (+3.6%) |
| Shropshire | £4,518,428 | £4,518,428 | Frozen |
| Slough | £1,466,207 | £1,415,398 | +£50,809 (+3.6%) |
| Solihull | £3,083,300 | £3,083,300 | Frozen |
| Somerset | £6,366,284 | £6,145,671 | +£220,613 (+3.6%) |
| South Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire | £1,060,624 | £1,023,870 | +£36,754 (+3.6%) |
| South Derbyshire · Derbyshire | £1,155,648 | £1,115,601 | +£40,047 (+3.6%) |
| South Gloucestershire | £2,932,346 | £2,902,420 | +£29,926 (+1.0%) |
| South Hams · Devon | £1,091,402 | £1,091,402 | Frozen |
| South Holland · Lincolnshire | £992,805 | £958,401 | +£34,404 (+3.6%) |
| South Kesteven · Lincolnshire | £1,253,629 | £1,210,187 | +£43,442 (+3.6%) |
| South Norfolk · Norfolk | £1,330,915 | £1,284,794 | +£46,121 (+3.6%) |
| South Oxfordshire · Oxfordshire | £1,923,855 | £1,923,855 | Frozen |
| South Ribble · Lancashire | £995,066 | £960,584 | +£34,482 (+3.6%) |
| South Staffordshire · Staffordshire | £1,398,005 | £1,398,005 | Frozen |
| South Tyneside | £2,380,494 | £2,380,494 | Frozen |
| Southampton | £3,118,615 | £3,118,615 | Frozen |
| Southend-on-Sea | £2,212,223 | £2,135,562 | +£76,661 (+3.6%) |
| Southwark | £2,167,336 | £2,092,231 | +£75,105 (+3.6%) |
| Spelthorne · Surrey | £1,170,409 | £1,170,409 | Frozen |
| St Albans · Hertfordshire | £996,179 | £961,658 | +£34,521 (+3.6%) |
| St. Helens | £3,905,852 | £3,905,852 | Frozen |
| Stafford · Staffordshire | £1,888,596 | £1,888,596 | Frozen |
| Staffordshire Moorlands · Staffordshire | £2,201,067 | £2,201,067 | Frozen |
| Stevenage · Hertfordshire | £1,088,800 | £1,051,069 | +£37,731 (+3.6%) |
| Stockport | £3,580,879 | £3,580,879 | Frozen |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £2,319,668 | £2,239,284 | +£80,384 (+3.6%) |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £4,272,944 | £4,272,944 | Frozen |
| Stratford-on-Avon · Warwickshire | £1,194,592 | £1,192,996 | +£1,596 (+0.1%) |
| Stroud · Gloucestershire | £1,048,518 | £1,024,514 | +£24,004 (+2.3%) |
| Sunderland | £5,032,092 | £5,032,092 | Frozen |
| Surrey Heath · Surrey | £1,096,927 | £1,096,927 | Frozen |
| Sutton | £2,243,168 | £2,243,168 | Frozen |
| Swale · Kent | £3,619,650 | £3,619,650 | Frozen |
| Swindon | £1,679,216 | £1,621,026 | +£58,190 (+3.6%) |
| Tameside | £3,662,459 | £3,535,543 | +£126,916 (+3.6%) |
| Tamworth · Staffordshire | £702,962 | £678,602 | +£24,360 (+3.6%) |
| Tandridge · Surrey | £671,182 | £648,188 | +£22,994 (+3.5%) |
| Teignbridge · Devon | £1,937,993 | £1,870,835 | +£67,158 (+3.6%) |
| Telford & Wrekin | £2,875,688 | £2,862,309 | +£13,379 (+0.5%) |
| Tendring · Essex | £2,982,688 | £2,879,328 | +£103,360 (+3.6%) |
| Test Valley · Hampshire | £1,706,769 | £1,706,769 | Frozen |
| Tewkesbury · Gloucestershire | £1,723,713 | £1,723,713 | Frozen |
| Thanet · Kent | £4,246,147 | £4,246,147 | Frozen |
| Three Rivers · Hertfordshire | £842,773 | £825,485 | +£17,288 (+2.1%) |
| Thurrock | £1,694,805 | £1,636,074 | +£58,731 (+3.6%) |
| Tonbridge & Malling · Kent | £1,667,979 | £1,667,979 | Frozen |
| Torbay | £2,736,176 | £2,641,358 | +£94,818 (+3.6%) |
| Torridge · Devon | £1,089,402 | £1,051,651 | +£37,751 (+3.6%) |
| Tower Hamlets | £2,982,974 | £2,879,604 | +£103,370 (+3.6%) |
| Trafford | £3,064,844 | £3,064,844 | Frozen |
| Tunbridge Wells · Kent | £1,789,114 | £1,789,114 | Frozen |
| Uttlesford · Essex | £302,804 | £292,311 | +£10,493 (+3.6%) |
| Vale of White Horse · Oxfordshire | £2,033,699 | £2,033,699 | Frozen |
| Wakefield | £5,386,116 | £5,386,116 | Frozen |
| Walsall | £5,402,160 | £5,214,957 | +£187,203 (+3.6%) |
| Waltham Forest | £3,036,464 | £2,931,240 | +£105,224 (+3.6%) |
| Wandsworth | £2,262,288 | £2,183,892 | +£78,396 (+3.6%) |
| Warrington | £2,757,571 | £2,757,571 | Frozen |
| Warwick · Warwickshire | £1,240,126 | £1,240,126 | Frozen |
| Watford · Hertfordshire | £985,714 | £951,556 | +£34,158 (+3.6%) |
| Waverley · Surrey | £1,057,945 | £1,057,945 | Frozen |
| Wealden · East Sussex | £1,577,514 | £1,539,930 | +£37,584 (+2.4%) |
| Welwyn Hatfield · Hertfordshire | £1,115,860 | £1,077,192 | +£38,668 (+3.6%) |
| West Berkshire | £2,562,585 | £2,562,585 | Frozen |
| West Devon · Devon | £714,973 | £714,973 | Frozen |
| West Lancashire · Lancashire | £1,791,082 | £1,791,082 | Frozen |
| West Lindsey · Lincolnshire | £1,020,645 | £985,276 | +£35,369 (+3.6%) |
| West Northamptonshire | £3,289,209 | £3,175,227 | +£113,982 (+3.6%) |
| West Oxfordshire · Oxfordshire | £1,002,286 | £1,002,286 | Frozen |
| West Suffolk · Suffolk | £1,830,711 | £1,804,845 | +£25,866 (+1.4%) |
| Westminster | £2,222,680 | £2,145,657 | +£77,023 (+3.6%) |
| Westmorland & Furness | £3,457,171 | £3,457,171 | Frozen |
| Wigan | £5,651,238 | £5,651,238 | Frozen |
| Wiltshire | £4,773,728 | £4,608,302 | +£165,426 (+3.6%) |
| Winchester · Hampshire | £1,527,515 | £1,527,515 | Frozen |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | £1,280,708 | £1,280,708 | Frozen |
| Wirral | £6,071,658 | £5,861,255 | +£210,403 (+3.6%) |
| Woking · Surrey | £1,659,872 | £1,659,872 | Frozen |
| Wokingham | £1,334,715 | £1,334,715 | Frozen |
| Wolverhampton | £4,431,405 | £4,431,405 | Frozen |
| Worcester · Worcestershire | £1,002,880 | £968,127 | +£34,753 (+3.6%) |
| Worthing · West Sussex | £1,781,586 | £1,781,586 | Frozen |
| Wychavon · Worcestershire | £1,553,446 | £1,553,446 | Frozen |
| Wyre · Lancashire | £2,580,898 | £2,580,898 | Frozen |
| Wyre Forest · Worcestershire | £1,811,496 | £1,811,496 | Frozen |
| York | £1,821,521 | £1,821,521 | Frozen |
The 10 biggest DFG allocations in 2026/27
| # | Authority | 2026/27 allocation | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | £16,636,797 | +3.6% |
| 2 | Liverpool | £10,944,132 | +3.6% |
| 3 | Manchester | £10,525,724 | Frozen |
| 4 | Leeds | £10,281,651 | Frozen |
| 5 | Cornwall | £9,366,480 | Frozen |
| 6 | County Durham | £8,671,146 | Frozen |
| 7 | Dudley | £7,996,217 | Frozen |
| 8 | Bradford | £6,603,171 | +3.6% |
| 9 | Brent | £6,597,406 | Frozen |
| 10 | Sheffield | £6,566,135 | +3.6% |
Birmingham’s £16.6 million is the largest single allocation in England, 457 times the size of the smallest (the Isles of Scilly, at £36,412). Three of the ten biggest pots, at Manchester, Leeds and Cornwall, saw no increase this year.
County-area totals (two-tier areas)
These are the combined figures for county areas as published in the determination, covering all districts within each county. Kent remains England’s biggest county-area DFG pot.
| County area | 2026/27 | 2025/26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | £24,038,579 | £23,769,342 | +£269,237 (+1.1%) |
| Lancashire | £20,986,972 | £20,740,459 | +£246,513 (+1.2%) |
| Hampshire | £17,732,070 | £17,684,956 | +£47,114 (+0.3%) |
| Essex | £15,277,318 | £14,747,906 | +£529,412 (+3.6%) |
| Surrey | £12,624,753 | £12,601,758 | +£22,995 (+0.2%) |
| Staffordshire | £12,439,394 | £12,415,037 | +£24,357 (+0.2%) |
| Norfolk | £11,710,896 | £11,363,322 | +£347,574 (+3.1%) |
| West Sussex | £11,682,451 | £11,682,449 | Frozen |
| Hertfordshire | £10,609,894 | £10,254,143 | +£355,751 (+3.5%) |
| Devon | £10,452,656 | £10,231,168 | +£221,488 (+2.2%) |
| East Sussex | £10,117,668 | £10,080,084 | +£37,584 (+0.4%) |
| Derbyshire | £10,057,521 | £9,800,141 | +£257,380 (+2.6%) |
| Nottinghamshire | £9,984,692 | £9,786,029 | +£198,663 (+2.0%) |
| Lincolnshire | £8,967,438 | £8,656,685 | +£310,753 (+3.6%) |
| Suffolk | £8,926,805 | £8,687,726 | +£239,079 (+2.8%) |
| Gloucestershire | £8,571,130 | £8,490,250 | +£80,880 (+1.0%) |
| Oxfordshire | £8,262,172 | £8,262,173 | Frozen |
| Worcestershire | £7,693,188 | £7,647,999 | +£45,189 (+0.6%) |
| Warwickshire | £6,392,570 | £6,359,028 | +£33,542 (+0.5%) |
| Cambridgeshire | £6,381,355 | £6,290,489 | +£90,866 (+1.4%) |
| Leicestershire | £5,716,380 | £5,518,288 | +£198,092 (+3.6%) |
How the money is allocated, and what it means for a home lift
DFG funding is paid to councils through the Better Care Fund, and from 2026/27 the share each area receives is set by a needs-based formula reflecting local levels of disability, health need, housing conditions and tenure. Your council’s allocation is the pot it has to fund every adaptation locally: stairlifts, level-access showers, ramps, and through-floor or home lifts.
For an individual application the grant itself works the same everywhere in England: it is means-tested for adults, capped at £30,000 per application, and awarded where an occupational therapist assesses the adaptation as necessary and appropriate. Councils can top up beyond £30,000 at their discretion, and a council whose allocation was frozen this year may have less room to do so. A home lift typically costs £13,000–£40,000 installed, so the grant can cover a large share of a straightforward installation: our home lift grants guide explains eligibility and the application process step by step, and the cost calculator will estimate what a lift would cost in your home before any grant. Current market prices for every brand are on our home lift prices guide.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run separate schemes with different limits, covered in the grants guide. The figures on this page are England only.
Allocations are the money coming in. For what councils commit when they spend it on lifts, see What UK Councils Pay for Home Lifts, built from 25 published contract notices.
About this data
Figures are the official MHCLG allocations, taken from the 2026–27 grant determination letter (14 May 2026) and the 2025–26 determination letter (26 June 2025), both published by Foundations, the national body for home improvement agencies. Every county-area figure was cross-checked against the sum of its district allocations before publication. Change figures are our calculation. Free to cite with attribution and a link to this page. Last checked: 21 August 2026.
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