Payments information

Salford Supporting People team currently make payments for over 50 providers in respect of Supporting People services which provide housing-related support to over 5,000 people.

Payments are made under two different types of contract:

Block gross contract

Providers are paid the annual contract value in thirteen, four-weekly instalments. Payments are made in advance at the start of each payment period. Payments are made direct by BACS to the provider’s bank account.
Payments do not normally vary; however payments will be adjusted if there is a change to the contract, for example, a reduction in units or a change in the annual contract value.
Instalments for December and January are normally paid together as an eight-week payment, as are February and March.

Block subsidy contract

Providers are paid a subsidy for every qualifying service user. Service users may qualify for subsidy if they receive housing benefit or if they have had a fairer charging assessment.
Payments are made in advance, every four weeks, at the start of each payment period. Payments are made direct by BACS to the provider’s bank account.
A schedule is sent at the same time as each payment, showing a breakdown of each service user’s subsidy payment, so that subsidy can be allocated to individual service users.
Providers must tell us about tenancy changes to ensure that payments are accurate.
An adjustment schedule is sent with the payment schedule showing retrospective changes where payments have been ended, added or amended.
Providers must check and reconcile payments every month and tell us about errors or changes immediately.
See documents below for further details.