1992 No. 739

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES
HOUSING, SCOTLAND
SOCIAL SECURITY

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

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Social Security, with the consent of the Treasury1, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 30(2), (2ZA), (2A), (3), (11) and 31F(2) to (5A) of the Social Security Act 19862 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 19753 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 interpretation1

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 II2

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 19824;

  • “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—

    1. 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

    2. 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 19875 nor in a hostel within the meaning of Regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations6;

  • “housing benefit subsidy” means subsidy under section 30(1) or (1A) of the Act7 (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 rebates8;

  • “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 19879;

  • “the Rent Officers Order” means the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 199010 or, as the case may be, the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Order 199011;

  • “the Scottish Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 198812;

  • “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—

    1. a

      the deductions specified in article 13; and

    2. b

      where, under sub-section (6) of section 28 of the Act13 (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 subsidy3

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 allowances4

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 benefit5

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 198914 (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 increase6

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—

A-(A×BC),math

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 198715 for accommodation which is board and lodging accommodation;

  • B is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—

    DE×100;math
  • C is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—

    FG×100;math
  • 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—

    1. a

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

    2. 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 rents7

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 197716 or Part V, VI or VII of the Rent (Scotland) Act 198417 or which have been determined by a rent assessment committee in respect of a dwelling under Part I of the Housing Act 198818 or Part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 198819; 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 Order20; 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 198021 (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 Regulations22 (excluded tenancies).

4

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

Rent officers' determinations8

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 Regulations23 (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 Order24 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 accommodation9

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 194825 (provision of accommodation); or

b

section 21(1) of and paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 8 to the National Health Service Act 197726 (prevention, care and after-care); or

c

section 59 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 196827 (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 cases10

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 198528 or section 35(2)(b) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 198729, 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 allowances11

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 197530 (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 198931 (time and manner in which claims are to be made) applies.

Additions to housing benefit subsidy12

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 198732 (reduced liability for personal community charge).

Deductions to be made in calculating housing benefit subsidy in respect of rebates or allowances13

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 197233 (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 198734 (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 198935 or of the Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Order 199036 or under article 4 of the Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 199137; 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 198938 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 subsidy14

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 entitlement15

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 198539 (interpretation) as previously in force.

PART IIICommunity Charge Benefit Subsidy

Interpretation of Part III16

1

In this Part of this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • the Act” means the Social Security Act 198640;

  • “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 Act41 refers;

  • “community charge benefit subsidy” means subsidy under section 31F of the Act42;

  • “excess benefits” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 83 of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations43;

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

  • “the Community Charge Benefits Regulations” means the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 198944,

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 Act45 (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 subsidy17

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 benefit18

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 benefit19

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 benefits20

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 197546 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 subsidy21

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 benefit22

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 Regulations47 (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 Regulations48 (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 199149; 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 WiddecombeParliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department of Social Security

We consent,

Gregory KnightNicholas BakerTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

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

Article 3

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 amount2

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

A×BCmath

where —

  • A is —

    1. 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;

    2. b

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

      1. i

        in England, £40,876,600;

      2. ii

        in Wales, £1,790,275;

      3. iii

        in Scotland, £4,264,075;

  • B —

    1. 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,

    2. 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 amount3

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

D×EFmath

where —

  • D is —

    1. 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;

    2. b

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

      1. i

        in England, £2,151,400;

      2. ii

        in Wales, £94,225;

      3. iii

        in Scotland, £224,425;

  • E —

    1. 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,

    2. 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—

G×HJmath

where —

  • G is —

    1. 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;

    2. b

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

      1. i

        in England, £1,812,038;

      2. ii

        in Wales, £79,361;

      3. iii

        in Scotland, £189,025;

  • H —

    1. 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,

    2. 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—

K×LMmath

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.

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

Article 17

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 amount2

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—

A×BCmath

where—

  • A is, in the case of appropriate authorities—

    1. a

      in England, £69,556,150;

    2. b

      in Wales, £3,200,550;

    3. c

      in Scotland, £7,501,200;

  • B—

    1. 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,

    2. 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—

D×EFmath

where—

  • D is, in the case of appropriate authorities—

    1. a

      in England, £3,660,850;

    2. b

      in Wales, £168,450;

    3. c

      in Scotland, £394,800;

  • E—

    1. 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,

    2. 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 199150 (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—

G×JH-Kmath

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—

L×MNmath

where—

  • L is in the case of appropriate authorities—

    1. a

      in England, £577,673;

    2. b

      in Wales, £26,581;

    3. c

      in Scotland, £62,298;

  • M—

    1. 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,

    2. 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—

O×PQmath

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.

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

Article 4

(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

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

Article 7

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

SCHEDULE 5RENT OFFICERS' DETERMINATIONS

ARTICLE 8

Calculation of the appropriate amount1

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 determination4

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 increases5

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 rates6

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 determination7

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 date8

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 199151;

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 Regulations52; 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 Regulations53 (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 Regulations54 (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 date9

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.

Apportionment10

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).

Interpretation11

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—

    1. a

      where—

      1. 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 Order55 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);

      2. 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);

    2. 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;

    3. 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.

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

Article 10

(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

SCHEDULE 7PRESCRIBED CASELOAD AND CLAIMS FIGURES

Schedules 1 and 2

(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

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

Schedules 1 and 2

(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

SCHEDULE 9AREA COST ADJUSTMENT FIGURES

Schedules 1 and 2

(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

Portsmouth

1.037310

Reading

1.037310

Redbridge

1.108810

Reigate and Banstead

1.111865

Richmond upon Thames

1.108810

Rochester upon Medway

1.037310

Rochford

1.037310

Rother

1.037310

Runnymede

1.074620

Rushmoor

1.037310

Sevenoaks

1.074620

Shepway

1.037310

Slough

1.111865

South Bedfordshire

1.037310

South Bucks

1.111865

South Oxfordshire

1.037310

South Wight

1.037310

Southampton

1.037310

Southend on Sea

1.037310

Southwark

1.162890

Spelthorne

1.111865

St Albans

1.074620

Stevenage

1.037310

Surrey Heath

1.074620

Sutton

1.108810

Swale

1.037310

Tandridge

1.074620

Tendring

1.037310

Test Valley

1.037310

Thanet

1.037310

Three Rivers

1.111865

Thurrock

1.074620

Tonbridge and Malling

1.037310

Tower Hamlets

1.162890

Tunbridge Wells

1.037310

Uttlesford

1.037310

Vale of White Horse

1.037310

Waltham Forest

1.108810

Wandsworth

1.162890

Watford

1.111865

Waverley

1.074620

Wealden

1.037310

Welwyn Hatfield

1.074620

Westminster

1.162890

West Oxfordshire

1.037310

Winchester

1.037310

Windsor and Maidenhead

1.074620

Woking

1.074620

Wokingham

1.037310

Worthing

1.037310

Wycombe

1.037310

(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).