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Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 739

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

HOUSING, SCOTLAND

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1992

Made

12th March 1992

Laid before Parliament

16th March 1992

Coming into force

6th April 1992

The Secretary of State for Social Security, with the consent of the Treasury(1), in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 30(2), (2ZA), (2A), (3), (11) and 31F(2) to (5A) of the Social Security Act 1986(2) and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975(3) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in accordance with section 61(7) of the Social Security Act 1986, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Order:

PART IGeneral

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order which may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1992 shall come into force on 6th April 1992.

(2) In this Order, reference to a numbered article or Schedule is to the article in, or Schedule to, this Order bearing that number and, unless the context otherwise requires, reference in an article or a Schedule to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph bearing that number in that article or that Schedule.

PART IIHousing Benefit Subsidy

Interpretation of Part II

2.—(1) In this Part of this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Social Security Act 1986;

“the 1982 Act” means the Social Security and Housing Benefit Act 1982(4);

“allowance” means a rent allowance;

“authority” means a housing, rating or local authority or, as the case may be, in Scotland, a levying authority;

“board and lodging accommodation” means—

(a)

accommodation provided for a charge which is inclusive of the provision of that accommodation and at least some cooked or prepared meals which are both cooked or prepared and consumed in that accommodation or associated premises; or

(b)

accommodation provided in a hotel, guest house, lodging house or some similar establishment,

but it does not include accommodation in a residential care home or nursing home within the meaning of regulation 19(3) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(5) nor in a hostel within the meaning of Regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations(6);

“housing benefit subsidy” means subsidy under section 30(1) or (1A) of the Act(7) (rate rebate, rent rebate, rent allowance and community charge rebate subsidy);

“rebate” means a rent, rate or community charge rebate excluding, in the case of England and Wales, any Housing Revenue Account rebates(8);

“relevant date” has the same meaning as in Schedule 5;

“relevant year” means the year ending 31st March 1992;

“scheme” means the housing benefit scheme as defined in section 28 of the Act;

“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(9);

“the Rent Officers Order” means the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 1990(10) or, as the case may be, the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Order 1990(11);

“the Scottish Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988(12);

“termination date” has the same meaning as in Schedule 5;

and other expressions shall have the same meanings as in the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, the Scottish Regulations.

(2) In this Part of this Order—

“housing benefit qualifying expenditure” means the total of rebates and allowances granted by the authority during the relevant year, less—
(a)
the deductions specified in article 13; and
(b)
where, under sub-section (6) of section 28 of the Act(13) (arrangements for housing benefit), the authority has modified any part of the scheme administered by it, any amount by which the total of the rebates or allowances which it granted under the scheme during the relevant year exceeds the total of those which it would have granted if the scheme had not been so modified.

Amount of housing benefit subsidy

3. The amount of an authority’s housing benefit subsidy for the relevant year—

(a)for the purposes of section 30(2) of the Act (subsidy in respect of rebates or allowances) shall be the amount or total of the amounts calculated in accordance with article 4;

(b)for the purposes of section 30(3) of the Act (subsidy in respect of the costs of administering housing benefit) may include an additional sum in respect of the costs of administering housing benefit calculated in accordance with Schedule 1.

Rebates and allowances

4.—(1) For the purposes of section 30(2) of the Act, an authority’s housing benefit subsidy for the relevant year shall, subject to paragraph (2), be—

(a)in the case of an authority to which articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 do not apply, 95 per cent. of its housing benefit qualifying expenditure;

(b)in the case of an authority to which at least one of those articles is relevant an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(i)95 per cent. of so much of its housing benefit qualifying expenditure as remains after deducting from total qualifying expenditure the amount of expenditure attributable to the rebates or allowances to which each of those articles which is relevant applies; and

(ii)the appropriate amount calculated in respect of the rebates or allowances under each such article,

plus in each case, the additions, where applicable, under article 12 but subject, in each case, to the deduction, where applicable under article 14.

(2) Where the authority is the Scottish Homes or a new town corporation in Scotland, its housing benefit subsidy for the relevant year shall include a further sum being—

(a)in the case of an authority to which sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) applies, 5.5 per cent. of its housing benefit qualifying expenditure but subject to the relevant maximum specified in column (2) of Schedule 3; or

(b)in the case of an authority to which sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) applies, 5.5 per cent. of so much of its housing benefit qualifying expenditure as remains after the deductions set out in paragraph (1)(b)(i), but subject to the relevant maximum specified in column (2) of Schedule 3.

Backdated benefit

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where—

(a)during the relevant year an authority has, under paragraph (15) of regulation 72 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph (18) of regulation 59 of the Scottish Regulations or paragraph (7) of article 2 of the Community Charge Benefits (Transitional) Order 1989(14) (time and manner in which claims are to be made), treated any claim for a rebate or allowance as made on a day earlier than that on which it is made; and

(b)any part of that authority’s housing benefit qualifying expenditure is attributable to such earlier period,

for the purposes of article 4(1)(b)(ii), the appropriate amount for the relevant year in respect of such part shall be 25 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure so attributable.

(2) This article shall not apply in a case to which article 9 applies.

Disproportionate rent increase

6.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), where the average rent increase of an authority’s Category A tenants is greater than the average rent increase of their Category B tenants, for the purposes of article 4(1)(b)(ii), the appropriate amount for such part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure as is attributable to rent rebates granted during the relevant year shall be 25 per cent. of that portion of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure as is determined in accordance with paragraph (3).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the average rent increase shall be determined by comparing the average rent of Category A tenants or, as the case may be, Category B tenants on the first relevant date with their average rent on the second relevant date.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the portion of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure shall be determined in accordance with the formula—

where—

A is the total of rent rebates granted by the authority to Category A tenants and other tenants during the relevant year but shall not include any amount of expenditure attributable to rebates awarded in respect of amounts paid under section 35(2)(b) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987(15) for accommodation which is board and lodging accommodation;
B is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—
C is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—
D is the average rent for Category B tenants on the second relevant date;
E is the average rent for Category B tenants on the first relevant date;
F is the average rent for Category A tenants on the second relevant date;
G is the average rent for Category A tenants on the first relevant date.

(4) In this article—

“average” means the arithmetic mean;

“Category A tenants” means tenants of the authority who on the first and second relevant dates are in receipt of rent rebates and reside at the same address on both dates, but shall not include a person required to pay an amount to an authority under section 35(2)(b) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 for accommodation which is board and lodging accommodation;

“Category B tenants” means tenants of the authority who are not in receipt of rent rebates on the first and second relevant dates but reside at the same address on both dates, but shall not include a person required to pay an amount to an authority under section 35(2)(b) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 for accommodation which is board and lodging accommodation;

“first relevant date” means a date, other than a day falling in a rent free period, determined by the authority, occurring in March 1989; and

“second relevant date” means the same date occurring in March 1992 but if that date falls in a rent free period the nearest date in March 1992 to that date which is not in a rent free period;

“rent” means either—

(a)

the payments specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (j) in paragraph (1) of regulation 10 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (rent); or

(b)

the eligible rent,

as the authority may determine, provided that wherever the expression “rent” occurs in paragraphs (1) to (3) it has the same meaning throughout.

(5) This article shall not apply in a case to which article 9 applies.

(6) In England and Wales this article shall only apply to expenditure attributable to rent rebates granted by new town corporations and the Development Board for Rural Wales.

Treatment of high rents

7.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), where any part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure of an authority within an area listed in column 1 of Schedule 4 is attributable to any allowance granted in respect of a person whose weekly eligible rent exceeds the threshold specified in relation to that area in column 2 of that Schedule, for the purposes of article 4(1)(b)(ii), the appropriate amount in respect of that allowance shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) Where paragraph (1) applies—

(a)if the allowance granted is the same as or is less than the excess of eligible rent over the threshold, the appropriate amount shall be 25 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

(b)if the allowance granted is greater than the excess of the eligible rent over the threshold, the appropriate amount shall be 25 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance which is equal to the excess, and 95 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the balance.

(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an allowance payable by an authority in respect of rents which exceed the threshold—

(a)which are registered in respect of a dwelling under Part IV, V or VI of the Rent Act 1977(16) or Part V, VI or VII of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984(17) or which have been determined by a rent assessment committee in respect of a dwelling under Part I of the Housing Act 1988(18) or Part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988(19); or

(b)which have been referred to the rent officer under the Rent Act 1977 or the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 but not registered by him because he is satisfied that the rent is at or below the fair rent level; or

(c)where a rent assessment committee has not made a rent determination because they are satisfied that the rent is at or below the fair rent level and a rent officer is not required to make a determination under paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order(20); or

(d)where the relevant tenancy is one to which, before 15th January 1989, the provisions of sections 56 to 58 of the Housing Act 1980(21) (assured tenancies) applied; or

(e)where the relevant dwelling is situated within the area of a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988 (Housing Action Trust Areas); or

(f)where the dwelling is an excluded tenancy by virtue of paragraph 3 or 10 of Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit Regulations(22) (excluded tenancies).

(4) This article shall not apply in a case to which article 8 or 9 applies.

Rent officers' determinations

8.—(1) Where this article applies, in respect of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is attributable to allowances granted for the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on the termination date, the appropriate amount, for the purposes of article 4(1)(b)(ii), shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule 5.

(2) This article applies where—

(a)an authority applies to a rent officer for a determination to be made under the Rent Officers Order in relation to a dwelling; and

(b)the officer makes a determination under that Order.

(3) Except in a case to which paragraph (4) applies, this article also applies where an authority is required to apply for a determination in relation to a dwelling during the relevant year under regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations(23) (requirement to refer to rent officers) which a rent officer would be required to make, but the authority fails to apply for that determination.

(4) This paragraph applies in a case where—

(a)the dwelling (A) is in a hostel; and

(b)by virtue of regulation 12A(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations an application for a determination in respect of that dwelling (A) is not required because the dwelling is regarded as similar to another dwelling (B) in that hostel in respect of which a determination has been made, and in such a case the determination made in respect of dwelling (B) shall, for the purposes of this article, be treated as if it were a determination in respect of dwelling (A).

(5) This article also applies where a rent officer has made a determination in respect of a tenancy of a dwelling and by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit Regulations (excluded tenancies) a new determination is not required in respect of another tenancy of the dwelling, and in such a case the determination made shall, for the purposes of this article, be treated as if it were a determination made in respect of that tenancy.

(6) Where a determination as to the rent which a landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain in respect of a dwelling is made by a rent assessment committee following a determination made by a rent officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order, this article shall cease to apply in so far as it relates to a determination made by a rent officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order from the date on which the rent assessment committee’s determination takes effect.

(7) Where no determination as to the rent which a landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain in respect of a dwelling is required to be made by the rent officer in accordance with article 5(2) of the Rent Officers Order(24) this article shall cease to apply in so far as it relates to a determination made by a rent officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order from the date of the application to the rent assessment committee, or 1st April 1991, whichever is the later date.

Treatment of certain residential accommodation

9. Where any part of an authority’s housing benefit qualifying expenditure is attributable to rebates or allowances granted under the 1982 Act to persons in respect of accommodation provided under—

(a)sections 21 to 24 and 26 of the National Assistance Act 1948(25) (provision of accommodation); or

(b)section 21(1) of and paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 8 to the National Health Service Act 1977(26) (prevention, care and after-care); or

(c)section 59 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968(27) (provision of residential and other establishments) where board is available to the claimant,

for the purposes of article 4(1)(b)(ii), the appropriate amount for the relevant year shall be 90 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure so attributable.

Homeless cases

10.—(1) Where paragraph (3) applies, any part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure of an authority within an area listed in column (1) of Schedule 6 attributable to any rebate granted in respect of a person whose weekly eligible rent exceeds the threshold specified in relation to that area in column (2) of that Schedule, then for the purposes of article 4(1)(b)(ii), the appropriate amount in respect of that rebate shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) Where paragraph (1) applies—

(a)if the rebate granted is the same as or is less than the amount by which the eligible rent exceeds the threshold, the appropriate amount shall be—

(i)in the case of rebates granted in respect of rents specified in paragraph (3)(d), nil per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates; and

(ii)in the case of rebates granted in respect of rents specified in paragraph (3)(a) to (c), 25 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates;

(b)if the rebate granted is greater than the amount by which the eligible rent exceeds the threshold, the appropriate amount shall be—

(i)in the case of rebates granted in respect of rents specified in paragraph (3)(d), nil per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates which is equal to the excess; and

(ii)in the case of rebates granted in respect of rents specified in paragraph (3)(a) to (c), 25 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates which is equal to the excess;

and 95 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the balance.

(3) This paragraph applies where a rebate is payable by an authority in respect of rents which exceed the threshold, which—

(a)a person is required to pay to an authority under section 69(2)(b) of the Housing Act 1985(28) or section 35(2)(b) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987(29), as the case may be, for board and lodging accommodation made available to that person;

(b)a person is required to pay to an authority under section 69(2)(b) of the Housing Act 1985 or section 35(2)(b) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, as the case may be, for accommodation, which the authority holds on a licence agreement from a landlord, made available to that person;

(c)a person is required to pay to an authority for accommodation outside the Housing Revenue Account, which the authority holds on a lease granted for a term not exceeding 3 years, made available to that person;

(d)in the case of Scotland, a person is required to pay to an authority for accommodation within the Housing Revenue Account, which the authority holds on a lease granted for a term not exceeding 3 years, made available to that person.

Overpayment of rebates or allowances

11.—(1) Where any part of an authority’s housing benefit qualifying expenditure is attributable to an overpayment of rebates or allowances made and discovered in the relevant year, for the purposes of article 4(1)(b)(ii), the appropriate amount for the year in respect of such part shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) The appropriate amount shall be—

(a)in the case of an overpayment caused by an error of the authority making the payment, 15 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the overpayment; and

(b)in the case of an overpayment caused by official error, 95 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the overpayment as has not been recovered by the authority and nil per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the overpayment as has been recovered by the authority; and

(c)in the case of a technical overpayment, 15 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the overpayment for a period not exceeding 2 benefit weeks beginning with the benefit week after the week in which the change of circumstances is disclosed to the authority and thereafter nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the overpayment; and

(d)where a rebate has been granted in advance and the authority subsequently identifies a recoverable overpayment which does not arise from a change in circumstances, the amount appropriate to that overpayment as specified in paragraph (2)(a) or (e) of this article, as the case may be, for a period continuing not later than 2 benefit weeks beginning with the benefit week after the week in which that overpayment is so identified by that authority and thereafter nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to that overpayment; and

(e)in the case of any other overpayment, 25 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the overpayment.

(3) In paragraph 2(b) and article 12(1)(b)(ii) “overpayment caused by official error” means an overpayment caused by a mistake made or something done or omitted to be done by an officer of the Department of Social Security or the Department of Employment, acting as such, or a decision of an adjudication officer, social security appeal tribunal or Social Security Commissioner appointed in accordance with section 97 of the Social Security Act 1975(30) (adjudication by adjudication officers, social security appeal tribunals and Commissioners) where the claimant, a person acting on his behalf or any other person to whom the payment is made did not cause or materially contribute to that mistake, act or omission.

(4) In paragraph (2)(c) and article 12(1)(b)(iii) “technical overpayment” means that part of an overpayment which occurs as a result of a rebate being granted in advance and a change in circumstances reduces or eliminates entitlement to that rebate beginning with the benefit week following the week in which the change is disclosed to the authority.

(5) This article shall not apply to that part of any rebate or allowance to which paragraph (15) of regulation 72 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph (18) of regulation 59 of the Scottish Regulations or paragraph (7) of article 2 of the Community Charge Benefits (Transitional) Order 1989(31) (time and manner in which claims are to be made) applies.

Additions to housing benefit subsidy

12.—(1) The additions referred to in article 4(1) shall be of the following amounts where—

(a)following the loss, destruction or non-receipt, or alleged loss, destruction or non-receipt of original instruments of payment, an authority makes duplicate payments and the original instruments have been or are subsequently encashed, an amount equal to 25 per cent. of the amount of the duplicate payments;

(b)subject to paragraph (2), during the relevant year it is discovered that an overpayment of rebate or allowance has been made in one or more of the years ending 31st March 1989, 31st March 1990 and 31st March 1991, as the case may be, and an amount is to be deducted under article 13 in relation to that overpayment, an amount equal to—

(i)in the case of an overpayment caused by an error of the authority making the payment, 15 per cent. of the overpayment;

(ii)in the case of an overpayment caused by official error within the meaning of article 11(3), 95 per cent. of so much of the overpayment as has not been recovered by the authority and nil per cent. of the overpayment which has been recovered by the authority; or

(iii)in the case of a technical overpayment within the meaning of article 11(4), 15 per cent. of the overpayment for a period not exceeding 2 benefit weeks, beginning with the benefit week after the week in which the change of circumstances is disclosed to the authority and thereafter nil per cent. of the overpayment;

(iv)in the case of any other overpayment, 25 per cent. of the overpayment.

(2) The amount under paragraph (1)(b) shall not include an amount in relation to an overpayment of community charge rebate made in the year ending 31st March 1990 but discovered in the relevant year as a result of a reduction in the amount a person is liable to pay in consequence of regulations made under section 9A of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Act 1987(32) (reduced liability for personal community charge).

Deductions to be made in calculating housing benefit subsidy in respect of rebates or allowances

13.—(1) The deductions referred to in article 2(2)(a) are, subject to paragraph (2), to be of the following amounts where—

(a)a tenant of an authority, who is in receipt of a rent rebate, while continuing to occupy, or when entering into occupation of, a dwelling as his home, either under his existing tenancy agreement or by entering into a new tenancy agreement—

(i)is during, or was at any time prior to, the relevant year able to choose whether or not to be provided with any services, facilities or rights and chooses or chose to be so provided; or

(ii)is during, or was at any time prior to, the relevant year able to choose either to be provided with any services or facilities or, whether or not in return for an award or grant from the authority, to provide such services or facilities for himself; or

(iii)would be able during, or would have been able at any time prior to, the relevant year to exercise the choice set out in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph if he were not or had not at that time been in receipt of a rent rebate,

the amounts attributable during the relevant year to such services, facilities or rights whether they are or would be expressed as part of the sum fixed as rent, otherwise reserved as rent or expressed as an award or grant from the authority;

(b)during the relevant year a person becomes entitled to a rent-free period which has not been, or does not fall to be, taken into account in calculating the amount of rent rebate to which he is entitled under the Housing Benefit Regulations, the amount of rebate which is or was payable to him in respect of such rent free period;

(c)during the relevant year an award in the form of a payment of money or monies worth, a credit to the person’s rent account or in some other form is made by an authority to one of its tenants in receipt of rent rebate, whether or not the person is immediately entitled to the award, the amount or value of the award, but no such deduction shall be made in respect of an award—

(i)made to a tenant for a reason unrelated to the fact that he is a tenant;

(ii)made under a statutory obligation;

(iii)made under section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972(33) (power of local authorities to incur expenditure for certain purposes not otherwise authorised);

(iv)except where sub-paragraph (a)(ii) applies, made as reasonable compensation for reasonable repairs or redecoration the tenant has, or has caused to be, carried out whether for payment or not and which the authority would otherwise have carried out or have been required to carry out; or

(v)of a reasonable amount made as compensation for loss, damage or inconvenience of a kind which occurs only exceptionally suffered by the tenant by virtue of his occupation of his home;

(d)during the relevant year the weekly amount of rebate or allowance is increased under paragraph (8) of regulation 69 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 57 of the Scottish Regulations (calculations of weekly amounts), the amount of such increase;

(e)during the relevant year it is discovered that a payment of community charge rebate has been overpaid in the relevant year as a result of the reduction in the amount a person is liable to pay in consequence of regulations made under section 9A of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Act 1987(34) (reduced liability for personal community charge), the amount of the overpayment;

(f)subject to article 15, during the relevant year it is discovered that a rebate or allowance has been paid under the 1982 Act in excess of entitlement, the amount of such excess;

(g)during the relevant year an amount is recovered in relation to an overpayment of a rebate or allowance which was caused by official error within the meaning of article 11(3), where the overpayment had occurred and been discovered in a year earlier than the relevant year, the amount so recovered;

(h)during the relevant year it is discovered that an overpayment of rebate or allowance has been made in one or more of the years ending 31st March 1989, 31st March 1990 and 31st March 1991, as the case may be, the amount of such overpayment, but only to the extent that—

(i)the amount of the overpayment or any part of it has not been deducted from qualifying expenditure under article 3 of the Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1989(35) or of the Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1990(36) or under article 4 of the Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1991(37); and

(ii)the amount of the overpayment or any part of it does not include an amount to which paragraph (15) of regulation 72 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or paragraph (7) of article 2 of the Community Charge Benefits (Transitional) Order 1989(38) or, as the case may be, paragraph (18) of regulation 59 of the Scottish Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made) applied;

(j)during the relevant year any instrument of payment issued by an authority during that year is returned to that authority without being presented for payment or is found by that authority to have passed its date of validity without being presented for payment, the amount of any such instrument.

(2) Where in relation to any amount of a rebate or allowance a deduction falls to be made under two or more sub-paragraphs of paragraph (1) only the higher or highest or, where the amounts are equal, only one amount, shall be deducted.

Deduction from housing benefit subsidy

14. Where during the relevant year it is found by an appropriate authority that any instrument of payment issued by it during the period of 3 years ending on 31st March 1991 has been returned to that authority without having been presented for payment or has passed its date of validity without having been presented for payment, the deduction referred to in article 4(1) shall be the amount of any subsidy that has been paid to that authority in respect of any such instrument.

Modification of housing benefit subsidy on payments in excess of entitlement

15.—(1) Notwithstanding any provisions made under the 1982 Act in respect of housing benefit paid in excess of entitlement under that Act, where an overpayment of such benefit to which any such provision applies made in a certificated case is discovered in the relevant year, an authority’s housing benefit subsidy in respect of such a payment shall be calculated as set out in paragraph (2).

(2) The amount of that subsidy shall be—

(a)in the case of an overpayment caused by an error of the authority making the payment, 15 per cent. of the overpayment; and

(b)in the case of an overpayment caused by official error within the meaning of article 11(3), 95 per cent. of so much of the overpayment as has not been recovered by the authority; and

(c)in the case of any other overpayment, 25 per cent. of the overpayment.

(3) In paragraph (1) “certificated case” has the meaning assigned to that expression by regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefits Regulations 1985(39) (interpretation) as previously in force.

PART IIICommunity Charge Benefit Subsidy

Interpretation of Part III

16.—(1) In this Part of this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Social Security Act 1986(40);

“appropriate authority” means a charging authority to which section 31B(2) of the Act (arrangements for benefits) refers or, as the case may be, in Scotland, a levying authority to which section 31B(3) of the Act(41) refers;

“community charge benefit subsidy” means subsidy under section 31F of the Act(42);

“excess benefits” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 83 of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations(43);

“relevant year” means the year ending 31st March 1992;

“the Community Charge Benefits Regulations” means the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989(44),

and other expressions shall have the same meanings as in the Community Charge Benefits Regulations.

(2) In this part of this Order “community charge benefit qualifying expenditure” means the total of community charge benefits allowed by the appropriate authority during the relevant year, less—

(a)the deductions specified in article 22; and

(b)where, under subsection (6) of section 31B of the Act(45) (arrangements for community charge benefit), the appropriate authority has modified any part of the scheme administered by it, any amount by which the total of the community charge benefits which it granted under the scheme during the relevant year exceeds the total of those which it would have granted if the scheme had not been so modified.

Amount of community charge benefit subsidy

17. The amount of an appropriate authority’s community charge benefit subsidy for the relevant year—

(a)for the purposes of section 31F(2) of the Act (subsidy in respect of community charge benefit) shall be the amount or total of the amounts calculated in accordance with article 18;

(b)for the purposes of section 31F(5) of the Act (subsidy in respect of the costs of administering community charge benefits) may include an additional sum in respect of the costs of administering community charge benefits calculated in accordance with Schedule 2.

Community charge benefit

18. For the purposes of section 31F(2) of the Act, an appropriate authority’s community charge benefit subsidy for the relevant year shall be—

(a)in the case of an appropriate authority to which articles 19 and 20 do not apply, 95 per cent. of its community charge benefit qualifying expenditure;

(b)in the case of an appropriate authority to which at least one of those articles is relevant an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(i)95 per cent. of so much of its community charge benefit qualifying expenditure as remains after deducting the amount of expenditure attributable to the community charge benefit to which each of those articles which is relevant applies; plus

(ii)the appropriate amount calculated in respect of the community charge benefit under each such article,

plus, in each case, the addition, where applicable, under article 21.

Backdated benefit

19. Where—

(a)during the relevant year an appropriate authority has, under paragraph (18) of regulation 60 of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made), treated any claim for a community charge benefit as made on a day earlier than that on which it is made; and

(b)any part of that appropriate authority’s community charge benefit qualifying expenditure is attributable to such earlier period,

for the purposes of article 18(b)(ii), the appropriate amount for the relevant year in respect of such part shall be 25 per cent. of the community charge benefit qualifying expenditure so attributable.

Excess community charge benefits

20.—(1) Where any part of an appropriate authority’s community charge benefit qualifying expenditure is attributable to excess benefits both allowed and discovered in the relevant year, for the purposes of article 18(b)(ii), the appropriate amount for the year in respect of such part shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the appropriate amount shall be—

(a)in the case of excess benefits allowed in consequence of an error of the appropriate authority making the payment, 15 per cent. of the community charge benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the excess benefits; and

(b)in the case of excess benefits allowed in consequence of an official error, 95 per cent. of that part of the community charge benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the excess benefits as has not been recovered by the appropriate authority and nil per cent. of that part of the community charge benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the excess benefits as has been recovered by the appropriate authority; and

(c)in the case of technical excess benefits allowed, 15 per cent. of that part of the community charge benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the excess benefits, for a period not exceeding 2 benefit weeks, beginning with the benefit week after the week in which the change of circumstances is disclosed to the appropriate authority, and thereafter nil per cent. of the community charge benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the excess benefits; and

(d)where benefits have been allowed in advance and the appropriate authority subsequently identifies recoverable excess benefits which do not arise from a change in circumstances, the amount appropriate to the excess benefits as specified in paragraph (2)(a) or (e) of this article, as the case may be, for a period continuing not later than 2 benefit weeks, beginning with the benefit week after the week in which those excess benefits are so identified by that authority, and thereafter nil per cent. of the community charge benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to those excess benefits; and

(e)in the case of any other excess benefits allowed, 25 per cent. of that part of the community charge benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the excess benefits.

(3) In paragraph 2(b) and article 21(b)(ii) “excess benefits allowed in consequence of an official error” means excess benefits in consequence of a mistake made or something done or omitted to be done by an officer of the Department of Social Security or the Department of Employment acting as such, or a decision of an adjudication officer, social security appeal tribunal or Social Security Commissioner appointed in accordance with section 97 of the Social Security Act 1975(46) where the claimant, a person acting on his behalf or any other person to whom the payment is made did not cause or materially contribute to that mistake, act or omission.

(4) In paragraph 2(c) and article 21(b)(iii) “technical excess benefits” means that part of excess benefits which occurs as a result of benefits being allowed in advance and a change in circumstances reduces or eliminates entitlement to those benefits beginning with the benefit week next following the week in which the change is disclosed to the appropriate authority.

(5) This article shall not apply to an award of benefit to which paragraph (18) of regulation 60 of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made) applies.

Addition to community charge benefit subsidy

21. The addition referred to in article 18 shall be of the following amounts—

(a)in a case where, following the loss, destruction or non-receipt, or alleged loss, destruction or non-receipt of original instruments of payment, an appropriate authority makes duplicate payments and the original instruments have been or are subsequently encashed, an amount equal to 25 per cent. of the amount of the duplicate payments;

(b)in a case where it is discovered by an appropriate authority, during the relevant year, that excess benefits have been allowed in the year ending 31st March 1991, and an amount is to be deducted under article 22 in relation to those excess benefits, an amount equal to—

(i)where the excess benefits are allowed in consequence of an error of the appropriate authority making the payment, 15 per cent. of the excess benefits;

(ii)where the excess benefits are allowed in consequence of an official error, within the meaning of article 20(3), 95 per cent. of that part of the excess benefits which have not been recovered by the appropriate authority and nil per cent. of the remainder of the excess benefits;

(iii)where technical excess benefits, within the meaning of article 20(4), are allowed, 15 per cent. of the excess benefits for a period not exceeding 2 benefit weeks, beginning with the benefit week after the week in which the change of circumstances is disclosed to the appropriate authority and nil per cent. of the excess benefit for any period thereafter;

(iv)where excess benefits are allowed for any other reason, 25 per cent. of the excess benefits.

Deductions to be made in calculating subsidy in respect of community charge benefit

22.—(1) The deductions referred to in article 16(2) are, subject to paragraph (2), of the following amounts—

(a)where an appropriate authority has allowed excess community charge benefit falling within regulation 83(a) to (d) of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations(47) (meaning of excess benefits), the amount attributable to that excess;

(b)where an appropriate authority has by virtue of regulation 58 of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations(48) (increase of weekly amounts for exceptional circumstances) increased benefit in exceptional circumstances, the amount attributable to that increase;

(c)where during the relevant year an amount is recovered in relation to excess community charge benefit which was allowed in consequence of official error within the meaning of article 20(3) and where the excess benefit had occurred and been discovered in the year ending 31st March 1991, the amount so recovered;

(d)where during the relevant year it is discovered by an appropriate authority that excess benefits have been allowed in the year ending 31st March 1991, the amount of the excess benefits, but only to the extent that—

(i)the amount of the excess benefits or any part of it has not been deducted from community charge benefit qualifying expenditure under article 15 of the Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1991(49); and

(ii)the amount of the excess benefits or any part of it does not include an amount payable pursuant to paragraph (18) of regulation 60 of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made).

(2) Where in relation to any amount of benefit a deduction falls to be made under two or more sub-paragraphs of paragraph (1), only the higher or highest or, where the amounts are equal, only one amount shall be deducted.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Ann Widdecombe

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

11th March 1992

We consent,

Gregory Knight

Nicholas Baker

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

12th March 1992

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1CALCULATION OF HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATION COSTS

PART IGENERAL

1. The additional sum which may be paid to an authority under section 30(3) of the Act shall be the aggregate of the housing benefit applicable amount and the further amount calculated in accordance with Part II, and the supplementary amount calculated in accordance with Part III, of this Schedule.

PART IIAPPLICABLE AND FURTHER AMOUNTS

Housing benefit applicable amount

2. For the purposes of Part I of this Schedule, the housing benefit applicable amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula—

where —

A is —
(a)
in the case of the new town corporations in England or Scotland, the Development Board for Rural Wales, or the Scottish Homes, £1,647,300;
(b)
in the case of authorities other than those specified in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph—
(i)
in England, £40,876,600;
(ii)
in Wales, £1,790,275;
(iii)
in Scotland, £4,264,075;
B —
(a)
except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 7, is the aggregate of the amounts obtained by multiplying the figure prescribed in column (2)(a)(i) to (b)(iv) of that Schedule for that authority by the figure appropriate to that category and authority prescribed in column (2)(a) or (b), as the case may be, of Schedule 8,
(b)
in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 9, is the aggregate amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above further multiplied by the figure specified for that authority in column (2) of Schedule 9; and
C is the total of the amounts for all authorities in the category to which the particular authority belongs specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b)(i), (b)(ii), or (b)(iii), as the case may be, of the definition of A.

Further amount

3. For the purposes of Part I of this Schedule the further amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula—

where —

D is —
(a)
in the case of the new town corporations in England or Scotland, the Development Board for Rural Wales, or the Scottish Homes, £86,700;
(b)
in the case of authorities other than those specified in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph—
(i)
in England, £2,151,400;
(ii)
in Wales, £94,225;
(iii)
in Scotland, £224,425;
E —
(a)
except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 7, is the amount prescribed in column (4)(a) of that Schedule for that authority,
(b)
in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 9, is the aggregate amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above multiplied by the figure specified for that authority in column (2) of Schedule 9; and
F is the total of the amounts for all authorities in the category to which the particular authority belongs specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b)(i), (b)(ii) or (b)(iii), as the case may be, of the definition of D.

PART IIISUPPLEMENTARY AMOUNT

Supplementary amount

4.—(1) Except where sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph applies, subject to paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8, for the purposes of Part I of this Schedule the supplementary amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula—

where —

G is —
(a)
in the case of the new town corporations in England or Scotland, the Development Board for Rural Wales, or the Scottish Homes, £73,024;
(b)
in the case of authorities other than those specified in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph—
(i)
in England, £1,812,038;
(ii)
in Wales, £79,361;
(iii)
in Scotland, £189,025;
H —
(a)
except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 7, is the aggregate of the amounts obtained by multiplying each figure prescribed in columns 2(a)(i) to 2(b)(iv) of that Schedule for that authority by the figure appropriate to that category and authority prescribed in column (2)(a) or (b), as the case may be, of Schedule 8,
(b)
in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 9, is the aggregate amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above further multiplied by the figure specified for that authority in column (2) of Schedule 9; and
J is the total of the amounts for all authorities in the category to which the particular authority belongs specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b)(i), (b)(ii) or (b)(iii), as the case may be, of the definition of G.

(2) The supplementary amount in the case of—

(a)Corby new town corporation; and

(b)authorities in Scotland who administer only community charge benefit,

shall be nil.

5. Except in respect of those authorities specified in sub-paragraph 4(2), where the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority as calculated in accordance with paragraph 4 is less than £750 for that authority it shall be £750.

6. Where the total of the supplementary amounts calculated in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 exceeds—

(a)in the case of new town corporations in England or Scotland and the Development Board for Rural Wales, £73,024;

(b)in the case of authorities other than those specified in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph—

(i)in England, £1,812,038;

(ii)in Wales, £79,361;

(iii)in Scotland, £189,025;

the supplementary amount for an authority to which paragraph 5 does not apply shall be further calculated, subject to paragraph 7, by applying the following formula—

where—

K is the supplementary amount calculated under paragraph 4;
L is the amount which remains after deducting the aggregate of the amounts for authorities to which paragraph 5 applies from the total of supplementary amounts as specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b)(i), (ii) and (iii), as the case may be, of the definition of G in paragraph 4; and
M is the aggregate of all the supplementary amounts calculated under paragraph 4 for all the authorities except those authorities to which paragraph 5 applies.

7. Where the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority as further calculated in accordance with paragraph 6 is less than £750 for that authority it shall be £750.

8. Until such time as the aggregate of the authorities' supplementary amounts calculated under paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 equals the aggregate of the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the definition of G in paragraph 4, the calculations set out in paragraphs 6 and 7 shall, subject to the modifications set out below, continue to apply to calculate the supplementary amount for those authorities to which neither paragraph 5 nor 7 has applied; and for that purpose—

(a)K shall apply as if the supplementary amount were the amount calculated under paragraph 6 or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last amount calculated under that paragraph in respect of that authority;

(b)L shall apply as if the amount to be deducted to determine the balance of the total amount available were the aggregate of the supplementary amounts for authorities to which, in the calculation under paragraphs 6 and 7 or, if there has been more than one calculation under those paragraphs, the last such calculation, paragraph 7 applied; and

(c)M shall apply as if the total of the supplementary amounts were the total of all the supplementary amounts calculated under paragraph 6 or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last calculated under that paragraph in respect of all appropriate authorities to which paragraph 7 did not apply in that calculation.

Article 17

SCHEDULE 2CALCULATION OF COMMUNITY CHARGE BENEFIT SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATION COSTS

PART IGENERAL AND INTERPRETATION

1.—(1) The additional sum which may be paid to an appropriate authority under section 31F(5) of the Act shall be the aggregate of the community charge benefit applicable amount and the further amount calculated in accordance with Part II, and the supplementary amount calculated in accordance with Part III, of this Schedule.

(2) In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

“housing benefit amounts” means the aggregrate of the housing benefit applicable amount and the housing benefit further amount; and

“community charge benefit amounts” means the aggregrate of the community charge benefit applicable amount and the community charge benefit further amount.

PART IIAPPLICABLE AND FURTHER AMOUNTS

Community charge benefit applicable amount

2. For the purposes of Part I of this Schedule, but subject to paragraphs 4 to 7, the community charge benefit applicable amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula—

where—

A is, in the case of appropriate authorities—
(a)
in England, £69,556,150;
(b)
in Wales, £3,200,550;
(c)
in Scotland, £7,501,200;
B—
(a)
except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 7, is the aggregate of the amounts obtained by multiplying each figure prescribed in column (3)(a) to (b) of that Schedule for that authority by the figure appropriate to that category and authority prescribed in column (3)(a) or (b), as the case may be, of Schedule 8,
(b)
in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 9, is the aggregate amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above further multiplied by the figure specified for that authority in column (2) of Schedule 9; and
C is the total of the amounts for all appropriate authorities in the category to which the particular appropriate authority belongs specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, of the definition of A.

Further amount

3. For the purposes of Part I of this Schedule, but subject to paragraphs 4 to 7, the further amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula—

where—

D is, in the case of appropriate authorities—
(a)
in England, £3,660,850;
(b)
in Wales, £168,450;
(c)
in Scotland, £394,800;
E—
(a)
except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 7, is the figure specified in column (4)(b) of that Schedule for that authority,
(b)
in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 9, is the amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above multiplied by the figure specified for that authority in column (2) of Schedule 9; and
F is the total of the amounts for all appropriate authorities in the category to which the particular appropriate authority belongs specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, of the definition of D.

4.—(1) Subject to paragraphs 5 to 7, where, in the case of an appropriate authority in England or Wales—

(a)X (being the total of the housing benefit amounts as calculated under Part II of Schedule 1, and the community charge benefit amounts calculated under this Part, in respect of that appropriate authority) exceeds Y (being 150 per cent. of the relevant amount), the community charge benefit additional sum for that appropriate authority for the relevant year shall be the amount as calculated under Part I of this Schedule less the excess; or

(b)X (being the total of the housing benefit amounts as calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the community charge benefit amounts calculated under this Part in respect of that appropriate authority) is less than Z (being 95 per cent. of the relevant amount) the community charge benefit additional sum for that appropriate authority shall be the amount as calculated under Part I of this Schedule plus the difference.

(2) The relevant amount for the purposes of paragraphs 4 and 6 is the aggregate of the housing benefit and community charge benefit applicable amounts and further amounts payable to that appropriate authority for the financial year ending 31st March 1991 calculated in accordance with Schedules 1 and 2 to the Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1991(50) (calculation of subsidy in respect of administration costs).

5. Where the total of all the housing benefit amounts calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the additional sums calculated under Part I of this Schedule and paragraph 4 above, less any amount paid by reason of Part III of this Schedule, is less than, or more than, for appropriate authorities—

(a)in England, £116,245,000;

(b)in Wales £5,253,500;

the total of the community charge benefit amounts under this Part for an appropriate authority to which paragraph 4 does not apply shall be calculated, subject to paragraphs 6 and 7, by applying the following formula—

where—

G is the total of the housing benefit amounts calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the community charge benefit amounts calculated under this Part in respect of that appropriate authority;
H is the total of the housing benefit amounts calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the community charge benefit amounts calculated under this Part in respect of all appropriate authorities in England and in Wales, as the case may be, to which paragraph 4 does not apply;
J is the balance of the total of housing benefit amounts calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the community charge benefit amounts calculated under this Part for appropriate authorities in England and in Wales, as the case may be, after deduction of the housing benefit amounts as calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the community charge benefit amounts as calculated under this Part for such appropriate authorities to which paragraph 4 applies; and
K is the total of the housing benefit amounts calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 for that appropriate authority.

6. Where, in the case of an appropriate authority in England or in Wales, as the case may be,—

(a)X (being the total of the housing benefit amounts calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the amount calculated under paragraph 5) exceeds Y (being 150 per cent. of the relevant amount), the community charge benefit amounts as calculated under this Part for that appropriate authority for the relevant year shall be the amount as calculated under paragraph 5 less the excess; or

(b)X (being the total of the housing benefit additional sum calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the amount calculated under paragraph 5) is less than Z (being 95 per cent. of the relevant amount) the community charge benefit amounts as calculated under this Part for that appropriate authority shall be the amount as calculated under paragraph 5 plus the difference.

7. Until the community charge benefit amounts under this Part as calculated under paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 equals the amount specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 as subsidy in respect of the costs of administering community charge benefit for appropriate authorities in England and in Wales, as the case may be, the formula set out in paragraph 5 and paragraph 6 shall, subject to the modifications specified below, continue to apply to calculate the community charge benefit amounts under this Part for those appropriate authorities to which neither paragraph 4 nor paragraph 6 has applied; and for that purpose—

(a)G shall apply as if the total of the community charge benefit amounts under this Part were the amount calculated under paragraph 5, or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last amount calculated under that paragraph in respect of the appropriate authority;

(b)H shall apply as if the total of the community charge benefit amounts under this Part were the total of the community charge benefit amounts calculated under paragraph 5, or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last amount calculated under that paragraph in respect of all appropriate authorities to which paragraph 6 did not apply in that calculation; and

(c)J shall apply as if the amount to be deducted to determine the balance of the total amount available were the housing benefit amounts as calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the community charge benefit amounts as calculated under this Part for appropriate authorities to which, in the calculation under paragraphs 5 and 6, or, if there has been more than one calculation under those paragraphs, the last such calculation, paragraph 6 applied.

PART IIISUPPLEMENTARY AMOUNT

Supplementary amount

8. Subject to paragraphs 9 to 12, for the purposes of Part I of this Schedule the supplementary amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula—

where—

L is in the case of appropriate authorities—
(a)
in England, £577,673;
(b)
in Wales, £26,581;
(c)
in Scotland, £62,298;
M—
(a)
except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 7 is the aggregate of the amounts obtained by multiplying each figure prescribed in column (3)(a) to (b) of that Schedule for that authority by the figure appropriate to that category and authority prescribed in column (3)(a) or (b), as the case may be, of Schedule 8,
(b)
in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 9, is the aggregate amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above further multiplied by the figure specified for that authority in column (2) of Schedule 9; and
N is the total of the amounts for all appropriate authorities in the category to which the particular appropriate authority belongs specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, of the definition of L.

9. Where the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority as calculated in accordance with paragraph 8 is less than £250 for that authority it shall be £250.

10. Where the total of the supplementary amounts calculated in accordance with paragraphs 8 and 9 exceeds—

(a)in the case of appropriate authorities—

(i)in England, £577,673;

(ii)in Wales, £26,581;

(iii)in Scotland, £62,298;

the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority to which paragraph 9 does not apply shall be further calculated, subject to paragraph 11, by applying the following formula—

where—

O is the supplementary amount calculated under paragraph 8;
P is the amount which remains after deducting the aggregate of the amounts for appropriate authorities to which paragraph 9 applies from the total of supplementary amounts as specified in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), as the case may be, of the definition of L in paragraph 8; and
Q is the aggregate of all the supplementary amounts calculated under paragraph 8 for all the appropriate authorities except those appropriate authorities to which paragraph 9 applies.

11. Where the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority as further calculated in accordance with paragraph 10 is less than £250 for that authority it shall be £250.

12. Until such time as the aggregate of the authorities' supplementary amounts calculated under paragraphs 9, 10 and 11 equals the aggregate of the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of L in paragraph 8, the calculations set out in paragraphs 10 and 11 shall, subject to the modifications set out below, continue to apply to calculate the supplementary amount for those appropriate authorities to which neither paragraph 9 nor 11 has applied; and for that purpose—

(a)O shall apply as if the supplementary amount were the amount calculated under paragraph 10 or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last amount calculated under that paragraph in respect of that appropriate authority;

(b)P shall apply as if the amount to be deducted to determine the balance of the total amount available were the aggregate of the supplementary amounts for appropriate authorities to which, in the calculation under paragraphs 10 and 11 or, if there has been more than one calculation under those paragraphs, the last such calculation, paragraph 11 applied; and

(c)Q shall apply as if the total of the supplementary amounts were the total of all the supplementary amounts calculated under paragraph 10 or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last calculated under that paragraph in respect of all appropriate authorities to which paragraph 11 did not apply in that calculation.

Article 4

SCHEDULE 3MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES IN SCOTLAND

(1)	(2)
Authority granting rebates	Maximum amount of subsidy
	£
Scottish Homes	2,167,664
Cumbernauld (DC)	206,747
East Kilbride (DC)	293,149
Glenrothes	187,301
Irvine	109,552
Livingston	228,587

Article 7

SCHEDULE 4THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES

Area	Threshold (Weekly Sum) £
ENGLAND
Avon	62.79
Barking	80.58
Barnet	115.39
Bedfordshire	47.85
Berkshire	57.50
Bexley	100.73
Brent	89.44
Bromley	99.44
Buckinghamshire	51.01
Cambridgeshire	52.24
Camden	127.96
Cheshire	66.25
City	159.24
Cleveland	55.37
Cornwall	68.16
Croydon	106.80
Cumbria	35.26
Derbyshire	47.32
Devon	62.49
Dorset	59.51
Durham	47.69
Ealing	100.91
East Sussex	64.36
Enfield	85.64
Essex	54.89
Gloucestershire	56.08
Greater Manchester	70.20
Greenwich	91.92
Hackney	86.62
Hammersmith	93.98
Hampshire	59.21
Haringey	92.14
Harrow	101.39
Havering	88.89
Hereford and Worc.	53.73
Hertfordshire	55.37
Hillingdon	93.12
Hounslow	96.49
Humberside	48.36
Isle of Wight	57.16
Islington	99.50
Kensington & Chelsea	111.77
Kent	64.06
Kingston-upon-Thames	96.43
Lambeth	80.18
Lancashire	77.44
Leicestershire	47.95
Lewisham	75.45
Lincolnshire	46.46
Merseyside	60.47
Merton	97.29
Newham	73.80
Norfolk	54.40
North Yorkshire	50.38
Northamptonshire	54.85
Northumberland	45.90
Nottinghamshire	50.86
Oxfordshire	61.45
Redbridge	91.46
Richmond	106.31
Shropshire	53.92
Somerset	56.60
South Yorkshire	43.96
Southwark	87.54
Staffordshire	46.57
Suffolk	52.91
Surrey	61.23
Sutton	95.33
Tower Hamlets	98.46
Tyne & Wear	43.70
Waltham Forest	71.04
Wandsworth	100.67
Warwickshire	44.74
West Midlands	46.27
West Sussex	59.66
West Yorkshire	46.39
Westminster	142.62
Wiltshire	63.20
WALES
Clwyd	44.00
Dyfed	45.68
Gwent	52.24
Gwynedd	41.47
Mid-Glamorgan	46.34
Powys	53.28
South Glamorgan	58.76
West Glamorgan	43.15
SCOTLAND
Borders Region	84.19
Central	86.93
Dumfries & Galloway	81.50
Fife	65.24
Grampian	63.50
Highlands & W Islands	63.91
Lothian	78.14
Strathclyde	79.94
Tayside	74.69
Other Islands	56.09

ARTICLE 8

SCHEDULE 5RENT OFFICERS' DETERMINATIONS

Calculation of the appropriate amount

1. The appropriate amount—

(a)in a case to which paragraph (2), (4) or (5) of article 8 applies, shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 2, 3 or 4 as appropriate;

(b)in a case to which paragraph (3) of that article applies, shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 7.

Rent officers reasonable market rent determination

2. Subject to paragraph 6, where the rent officer determines a reasonable market rent, and does not make a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 of the Rent Officers Order, and the amount of eligible rent does not exceed the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount in respect of the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date shall be 95 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts.

3. Subject to paragraph 6, where the rent officer determines a reasonable market rent, and does not make a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 of the Rent Officers Order, and the amount of eligible rent exceeds the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount in respect of the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date shall be—

(a)where the allowance granted is the same as or is less than the excess—

(i)except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance,

(ii)where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

(b)where the allowance granted is greater than the excess—

(i)except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

(ii)where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

and in either case 95 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

Rent officers reasonable market rent and size determination

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph 6, where the rent officer makes a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 of the Rent Officers Order that the dwelling exceeds the size criteria for its occupiers and he determines a reasonable market rent for that dwelling and a comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation, the appropriate amount in respect of the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on the termination date shall be the appropriate amounts determined in accordance with the relevant sub-paragraphs of this paragraph.

(2) For the period of 13 weeks beginning on the relevant date or, if shorter, for the period beginning on that date and ending on the termination date, if the amount of the eligible rent does not exceed the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts.

(3) For the period of 13 weeks beginning on the relevant date or, if shorter, for the period beginning on that date and ending on the termination date, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts the appropriate amount shall be—

(a)where the allowance granted is the same as or is less than the excess—

(i)except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance,

(ii)where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

(b)where the allowance granted is greater than the excess—

(i)except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

(ii)where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

and in either case 95 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

(4) For the period after the end of that 13 week period, if the amount of the eligible rent does not exceed the comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the comparable market rent for suitably sized accommodation less ineligible amounts.

(5) For the period after the end of that period, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation less ineligible amounts the appropriate amount shall be—

(a)where the allowance granted is the same as or is less than the excess—

(i)except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance,

(ii)where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

(b)where the allowance granted is greater than the excess—

(i)except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

(ii)where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

and in either case 95 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

No restriction on unreasonable rents or on rent increases

5. This paragraph applies where an authority has not considered it appropriate to treat a person’s eligible rent as reduced under regulation 11 or 12 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (restrictions on unreasonable rents or on rent increases).

Modification where rent is inclusive of domestic rates

6. Where—

(a)before 1st April 1990 the rent officer had determined a reasonable market rent or a comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation, as the case may be; and

(b)an amount was deducted from the eligible rent under regulation 10(3)(a) and (6) of the Housing Benefit Regulations as in force immediately before 1st April 1990 in respect of domestic rates, the reasonable market rent or, as the case may be, the comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation used as the basis of the calculation in paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Schedule, as the case may be, shall be increased by an amount equivalent to the amounts so deducted from the eligible rent in respect of domestic rates in respect of the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on the termination date.

Failure to apply for a rent officer determination

7. For any period in respect of which article 8(3) applies, the appropriate amount shall be nil per cent. of so much of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure as is attributable to any allowances granted.

Relevant date

8. For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a)in a case where a claim for rent allowance is made on or after 1st April 1991, the relevant date is the date on which entitlement to benefit commences;

(b)in a case where—

(i)on 1st April 1991 there is current on that date a claim for an allowance in relation to the dwelling; and

(ii)there is also current on that date a rent officer’s determination in relation to the dwelling, the relevant date is 1st April 1991; and for the purposes of this head, a rent officer’s determination includes a determination, interim determination, further determination or re-determination made under the Rent Officers Order, save that where a determination made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order had not taken effect by 31st March 1991, the relevant date will be 13 weeks after the relevant date determined under the Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1991(51);

(c)in a case where—

(i)during the relevant year there has been a relevant change relating to a rent allowance within the meaning of regulation 12A(8) of the Housing Benefit Regulations(52); and

(ii)by virtue of regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officer) an application for a determination in respect of that dwelling is required;

the relevant date is the date on which the relevant change of circumstances takes effect for the purposes of regulation 68 of the Housing Benefit Regulations(53) (date on which change of circumstances is to take effect) or, if the relevant change of circumstances does not affect entitlement to an allowance, the Monday following the date on which the relevant change occurred;

(d)in a case where—

(i)the tenancy is not an excluded tenancy within the meaning of Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit Regulations(54) (excluded tenancies); and

(ii)by virtue of regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (requirements to refer to rent officers) an application for a determination in respect of that dwelling is not required; but nevertheless

(iii)the authority applies for a rent officer’s determination in respect of that dwelling,

the relevant date is the Monday following the date on or after 1st April 1991 on which the authority applied to the rent officer for the determination;

(e)in a case where a rent officer makes both an interim determination and a further determination in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order, the relevant date is—

(i)if the reasonable market rent determined under the futher determination is higher than or equal to the amount determined under the interim determination, the date determined under the foregoing sub-paragraphs of this paragraph as appropriate;

(ii)if the reasonable market rent determined under the further determination is lower than the amount determined under the interim determination, the Monday following the date on which the further determination is made by the rent officer;

(f)in a case where the rent officer has made a re-determination under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Rent Officers Order, the relevant date is—

(i)if the reasonable market rent or, as the case may be, comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation determined under the re-determination is higher than or equal to the amount determined under the original determination, the date determined under the foregoing sub-paragraphs of this paragraph as appropriate;

(ii)if the reasonable market rent or, as the case may be, comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation determined under the re-determination is lower than the amount determined under the original determination, the Monday following the date on which the re-determination is made by the rent officer.

Termination date

9. For the purposes of this Schedule “termination date” means—

(a)31st March 1992; or

(b)where the rent officer’s determination replaces a determination made in relation to the same dwelling, the relevant date of the new determination by the rent officer in relation to the same dwelling as defined by paragraphs 8(a) or (d) of this Schedule; or

(c)the date on which the allowance ceases to be paid in respect of the tenancy,

whichever is earlier.

Apportionment

10. For the purposes of this Schedule where more than one person is liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling the “comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation” or “reasonable market rent” shall be apportioned on the same basis as such payments are apportioned under regulation 10(5) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (rent).

Interpretation

11. In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

“comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation” means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order;

“ineligible amounts” means—

(a)

where—

(i)

the rent determination was made before 1st April 1991 or in the case of a redetermination the original rent determination was made before 1st April 1991, any amount which the rent officer determines under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order(55) is attributable to the provision of services ineligible to be met by housing benefit, except to the extent that it relates to fuel charges, plus the amount in respect of such charges ineligible to be met under Part II of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (payments in respect of fuel charges);

(ii)

the rent determination was made on or after 1st April 1991, any amount which the rent officer determines under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order is attributable to the provision of services ineligible to be met by housing benefit, plus the amount in respect of fuel charges ineligible to be met under Part II of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (payments in respect of fuel charges);

(b)

any amount in respect of amounts ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1A of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (amount ineligible for meals)(56);

(c)

where the dwelling is a hostel within the meaning of regulation 12A of the Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officers), any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (ineligible service charges), other than under sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph;

“reasonable market rent” means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order;

and other expressions used in this Schedule and in the Rent Officers Order have the same meanings in this Schedule as they have in that Order.

Article 10

SCHEDULE 6THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT REBATES IN HOMELESS CASES

(1)	(2)
	Threshold (Weekly sum)
Area	£
ENGLAND
Adur	42.45
Allerdate	35.65
Ainwick	36.52
Amber Valley	29.68
Arun	51.87
Ashfield	29.30
Ashford	50.81
Aylesbury Vale	39.74
Babergh	42.92
Barking	79.80
Barnet	79.80
Barnsley	31.36
Barrow-in-Furness	42.69
Basildon	43.64
Basingstoke and Deane	44.90
Bassetlaw	30.13
Bath	40.01
Berwick-upon-Tweed	26.47
Beverley	28.07
Bexley	79.80
Birmingham	38.91
Blaby	24.04
Blackburn	43.06
Blackpool	36.53
Blyth Valley	32.67
Bolsover	30.98
Bolton	33.49
Boothferry	31.44
Boston	32.42
Bournemouth	57.24
Bracknell Forest	41.60
Bradford	38.96
Braintree	39.75
Breckland	38.20
Brent	79.80
Brentwood	51.56
Bridgnorth	33.57
Brighton	47.29
Bristol	35.90
Broadiand	34.07
Bromley	79.80
Bromsgrove	30.26
Broxboume	52.71
Broxtowe	36.40
Burnley	38.89
Bury	30.46
Calderdale	36.93
Cambridge	39.49
Camden	79.80
Cannock Chase	35.71
Canterbury	56.18
Caradon	37.08
Carlisle	33.54
Carrick	35.74
Castle Morpeth	35.03
Castle Point	44.28
Charnwood	30.41
Chelmsford	40.98
Cheltenham	40.10
Cherwell	39.31
Chester	27.71
Chester-le-Street	36.17
Chesterfield	31.11
Chichester	46.06
Chiltern	41.70
Chorley	32.02
Christchurch	43.51
City of London	79.80
Cleethorpes	33.67
Colchester	38.07
Congleton	28.28
Copeland	35.82
Corby	30.20
Cotswold	46.29
Coventry	41.74
Craven	33.16
Crawley	43.67
Crewe and Nantwich	29.68
Croydon	79.80
Dacorum	39.79
Darlington	31.11
Dartford	46.90
Daventry	35.38
Derby	33.08
Derbyshire Dales	31.91
Derwentside	40.50
Doncaster	28.16
Dover	52.19
Dudley	33.36
Durham	32.91
Ealing	79.80
Easington	37.33
East Cambridgshire	38.49
East Devon	35.01
East Dorset	45.58
East Hampshire	48.05
East Hertfordshire	44.19
East Lindsey	34.00
East Northamptonshire	33.26
East Staffordshire	35.35
East Yorkshire	34.82
Eastbourne	44.35
Eastleigh	42.23
Eden	33.76
Ellesmere Port and Neston	23.77
Elmbridge	53.24
Enfield	79.80
Epping Forest	42.23
Epsom and Ewell	55.31
Erewash	31.00
Exeter	32.37
Fareham	40.92
Fenland	32.33
Forest Heath	38.15
Forest of Dean	34.14
Fylde	34.76
Gateshead	35.63
Gedling	30.98
Gillingham	44.75
Glanford	27.73
Gloucester	43.55
Gosport	42.61
Gravesham	46.36
Great Grimsby	34.54
Great Yarmouth	32.50
Greenwich	79.80
Guildford	50.90
Hackney	79.80
Halton	32.63
Hambleton	34.61
Harborough	33.90
Haringey	79.80
Harlow	38.27
Harrogate	34.89
Harrow	79.80
Hart	40.68
Hartlepool	36.62
Hastings	40.08
Havant	45.90
Havering	79.80
Hereford	31.36
Hertsmere	45.37
High Peak	35.45
Hillingdon	47.88
Hinckley and Bosworth	35.62
Holderness	33.73
Horsham	47.55
Hounslow	79.80
Hove	42.07
Huntingdonshire	36.35
Hyndburn	41.36
Ipswich	37.95
Isles of Scilly	44.01
Islington	79.80
Kennet	39.83
Kensington & Chelsea	79.80
Kerrier	35.98
Kettering	34.00
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	34.28
Kingston upon Hull	32.07
Kingston upon Tbames	79.80
Kingswood	36.04
Kirklees	36.52
Knowsley	38.76
Lambeth	79.80
Lancaster	36.26
Langbaurgh-on-Tees	38.02
Leeds	27.20
Leicester	40.90
Leominster	33.79
Lewes	41.42
Lewisham	79.80
Lichfield	29.23
Lincoln	34.06
Liverpool	28.16
Luton	46.40
Macclesfield	28.60
Maidstone	38.26
Maldon	40.70
Malvern Hills	43.64
Manchester	36.64
Mansfield	35.79
Medina	44.62
Melton	34.12
Mendip	40.46
Merton	79.80
Mid Bedfordshire	34.98
Mid Devon	37.29
Mid Suffolk	40.92
Mid Sussex	37.98
Middlesbrough	45.18
Milton Keynes	36.88
Mole Valley	37.05
New Forest	47.59
Newark and Sherwood	30.92
Newbury	38.05
Newcastle upon Tyne	36.53
Newcastle-under-Lyme	26.08
Newham	79.80
North Bedfordshire	33.96
North Cornwall	40.09
North Devon	35.80
North Dorset	40.21
North East Derbyshire	29.92
North Hertfordshire	40.26
North Kesteven	33.21
North Norfolk	36.59
North Shropshire	30.32
North Tyneside	30.60
North Warwickshire	33.02
North West Leicestershire	31.92
North Wiltshire	40.30
Northampton	36.16
Northavon	43.56
Norwich	37.19
Nottingham	37.71
Nuneaton and Bedworth	35.16
Oadby and Wigston	31.42
Oldham	36.07
Oswestry	30.12
Oxford	32.82
Pendle	38.84
Penwith	37.88
Peterborough	35.72
Plymouth	35.79
Poole	44.24
Portsmouth	43.71
Preston	41.27
Purbeck	40.27
Reading	41.53
Redbridge	79.80
Redditch	34.82
Reigate and Banstead	50.96
Restormel	33.09
Ribble Valley	34.18
Richmondshire	38.29
Richmond upon Thames	79.80
Rochdale	37.34
Rochester upon Medway	45.07
Rochford	47.12
Rossendale	38.82
Rother	40.03
Rotherham	23.85
Rugby	38.14
Runnymede	52.63
Rushcliffe	33.14
Rushmoor	40.34
Rutland	35.09
Ryedale	37.09
Salford	35.86
Salisbury	37.94
Sandwell	41.16
Scarborough	35.22
Scunthorpe	32.67
Sedgefield	32.21
Sedgemoor	38.87
Sefton	36.15
Selby	35.21
Sevenoaks	30.05
Sheffield	33.98
Shepway	43.20
Shrewsbury and Atcham	29.95
Slough	39.94
Solihull	40.34
South Bedfordshire	43.78
South Bucks	68.11
South Cambridgeshire	42.39
South Derbyshire	32.91
South Hams	49.79
South Herefordshire	35.08
South Holland	31.58
South Kesteven	37.03
South Lakeland	33.28
South Norfolk	39.88
South Northamptonshire	34.50
South Oxfordshire	43.19
South Ribble	35.71
South Shropshire	38.55
South Somerset	36.65
South Staffordshire	34.41
South Tyneside	29.17
South Wight	43.91
Southampton	39.47
Southend-on-Sea	49.97
Southwark	79.80
Spelthorne	59.89
St Albans	48.14
St Edmundsbury	34.77
St Helens	35.27
Stafford	31.13
Staffordshire Moorlands	27.37
Stevenage	38.38
Stockport	34.65
Stockton-on-Tees	36.03
Stoke-on-Trent	33.60
Stratford-on-Avon	33.63
Stroud	34.92
Suffolk Coastal	36.08
Sunderland	24.60
Surrey Heath	43.10
Sutton	79.80
Swale	47.40
Tameside	37.89
Tamworth	43.21
Tamdridge	39.37
Taunton Deane	35.46
Teesdale	29.54
Teignbridge	41.27
Tendring	41.25
Test Valley	48.57
Tewkesbury	37.93
Thamesdown	34.37
Thanet	37.92
The Wrekin	40.21
Three Rivers	43.77
Thurrock	40.59
Tonbridge and Malling	46.16
Torbay	53.50
Torridge	39.41
Tower Hamlets	79.80
Trafford	34.43
Tunbridge Wells	43.69
Tynedale	28.82
Uttlesford	41.43
Vale of White Horse	37.96
Vale Royal	28.44
Wakefield	34.16
Walsall	31.08
Waltham Forest	79.80
Wandsworth	79.80
Wansbeek	32.11
Wansdyke	34.98
Warrington	30.76
Warwick	38.14
Watford	40.04
Waveney	34.15
Waverley	48.54
Wealden	41.59
Wear Valley	37.50
Wellingborough	34.11
Welwyn Hatfield	38.96
West Devon	39.99
West Dorset	40.49
West Lancashire	35.23
West Lindsey	32.65
West Oxfordshire	42.98
West Somerset	40.23
West Wiltshire	41.04
Westminster	79.80
Weymouth and Portland	39.96
Wigan	31.60
Winchester	45.34
Windsor and Maidenhead	42.18
Wirral	42.29
Woking	48.82
Wokingham	46.35
Wolverhampton	40.00
Woodspring	41.06
Worcester	36.08
Worthing	48.38
Wychavon	35.20
Wycombe	41.33
Wyre	33.74
Wyre Forest	41.09
York	34.79
WALES
Aberconwy	37.50
Alyn and Deeside	31.72
Arfon	35.41
Blaenau Gwent	43.75
Brecknock	36.45
Cardiff	45.39
Carmarthen	37.57
Ceredigion	39.24
Colwyn	41.16
Cynon Valley	38.83
Delyn	37.23
Dinefwr	32.98
Dwyfor	35.82
Glyndwr	37.03
lslwyn	37.15
Llanelli	38.67
Lliw Valley	41.32
Meirionnydd	36.90
Merthyr Tydfil	35.13
Monmouth	41.76
Montgomeryshire	40.21
Neath	37.98
Newport	42.06
Ogwr	39.31
Port Talbot	41.20
Preseli Pembs	35.07
Radnorshire	39.84
Rhondda	44.43
Rhuddian	31.65
Rhymney Valley	44.80
South Pmbs	38.11
Swansea	39.45
Taff Ely	40.15
Torfaen	43.74
Vale of Glam	39.15
Wrexham Maelor	31.42
Ynys Mon	39.10
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen	32.31
Angus	27.85
Annandale and Eskdale	35.52
Argyll and Bute	35.38
Badenoch and Strathspey	26.38
Banff and Buchan	33.12
Bearsden and Milngavie	36.89
Berwickshire	31.63
Caithness	32.59
Clackmannan	35.34
Clydebank	42.70
Clydesdale	31.28
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	34.57
Cumnock and Doon Valley	28.30
Cunninghame	30.16
Dumbarton	38.40
Dundee City	42.41
Dumfermline	32.21
East Kilbride	35.13
East Lothian	32.82
Eastwood	27.22
Edinburgh	41.00
Ettrick and Lauderdale	27.06
Falkirk	31.28
Glasgow City	40.34
Gordon	31.94
Hamilton	32.27
Inverclyde	28.13
Inverness	34.68
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	28.63
Kincardine and Deeside	28.43
Kirkcaldy	34.12
Kyle and Carrick	30.76
Lochaber	34.06
Midlothian	26.07
Monklands	33.30
Moray	34.73
Motherwell	30.46
Nairn	31.28
Nithsdale	30.77
North East Fife	34.45
Orkney Islands	38.71
Perth and Kinross	30.36
Renfrew	30.59
Ross and Cromarty	35.00
Roxburgh	34.49
Shetlands Islands	32.54
Skye and Lochaish	34.80
Stewartry	35.54
Stirling	33.89
Strathkelvin	32.52
Sutheriand	32.04
Tweeddale	25.34
West Lothian	29.47
Western Isles	36.58
Wigtown	31.12

Schedules 1 and 2

SCHEDULE 7PRESCRIBED CASELOAD AND CLAIMS FIGURES

(1) Authority	(2) housing Benefit Caseload						(3) Community Charge Benefit Caseload		(4) No of New Claims
	(a) Income Support Cases		(b) Non-Income support Cases
			(Earners)		(Non-Earners)
	(i) Local Authority Tenants (Rent Rebates)	(ii) Private Tenants (Rent Allowances)	(i) Local Authority Tenants (Rent Rebates)	(ii) Private Tenants (Rent Allowances)	(iii) Local Authority Tenants (Rent Rebates)	(iv) Private Tenants (Rent Allowances)	(a) Income Support Cases	(b) Non-Income Support Cases	(a) Housing Benefit	(b) Community Charge Benefit
ENGLAND
Adur	1044.50	284.13	105.56	34.25	940.06	480.88	1732.63	2236.00	1246.00	1246.00
Allerdale	1875.50	1804.88	174.25	134.75	1161.00	993.44	5524.13	8359.69	3427.00	3427.00
Alnwick	817.2	279.95	85.25	24.75	672.00	250.63	1702.94	2686.63	987.00	987.00
Amber Valley	1973.00	629.38	159.75	85.19	1862.25	788.25	4998.63	9050.94	4726.00	4726.00
Arun	1699.73	1144.19	248.50	177.25	1064.00	1250.69	5032.69	6660.94	1905.00	1905.00
Ashfield	2900.75	621.81	176.00	69.44	2491.75	737.44	5893.56	12303.63	4182.00	4182.00
Ashford	2077.50	364.00	349.50	74.63	1534.50	380.44	4188.00	5007.06	2881.00	2881.00
Aylesbury Vale	2120.25	489.19	141.50	47.06	1727.25	415.60	4212.94	6811.00	2916.00	2916.00
Babergh	1372.13	356.25	235.25	73.63	1128.75	373.38	3040.88	4854.25	1912.00	1912.00
Barking	7919.75	424.88	213.50	19.56	4775.75	393.50	11764.63	8810.56	6524.00	6524.00
Barnet	4966.38	3001.81	454.75	274.50	2897.50	2216.38	12857.94	11289.13	13322.04	13322.04
Barnsley	8656.25	1885.25	655.00	116.06	8563.00	1584.25	15743.00	19642.06	7968.00	7968.00
Barrow in Furness	1795.81	908.94	180.00	58.75	955.00	495.88	5676.50	4882.63	5220.05	5220.05
Basildon	2159.00	546.63	152.00	31.44	1144.00	759.81	9729.63	9880.75	4325.00	4325.00
Basingstoke	2151.81	512.38	192.00	33.63	1661.25	390.81	3636.44	4258.19	4969.00	4969.00
Bassetlaw	2924.00	747.25	194.00	59.56	2391.00	573.8	5865.25	7568.94	13986.00	13986.00
Bath	2318.38	997.69	270.50	235.81	1337.13	1474.81	5080.31	5351.00	5994.00	5994.00
Berwick-upon-Tweed	873.00	209.69	82.75	32.25	574.00	166.88	1524.94	2321.38	1472.00	1472.00
Beverley	1354.13	530.13	91.50	34.56	941.50	561.13	4304.25	4655.69	2410.00	2410.00
Bexley	2816.50	2110.31	160.13	151.88	1764.19	1541.63	9084.31	7130.31	7577.00	7577.00
Birmingham	48840.35	16594.81	3520.25	729.00	21335.75	5678.69	80674.06	54761.94	95206.00	95206.00
Blaby	651.25	262.69	30.50	26.50	577.06	396.75	4025.44	4646.56	7513.00	7513.00
Blackburn	4562.50	1561.25	414.00	102.81	2508.50	835.19	9325.75	13197.50	7676.00	7676.00
Blackpool	2687.88	4013.19	279.00	361.94	1557.50	2077.94	12186.31	16321.63	11879.00	11879.00
Blyth Valley	2745.50	999.25	257.50	95.06	2437.25	613.31	5282.75	10352.63	4702.00	4702.00
Bolsover	1871.75	492.88	122.00	41.00	2507.00	619.00	3966.63	3582.50	2054.00	2054.00
Bolton	10308.50	2667.50	784.00	208.69	5219.50	1656.50	19625.00	27108.44	13462.00	13462.00
Boothferry	1519.50	429.19	122.25	50.69	1022.25	326.06	3489.94	6137.50	2650.00	2650.00
Boston	1743.00	260.94	170.25	38.38	1134.25	243.00	3363.69	3648.63	2571.00	2571.00
Bournemouth	2565.50	4789.38	393.75	600.69	1502.00	4180.63	12307.63	10679.31	5182.00	5182.00
Bracknell	1744.81	461.56	251.50	66.88	1477.75	322.19	2867.13	5323.06	2237.00	2237.00
Bradford	14984.44	6980.63	1188.75	489.75	6795.25	3806.25	32506.56	25306.50	39500.00	39500.00
Braintree	2457.75	409.13	229.75	56.38	2141.25	494.94	3006.88	5284.81	4951.10	4951.10
Brent	6351.00	7512.75	553.50	721.19	2682.25	2089.75	4328.25	5596.19	7200.00	7200.00
Brentwood	886.75	229.56	117.31	24.25	840.00	397.50	2257.56	3099.56	2627.00	2627.00
Bridgnorth	918.00	255.88	80.00	42.44	657.00	219.19	2057.88	2624.63	1527.00	1527.00
Brighton	4476.00	4072.00	538.06	514.69	2376.13	3478.81	10216.00	10743.44	15845.00	15845.00
Bristol	13566.06	6580.69	817.75	494.94	6983.50	5205.94	23376.00	30533.38	32979.00	32979.00
Broadland	526.50	946.31	48.00	154.25	419.50	1013.69	3261.31	4526.69	3830.81	3830.81
Bromley	4842.94	2412.69	446.31	172.38	3045.13	1728.44	109700.88	11919.00	8564.00	8564.00
Bromsgrove	1113.00	278.06	88.00	38.13	801.75	471.75	3434.81	4970.38	2616.00	2616.00
Broxbourne	1453.75	290.13	119.50	21.75	1032.75	405.50	3022.13	4662.00	1625.00	1625.00
Broxtowe	1964.13	758.88	179.06	86.63	1506.13	808.81	4500.25	9364.63	2778.00	2778.00
Burnley	2379.00	1388.69	224.25	75.25	1620.25	638.50	6027.44	6220.50	3670.00	3970.00
Bury	4517.00	1425.50	362.25	116.56	2381.25	1141.44	9735.00	15946.50	6702.00	6702.00
Calderdale	5575.38	1810.44	441.50	181.00	3278.25	1425.31	11957.06	11062.31	17217.00	17217.00
Cambridge	2406.75	1148.81	398.50	292.13	1796.25	1392.88	4176.31	7269.50	8103.00	8103.00
Camden	10216.25	5281.31	949.69	700.25	4268.13	1952.88	14628.81	9962.19	10622.00	10622.00
Cannock Chase	2375.25	387.75	242.00	44.09	2181.81	502.75	5390.00	6650.13	6074.00	6074.00
Canterbury	2086.75	1428.00	415.25	256.63	1479.50	1967.50	5486.25	9954.63	6538.00	6538.00
Caradon	1298.81	481.81	175.25	111.38	876.44	334.95	3315.63	2718.00	1660.00	1660.00
Carlisle	2991.00	869.81	337.25	123.44	2070.52	625.75	4928.06	8981.44	5140.00	5140.00
Carrick	1712.81	824.31	164.75	206.38	950.06	585.88	3972.38	3498.56	4179.79	4179.79
Castle Morpeth	917.25	195.94	116.00	22.75	980.75	235.06	1765.94	4215.06	2046.00	2046.00
Castle Point	849.56	324.06	73.50	19.13	461.56	636.13	3842.63	5144.56	3995.09	3995.09
Charnwood	2210.56	638.88	177.75	100.00	2174.50	1266.81	4642.44	10406.06	7604.75	7604.75
Chelmsford	2370.38	555.13	170.69	39.75	1994.00	1102.75	4632.75	5538.19	4808.00	4808.00
Cheltenham	2059.88	982.25	573.00	332.31	865.81	740.50	4551.13	4968.13	4572.00	4572.00
Cherwell	1765.50	659.38	348.50	143.81	1363.75	479.81	3780.38	8718.88	3048.00	3048.00
Chester	3066.75	1132.94	278.50	144.63	1535.00	1180.94	6855.19	7401.56	16816.00	16816.00
Chester le Street	1919.75	181.88	153.25	13.75	1786.00	213.44	6239.88	9029.44	2381.00	2381.00
Chesterfield	3695.00	887.13	342.75	111.50	3057.25	706.81	6052.63	8092.81	3500.00	3500.00
Chichester	1536.00	529.63	449.00	160.44	1841.50	805.81	3177.63	4095.50	4429.47	4429.47
Chiltern	1.00	1137.31	0.00	138.50	0.00	1061.81	1878.31	3661.81	2641.00	2641.00
Chorley	1483.00	1185.69	73.25	100.75	878.25	621.13	4285.44	7700.38	3532.00	3532.00
Christchurch	486.56	342.50	94.50	51.25	366.25	456.56	1761.06	1694.56	1040.00	1040.00
City of London	583.25	9.25	41.75	0.50	208.25	5.25	506.00	213.00	590.00	590.00
Cleethorpes	1288.25	863.94	86.25	72.50	695.75	655.44	4691.44	4667.94	2543.00	2543.00
Colchester	2797.75	1088.56	328.25	194.63	1583.75	1068.81	6070.31	10672.44	5675.00	5675.00
Congleton	1222.00	209.50	103.25	36.88	1064.50	364.38	2739.00	6401.25	1562.00	1562.00
Copeland	1573.25	1140.13	118.25	40.75	1237.25	633.38	4145.38	4570.38	1339.00	1339.00
Corby	2144.06	456.00	158.25	17.63	1155.13	149.63	4388.81	3323.28	3060.00	3060.00
Cotswold	1115.00	314.31	183.00	82.75	941.50	320.19	2057.06	2770.94	1032.00	1032.00
Coventry	9963.13	5515.88	751.31	329.44	4369.56	4035.19	24062.25	18739.75	31442.00	31442.00
Craven	560.06	316.00	76.25	78.88	500.75	311.75	1630.56	2418.38	1243.00	1243.00
Crawley	1840.13	431.56	184.94	57.69	1877.13	254.81	3215.69	3960.81	2883.00	2883.00
Crewe & Nantwich	2391.25	603.25	180.75	82.94	1393.75	714.94	5057.75	8092.63	2351.00	2351.00
Croydon	6390.75	3611.63	670.25	457.00	3170.50	2172.00	15431.88	11256.00	17363.00	17363.00
Decorum	2461.75	587.75	273.50	58.13	2473.25	578.63	4169.00	3380.75	7131.00	7131.00
Darlington	3225.00	1324.50	122.00	310.19	1521.50	793.88	5176.50	5355.81	6258.03	6258.03
Dartford	1520.31	388.19	102.00	46.69	1227.00	471.69	2833.50	3358.38	1967.00	1967.00
Daventry	1034.75	178.63	116.75	37.31	903.00	229.31	2213.38	3322.38	1075.00	1075.00
Derby	6668.63	3630.56	303.00	261.25	3514.50	1891.81	17230.19	14785.06	8730.00	8730.00
Derbyshire Dales	977.25	303.81	68.00	39.31	829.75	365.63	2421.56	4178.94	1143.00	1143.00
Derwentside	4250.75	676.94	326.75	55.94	3226.75	578.56	7440.19	9350.50	3628.00	3628.00
Doncaster	10790.75	2748.50	519.75	142.44	7825.25	1699.81	20395.25	21787.75	21829.00	21829.00
Dover	1586.13	1012.31	306.56	168.06	1662.75	944.25	4736.44	5521.63	6442.00	6442.00
Dudley	11266.25	1516.25	584.25	128.81	6939.63	1554.25	19031.25	25440.19	8229.00	8229.00
Durham	2895.25	542.88	225.25	61.94	2638.25	501.63	4697.38	6567.06	2767.00	2767.00
Ealing	7037.31	5299.94	590.96	458.94	3230.38	2240.31	16385.25	11255.69	40820.00	40820.00
Easington	5008.00	545.50	456.75	44.25	5110.00	864.50	7809.00	10766.75	2733.00	2733.00
East Cambridgeshire	1051.94	263.13	104.94	57.38	1070.25	229.56	2084.31	3035.88	1336.00	1336.00
East devon	1449.50	779.19	187.19	222.25	681.25	1333.06	4407.19	7168.25	12673.00	12673.00
East Dorset	718.06	356.56	92.00	69.69	537.00	565.94	1273.13	2392.63	2291.00	2291.00
East Hampshire	1045.69	337.13	192.44	62.25	872.94	388.38	2209.56	3759.75	3113.56	3113.56
East Hertfordshire	1609.44	314.13	150.50	38.25	1494.38	444.00	2708.81	4137.88	2212.00	2212.00
East Lindsey	1799.75	1401.38	98.75	153.06	1196.75	955.44	6120.88	9250.00	2784.00	2784.00
East Northampton	1180.13	239.75	111.50	32.63	1000.63	305.88	2664.88	3617.38	1433.00	1433.00
East Staffordshire	1806.00	574.69	135.50	46.81	1326.50	557.44	1695.44	4858.75	3871.13	3871.13
East Yorkshire	1459.63	990.50	198.00	226.38	1128.50	712.81	4181.88	6060.19	5250.52	5250.52
Eastbourne	1651.50	1289.88	362.25	317.00	953.75	1439.75	4451.63	6322.75	4468.00	4468.00
Eastleigh	1311.50	544.19	137.50	64.13	1130.00	628.38	3726.69	4938.50	4824.00	4824.0
Eden	618.50	282.00	97.00	51.25	399.50	233.38	1311.50	1969.13	647.00	647.00
Ellesmere Port	2580.00	446.19	130.50	17.94	1128.75	342.69	4858.19	6859.63	5737.37	5737.37
Elmbridge	1286.13	517.25	196.50	81.63	1142.25	665.25	2560.63	4147.13	1880.00	1880.00
Enfield	6071.69	2153.75	694.13	203.00	3488.88	2255.06	12708.69	11959.31	11431.00	11431.00
Epping Forest	2344.25	442.19	160.75	44.50	2064.25	642.00	4726.19	5598.50	1299.00	1299.00
Epsom & Ewell	525.00	315.50	100.50	38.00	430.31	483.00	1800.25	2632.81	1544.00	1544.00
Erewash	2539.50	794.63	216.50	79.31	1722.75	675.81	5696.88	8328.63	12579.00	12579.00
Exeter	2213.00	1808.81	166.38	300.50	1115.31	1605.50	5444.81	5423.94	6581.00	6581.00
Fareham	932.81	314.06	119.25	29.50	646.50	441.81	2776.88	3810.81	2484.00	2484.00
Fenland	1731.25	483.38	138.75	75.00	1082.00	510.50	4172.13	4565.75	8164.00	8164.00
Forest Heath	974.00	223.44	105.00	34.69	694.75	192.94	1980.94	2735.88	1410.00	1410.00
Forest of Dean	1402.13	306.63	79.00	37.50	891.50	335.63	3211.25	3939.38	3798.00	3798.00
Fylde	714.25	785.69	95.88	198.88	526.00	551.88	2758.19	5302.13	2226.00	2226.00
Gateshead	11954.56	3065.81	824.56	200.63	7642.06	1734.56	20609.63	19174.06	11611.00	11611.00
Gedling	1332.19	833.44	126.50	124.31	1288.50	892.69	4061.13	7187.25	3415.00	3415.00
Gillingham	1316.50	670.50	108.63	80.06	866.50	452.25	3987.75	3305.94	2443.00	2443.00
Glanford	1121.00	419.00	72.75	48.81	735.50	369.13	3036.50	2786.19	2586.00	2586.00
Gloucester	2288.94	1081.44	255.63	103.13	1202.13	688.06	4982.13	4799.69	4798.00	4798.00
Gosport	1452.50	387.88	268.75	69.50	1032.00	522.38	3165.88	2076.38	2486.00	2486.00
Gravesham	2133.50	569.81	168.74	61.19	1679.50	474.13	3987.31	4108.50	11347.00	11347.00
Great Yarmouth	2679.94	1420.56	165.25	122.38	1564.50	631.50	6374.25	6195.13	4225.00	4225.00
Greenwich	8824.75	2545.00	441.25	184.75	4421.00	1440.25	11081.00	7686.00	12897.26	12897.26
Grimsby	3595.50	1850.75	199.25	127.63	1688.75	1075.25	8715.00	7588.63	5137.00	5137.00
Guildford	1513.00	565.44	350.00	119.00	1422.75	1064.00	3219.19	6368.00	12334.00	12334.00
Hackney	14015.75	5190.25	584.00	315.50	4104.00	1748.00	19219.00	7978.00	20823.00	20823.00
Halton	3317.69	3262.75	216.00	242.25	1715.75	1444.25	10569.94	9689.50	4339.00	4339.00
Hambleton	1153.50	302.44	141.25	59.44	927.25	295.38	2390.94	2151.31	816.00	816.00
Hammersmith	5802.50	5040.25	433.50	412.25	2619.50	1944.75	10027.00	5885.00	11148.00	11148.00
Harborugh	809.25	194.69	90.25	28.06	707.00	255.38	1769.44	3160.44	4739.00	4739.00
Haringey	9019.94	9503.44	876.50	1074.50	4198.81	3055.63	20039.38	13438.44	21287.31	21287.31
Harlow	3134.50	243.19	290.25	23.00	2353.75	212.00	4155.69	5232.75	4091.00	4091.00
Harrogate	1591.25	1148.19	227.38	282.44	1338.25	930.81	4008.19	6148.63	3920.00	3920.00
Harrow	2483.50	1295.44	215.31	118.50	1594.63	1325.00	7132.94	5788.94	2578.00	2578.00
Hart	616.00	209.69	73.81	41.31	499.50	262.25	1420.69	3263.38	904.00	904.00
Hartlepool	4767.75	1500.56	345.50	119.19	2392.25	824.25	9172.81	8897.69	9214.00	9214.00
Hastings	1794.25	1717.56	177.25	271.19	886.75	1069.44	5688.81	5947.88	11264.00	11264.00
Havant	1195.38	587.31	98.88	43.69	702.25	386.63	3407.94	3460.19	3750.00	3750.00
Havering	4177.50	934.63	462.75	104.38	3239.00	1469.56	7860.88	11497.19	7138.00	7138.00
Hereford	1367.50	616.50	156.25	96.94	765.25	360.25	2964.75	3110.69	6939.00	6939.00
Hertsmere	1625.31	317.63	158.13	39.44	1490.63	409.50	2971.19	4549.19	2425.00	2425.00
High Peak	1875.50	550.88	113.50	64.56	1088.00	502.56	3857.88	4614.38	3250.00	3250.00
Hillingdon	3964.25	1153.25	463.00	134.56	3210.81	1707.94	7188.00	7683.31	16728.00	16728.00
Hinckley & Bosworth	1201.50	283.00	46.50	29.00	1157.25	444.31	2979.75	4292.81	3263.00	3263.00
Holderness	757.31	303.13	73.94	44.63	578.00	293.13	2027.44	4111.94	592.00	592.00
Horsham	1294.06	398.19	253.06	57.69	1116.88	389.00	2688.50	3875.13	3542.40	3542.40
Hounslow	4700.06	1675.44	153.25	100.81	1479.81	945.44	10425.25	9414.31	15659.00	15659.00
Hove	1444.19	2560…81	116.06	305.88	862.25	1571.50	5989.50	6958.94	6625.00	6625.00
Huntingdon	2164.13	615.06	205.44	100.31	1439.00	512.50	4488.94	4989.75	1625.00	1625.00
Hyndburn	1524.25	668.94	224.25	79.38	1217.31	583.94	5759.94	6322.38	3000.00	3000.00
Ipswich	3184.75	1429.38	272.44	229.94	1983.50	1028.06	5857.63	6554.44	5013.00	5013.00
Isles of Scilly	14.25	12.00	6.75	1.00	15.75	15.63	32.75	100.13	60.00	60.00
Islington	12129.56	4600.25	896.25	501.50	4740.25	1652.00	12209.81	6995.00	18019.00	18019.00
Kennet	1094.44	285.06	260.19	85.75	1066.31	253.19	2124.75	4406.94	1011.00	1011.00
Kensington & Chelsea	3104.44	4709.31	495.50	445.25	1228.25	1648.19	6905.50	4115.19	3602.00	3602.00
Kerrier	1671.25	1142.25	111.25	129.19	832.75	656..88	5705.75	6672.81	7197.00	7197.00
Kettering	1746.69	423..94	145.25	46.25	1203.00	487.88	4289.38	4734.38	3516.0	3516.00
Kingston-upon-Hull	17561.50	4534.50	1022.00	297.69	7917.25	2285.44	26630.00	18854.13	11820.00	11820.00
Kingston-upon-Thames	1914.63	848.00	222.25	110.31	1453.75	1999.94	1734.38	2709.50	6968.00	6968.00
Kingswood	1567.69	432.94	492.81	113.38	534.50	251.31	1459.38	1661.75	3900.00	3900.00
Kirklees	11882.75	3019.94	740.00	269.81	7205.25	2382.69	18434.69	19697.25	21617.00	21617.00
Knowsley	13354.00	2177.75	506.50	91.56	4234.50	1122.38	21260.00	14888.44	8853.00	8853.00
Lambeth	15494.25	5464.56	1091.00	376.25	4992.00	1904.50	13651.06	13612.00	11548.00	11548.00
Lancaster	2075.81	2862.63	181.00	305.38	1132.38	1811.19	8494.19	9268.44	18466.00	18466.00
Langbaurgh	6390.25	1894.50	434.75	126.13	3160.56	565.50	12390.50	9978.69	9729.00	9729.00
Leeds	29416.50	9291.44	3107.50	935.88	17853.50	7388.31	44115.44	51059.19	83432.00	83432.00
Leicester	11579.13	3874.25	1492.75	425.38	6261.25	2673.00	23482.38	24056.38	41213.00	41213.00
Leominster	627.94	275.63	67.25	29.50	357.75	163.00	1994.56	899.00	860.00	860.00
Lewes	1126.94	583.38	217.00	83.44	931.56	829.25	3206.06	4872.25	586.00	586.00
Lewisham	13353.81	6294.56	1046.19	807.50	5667.75	3243.50	15719.88	9208.19	44572.00	44572.00
Lichfield	1542.75	342.75	143.75	51.00	1098.75	463.38	3198.00	5892.63	2162.00	2162.00
Lincoln	3783.81	1606.75	371.75	123.38	1865.88	618.19	6976.31	5655.69	4368.0	4368.00
Liverpool	27456.25	19551.00	1494.25	930.50	12220.75	7979.25	59014.00	53633.00	34362.00	34362.00
Luton	3812.75	1944.31	251.25	78.00	2135.25	1210.81	9423.31	8222.81	5152.00	5152.00
Macclesfield	2138.00	821.38	301.50	100.13	1422.75	762.25	5328.13	8652.38	3231.00	3231.00
Maidstone	2044.50	606.13	170.75	94.31	1511.75	795.81	3765.38	5991.13	5621.43	5621.43
Maldon	692.50	263.13	53.25	32.63	519.50	320.00	1845.88	2361.63	2139.51	2139.51
Malvern Hills	1543.00	392.94	160.25	67.88	997.25	359.38	3200.44	4267.75	1345.00	1345.00
Manchester	37001.50	15169.63	3290.25	1354.38	15911.50	8481.50	39974.38	35636.88	113845.00	113845.00
Mansfield	3032.13	1114.00	110.50	70.50	3000.50	900.31	6197.88	9873.06	10559.00	10559.00
Medina	1168.25	1274.75	155.75	206.88	742.50	1118.63	2786.00	5942.50	1597.00	1597.00
Melton	619.25	155.00	70.75	28.75	588.50	230.50	1318.25	2039.25	3823.00	3823.00
Mendip	1537.19	673.63	189.06	141.19	1280.75	585.81	3598.56	5377.06	4838.00	4838.00
Merton	3498.81	1751.81	344.00	158.44	2063.50	1591.63	7962.63	9881.06	5102.00	5102.00
Mid Bedfordshire	1566.13	275.44	120.25	41.25	1381.50	411.75	2820.56	4761.50	2963.00	2963.00
Mid Devon	1229.88	391.56	136.50	58.25	824.25	302.50	2423.44	3535.75	3152.00	3152.00
Mid Suffolk	1264.50	299.69	125.50	46.63	978.75	328.63	2778.19	3804.25	6331.00	6331.00
Mid Sussex	983.13	474.63	180.63	109.56	1283.00	762.63	2541.25	2633.06	1994.00	1994.00
Middlesbrough	8781.25	2787.13	601.06	174.38	3592.31	1325.06	17097.13	13269.56	17045.00	17045.00
Milton Keynes	4747.69	835.69	529.81	94.25	2640.63	538.06	8580.63	8180.00	24310.00	24310.00
Mole Valley	827.00	322.56	102.00	54.94	888.75	392.25	2003.81	3220.19	1428.00	1428.00
New Forest	2016.31	854.31	401.25	152.81	1525.38	995.00	5820.36	8212.94	2778.00	2778.00
Newark	2098.56	761.69	123.25	69.00	1777.75	706.56	4629.50	6946.31	6010.20	6010.20
Newbury	420.00	1549.31	60.31	193.13	43.75	1368.63	3300.56	7418.31	2508.00	2508.00
Newcastle under Lyme	2920.25	623.13	223.00	61.69	2398.25	748.25	5790.38	9020.94	3901.00	3901.00
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	18282.25	6107.00	1248.25	474.94	9163.50	4203.19	29814.75	25250.13	33289.13	33289.13
Newham	10627.88	5911.94	956.75	358.94	5880.69	2385.75	18435.56	22784.13	15793.00	15793.00
North Bedfordshire	2231.00	1116.88	158.00	153.00	1410.00	901.38	5052.63	6714.19	6229.41	6229.41
North Cornwall	1406.88	624.13	198.25	123.88	712.25	429.81	3353.75	3936.19	2838.00	2838.00
North Devon	1585.63	1682.31	138.00	332.00	822.75	515.56	3925.94	3976.06	14948.00	14948.00
North Dorset	778.25	233.38	124.81	56.25	650.25	312.13	1625.13	2518.19	15.00	15.00
North East Derby	2677.25	298.75	186.75	24.81	2641.00	429.50	5942.00	7806.06	11554.00	11554.00
North Hertfordshire	2102.69	612.50	255.81	93.06	2322.06	726.63	4071.19	6414.81	3719.00	3719.00
North Kesteven	1427.50	298.19	110.00	42.94	824.69	303.44	1531.94	2444.81	1992.00	1992.00
North Norfolk	1729.75	632.63	218.00	168.63	1176.50	568.00	4143.38	5338.13	4905.49	4905.49
North Shropshire	982.25	323.19	101.75	60.31	662.81	305.19	2280.44	3131.31	1291.00	1291.00
North Tyneside	8952.94	2780.25	995.25	269.44	6270.50	2098.88	15604.19	17615.06	9328.00	9328.00
North Warwickshire	1169.00	300.00	95.00	29.88	1138.50	362.31	1860.25	4844.69	802.00	802.00
North West Leicester	1141.00	445.19	100.50	61.81	1533.00	502.38	2821.94	5905.44	1716.00	1716.00
North Wiltshire	1847.00	414.94	169.25	90.38	1441.50	432.00	3486.19	4484.38	2447.00	2447.00
Northampton	5141.25	1345.56	345.00	83.00	3061.00	1291.81	8294.34	10130.81	3247.00	3247.00
Northavon	1544.50	540.88	120.50	57.75	1125.13	365.81	3952.13	5254.19	1420.00	1420.00
Norwich	6628.69	2109.25	798.06	385.31	4113.88	1861.50	9722.19	16024.25	14608.81	14608.81
Nottingham	15910.25	6157.25	1018.50	602.75	7615.00	3498.63	23839.25	21366.63	22441.00	22441.00
Nuneaton	2588.56	975.44	333.00	76.69	2290.25	994.44	5789.25	8523.63	7569.00	7569.00
Oadby & Wigston	508.25	204.88	31.75	17.75	325.25	346.69	1417.13	2449.44	4510.00	4510.00
Oldham	8797.00	1859.44	884.50	131.81	4966.50	1451.19	16420.44	23489.00	9234.00	9234.00
Oswestry	846.56	281.44	69.75	47.25	429.00	191.06	2140.25	2160.31	2168.00	2168.00
Oxford	2791.75	2170.13	446.31	553.63	1579.69	3705.88	5952.63	7773.25	14333.00	14333.00
Pendle	1986.50	743.06	154.7546.56		1112.00	379.44	5008.31	7293.75	4013.00	4013.00
Penrith	1418.63	875.94	87.31	181.69	756.75	530.88	4241.56	4682.38	9457.00	9457.00
Peterborough	4471.94	2871.56	335.69	314.75	2588.69	1158.19	11309.25	10209.56	15029.00	15029.00
Plymouth	6918.44	4718.63	546.00	636.75	3269.00	3837.19	16546.56	15431.19	22971.00	22971.00
Poole	1907.75	1151.25	170.44	158.25	1250.56	995.00	5966.75	6165.50	5592.00	5592.00
Portsmouth	6849.81	3333.50	4109.75	1412.50	450.13	3256.19	14625.31	23671.81	19952.56	19952.56
Preston	4252.00	2047.56	428.75	217.88	2043.50	1317.44	9869.56	13019.81	7576.00	7576.00
Purbeck	504.44	257.81	92.44	52.94	402.63	296.25	1453.75	1982.50	1299.00	1299.00
Reading	2403.00	2161.00	283.25	264.50	1603.00	1732.31	5492.35	8255.56	8689.00	8689.00
Redbridge	3712.75	2028.44	481.00	232.38	2702.25	1702.81	10084.44	11143.44	4641.00	4641.00
Redditch	2505.88	328.38	307.50	43.13	1429.00	278.81	3808.75	4123.44	2154.00	2154.00
Reigate and Banstead	1429.75	441.25	172.50	93.00	1405.75	548.00	2918.00	7984.00	2071	2071.00
Restormel	1338.00	1143.31	147.94	205.56	863.63	611.19	4232.81	5153.06	4075.00	4075.00
Ribble Valley	426.00	175.94	74.25	24.50	374.75	209.69	1297.94	3901.69	1055.00	1055.00
Richmondshire	574.06	172.38	183.00	63.06	547.75	165.38	1254.44	1124.44	876.00	876.00
Richmond-upon-Thames	2443.81	1456.88	306.31	207.63	1899.06	1534.25	5682.94	8285.50	20946.00	20946.00
Rochdale	7902.50	1800.00	667.75	100.31	3905.75	1452.00	14315.75	20231.25	39792.00	39792.00
Rochester on Medway	1990.44	1907.88	195.56	233.44	1496.75	1409.19	7087.31	5645.19	9863.00	9863.00
Rochford	824.88	371.38	81.75	44.44	502.75	536.94	3522.25	3722.38	2133.00	2133.00
Rossendale	1993.50	444.81	234.25	47.88	1260.50	376.13	4073.81	6006.50	1635.00	1635.00
Rother	1066.63	629.00	119.75	95.63	656.88	682.56	3352.63	4862.81	1483.00	1483.00
Rotherham	10726.25	2048.13	432.50	160.88	7047.25	1654.56	18757.88	19463.69	21202.44	21202.44
Rugby	1451.75	581.63	147.00	58.75	1052.50	565.25	3445.13	3985.00	3964.80	3964.80
Runnymede	874.63	367.38	148.25	52.94	893.75	584.75	1980.75	4204.19	1687.00	1687.00
Rushcliffe	1130.75	849.88	88.50	84.56	975.75	702.50	3119.38	4868.81	5030.00	5030.00
Rushmoor	1281.13	570.13	220.13	99.56	641.25	339.63	2674.25	1786.56	2651.36	2651.36
Rutland	434.50	129.19	41.75	16.38	289.50	104.25	859.19	1344.38	3968.00	3968.00
Ryedale	904.25	520.31	93.75	77.50	776.75	449.94	2637.06	2615.69	2146.00	2146.00
Salford	13822.00	3628.50	1192.50	273.50	8354.50	2687.81	21355.75	23414.31	26295.54	26295.54
Salisbury	1648.81	720.81	236.56	159.56	1420.25	674.19	4128.38	5505.81	1987.00	1987.00
Sandwell	16330.00	2049.19	1430.00	170.75	11292.00	1815.63	26184.19	36249.13	30253.00	30253.00
Scarborough	2413.19	1540.13	291.00	267.56	1386.25	896.38	7978.56	6467.94	7435.36	7435.36
Scunthorpe	2752.75	800.88	234.25	50.56	1628.00	379.13	5502.88	4678.69	650.00	650.00
Sedgefield	4355.00	526.88	398.00	39.63	3575.00	559.69	6732.63	7935.81	893.00	893.00
Sedgemoor	1895.81	804.50	196.81	130.13	1252.25	592.50	2104.81	5867.19	9418.00	9418.00
Sefton	7636.75	5369.75	252.50	176.31	3226.25	2748.94	22598.75	12923.50	12202.00	12202.00
Selby	1230.75	425.13	119.75	59.13	1226.50	427.81	1305.63	3618.94	2787.00	2787.00
Sevenoaks	18.44	1872.00	3.25	175.94	6.50	1449.31	2960.94	3879.00	7999.00	7999.00
Sheffield	30201.00	7525.88	1881.00	645.50	19152.50	6997.63	56406.88	53485.63	44474.00	44474.00
Shepway	1469.25	1584.88	169.50	190.75	899.25	851.56	4749.38	5236.56	3743.00	3743.00
Shrewsbury & Atcham	1952.00	573.13	155.00	90.06	1155.63	502.00	4045.38	4750.19	1986.00	1986.00
Slough	2657.38	767.50	190.13	77.50	1877.81	246.69	5316.38	5792.63	3655.00	3655.00
Solihull	5652.25	843.81	450.00	84.13	2750.31	1199.19	9981.81	10590.13	9294.00	9294.00
South Bedfordshire	1886.69	475.50	188.00	43.69	1569.75	549.88	3661.19	4681.06	1634.00	1534.00
South Bucks	742.75	208.06	90.25	13.50	748.25	245.00	1401.56	2507.00	925.00	925.00
South Cambridgeshire	1429.13	339.06	172.00	90.56	1497.25	418.44	2807.19	4405.75	2874.00	2874.00
South Derbyshire	1077.75	281.88	68.50	23.94	1124.00	387.56	2670.13	4860.50	1844.00	1844.00
Sout Hams	1177.75	571.44	215.50	154.88	775.50	382.75	2368.94	2176.63	9241.00	9241.00
South Herefordshire	660.50	263.63	83.44	48.25	450.25	205.25	1610.38	2172.69	695.00	695.00
South Holland	1236.25	230.38	71.50	39.38	1105.75	306.38	2721.88	3636.75	2046.00	2046.00
South Kesteven	2329.25	620.25	352.50	148.44	1962.00	490.63	4554.75	9103.81	3430.00	3430.00
South Lakeland	1213.75	525.63	149.75	165.63	889.75	630.69	2936.88	5773.81	3049.00	3049.00
South Norfolk	1615.25	419.56	205.75	103.25	1228.75	557.81	3739.81	5408.56	2750.00	2750.00
South Northants	818.75	183.94	76.75	36.50	896.75	250.69	1661.94	3183.19	2496.85	2496.85
South Oxfordshire	1591.13	548.13	238.56	98.56	1298.00	551.06	2961.00	4956.69	2178.00	2178.00
South Ribble	1338.25	545.44	117.50	66.38	943.25	524.50	3647.19	7578.13	2864.00	2864.00
South Shropshire	555.44	278.63	99.75	69.81	417.19	185.81	1568.56	2082.81	820.00	820.00
South Somerset	2637.69	819.63	323.00	247.94	2886.50	876.75	4634.81	10425.44	4574.00	4574.00
South Staffordshire	1652.44	435.31	189.88	58.06	1583.56	478.81	3961.50	5648.81	2002.00	2002.00
South Tyneside	11175.75	2406.56	316.75	92.75	5960.50	1242.56	17762.06	13946.06	48655.00	48655.00
South Wight	681.25	946.19	69.19	143.94	330.38	554.50	2939.94	5362.00	2754.00	2754.00
Southampton	6581.50	3964.25	507.50	392.38	2612.75	3379.38	11764.00	9694.25	13553.49	13553.49
Southend on Sea	3337.19	2771.13	334.25	218.88	1742.56	1614.44	9351.06	12979.38	2605.00	2605.00
Southward	14608.94	4015.75	611.06	213.63	6089.00	1506.38	16684.94	9932.56	18768.09	18768.09
Spelthorne	1018.81	361.94	92.31	39.56	934.06	484.38	2643.50	3325.31	1556.00	1556.00
St Albans	1545.94	635.44	229.88	82.44	1421.88	791.56	2726.13	4953.50	3792.00	3892.00
St Edmundsbury	1686.13	397.75	144.00	69.88	1375.00	440.50	3095.13	5838.88	3215.00	3215.00
St. Helens	7472.63	1737.00	474.25	31.13	4261.06	1084.56	12444.63	1217675	6871.00	6871.00
Stafford	1921.75	678.56	227.50	104.31	1615.25	698.38	4236.06	5897.69	10299.00	10299.00
Stafs. Moorlands	1010.25	358.63	68.75	20.50	815.50	517.88	3025.63	4510.38	2327.00	2327.00
Stevenage	2633.56	348.06	220.75	27.38	1997.25	265.81	3335.88	4235.94	4567.07	4567.07
Stockport	5639.50	3422.38	665.75	366.00	3716.00	2349.25	14858.38	9718.75	37270.00	37270.00
Stockton on Tees	7463.13	1848.50	370.06	125.50	3557.25	790.63	15715.63	14461.19	19803.00	19803.00
Stoke on Trent	8084.00	2130.81	39.50	130.50	5948.50	2105.13	17546.56	17525.88	10751.00	10751.00
Stratford-on-Avon	1602.00	490.19	201.00	83.13	1366.25	569.75	3412.69	5378.63	10127.00	10127.00
Stroud	1881.38	486.06	175.00	121.50	1335.50	544.94	4241.19	5737.44	12985.00	12985.00
Suffolk Coastal	1399.50	603.25	181.25	103.06	1118.75	696.63	3969.50	6105.94	7384.00	7384.00
Sunderland	18152.75	4066.63	889.00	213.63	9979.25	2391.13	16708.88	14375.75	8477.00	8477.00
Surrey Heath	691.50	166.50	93.00	39.88	651.81	213.38	1529.00	3663.06	1226.00	1226.00
Sutton	3140.75	1104.38	398.63	139.44	2327.56	1189.31	6586.88	8393.69	2268.00	2268.00
Swale	1190.00	2095.31	84.50	183.19	776.00	1475.88	5718.06	5805.06	11135.00	11135.00
Tameside	7499.25	2013.13	716.50	127.00	4448.00	1685.25	12902.38	21112.50	13687.00	13687.00
Tamworth	2462.13	451.13	254.69	46.94	1265.69	374.75	4367.50	3953.06	5234.00	5234.00
Tandridge	640.75	217.38	94.50	24.69	709.00	271.69	1645.63	2494.38	2145.32	2145.32
Taunton Deane	2025.25	872.81	224.00	186.38	1406.75	597.75	4388.56	5681.63	11400.00	11400.00
Teesdale	355.00	277.38	31.75	30.25	287.25	226.56	1073.88	1286.06	150.00	150.00
Teignbridge	1374.13	1120.50	187.88	181.56	851.00	749.25	3650.88	4590.44	16622.00	16622.00
Tendring	1544.94	1696.31	132.00	132.38	883.06	1621.44	6623.50	9353.38	5644.00	5644.00
Test Valley	1686.94	382.00	191.00	62.75	1244.50	382.81	3055.94	2767.31	2074.00	2074.00
Tewkesbury	1043.75	365.06	187.25	86.25	884.75	540.31	2600.06	5997.81	2145.00	2145.00
Thamesdown	3775.06	1318.38	237.00	113.50	2391.75	973.19	7522.94	7878.94	8447.80	8447.80
Thanet	2582.00	2421.00	336.25	322.75	1306.75	1547.50	9539.25	10345.00	4944.00	4944.00
The Wrekin	3019.56	608.25	388.63	69.50	2235.13	539.75	8556.13	9115.25	5871.00	5871.00
Three Rivers	1464.13	195.94	185.36	26.13	1307.25	335.75	2775.31	4226.50	2302.00	2302.00
Thurrock	3781.75	322.50	173.50	11.50	3278.25	608.75	6434.00	11032.00	9030.00	9030.00
Tonbridge & Malling	1470.88	402.38	188.69	75.50	1337.38	458.88	2911.75	6198.69	2399.00	2399.00
Torbay	1617.51	2643.50	240.25	488.06	710.25	1352.94	8797.00	11305.50	24620.00	24620.00
Torridge	732.63	705.81	128.0	155.88	432.75	332.13	2202.44	2580.50	8037.00	8037.00
Tower Hamlets	16012.44	2757.69	979.75	198.75	5546.00	753.69	21249.63	10206.19	14050.00	14050.00
Trafford	3983.25	1911.69	180.75	113.25	2221.25	848.63	10720.94	7928.88	4829.00	4829.00
Tunbridge Wells	1400.75	677.19	161.56	88.81	1022.00	514.69	3154.69	3523.06	2073.00	2073.00
Tynedale	1028.25	294.75	90.00	65.13	924.75	279.13	2176.00	4868.00	1433.00	1433.00
Uttlesford	749.13	198.44	89.06	19.31	815.50	239.19	1572.31	2403.56	1089.00	1089.00
Vale of White Horse	1378.31	358.13	164.50	82.75	1017.75	374.44	1155.95	2733.69	2699.00	2699.00
Vale Royal	2730.44	464.00	168.31	28.81	1408.44	380.50	5121.44	4761.56	2639.00	2639.00
Wakefield	12735.69	2064.00	658.75	173.44	6674.50	1980.75	19224.94	23297.69	1979.00	11979.00
Walsall	12210.63	1759.19	1690.00	146.06	8444.38	1631.75	19103.06	27643.64	12673.00	16673.00
Waltham Forest	6679.75	3694.19	335.50	233.56	3088.75	2289.25	13360.69	9882.31	15350.00	15350.00
Wandsworth	9018.31	5500.50	1076.63	740.81	7748.06	3767.06	16416.81	9517.56	10400.00	10400.00
Wansbeck	2427.75	393.44	317.25	58.75	2461.25	674.31	3853.44	7409.06	6195.87	6195.87
Wansdyke	1162.44	259.81	132.75	53.50	1035.25	455.88	2735.25	3994.88	2484.00	2484.00
Warrington	4326.69	1096.50	401.50	74.31	2798.25	944.44	12506.44	13571.75	12547.04	12547.04
Warwick	2107.75	1126.88	283.00	142.63	1632.25	1014.31	4783.38	3979.44	5507.00	5507.00
Watford	1480.25	580.31	138.50	54.44	1122.38	487.94	3025.06	3366.75	3869.00	3869.00
Waveney	2087.50	2193.25	255.50	309.38	1386.00	1179.25	6382.75	8322.88	6692.00	6692.00
Waverley	1355.50	372.38	240.25	90.31	1331.56	822.44	2868.13	5430.56	9401.00	9401.00
Wealden	1096.00	574.38	213.75	87.56	932.56	724.69	4575.38	5456.38	7262.00	7262.00
Wear Valley	2486.50	847.69	175.00	52.13	1876.75	677.50	5584.44	5395.88	748.00	748.00
Wellingborough	2187.69	542.25	89.25	41.75	1149.75	375.44	4683.19	3559.94	2468.00	2468.00
Welwyn Hatfield	2453.00	356.81	180.75	37.06	2365.88	726.75	4012.38	5313.19	5651.00	5651.00
West Devon	530.75	437.69	116.25	146.31	370.00	285.13	1862.69	2813.19	1306.00	1306.00
West Dorset	1370.00	536.50	200.00	110.19	1061.75	412.75	3067.00	4096.44	2993.00	2993.00
West Lancashire	4241.75	558.88	562.75	41.94	1838.75	705.00	6950.13	7733.94	4751.00	4751.00
West Lindsey	1562.75	483.44	139.50	64.63	972.25	401.75	3858.69	4934.88	2229.00	2229.00
West Norfolk	2934.25	1025.50	185.38	159.56	1708.50	860.00	8938.50	9186.69	8772.14	8772.14
West Oxfordshire	1168.00	416.81	200.75	134.63	962.75	373.06	2504.56	4366.94	1948.00	1948.00
West Somerset	614.50	302.31	118.75	110.50	452.50	281.69	1518.31	2473.69	2135.00	2135.00
West Wiltshire	1671.63	568.06	214.25	112.06	1406.50	541.81	3871.94	5451.63	5271.00	5271.00
Westminster	5762.56	4586.44	628.19	306.19	3016.56	1393.25	9876.50	4910.94	13262.00	13262.00
Weymouth & Portland	1266.13	917.19	179.50	173.19	751.63	533.94	3967.06	3763.25	4033.00	4033.00
Wigan	11997.50	1650.63	618.75	98.56	7222.50	1601.69	19333.13	21180.00	22423.88	22423.88
Winchester	1414.13	487.63	296.00	105.94	1382.75	643.00	2679.50	4890.69	3014.00	3014.00
Windsor & Maidenhead	1580.88	525.50	292.06	106.25	1685.75	632.88	1482.13	3189.44	1660.00	1660.00
Wirral	10805.25	5099.50	556.75	242.69	5040.75	3281.06	26598.50	19951.50	2419.00	2419.00
Woking	1135.75	318.44	194.50	54.81	895.00	445.56	2348.44	4454.38	1743.00	1743.00
Wokingham	851.81	320.19	122.19	58.38	762.50	528.94	2245.75	5161.75	1760.00	1760.00
Wolverhampton	14575.00	2586.88	1853.25	278.00	7223.75	1693.81	23412.38	22172.81	25908.79	25908.79
Woodspring	2294.81	1471.88	1527.25	658.19	1286.50	522.88	4815.19	9470.31	7705.82	7705.82
Worcester	1947.94	838.94	256.50	121.81	1143.88	620.31	4423.88	5129.25	1206.00	1206.00
Worthing	1001.69	1345.00	197.25	279.13	626.63	1224.94	4873.94	5218.94	4542.00	4542.00
Wychavon	1744.50	353.75	143.50	54.06	1400.25	408.69	3293.75	5169.25	2451.00	2451.00
Wycombe	2064.88	572.56	234.50	71.31	1742.00	776.50	4185.44	5950.06	5607.00	5607.00
Wyre	1341.00	1007.00	163.25	104.56	961.75	1144.56	7097.50	11633.38	3787.00	3787.00
Wyre Forest	2421.50	473.38	172.25	41.13	1437.25	500.06	4658.38	5447.44	1763.00	1763.00
York	3061.63	1323.44	438.38	236.13	1879.44	1575.60	6006.31	5878.13	7530.00	7530.00
WALES
Aberconwy	1115.69	839.63	130.56	95.69	555.31	403.25	4027.56	2758.81	3906.00	3906.00
Alyn and Deeside	1705.63	423.00	110.25	44.31	1133.25	419.56	3759.38	4009.38	2577.00	2577.00
Arfon	2027.56	886.06	173.25	135.31	985.00	651.19	5649.13	3801.00	2880.00	2880.00
Blaenau Gwent	3560.75	566.13	442.00	27.81	2878.50	445.38	6417.88	3352.94	4443.00	4443.00
Brecknock	652.25	276.25	114.00	28.00	709.75	164.25	1523.00	1780.00	676.00	676.00
Cardiff	9560.88	6058.25	744.75	511.00	3897.63	3956.63	23919.63	13901.50	72902.00	72902.00
Carmarthen	1162.75	505.44	103.50	78.19	668.25	301.06	3022.19	2238.75	2506.00	2506.00
Ceredigion	1066.44	899.94	105.75	190.44	625.50	804.44	3902.63	2328.38	19050.00	19050.00
Colwyn	974.25	1079.13	200.00	101.94	690.00	714.50	4188.88	3818.69	4142.11	4142.00
Cynon Valley	2193.00	847.69	156.25	34.25	1430.25	531.19	6869.94	4564.19	5602.00	5602.00
Delyn	1844.00	324.88	146.75	20.63	1302.00	282.31	4357.63	4657.94	2027.00	2027.00
Dinefwr	692.69	367.19	97.00	39.69	725.00	219.69	2247.13	2523.13	1584.00	1584.00
Dwyfor	531.06	408.19	72.50	62.31	254.75	199.44	2127.00	1812.50	1701.00	1701.00
Glyndwr	865.69	286.56	151.25	40.00	738.50	213.63	2103.25	2617.13	4002.00	4002.00
Islwyn	1742.00	435.50	222.75	32.94	1802.00	439.31	4288.50	2583.75	3700.00	3700.00
Llanelli	2577.50	845.88	241.81	68.63	1873.25	567.38	6120.88	5825.56	11796.00	11796.00
Lliw Valley	1869.75	302.38	194.75	31.25	1340.75	360.38	4658.63	4343.13	3705.00	3705.00
Meirionnydd	668.75	362.38	100.50	60.31	401.25	167.56	2498.38	1828.13	2453.00	2453.00
Merthyr Tydfil	2958.00	876.13	249.50	105.75	1676.50	455.31	6458.88	4283.06	12243.00	12243.00
Monmouth	1427.25	320.88	204.25	43.00	1046.25	287.38	2977.38	2616.88	7692.00	7692.00
Montgomeryshire	825.00	419.69	129.00	73.50	529.00	256.13	2167.19	1912.88	476.00	476.00
Neath	1922.50	641.13	157.00	51.44	1657.75	529.06	5255.38	5364.25	6090.00	6090.00
Newport	5631.50	2158.88	308.06	71.51	2839.75	982.38	11097.13	10741.50	10000.00	10000.00
Ogwr	3753.75	1166.81	460.50	96.13	2575.25	955.00	8672.06	11527.13	5087.00	5087.00
Port Talbot	1938.63	556.88	125.19	18.38	1534.06	324.81	1907.50	3868.94	1894.00	1894.00
Preseli	2190.50	665.06	580.25	82.38	744.88	302.31	4956.31	3635.31	3155.00	3155.00
Radnor	273.50	314.69	42.75	83.00	202.50	153.13	1167.09	848.63	1400.00	1400.00
Rhondda	2399.75	818.19	167.50	39.00	1430.50	789.00	8879.44	6518.00	7405.96	7405.96
Rhuddlan	1104.75	1530.38	117.25	193.75	442.00	581.94	4663.13	3638.69	3179.00	3179.00
Rhymney Valley	4407.75	854.44	356.75	69.81	2785.13	627.75	9941.44	6169.94	884.00	884.00
South Pembrokeshire	1208.00	547.56	99.75	72.19	534.75	234.75	2887.06	1780.44	2978.00	2978.00
Swansea	7523.00	2733.56	394.00	229.50	3685.25	2535.00	16093.06	16330.50	52737.00	52737.00
Taff-Ely	2824.31	601.00	308.00	28.00	1923.81	975.56	6331.06	5743.63	399.00	399.00
Torfaen	4144.50	419.69	435.50	80.25	3157.50	318.38	7654.44	5661.38	3450.00	3450.00
Vale of Glamorgan	2650.31	1495.13	135.25	130.31	1165.88	632.50	8512.94	4120.94	6161.00	6161.00
Wrexham Maelor	4649.25	623.38	318.25	69.00	2987.25	451.38	7290.63	8603.13	5918.00	5918.00
Ynys Mon	2260.75	770.13	373.75	99.50	1221.75	410.75	4892.13	4517.75	2216.00	2216.00
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen	8332.50	1417.06	702.75	189.56	5403.75	2383.88	0.00	0.00	12878.00	0.00
Angus	3282.50	681.81	325.25	68.75	2155.69	300.56	0.00	0.00	3512.00	0.00
Annandale & Eskdale	953.75	184.69	157.00	25.56	987.63	105.25	0.00	0.00	843.94	0.00
Argyll & Bute	2028.25	579.00	256.00	95.50	1329.00	383.63	0.00	0.00	1781.00	0.00
Badenoch	239.75	121.50	51.25	46.25	145.50	42.94	0.00	0.00	271.00	0.00
Banf & Buchan	2839.00	352.63	241.00	25.19	1926.50	147.38	0.00	0.00	2018.00	0.00
Bearsden & Milngavie	439.13	38.56	41.25	5.00	407.00	28.81	0.00	0.00	337.45	0.00
Berwickshire	508.25	170.69	64.75	19.75	465.00	89.25	0.00	0.00	622.00	0.00
Borders	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4379.88	6482.88	0.00	7816.00
Caithness	953.00	219.50	130.75	26.06	572.00	44.38	0.00	0.00	806.00	0.00
Central	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	19067.06	19723.44	0.00	10437.00
Clackmannan	4621.00	346.31	147.75	5.50	1920.50	137.88	0.00	0.00	2643.00	0.00
Clydebank	3423.50	455.75	232.75	33.38	2610.00	131.63	0.00	0.00	1476.00	0.00
Clydesdale	2022.00	212.13	192.25	14.25	1772.75	66.25	0.00	0.00	2603.00	0.00
Cumbernauld	1009.00	236.69	105.25	14.88	914.75	42.50	0.00	0.00	680.00	0.00
Cumnock & Doon	2244.50	150.50	162.25	10.50	2260.25	80.75	0.00	0.00	1663.00	0.00
Cunninghame	6760.00	842.88	430.75	67.06	4133.25	218.38	0.00	0.00	6692.00	0.00
Dumbarton	3720.06	333.81	433.00	40.25	2336.50	145.19	0.00	0.00	5805.00	0.00
Dumfries & Galloway	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9046.06	13354.94	0.00	370.00
Dundee	10889.25	2325.50	1218.00	288.75	7482.50	1728.88	0.00	0.00	46978.00	0.00
Dunfermline	4531.75	731.88	463.00	65.19	4306.00	325.13	0.00	0.00	5819.00	0.00
East Kilbride	329.25	258.81	18.50	22.00	250.50	56.88	0.00	0.00	551.00	0.00
East Lothian	3100.00	499.13	318.25	51.69	2973.25	206.81	0.00	0.00	2506.54	0.00
Eastwood	466.00	114.38	33.00	8.75	331.25	87.25	0.00	0.00	287.00	0.00
Edinburgh	14707.00	8650.38	1939.50	1157.44	9059.50	7585.94	0.00	0.00	11696.00	0.00
Ettrick & Lauderdale	764.31	227.69	70.00	29.31	679.25	207.06	0.00	0.00	734.00	0.00
Falkirk	7120.00	647.31	833.25	47.88	5735.75	330.19	0.00	0.00	6373.00	0.00
Fife	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	18451.25	37086.13	0.00	28880.00
Glasgow	63817.69	15172.69	4283.00	978.38	33198.00	9726.19	0.00	0.00	19645.00	0.00
Gordon	1056.50	290.44	102.56	39.31	936.75	131.00	0.00	0.00	839.00	0.00
Grampian	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	23266.88	23775.25	0.00	25377.00
Hamilton	6226.56	284.00	288.75	16.31	4419.06	117.31	0.00	0.00	15805.00	0.00
Highland	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12049.56	10128.75	0.00	10000.00
Inverclyde	6096.25	654.13	507.75	54.50	4135.69	491.56	0.00	0.00	2213.00	0.00
Inverness	3805.50	690.25	244.00	48.00	1252.25	158.25	0.00	0.00	2156.59	0.00
Kilmarnock & Loudon	4429.75	414.00	526.75	31.69	3622.75	121.69	0.00	0.00	12525.00	0.00
Kincardine & Deeside	581.75	191.75	34.50	23.81	525.00	115.00	0.00	0.00	160.00	0.00
Kirkcaldy	6416.75	1081.81	685.25	62.50	5206.50	408.25	0.00	0.00	5873.00	0.00
Kyle & Carrick	4613.94	553.56	611.06	104.88	3664.75	250.63	0.00	0.00	2184.00	0.00
Lochaber	652.25	173.44	100.75	9.19	449.81	74.94	0.00	0.00	674.00	0.00
Lothian	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	39167.81	50011.25	0.00	31283.79
Midlothian	2059.50	508.44	227.75	53.88	1990.25	523.31	0.00	0.00	1760.00	0.00
Monklands	8280.50	221.94	492.13	10.94	5253.75	84.31	0.00	0.00	6519.00	0.00
Moray	2366.50	562.00	416.38	96.50	1808.00	232.44	0.00	0.00	8152.00	0.00
Motherwell	9007.25	432.88	645.00	15.31	7427.00	269.50	0.00	0.00	6053.00	0.00
Nairn	320.75	79.81	45.50	11.56	202.00	45.00	0.00	0.00	734.00	0.00
Nithesdale	1865.25	423.50	213.25	46.75	1267.75	193.94	0.00	0.00	1697.00	0.00
North East Fife	1561.75	595.56	190.31	81.25	1386.50	521.25	0.00	0.00	2094.00	0.00
Orkney	354.06	138.69	91.50	47.06	176.00	30.00	916.00	708.31	285.47	579.59
Perth & Kinross	3024.63	1046.44	353.19	163.25	2756.56	494.19	0.00	0.00	1732.00	0.00
Renfrew	9066.25	1045.69	531.00	72.31	7106.00	564.69	0.00	0.00	4851.00	0.00
Ross & Cromarty	1768.81	387.13	195.25	49.75	958.00	103.56	0.00	0.00	1269.00	0.00
Roxburgh	1054.75	205.94	146.25	25.19	1194.75	139.31	0.00	0.00	4400.00	0.00
Shetland	454.50	106.06	65.75	13.56	282.25	1065.56	1017.81	707.38	201.96	410.04
Skye & Lochalsh	526.00	301.31	263.25	75.50	230.50	224.31	0.00	0.00	346.00	0.00
Stewartry	570.50	128.81	102.50	39.00	428.25	48.81	0.00	0.00	738.00	0.00
Stirling	3041.44	418.25	296.81	51.00	2272.50	455.19	0.00	0.00	2738.00	0.00
Strathclyde	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	278052.19	211234.19	0.00	171943.97
Strathkelvin	2244.69	258.00	174.00	19.44	1845.13	127.44	0.00	0.00	1908.00	0.00
Sutherland	492.63	98.19	63.75	8.75	243.25	34.75	0.00	0.00	331.20	0.00
Tayside	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	26020.63	30121.81	0.00	69902.00
Tweedale	247.75	157.00	44.00	46.50	299.50	130.00	0.00	0.00	397.00	0.00
West Lothian	4678.25	519.88	281.88	30.69	3571.00	358.88	0.00	0.00	2500.00	0.00
Western Isles	784.50	202.75	37.25	6.75	196.00	19.00	2699.25	2224.75	717.05	1455.82
Wigtown	1414.50	275.06	311.50	50.81	852.00	127.44	0.00	0.00	1335.00	0.00
NEW TOWNS
Basildon New Town	4021.50	0.00	195.00	0.00	2281.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	2852.00	0.00
Corby New Town	6.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00
Cumbernauld (DC)	2128.25	0.00	403.25	0.00	1071.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2950.00	0.00
D.B. Rural Wales	201.50	0.00	76.50	0.00	90.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	220.00	0.00
East Kilbride (DC)	2859.25	0.00	316.50	0.00	2406.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	13421.00	0.00
Glenrothes (DC)	1899.75	0.00	188.75	0.00	1161.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3170.00	0.00
Irvine (DC)	1120.25	0.00	139.75	0.00	662.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	2349.00	0.00
Livingston (DC)	2382.75	0.00	187.00	0.00	956.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	817.00	0.00
Scottish Homes	19438.50	0.00	1926.25	0.00	13343.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	20103.00	0.00
Telford (DC)	2104.00	0.00	334.75	0.00	966.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	699.00	0.00
Warrington New Town	2437.50	0.00	258.50	0.00	719.75	0.00	0.00	0.00	3576.00	0.00

Schedules 1 and 2

SCHEDULE 8PRESCRIBED FIGURES FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE APPLICABLE AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY AMOUNTS

(1) Authority Type	(2) Housing Benefit						(3) Community Charge Benefit
	(a) Persons on Income Support		(b) Persons not on Income Support
			Earners		Mom-Earners
	(i) Local Authority Tenants — Rent Rebate	(ii) Private Tenanats — Rent Allowance	(i) Local Authority Tenants — Rent Rebate	(ii) Private Tenants — Rent Allowance	(iii) Local Authority Tenants — Rent Rebate	(iv) Private Tenants — Rent Allowance	(a) Persons on Income Support	(b) Persons not on Income Support
Non-metropolitan Authorities in England	94.46	240.22	113.06	285.19	107.07	237.79	13.69	14.83
Non-metropolitan Authorities in Scotland	74.82	225.55	89.03	303.63	79.84	283.22	11.65	11.26
Non-metropolitan Authorities in Wales	56.43	190.39	65.28	258.27	62.41	325.74	13.52	14.57
Metropolitan Authorities	98.39	257.64	143.45	296.13	135.39	288.43	13.11	16.15
London Boroughs	102.32	266.96	153.99	283.16	118.85	247.11	17.63	21.09
New Towns Corporations, Scottish Homes and the Development Board for Rural Wales	79.06	—	93.24	—	84.27	—	—	—

Schedules 1 and 2

SCHEDULE 9AREA COST ADJUSTMENT FIGURES

(1)	(2)
Authority	Cost adjustment figure
Adur	1.037310
Arun	1.037310
Ashford	1.037310
Aylesbury Vale	1.037310
Barking	1.108810
Barnet	1.108810
Basildon	1.074620
Basingstoke	1.037310
Bexley	1.108810
Bracknell	1.074620
Braintree	1.037310
Brent	1.108810
Brentwood	1.074620
Brighton	1.037310
Bromley	1.108810
Broxbourne	1.111865
Camden	1.162890
Canterbury	1.037310
Castle Point	1.037310
Chelmsford	1.037310
Cherwell	1.037310
Chichester	1.037310
Chiltern	1.074620
City of London	1.319085
Colchester	1.037310
Crawley	1.074620
Croydon	1.108810
Dacorum	1.074620
Dartford	1.111865
Dover	1.037310
Ealing	1.108810
East Hampshire	1.037310
East Hertfordshire	1.074620
Eastbourne	1.037310
Eastleigh	1.037310
Elmbridge	1.111865
Enfield	1.108810
Epping Forest	1.111865
Epsom and Ewell	1.111865
Fareham	1.037310
Gillingham	1.037310
Gosport	1.037310
Gravesham	1.037310
Greenwich	1.162890
Guildford	1.074620
Hackney	1.162890
Hammersmith and Fulham	1.162890
Haringey	1.108810
Harlow	1.074620
Harrow	1.108810
Hart	1.037310
Hastings	1.037310
Havant	1.037310
Havering	1.108810
Hertsmere	1.111865
Hillingdon	1.108810
Horsham	1.037310
Hounslow	1.108810
Hove	1.037310
Islington	1.162890
Kensington & Chelsea	1.162890
Kingston upon Thames	1.108810
Lambeth	1.162890
Lewes	1.037310
Lewisham	1.162890
Luton	1.037310
Maidstone	1.037310
Maldon	1.037310
Medina	1.037310
Merton	1.108810
Mid Bedfordshire	1.037310
Mid Sussex	1.037310
Milton Keynes	1.037310
Mole Valley	1.074620
New Forest	1.037310
Newbury	1.037310
Newham	1.108810
North Bedfordshire	1.037310
North Hertfordshire	1.037310
Oxford	1.037310
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Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision for the calculation of housing benefit and community charge benefit subsidy payable under the Social Security Act 1986 to authorities administering housing benefit and community charge benefit.

It sets out in Part II the manner in which the total figure for an authority’s housing benefit subsidy in respect of rent rebates and allowances and, in Scotland, community charge rebates, for the year ending 31st March 1992 is calculated (articles 3(a) and 4 to 11 and Schedules 3, 4, 5 and 6), and the manner of calculating the additional sum payable to an authority in respect of the costs of administering housing benefit (article 3(b) and Schedules 1, 7, 8 and 9).

The Order also makes provision for additions and deductions to subsidy in respect of rent rebates or allowances (articles 12, 13 and 14) and for the modification of the provisions for subsidy in respect of payments of housing benefit in excess of entitlement, made under section 32 of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 and discovered in the relevant year (article 15).

In addition, the Order sets out in Part III the manner in which the total figure for the appropriate authority’s subsidy in respect of community charge benefit for the year ending 31st March 1992 is calculated (articles 17(a) and 18 to 20), and the manner of calculating the additional sum payable to an appropriate authority in respect of the costs of administering community charge benefit (article 17(b) and Schedules 2, 7, 8 and 9) and makes provision for additions and deductions to subsidy in respect of community charge benefit (articles 21 and 22).

(1)

See section 83(5) of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50).

(2)

1986 c. 50; section 30(2) was amended by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), sections 81(1) and 88(3) and by regulation 3 of S.I. 1988/458. Section 30(2ZA) was inserted by the Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), Schedule 6, paragraph 19. Section 30(2A) was inserted by section 15 of the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24) and amended by the Social Security Act 1990, Schedule 6, paragraph 19. Section 30(11) was added by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), Schedule 4, paragraph 20. Section 31F was inserted by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), Schedule 10, paragraph 6. Section 31F(3) was substituted by the Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), Schedule 6, paragraph 21(1) and section 31(5A) was inserted by the Social Security Act 1990, Schedule 6, paragraph 21(2).

(3)

1975 c. 14; section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of the Social Security Act 1986.

(4)

1982 c. 24.

(5)

S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 1445, 2022 and 1989/1678.

(6)

Regulation 12A was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 1990/546.

(7)

Section 30(1A) was inserted by regulation 5(b) of S.I. 1988/1483.

(8)

See the definition of “relevant benefit” added to section 30(2) of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50) by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), section 81(1).

(9)

S.I. 1987/1971, amended by S.I. 1988/661, 909, 1444, 1843, 1971, 1989/43, 416, 566, 1017, 1322, 1990/546, 671, 1549, 1657, 1775, 2564, 1991/235 and 1599.

(10)

S.I. 1990/428, amended by S.I. 1991/426.

(11)

S.I. 1990/396, amended by S.I. 1991/533.

(12)

S.I. 1988/1890, amended by S.I. 1989/43, 361, 972 and 1990/127.

(13)

Section 28(6) allows modifications of the housing benefit scheme so as to provide for the disregard from income of a war disablement pension or a war widow’s pension.

(14)

S.I. 1989/1322.

(15)

(16)

(17)

(18)

(19)

(20)

Paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 1991/426.

(21)

1980 c. 51; sections 56 to 58 were partially repealed by section 140 of, and Schedule 18 to, the Housing Act 1988.

(22)

Schedule 1A was inserted by regulation 13 of S.I. 1990/546.

(23)

Regulation 12A was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 1990/546.

(24)

Article 5(2) was amended by regulation 2 of S.I. 1991/426 in the case of England and Wales and by regulation 2 of S.I. 1991/533 in the case of Scotland.

(25)

1948 c. 29; section 21 was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 23, paragraphs 1 and 2 and Schedule 30; the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Schedule 4, paragraph 44 and Schedule 5; the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (c. 48), Schedule; and the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), Schedule 15, paragraph 5. Section 22 was amended by the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49), section 87(4) and Schedule 9, Part 1; the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71) Schedule 7, paragraph 3; the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (c. 48), Schedule; the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), section 20, Schedule 4, paragraph 2(1) and Schedule 5, Part II; the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), section 20(1)(a) and the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), section 86 and Schedule 10, Part II, paragraph 32. Section 24 was amended by the National Assistance (Amendment) Act 1959 (c. 30), section 1(1); the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 58), Schedule 6, paragraph 82; the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 23, paragraph 2; the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Schedule 4, paragraph 45 and the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (c. 48), Schedule. Section 26 was amended by the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46), section 44 and Schedule 4 and the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49), Schedule 9, Part I and applied by section 87(3); the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 23, paragraph 2; the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (c. 48), Schedule and the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), section 20(1)(b).

(26)

1977 c. 49; paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 8 were amended by section 30, Schedule 10, Part I of the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41); paragraph 1 was also amended by the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40), section 237 and Schedule 12, Part I, paragraph 22; paragraph 2 was also amended by section 148, Schedule 4 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20).

(27)

1968 c. 49.

(28)

1985 c. 68.

(29)

1987 c. 26.

(30)

1975 c. 14. Subsections 97(1) — (2E) were substituted for subsections 97(1) and (2) by the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 8, paragraph 2; in subsection 97(3) words were substituted by the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), section 12 and by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 10, paragraph 36.

(31)

S.I. 1989/1322.

(32)

1987 c. 47. Section 9A was inserted by section 143 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42).

(33)

1972 c. 70; section 137 was amended by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30), section 44; the Local Government Finance Act 1982 (c. 32), section 34, Schedule 5, paragraph 5 and by the Local Government Act 1986 (c. 10), section 3.

(34)

1987 c. 47. Section 9A was inserted by section 143 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42).

(35)

S.I. 1989/607.

(36)

S.I. 1990/785.

(37)

S.I. 1991/587.

(38)

S.I. 1989/1322.

(39)

S.I. 1985/677.

(40)

1986 c. 50.

(41)

Section 31B of the Social Security Act 1986 was inserted by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), Schedule 10, paragraph 6.

(42)

Section 31F of the Social Security Act 1986 was inserted by the Local Government Finance Act 1988, Schedule 10, paragraph 6.

(43)

Regulation 83 was amended by regulation 24 of S.I. 1990/834.

(44)

S.I. 1989/1321, amended by S.I. 1990/834, 835, 1549, 1657, 1773, 1991/234, 849 and 1599.

(45)

Section 31B(6) allows modifications of the community charge benefit scheme so as to provide for the disregard from income of a war disablement pension or a war widow’s pension.

(46)

1975 c. 14.

(47)

Regulation 83 was amended by S.I. 1990/834 and 1991/849.

(48)

Regulation 58 was amended by S.I. 1990/834.

(49)

S.I. 1991/587.

(50)

S.I. 1991/587.

(51)

S.I. 1991/587. See Schedule 5, paragraph 9.

(52)

Regulation 12A was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 1990/546.

(53)

Regulation 68 was amended by S.I. 1990/546.

(54)

Schedule 1A was inserted by regulation 13 of S.I. 1990/546.

(55)

Paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 1991/426.

(56)

Paragraph 1A of Schedule 1 was inserted by S.I. 1988/1444.

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1992 No. 739

The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1992

PART IGeneral

Citation, commencement and interpretation

PART IIHousing Benefit Subsidy

Interpretation of Part II

Amount of housing benefit subsidy

Rebates and allowances

Backdated benefit

Disproportionate rent increase

Treatment of high rents

Rent officers' determinations

Treatment of certain residential accommodation

Homeless cases

Overpayment of rebates or allowances

Additions to housing benefit subsidy

Deductions to be made in calculating housing benefit subsidy in respect of rebates or allowances

Deduction from housing benefit subsidy

Modification of housing benefit subsidy on payments in excess of entitlement

PART IIICommunity Charge Benefit Subsidy

Interpretation of Part III

Amount of community charge benefit subsidy

Community charge benefit

Backdated benefit

Excess community charge benefits

Addition to community charge benefit subsidy

Deductions to be made in calculating subsidy in respect of community charge benefit

SCHEDULE 1CALCULATION OF HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATION COSTS

PART IGENERAL

PART IIAPPLICABLE AND FURTHER AMOUNTS

Housing benefit applicable amount

Further amount

PART IIISUPPLEMENTARY AMOUNT

Supplementary amount

SCHEDULE 2CALCULATION OF COMMUNITY CHARGE BENEFIT SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATION COSTS

PART IGENERAL AND INTERPRETATION

PART IIAPPLICABLE AND FURTHER AMOUNTS

Community charge benefit applicable amount

Further amount

PART IIISUPPLEMENTARY AMOUNT

Supplementary amount

SCHEDULE 3MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES IN SCOTLAND

SCHEDULE 4THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES

SCHEDULE 5RENT OFFICERS' DETERMINATIONS

Calculation of the appropriate amount

Rent officers reasonable market rent determination

Rent officers reasonable market rent and size determination

No restriction on unreasonable rents or on rent increases

Modification where rent is inclusive of domestic rates

Failure to apply for a rent officer determination

Relevant date

Termination date

Apportionment

Interpretation

SCHEDULE 6THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT REBATES IN HOMELESS CASES

SCHEDULE 7PRESCRIBED CASELOAD AND CLAIMS FIGURES

SCHEDULE 8PRESCRIBED FIGURES FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE APPLICABLE AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY AMOUNTS

SCHEDULE 9AREA COST ADJUSTMENT FIGURES

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