Support for Mortgage Interest statistics
Official statistics on the numbers in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest loans.
These quarterly official statistics include the number of households who are currently in receipt of the support as well as the number who have received Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans so far.
The statistics are broken down by:
- Quarter
- Country and Region
- Qualifying Benefit
See the background information and methodology note for further information about the statistics.
Proposed changes to Support for Mortgage Interest statistics
From the September 2025 publication of these statistics, we are announcing the inclusion of 2 additional elements:
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The addition of a median measure for the average weekly loan amount to help users identify where large back payments may cause the average (mean) loan amount to appear higher for some breakdowns.
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The addition of a statistical bulletin to add relevant context and description of recent trends to aid users鈥� interpretation of the statistics.
Additionally, we are proposing to move these statistics from a quarterly publication to a biannual (twice a year) release schedule, publishing in March and September each year.
To ensure we understand any impacts this may have on users, we are seeking feedback on this proposal. We will confirm whether we will move ahead with a reduced publication frequency within our September release.
If you have feedback on the above, please fill in by 1 September 2025.
Feedback
Help us improve the statistics
Please complete this to help us make the statistics better.
We welcome all feedback on the content, relevance, accessibility and timing of these statistics to help us in producing statistics that meet user needs.
For non-media enquiries on these statistics email: nathan.kelly@dwp.gov.uk
Media enquiries
For media enquiries, please contact the Department for Work and Pensions press office.
Next release
Support for Mortgage Interest statistics are currently published quarterly. The dates for future releases are listed in the statistics release calendar.
Latest release
Background information and methodology
Previous releases
Updates to this page
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) statistics (data for May 2018 to February 2025). Information has also been added to the page about proposed changes to the SMI statistics
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to November 2024.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to August 2024.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to May 2024.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to February 2024.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to November 2023.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to August 2023.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to May 2023.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to February 2023.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to November 2022.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to August 2022.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to May 2022.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to February 2022.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to November 2021.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to August 2021.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to May 2021.
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Added a link to the latest release of Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, data for May 2018 to February 2021.
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