Data prior to this has been obtained from the UK Government website: Discretionary Housing Payments statistics - GOV.UK.Since 2013, a total of £17.16 million has been invested in Dumfries and Galloway and £10.81 million in Scottish Borders to support these local authorities to mitigate the UK Government’s bedroom tax policy.Tables 1 and 2 provide a breakdown of spending (or funding) in the past 13 years, including the current financial year.Table 1 – bedroom tax mitigation spending (or funding) from 2013 onwards, broken down by financial year in Dumfries and Galloway2013-142014-20152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20£0.78m£0.90m£0.95m£0.97m£0.98m£1.07m£1.40m2020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25*2025-26**TOTAL£1.37m£1.66m£1.62m£1.68m£1.80m£1.98m£17.16m*This reflects allocated or forecasted funding, spending data is not yet available.