F1SCHEDULE 4ARENT REBATE LIMITATION DEDUCTIONS (HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT DWELLINGS)

Article 20A

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PART 1INTERPRETATION

1

In this Schedule—

  • F16“Affordable Rent” means the rent payable to an authority in respect of a tenancy of a dwelling where the rent is set on the same basis as would have been case if the amount of rent were subject to a standard set by the Regulator of Social Housing under section 194 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (which requires the initial rent to be set at no more than 80% of local market rent (including service charges));

  • “Affordable Rent dwelling” means a dwelling which the authority has let on a tenancy for which it charges an Affordable Rent, and in relation to which either of the following applies—

    1. a

      the authority has entered into an agreement with a relevant party that the dwelling is one for which the authority will charge an Affordable Rent; or

    2. b

      the authority has received a written notice from a relevant party that the dwelling is one for which the authority charges an Affordable Rent;

  • F2“dwelling” has the same meaning it bears in the determination made under section 80(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989,

  • “ HRA ” means the Housing Revenue Account of the authority the amount of whose subsidy is under consideration,

  • “new service” means—

    1. a

      a service provided in the relevant year that was not provided in 2001–02,

    2. b

      F3an extension to a service, where the service is provided in the relevant year to a greater extent than in 2001-02, or

    3. c

      a service provided in the relevant year for which a charge is imposed which is a service which was previously provided without charge because it was funded by a specific grant or subsidy (other than subsidy),

  • F17“relevant party” means—

    1. a

      the Homes and Communities Agency;

    2. b

      the Greater London Authority; or

    3. c

      the Secretary of State;

  • “rent”, in relation to a dwelling, means the total of the payments in respect of the dwelling specified in F4regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations, other than a payment specified in regulation F9regulation 12(1)(e),

  • F10...

  • F19 ...

  • “void dwelling” means a dwelling that is unoccupied,

  • “2001–02” means the year beginning with 1st April 2001 (and any corresponding expression in which two years are similarly mentioned is to be read in the same way).

PART 2ENGLAND

Liability to deduction

2

1

This paragraph applies in the case of an authority in England in relation to the relevant year if the authority is specified in the Table in Part 3 of this Schedule for that year and the weekly rent limit for a dwelling that is so specified for the authority is less than the subsidy limitation rent.

F112

The subsidy limitation rent for an authority is equal to the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year, calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).

F53

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year is calculated by dividing the total rent charged for all dwellings in the HRA in that year by the total number of weeks for which rent was charged for all dwellings in the HRA.

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5

For the purposes of F13sub-paragraph (3), void dwellings F18and dwellings which are Affordable Rent dwellings are disregarded.

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F78

For the purposes of calculating the total number of weeks for which rent is charged in F14sub-paragraph (3) rent free periods shall be included.

Amount of deduction

3

1

The amount of the deduction from subsidy referred to in article 20A(2) shall be calculated as follows.

  • Step 1

    Divide the amount of rebates paid by the authority in the relevant year in respect of dwellings in the by the income of the authority for that year from rent and service charges (including rent and charges remitted by way of rebate) in respect of such dwellings.

  • Step 2

    If the result of step 1 does not exceed the rebate proportion in England for the relevant year (see sub-paragraph (3))—

    1. a

      divide the weekly rent limit for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year as specified in Part 3 of this Schedule by the subsidy limitation rent (see paragraph 2(2)),

    2. b

      subtract the result of paragraph (a) from the number 1, and

    3. c

      multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (b).

    If the result of step 1 exceeds the rebate proportion in England for the relevant year—

    1. i

      multiply the amount by which the subsidy limitation rent exceeds the weekly rent limit for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year as specified in Part 3 of this Schedule by the rebate proportion in England for the relevant year,

    2. ii

      multiply the subsidy limitation rent by the result of step 1,

    3. iii

      divide the result of paragraph (i) by the result of paragraph (ii), and

    4. iv

      multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (iii).

2

For the purposes of the calculation in sub-paragraph (1), void dwellings are to be disregarded.

F233

The rebate proportion for 2017-18 is 0.739.

F21PART 3WEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND

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Relevant Year 2017-2018

Authority

Weekly rent limit (£)

Adur

94.57

Arun

91.39

Ashfield

68.78

Ashford

89.54

Babergh

90.00

Barking and Dagenham

98.74

Barnet

108.99

Barnsley

75.32

Barrow in Furness

75.65

Basildon

88.48

Bassetlaw

73.03

Birmingham

83.47

Blackpool

71.79

Bolsover

82.49

Bournemouth

84.06

Brent

117.02

Brentwood

95.31

Brighton and Hove

85.00

Bristol

81.73

Broxtowe

75.02

Bury

77.26

Cambridge

103.75

Camden

122.33

Cannock Chase

76.21

Canterbury

89.02

Castle Point

89.11

Central Bedfordshire

102.73

Charnwood

74.97

Cheltenham

80.98

Cheshire West and Chester

83.10

Chesterfield

80.30

City of London

107.14

City of York

79.95

Colchester

88.24

Corby

79.46

Cornwall

71.60

Crawley

104.01

Croydon

106.91

Dacorum

109.31

Darlington

71.41

Dartford

90.72

Derby

79.36

Doncaster

73.82

Dover

84.93

Dudley

83.42

Ealing

102.38

East Devon

82.35

East Riding of Yorkshire

79.92

Eastbourne

80.19

Enfield

102.07

Epping Forest

100.18

Exeter

75.86

Fareham

91.74

Gateshead

77.05

Gosport

84.48

Gravesham

90.35

Great Yarmouth

75.49

Greenwich

104.07

Guildford

111.58

Hackney

101.74

Hammersmith and Fulham

116.96

Haringey

107.17

Harlow

92.92

Harrogate

81.31

Harrow

114.72

Havering

101.64

High Peak

97.30

Hillingdon

73.79

Hinckley and Bosworth

110.12

Hounslow

79.19

Ipswich

103.52

Islington

82.91

Kensington and Chelsea

121.51

Kettering

129.15

Kingston upon Hull

82.14

Kingston upon Thames

75.77

Kirklees

113.11

Lambeth

70.39

Lancaster

109.89

Leeds

77.93

Leicester

72.52

Lewes

90.24

Lewisham

97.23

Lincoln

69.37

Luton

87.41

Manchester

74.29

Mansfield

73.78

Medway Towns

82.70

Melton

77.88

Mid Devon

79.31

Mid Suffolk

83.14

Milton Keynes

86.52

New Forest

100.20

Newark and Sherwood

78.78

Newcastle upon Tyne

75.82

Newham

98.07

North East Derbyshire

82.07

North Kesteven

77.37

North Tyneside

77.32

North Warwickshire

88.68

North West Leicestershire

79.73

Northampton

83.94

Northumberland

68.96

Norwich

80.04

Nottingham

75.67

Nuneaton and Bedworth

78.89

Oadby and Wigston

80.01

Oldham

76.32

Oxford City

109.99

Poole

85.94

Portsmouth

85.81

Reading

105.76

Redbridge

103.67

Redditch

78.80

Richmondshire

78.39

Rotherham

76.56

Rugby

87.49

Runnymede

111.32

Salford

77.13

Sandwell

82.13

Sedgemoor

78.41

Selby

79.04

Sheffield

72.54

Shepway

84.92

Shropshire

82.31

Slough

107.22

Solihull

83.02

South Cambridgeshire

108.00

South Derbyshire

80.64

South Holland

76.40

South Kesteven

79.50

South Tyneside

75.98

Southampton

85.66

Southend-on-Sea

87.15

Southwark

108.95

St.Albans

114.77

Stevenage

98.81

Stockport

75.39

Stoke-on-Trent

71.11

Stroud

83.25

Sutton

108.03

Swindon

83.66

Tamworth

81.10

Tandridge

99.11

Taunton Deane

83.09

Tendring

84.70

Thanet

81.68

Thurrock

86.76

Tower Hamlets

111.77

Utttlesford

99.15

Waltham Forest

102.92

Wandsworth

126.00

Warwick

94.70

Waveney

80.82

Waverley

115.62

Wealden

85.11

Welwyn Hatfield

109.01

West Lancashire

76.90

Westminster

126.13

Wigan

77.71

Wiltshire

88.96

Winchester

102.19

Woking

105.23

Wokingham

116.34

Wolverhampton

80.53.

PART 4WALES

Liability to deduction

4

This paragraph applies in the case of an authority in Wales in relation to the relevant year if the authority is specified in the Table in Part 5 of this Schedule for that year and

where—

O

is the amount specified in column 1 of that Table for the authority,

P

is the guideline rent increase specified in column 2 of that Table for the authority, and

Q

is the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year (see paragraph 2(3)) F8and (5).

Amount of deduction

5

1

The amount of the deduction from subsidy referred to in article 20A(2) shall be calculated as follows.

  • Step 1

    Divide the amount of rebates granted by the authority in the relevant year in respect of dwellings in the by the income of the authority for that year from rent (including rent remitted by way of rebate) in respect of such dwellings.

  • Step 2

    If the result of step 1 does not exceed the rebate proportion for the relevant year (see sub-paragraph (2))—

    1. a

      deduct (O + P) from Q (see paragraph 4),

    2. b

      divide the result of paragraph (a) by Q,

    3. c

      multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (b).

    If the result of step 1 exceeds the rebate proportion for the relevant year—

    1. i

      deduct (O + P) from Q (see paragraph 4),

    2. ii

      divide the result of paragraph (i) by Q,

    3. iii

      divide the rebate proportion for Wales (see sub-paragraph (2)) by the result of step 1,

    4. iv

      multiply the result of paragraph (ii) by the result of paragraph (iii),

    5. v

      multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (iv).

F62

The rebate proportion for Wales for each relevant year commencing with 2006-07 is 0.66.

F22PART 5AMOUNTS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES

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Relevant Year 2017-2018

Local authority

(1) Specified amount “O” (£)

(2) Guideline rent increase “P” (£)

Caerphilly

82.00

4.00

Cardiff

92.41

4.28

Carmarthenshire

81.59

3.97

Denbighshire

79.33

3.95

Flintshire

82.46

4.04

Isle of Anglesey

78.18

4.20

Pembrokeshire

83.06

3.77

Powys

83.45

3.97

Swansea

80.32

4.00

Vale of Glamorgan

89.40

4.20

Wrexham

81.62

4.00.