SCHEDULE 1Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy

Articles 12(b), 17(1), 18(1)(d), 21 and paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5

(1) Authority

(2) Administration Subsidy (£)

(3) Homeless Threshold (£)

(4) Homeless Cap (£)

(5) Additional Subsidy (£)

(6) Benefit Savings Threshold (£)

ENGLAND

Adur

127,878

66.78

89.04

16,794

131,896

Allerdale

262,099

55.26

73.68

16,513

159,687

Alnwick

73,824

49.10

65.46

3,427

43,677

Amber Valley

224,871

51.44

68.58

16,566

145,218

Arun

327,996

81.93

109.24

59,885

462,730

Ashfield

258,825

51.38

68.50

17,555

152,894

Ashford

193,486

75.51

100.68

16,352

180,870

Aylesbury Vale

211,722

66.33

88.44

27,486

172,129

Babergh

155,665

63.11

84.14

13,981

138,951

Barking and Dagenham

568,626

134.43

161.31

51,935

401,998

Barnet

805,032

134.43

161.31

182,712

1,161,088

Barnsley

688,268

44.31

59.08

35,820

391,834

Barrow-in-Furness

217,450

63.69

84.92

27,611

212,459

Basildon

459,404

61.44

81.92

35,723

309,295

Basingstoke and Deane

285,457

69.75

93.00

25,306

210,778

Bassetlaw

242,522

55.53

74.04

19,565

164,744

Bath and North East Somerset

358,078

60.60

80.80

45,817

362,043

Bedford

373,264

54.93

73.24

35,430

327,436

Berwick-upon-Tweed

65,641

43.86

58.48

4,262

41,052

Bexley

500,711

134.43

161.31

63,299

512,036

Birmingham

3,570,059

60.39

80.52

303,832

3,064,096

Blaby

94,508

48.17

64.22

6,461

45,801

Blackburn

439,056

61.34

81.78

42,959

401,974

Blackpool

574,577

50.22

66.96

144,628

910,588

Blyth Valley

228,981

44.64

59.52

9,112

124,520

Bolsover

201,746

44.60

59.46

17,018

121,875

Bolton

752,667

52.74

70.32

54,719

639,165

Boston

130,490

51.96

69.28

8,555

82,222

Bournemouth

585,897

66.98

89.30

176,071

852,343

Bracknell Forest

178,844

64.76

86.34

23,069

164,419

Bradford

1,405,642

52.67

70.22

152,722

1,350,869

Braintree

265,985

63.39

84.52

23,205

205,186

Breckland

251,931

62.87

83.82

17,894

138,715

Brent

1,215,730

134.43

161.31

308,740

2,290,093

Brentwood

105,334

73.56

98.08

10,882

79,051

Bridgnorth

85,843

55.74

74.32

5,753

57,873

Brighton and Hove

1,090,055

66.72

88.96

277,605

1,589,134

Bristol

1,198,030

58.01

77.34

154,354

1,171,749

Broadland

171,462

62.87

83.82

11,523

104,029

Bromley

723,623

134.43

161.31

72,865

605,503

Bromsgrove

103,050

51.05

68.06

6,603

60,496

Broxbourne

154,982

78.86

105.14

18,887

137,205

Broxtowe

205,109

48.35

64.46

15,419

139,402

Burnley

275,846

57.20

76.26

41,013

304,118

Bury

392,478

55.37

73.82

38,251

317,057

Calderdale

499,812

50.79

67.72

37,735

389,214

Cambridge

241,933

62.21

82.94

28,688

260,633

Camden

1,135,353

134.43

161.31

217,817

2,116,492

Cannock Chase

195,103

61.07

81.42

8,110

123,512

Canterbury

314,511

72.21

96.28

51,929

360,227

Caradon

184,318

61.76

82.34

25,779

195,033

Carlisle

233,531

53.24

70.98

20,734

186,978

Carrick

226,358

57.98

77.30

35,041

243,303

Castle Morpeth

81,470

50.82

67.76

3,512

42,091

Castle Point

149,311

79.89

106.52

27,520

141,455

Charnwood

216,555

49.43

65.90

24,625

123,667

Chelmsford

235,200

67.16

89.54

23,114

183,365

Cheltenham

245,358

69.12

92.16

37,811

286,514

Cherwell

214,618

61.92

82.56

41,620

228,432

Chester

258,587

53.63

71.50

24,539

222,239

Chester-le-Street

128,052

49.07

65.42

7,840

78,319

Chesterfield

290,840

46.28

61.70

19,690

198,275

Chichester

192,071

66.78

89.04

24,207

204,640

Chiltern

141,376

69.75

93.00

6,927

103,264

Chorley

185,920

43.67

58.22

11,273

128,808

Christchurch

97,848

62.16

82.88

9,955

67,962

City of London

35,995

134.43

161.31

2,077

34,144

Colchester

329,837

64.52

86.02

40,744

350,322

Congleton

110,851

51.44

68.58

6,648

66,229

Copeland

190,085

52.53

70.04

13,088

139,810

Corby

145,813

51.17

68.22

18,158

113,042

Cotswold

129,910

78.06

104.08

16,142

139,006

Coventry

990,465

53.84

71.78

105,075

840,160

Craven

83,737

59.51

79.34

8,519

72,347

Crawley

188,524

66.87

89.16

14,059

102,375

Crewe and Nantwich

212,016

53.22

70.96

16,606

153,714

Croydon

998,210

134.43

161.31

195,597

1,682,556

Dacorum

249,911

61.88

82.50

20,678

169,598

Darlington

246,341

51.47

68.62

25,439

216,420

Dartford

172,150

72.29

96.38

22,102

158,730

Daventry

89,714

52.62

70.16

6,481

59,125

Derby

616,461

51.09

68.12

61,605

565,078

Derbyshire Dales

94,790

50.60

67.46

5,432

52,097

Derwentside

285,057

57.47

76.62

10,051

191,678

Doncaster

820,397

44.79

59.72

55,074

470,648

Dover

309,568

75.39

100.52

54,529

373,331

Dudley

747,010

54.45

72.60

27,076

398,544

Durham City

191,489

54.51

72.68

7,771

111,431

Ealing

988,314

134.43

161.31

249,713

1,645,573

Easington

350,031

54.62

72.82

14,278

219,061

East Cambridgeshire

134,278

62.87

83.82

11,487

72,393

East Devon

227,221

60.65

80.86

25,221

230,988

East Dorset

124,378

73.19

97.58

10,426

82,849

East Hampshire

155,484

69.75

93.00

18,563

130,268

East Hertfordshire

173,166

71.21

94.94

16,953

133,393

East Lindsey

311,667

54.15

72.20

42,682

281,490

East Northamptonshire

122,821

55.74

74.32

11,308

76,316

East Riding of Yorkshire

587,261

47.90

63.86

72,648

538,451

East Staffordshire

186,527

50.18

66.90

15,797

126,687

Eastbourne

290,825

65.99

87.98

66,091

372,888

Eastleigh

181,116

69.65

92.86

21,025

127,182

Eden

70,526

71.96

95.94

7,072

65,030

Ellesmere Port and Neston

159,211

43.04

57.38

7,997

92,942

Elmbridge

186,575

77.78

103.70

33,527

218,475

Enfield

764,927

134.43

161.31

135,084

1,110,048

Epping Forest

231,117

71.09

94.78

27,375

189,634

Epsom and Ewell

93,972

69.65

92.86

14,712

82,096

Erewash

234,962

46.55

62.06

20,230

155,563

Exeter

292,145

54.72

72.96

38,950

315,014

Fareham

119,778

66.62

88.82

11,526

115,771

Fenland

188,615

61.05

81.40

23,073

151,343

Forest Heath

90,783

56.54

75.38

8,273

63,056

Forest of Dean

143,350

60.65

80.86

14,101

117,326

Fylde

129,602

48.89

65.18

23,242

127,112

Gateshead

798,011

49.04

65.38

37,573

654,949

Gedling

191,577

48.39

64.52

20,093

146,702

Gillingham

200,492

63.80

85.06

41,605

241,010

Gloucester

275,100

65.84

87.78

58,045

353,538

Gosport

167,139

73.98

98.64

16,743

187,977

Gravesham

228,496

71.25

95.00

32,387

219,579

Great Yarmouth

309,339

48.81

65.08

58,670

317,951

Greenwich

991,405

134.43

161.31

70,845

1,027,712

Guildford

203,720

78.80

105.06

32,203

227,707

Hackney

1,495,105

134.43

161.31

243,433

2,631,330

Halton

445,350

47.43

63.24

19,880

291,347

Hambleton

138,912

47.84

63.78

12,466

82,233

Hammersmith and Fulham

878,891

134.43

161.31

152,324

1,209,033

Harborough

81,365

60.75

81.00

7,205

57,792

Haringey

1,309,264

134.43

161.31

384,860

2,746,581

Harlow

235,181

61.38

81.84

17,204

168,985

Harrogate

236,570

63.95

85.26

36,251

254,092

Harrow

458,901

134.43

161.31

103,804

705,957

Hart

89,192

93.66

124.88

12,214

74,755

Hartlepool

357,281

53.58

71.44

26,887

296,968

Hastings

416,090

69.75

93.00

96,855

501,748

Havant

232,441

69.75

93.00

29,267

178,371

Havering

487,586

134.43

161.31

52,813

358,068

Hereford

147,649

49.95

66.60

22,124

158,300

Hertsmere

219,732

62.87

83.82

16,112

132,822

High Peak

163,462

55.89

74.52

16,593

138,641

Hillingdon

553,999

134.43

161.31

69,495

742,398

Hinckley and Bosworth

130,865

55.41

73.88

11,435

70,733

Horsham

159,538

80.28

107.04

20,108

164,017

Hounslow

647,273

134.43

161.31

134,556

885,374

Huntingdonshire

213,218

59.94

79.92

21,438

168,199

Hyndburn

227,199

58.46

77.94

33,072

234,108

Ipswich

368,294

56.79

75.72

36,437

316,829

Isle of Wight

414,321

69.65

92.86

71,453

456,737

Isles of Scilly

4,837

62.57

83.42

480

2,347

Islington

1,123,082

134.43

161.31

119,640

1,431,747

Kennet

149,990

62.16

82.88

10,260

98,953

Kensington and Chelsea

716,159

134.43

161.31

181,247

1,330,284

Kerrier

246,134

62.52

83.36

31,640

255,817

Kettering

155,222

55.29

73.72

16,972

116,478

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk

295,978

53.69

71.58

25,824

223,613

Kingston-upon-Hull

1,132,617

48.24

64.32

84,023

877,215

Kingston-upon-Thames

260,543

134.43

161.31

37,274

327,577

Kirklees

975,704

56.03

74.70

81,189

828,207

Knowsley

710,398

66.47

88.62

25,991

522,403

Lambeth

1,466,392

134.43

161.31

242,655

2,236,795

Lancaster

357,398

53.75

71.66

68,838

372,326

Leeds

2,209,741

46.52

62.02

252,656

1,618,667

Leicester

992,070

57.59

76.78

91,173

880,835

Leominster

95,193

56.79

75.72

11,120

61,769

Lewes

187,874

71.16

94.88

33,257

196,293

Lewisham

1,394,404

134.43

161.31

157,200

1,491,021

Lichfield

126,414

56.48

75.30

5,274

88,920

Lincoln

297,360

48.32

64.42

28,883

249,897

Liverpool

2,676,617

63.03

84.04

247,268

2,274,531

Luton

488,572

64.37

85.82

99,748

541,967

Macclesfield

227,797

56.01

74.68

22,042

191,428

Maidstone

253,337

73.11

97.48

30,210

235,369

Maldon

118,694

62.87

83.82

11,815

92,676

Malvern Hills

171,868

56.79

75.72

12,324

107,700

Manchester

2,582,088

68.28

91.04

321,926

3,265,757

Mansfield

289,844

55.05

73.40

22,592

210,465

Melton

65,929

49.35

65.80

4,924

45,009

Mendip

216,532

62.82

83.76

29,044

228,352

Merton

474,637

134.43

161.31

90,316

600,719

Mid Bedfordshire

175,246

63.06

84.08

12,197

101,162

Mid Devon

135,635

59.66

79.54

12,103

134,651

Mid Suffolk

122,140

62.94

83.92

9,206

80,446

Mid Sussex

193,541

69.75

93.00

23,358

190,836

Middlesbrough

577,418

62.01

82.68

43,040

535,928

Milton Keynes

514,968

56.55

75.40

55,849

468,268

Mole Valley

106,180

67.64

90.18

9,110

84,126

New Forest

279,053

79.02

105.36

29,496

283,903

Newark and Sherwood

228,206

52.70

70.26

17,318

152,557

Newbury

231,302

63.65

84.86

22,539

161,331

Newcastle-under-Lyme

223,435

46.08

61.44

12,002

118,444

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

1,204,944

53.76

71.68

99,823

1,008,742

Newham

1,405,767

134.43

161.31

306,062

2,183,541

North Cornwall

218,194

61.83

82.44

26,814

211,437

North Devon

228,434

68.96

91.94

49,744

318,080

North Dorset

101,457

62.16

82.88

9,790

61,959

North East Derbyshire

198,659

44.13

58.84

7,496

89,419

North East Lincolnshire

487,204

49.53

66.04

57,609

415,405

North Hertfordshire

232,900

68.10

90.80

26,509

193,975

North Kesteven

126,616

51.93

69.24

9,073

75,134

North Lincolnshire

348,313

47.79

63.72

31,047

241,753

North Norfolk

210,497

56.81

75.74

23,763

194,284

North Shropshire

102,857

49.80

66.40

7,976

72,857

North Somerset

397,141

71.88

95.84

88,096

496,045

North Tyneside

697,436

43.89

58.52

41,484

447,423

North Warwickshire

132,192

50.87

67.82

1,964

70,311

North West Leicestershire

143,978

51.50

68.66

7,510

74,397

North Wiltshire

203,765

62.16

82.88

15,680

112,416

Northampton

436,819

59.58

79.44

49,011

382,030

Norwich

482,970

55.43

73.90

40,180

436,342

Nottingham

1,180,129

51.23

68.30

102,275

1,029,510

Nuneaton and Bedworth

265,167

50.54

67.38

21,855

179,387

Oadby and Wigston

65,895

47.79

63.72

6,017

42,002

Oldham

650,983

49.83

66.44

47,965

509,202

Oswestry

77,466

51.17

68.22

6,562

63,813

Oxford

383,190

63.66

84.88

114,187

583,821

Pendle

205,189

54.44

72.58

26,796

212,273

Penwith

245,631

62.16

82.88

31,383

273,439

Peterborough

467,877

60.66

80.88

71,644

458,690

Plymouth

810,901

51.14

68.18

123,071

905,464

Poole

283,768

65.54

87.38

45,421

298,015

Portsmouth

639,913

63.35

84.46

112,410

789,798

Preston

386,172

54.59

72.78

30,618

362,840

Purbeck

84,925

73.85

98.46

10,489

88,691

Reading

394,266

86.43

115.24

79,870

625,106

Redbridge

623,608

134.43

161.31

177,223

1,164,212

Redcar and Cleveland

418,250

56.79

75.72

32,816

358,238

Redditch

167,224

56.96

75.94

8,731

125,690

Reigate and Banstead

182,767

76.38

101.84

25,011

175,839

Restormel

259,807

61.52

82.02

39,891

292,172

Ribble Valley

56,900

48.99

65.32

5,910

43,041

Richmond-upon-Thames

354,553

134.43

161.31

52,668

427,000

Richmondshire

64,601

57.99

77.32

4,764

54,097

Rochdale

652,511

53.88

71.84

55,747

576,056

Rochester-upon-Medway

475,882

69.75

93.00

145,537

596,579

Rochford

121,091

65.54

87.38

13,503

99,828

Rossendale

165,506

54.69

72.92

13,965

146,027

Rother

195,370

78.17

104.22

30,053

269,340

Rotherham

732,018

41.01

54.68

27,841

368,025

Rugby

158,052

55.05

73.40

12,882

115,949

Runnymede

114,980

84.15

112.20

13,932

102,460

Rushcliffe

133,688

54.11

72.14

16,374

100,302

Rushmoor

169,673

70.20

93.60

20,654

140,364

Rutland

41,072

62.45

83.26

3,506

33,970

Ryedale

92,963

47.84

63.78

6,608

58,719

Salford

946,212

59.88

79.84

118,474

811,910

Salisbury

203,593

75.42

100.56

31,454

233,171

Sandwell

1,094,694

63.72

84.96

37,457

666,360

Scarborough

304,242

58.28

77.70

49,014

340,684

Sedgefield

271,099

49.91

66.54

8,673

145,269

Sedgemoor

230,064

65.04

86.72

34,915

245,387

Sefton

833,997

60.30

80.40

118,581

626,349

Selby

108,461

56.70

75.60

12,753

75,188

Sevenoaks

217,364

69.75

93.00

14,568

140,528

Sheffield

1,783,708

48.11

64.14

80,086

988,603

Shepway

313,111

65.15

86.86

72,493

322,882

Shrewsbury and Atcham

180,265

51.77

69.02

16,700

150,926

Slough

309,462

76.25

101.66

61,722

348,684

Solihull

365,333

60.66

80.88

14,997

238,449

South Bedfordshire

196,480

68.28

91.04

18,050

149,304

South Bucks

118,491

54.44

72.58

5,747

54,273

South Cambridgeshire

137,662

64.64

86.18

16,026

100,192

South Derbyshire

127,602

51.68

68.90

10,106

81,416

South Gloucestershire

321,486

64.20

85.60

35,613

269,401

South Hams

166,628

71.61

95.48

23,248

188,508

South Herefordshire

85,103

56.42

75.22

9,521

75,202

South Holland

118,135

52.41

69.88

6,810

61,504

South Kesteven

209,043

51.05

68.06

20,888

147,578

South Lakeland

165,867

56.30

75.06

20,505

166,780

South Norfolk

169,103

60.41

80.54

12,067

113,879

South Northamptonshire

87,511

62.27

83.02

8,279

60,552

South Oxfordshire

167,355

77.46

103.28

22,949

175,905

South Ribble

166,467

55.19

73.58

7,506

83,774

South Shropshire

91,951

56.79

75.72

7,417

68,142

South Somerset

290,674

64.88

86.50

34,710

273,471

South Staffordshire

150,300

55.74

74.32

5,317

86,675

South Tyneside

641,203

43.28

57.70

22,358

319,233

Southampton

720,762

60.98

81.30

129,673

854,135

Southend-on-Sea

581,600

67.67

90.22

128,468

796,676

Southwark

1,484,813

134.43

161.31

177,225

1,725,838

Spelthorne

165,953

69.75

93.00

18,373

107,680

St Albans

183,420

70.88

94.50

19,874

158,127

St Edmundsbury

172,675

60.23

80.30

12,913

128,499

St Helens

551,113

60.24

80.32

28,032

385,518

Stafford

173,075

53.24

70.98

11,093

104,732

Staffordshire Moorlands

125,838

52.10

69.46

5,830

68,896

Stevenage

225,525

69.93

93.24

14,784

215,198

Stockport

732,362

48.95

65.26

64,980

520,489

Stockton-on-Tees

490,003

54.03

72.04

35,145

389,940

Stoke-on-Trent

717,477

54.66

72.88

66,160

578,870

Stratford-on-Avon

163,243

57.86

77.14

16,564

152,759

Stroud

190,040

70.58

94.10

21,767

176,322

Suffolk Coastal

243,824

53.81

71.74

22,936

184,799

Sunderland

1,034,976

51.02

68.02

69,866

902,530

Surrey Heath

97,959

69.75

93.00

14,229

70,167

Sutton

381,843

134.43

161.31

52,198

380,949

Swale

351,322

53.28

71.04

45,584

281,513

Swindon

351,787

55.83

74.44

44,079

292,731

Tameside

643,335

54.75

73.00

45,911

499,475

Tamworth

162,153

58.44

77.92

14,846

121,192

Tandridge

91,479

61.44

81.92

10,876

76,588

Taunton Deane

243,870

57.08

76.10

38,246

246,089

Teesdale

50,299

50.57

67.42

3,393

28,552

Teignbridge

245,394

61.82

82.42

37,679

302,613

Tendring

364,362

61.20

81.60

60,595

337,218

Test Valley

142,734

71.12

94.82

10,865

114,844

Tewkesbury

113,041

55.94

74.58

11,535

86,193

Thanet

545,211

69.02

92.02

126,147

728,833

The Wrekin

368,768

63.80

85.06

26,801

325,920

Three Rivers

142,908

69.99

93.32

12,095

116,882

Thurrock

333,204

62.57

83.42

33,951

260,390

Tonbridge and Malling

214,340

69.75

93.00

13,928

132,426

Torbay

463,173

65.66

87.54

119,577

722,209

Torridge

136,673

55.40

73.86

24,812

176,723

Tower Hamlets

1,103,625

134.43

161.31

61,014

1,040,370

Trafford

472,828

56.40

75.20

54,183

410,719

Tunbridge Wells

231,636

69.75

93.00

22,146

196,425

Tynedale

96,882

55.89

74.52

4,451

59,649

Uttlesford

96,287

63.42

84.56

10,896

78,913

Vale of White Horse

164,628

69.75

93.00

15,225

100,146

Vale Royal

193,126

53.03

70.70

8,752

128,703

Wakefield

852,265

47.40

63.20

28,915

468,241

Walsall

726,656

50.01

66.68

21,607

392,978

Waltham Forest

945,280

134.43

161.31

179,371

1,313,780

Wandsworth

1,112,645

134.43

161.31

198,874

1,501,769

Wansbeck

192,072

46.55

62.06

13,677

97,048

Warrington

397,883

46.38

61.84

18,430

245,900

Warwick

223,438

60.02

80.02

23,430

189,326

Watford

183,140

67.28

89.70

32,693

204,878

Waveney

360,838

55.59

74.12

72,065

428,777

Waverley

169,295

72.98

97.30

21,055

152,269

Wealden

201,307

59.70

79.60

29,268

190,485

Wear Valley

208,550

53.51

71.34

9,623

121,824

Wellingborough

137,726

50.39

67.18

16,960

91,520

Welwyn Hatfield

206,002

62.00

82.66

16,192

145,904

West Devon

93,870

68.27

91.02

18,347

95,485

West Dorset

198,984

62.16

82.88

17,457

153,522

West Lancashire

256,511

53.37

71.16

13,373

197,059

West Lindsey

144,292

51.35

68.46

15,106

102,985

West Oxfordshire

133,171

65.48

87.30

19,977

132,872

West Somerset

94,922

75.86

101.14

16,274

118,663

West Wiltshire

214,452

73.46

97.94

36,653

229,497

Westminster59

1,949,765

134.43

161.31

369,579

1,978,731

Weymouth and Portland

170,040

56.84

75.78

39,128

233,719

Wigan

749,696

47.37

63.16

33,095

456,169

Winchester

166,209

69.71

92.94

14,894

154,244

Windsor and Maidenhead

243,228

69.75

93.00

23,238

189,060

Wirral

1,102,692

66.02

88.02

130,785

1,056,229

Woking

131,190

85.19

113.58

18,476

147,662

Wokingham

123,973

73.17

97.56

20,438

125,297

Wolverhampton

855,372

54.92

73.22

41,214

556,450

Worcester

206,198

53.91

71.88

42,244

198,464

Worthing

239,767

67.01

89.34

58,860

327,785

Wychavon

199,817

56.79

75.72

11,278

99,831

Wycombe

221,749

77.37

103.16

23,249

189,457

Wyre

196,507

55.19

73.58

25,209

135,024

Wyre Forest

188,559

56.52

75.36

17,033

135,575

York

364,553

60.51

80.68

49,942

361,192

WALES

Blaenau Gwent

200,096

56.76

75.68

14,799

152,680

Bridgend

258,229

56.84

75.78

35,520

265,018

Caerphilly

335,215

59.90

79.86

36,496

189,602

Cardiff

713,150

64.89

86.52

100,994

896,265

Carmarthenshire

307,870

54.26

72.34

44,543

356,135

Ceredigion

126,174

58.97

78.62

24,250

169,528

Conwy

242,452

53.45

71.26

47,398

326,266

Denbighshire

197,249

48.83

65.10

50,187

238,293

Flintshire

212,466

52.38

69.84

21,878

202,442

Gwynedd

226,214

52.65

70.20

39,345

254,344

Isle of Anglesey

155,321

52.76

70.34

26,295

195,591

Merthyr Tydfil

172,864

54.62

72.82

12,090

98,256

Monmouthshire

114,763

62.72

83.62

10,164

130,150

Neath Port Talbot

328,340

54.53

72.70

26,992

294,765

Newport

316,578

62.21

82.94

38,816

344,385

Pembrokeshire

204,423

53.27

71.02

39,203

276,200

Powys

195,953

53.31

71.08

21,144

191,109

Rhondda, Cynon, Taff

536,851

55.52

74.02

48,511

439,827

Swansea

572,406

56.81

75.74

69,819

475,274

Torfaen

200,878

65.51

87.34

17,280

119,494

Vale of Glamorgan

214,396

63.95

85.26

42,944

289,933

Wrexham

261,738

48.51

64.68

22,657

157,431

SCOTLAND

Aberdeen City

460,211

40.22

53.63

25,950

244,401

Aberdeenshire

302,423

47.26

63.01

18,279

165,284

Angus

249,516

36.37

48.49

13,763

107,992

Argyll and Bute

209,714

53.22

70.96

24,153

193,793

Clackmannanshire

124,150

43.86

58.48

3,410

63,856

Dumfries and Galloway

380,377

50.30

67.07

30,956

261,124

Dundee City

633,345

54.85

73.13

28,157

449,344

East Ayrshire

338,898

39.30

52.40

12,845

188,654

East Dunbartonshire

135,198

47.39

63.18

7,606

90,985

East Lothian

231,028

41.43

55.24

16,986

132,155

East Renfrewshire

141,182

42.23

56.30

7,654

87,309

Edinburgh City

1,400,098

63.59

84.79

171,687

1,425,902

Falkirk

375,927

40.90

54.53

10,525

177,025

Fife

1,003,184

44.67

59.57

59,157

561,870

Glasgow City

3,464,837

58.17

77.56

177,196

2,387,108

Highland

493,914

56.34

75.11

36,556

355,481

Inverclyde

361,459

48.80

65.06

14,058

202,075

Midlothian

201,049

35.02

46.69

8,417

72,930

Moray

172,278

42.62

56.83

13,042

114,470

North Ayrshire

465,825

45.24

60.32

24,766

282,327

North Lanarkshire

1,011,559

46.43

61.91

18,876

526,410

Orkney

35,967

51.68

68.91

3,523

29,899

Perthshire and Kinross

282,947

42.23

56.30

31,716

175,641

Renfrewshire

516,402

45.24

60.32

18,955

275,959

Scottish Borders

249,815

43.31

57.75

9,230

114,758

Shetland

29,251

53.47

71.29

1,187

17,464

South Ayrshire

285,495

47.90

63.87

27,343

228,350

South Lanarkshire

798,920

49.20

65.61

22,511

483,316

Stirling

184,051

51.41

68.55

11,697

115,183

West Dunbartonshire

329,459

50.58

67.44

7,041

185,236

West Lothian

410,108

41.01

54.67

14,474

220,931

Western Isles

59,609

56.19

74.93

3,016

39,373

DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS

Scottish Homes

654,842

251,911

SCHEDULE 2ADJUSTMENT FOR PRIORITISATION OF CLAIMS

Article 12(b)

General and interpretation1

1

The adjustment to the sum in respect of the cost of administering relevant benefits referred to in article 12(b) shall be calculated in accordance with the formula—

(A+C)-(B+D)math

where

  • A is, in a case where an authority’s total credits in accordance with paragraph 2(a) exceed that authority’s total debits in accordance with paragraph 2(b), the amount by which those credits exceed those debits;

  • B is, in a case where an authority’s total debits in accordance with paragraph 2(b) exceed that authority’s total credits in accordance with paragraph 2(a), the amount by which those debits exceed those credits;

  • C is, in a case where an authority’s total credits in accordance with paragraph 5(a) exceed that authority’s total debits in accordance with paragraph 5(b), the amount by which those credits exceed those debits; and

  • D is, in a case where an authority’s total debits in accordance with paragraph 5(b) exceed that authority’s total credits in accordance with paragraph 5(a), the amount by which those debits exceed those credits.

2

In this Schedule, “last day” has the meaning ascribed to that term, for the purposes of housing benefit, in paragraph 12 of Schedule 5A to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, for the purposes of council tax benefit, paragraph 8 of Schedule 5A to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations60 (extended payments).

Housing benefit claims

2

In a case where a claim for housing benefit given priority under regulation 76(4) of the Housing Benefit Regulations61 (priority for extended payments) is made to an authority and—

a

paragraph 3 applies to that claim, that authority shall be credited with £10;

b

paragraph 4 applies to that claim, that authority shall be debited by £10.

3

This paragraph applies where an authority determines a claim to which paragraph 2 applies within 4 weeks of the last day and also within either—

a

14 days of the receipt of that claim by that authority; or

b

7 days of the receipt by that authority of all the information necessary to determine it.

4

This paragraph applies where an authority does not determine a claim to which paragraph 2 applies within whichever is the later of—

a

14 days of receipt of that claim by that authority;

b

7 days of the receipt by that authority of all the information necessary to determine that claim; or

c

4 weeks following the last day.

Council tax benefit claims

5

In a case where a claim for council tax benefit given priority under regulation 66(4) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations62 (priority for extended payments) is made to an authority and—

a

paragraph 3 applies to that claim, that authority shall be credited with £10;

b

paragraph 4 applies to that claim, that authority shall be debited by £10.

6

This paragraph applies where an authority determines a claim to which paragraph 5 applies within 4 weeks of the last day and also within either—

a

14 days of the receipt of that claim by that authority; or

b

7 days of the receipt by that authority of all the information necessary to determine it.

7

This paragraph applies where an authority does not determine a claim to which paragraph 5 applies within whichever is the later of—

a

14 days of the receipt of that claim by that authority;

b

7 days of the receipt by that authority of all the information necessary to determine that claim; or

c

4 weeks following the last day.

SCHEDULE 3CALCULATION OF DEDUCTIONS FROM SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF PERIOD OVERRUNS

Article 13(3)

PART IGENERAL INTERPRETATION

1

In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “period overrun” means any period, in the relevant year—

    1. i

      which follows a benefit period in that year or the previous year; and

    2. ii

      in respect of which the authority makes a payment to a claimant after the expiration of the benefit period without making a further award under regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations63 or regulation 57 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations64, as the case may be;

  • “benefit period” has the same meaning as in regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or regulation 57 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations, as the case may be, save that where an authority makes an award under one of those regulations for a specified period of less than 60 benefit weeks commencing with the benefit week when that specified period began;

  • “overrun week” means any week forming part of a period overrun, and

  • “the Table” means the Table in paragraph 5(2).

PART IIDEDUCTIONS

2

The percentage referred to in article 13(3)(a) for an authority shall be that percentage in column (2) of the Table, opposite the percentage calculated for that authority in column (1) of the Table.

3

The percentage referred to in article 13(3)(b) for an authority shall be that percentage in column (2) of the Table, opposite the percentage calculated for that authority in column (1) of that Table.

4

The percentage referred to in article 13(3)(c) for an authority shall be that percentage in column (2) of the Table, opposite the percentage calculated for that authority in column (1) of the Table.

PART IIICALCULATIONS AND TABLE

5

1

In the heading to column (1) in the Table in sub-paragraph (2), “total benefit weeks” means the total of all benefit weeks and overrun weeks for all claimants in the appropriate category as described in paragraph 2, 3 or 4, as the case may be, granted benefit by the authority in the relevant year.

2

The Table referred to in this Schedule is as follows

(1) Overrun weeks in the relevant year as a percentage of the total benefit weeks in that year

(2) Percentage reduction for the purpose of paragraph 2, 3 or 4, as the case may be

81 to 100%

5%

61 to 80.99%

4%

41 to 60.99%

3%

21 to 40.99%

2%

5 to 20.99%

1%

less than 5%

nil per cent.

SCHEDULE 4HIGH RENTS AND RENT ALLOWANCES

Articles 13(1) and 16

PART IREGULATED TENANCIES

1

1

In a case to which this Part applies, where any part of the qualifying expenditure of an authority, whose area is or lies within an area identified in column (1) of the Table in Part V, 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 Table, the appropriate amount shall be calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).

2

Where the allowance granted—

a

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 qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

b

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

PART IIRENT OFFICERS' DETERMINATIONS

Calculation of the appropriate amount2

The appropriate amount, in a case to which this Part applies, in respect of that part of the qualifying expenditure which is attributable to allowances granted for the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on the termination date, shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 6, 7, 8, 9 or 11 as appropriate.

Rent officers' determinations

3

Except in a case to which Part III applies, this Part applies where an authority applies to a rent officer for a determination to be made under the Rent Officers Order or the Rent Officers Order 1995 in relation to a dwelling and the officer makes such a determination.

4

This Part also applies in a case where the dwelling A is in a hostel and, by virtue of regulation 12A(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations65 (exemptions from requirement to refer to rent officers), an application for a determination in respect of that dwelling A is not required, because the dwelling is regarded as similar to 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 Part, be treated as if it were a determination in respect of dwelling A.

5

This Part also applies in a case 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 Regulations66 (cases with existing determinations) 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 Part, be treated as if it were a determination made in respect of that tenancy.

6

Except where paragraph 5 applies, this Part also applies in a case where an authority is required, under regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officer), to apply for a determination in relation to a dwelling during the relevant year which a rent officer would be required to make, but the authority fails to apply for that determination, and, in such a case, the appropriate amount shall be nil.

Rent officers' property-specific rent

7

Where —

a

the rent officer determines a property-specific rent, but not a size-related rent; and

b

the amount of eligible rent does not exceed the property-specific 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 qualifying expenditure attributable to the eligible rent.

8

1

Where—

a

the rent officer determines a property-specific rent, but not a size-related rent; and

b

the amount of eligible rent exceeds the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts,

then, for the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date, the appropriate amount shall be determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) or sub-paragraph (3), as the case may be.

2

Where the allowance granted is the same as or is less than the excess—

a

except in a case to which paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be nil;

b

where paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance.

3

Where the allowance granted is greater than the excess the appropriate amount shall be

a

except where paragraph 10 applies, nil per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess;

b

where paragraph 10 applies, 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

together with 95 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

Rent officers' property-specific and size-related rents9

1

Where the rent officer makes a determination that the dwelling exceeds the size criteria for its occupiers and determines both a property-specific rent and a size-related rent for that dwelling, 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

Where the eligible rent does not exceed the designated rent, less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the eligible rent.

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 does not exceed the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the eligible rent.

4

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 property-specific rent less ineligible amounts—

a

where the allowance is the same as or is less than the excess—

i

except in a case to which paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be nil;

ii

where paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

b

where the allowance granted is greater than the excess the appropriate amount shall be—

i

except where paragraph 10 applies, nil per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess;

ii

where paragraph 10 applies, 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

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

5

For the period after the end of that 13 week period, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the designated rent less ineligible amounts—

a

where the allowance is the same as or is less than the excess—

i

except in a case to which paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be nil;

ii

where paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

b

where the allowance granted is greater than the excess the appropriate amount shall be—

i

except where paragraph 10 applies, nil per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess;

ii

where paragraph 10 applies, 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

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

Restriction on unreasonable rents or on rent increases10

This paragraph applies where an authority has been unable to treat a person’s eligible rent as reduced by reason of regulation 11(3), (3A)67, (4), as in force on 1st January 1996, or 12(2)68 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (restrictions on unreasonable rents or rent increases)69, as in force on 5th October 1997.

Payments on account of rent allowance11

1

This paragraph applies in a case where—

a

an authority makes a payment on account pursuant to regulation 91 of the Housing Benefit Regulations70 (payments on account); and

b

on the subsequent determination by that authority the amount of rent allowance payable is less than the amount of that payment.

2

In a case where this paragraph applies, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of so much of any amount which—

a

is not in excess of the appropriate indicative rent level in relation to the dwelling, in respect of which the claim for rent allowance, pursuant to which the payment on account was paid, was made; and

b

has not been recovered pursuant to either regulation 91(3) or regulation 99 (recoverable overpayments)71 of the Housing Benefit Regulations.

3

In any case to which this paragraph applies where any such payments on account were in excess of the appropriate indicative rent level, the appropriate amount shall be nil.

Relevant date12

For the purposes of this Part—

a

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

b

in a case where, on 1st April in the relevant year, there is current on that date both a claim for an allowance in relation to the dwelling and a rent officer’s determination in relation to that dwelling, the relevant date is that day and for this purpose a rent officer’s determination includes a determination, further determination or re-determination made under the Rent Officers Order or the Rent Officers Order 1995, as the case may be, save that, where a determination had not taken effect by 31st March of the year immediately preceding the relevant year, the relevant date will be 13 weeks after the relevant date determined under the 1997 Order, or, in a relevant year commencing on or after 1st April 1998, the relevant date determined for the year immediately preceding that relevant year;

c

in a case where, during the relevant year—

i

there has been a change relating to a rent allowance within the meaning of regulation 12A(8)72 of the Housing Benefit Regulations; and

ii

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

the relevant date is the date on which the relevant change of circumstances takes effect for the purposes of regulation 68 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (date on which change of circumstances is to take effect)73 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, prior to any rent officer determination being notified to the authority, the authority determines a rent allowance on a claim in respect of a dwelling, the relevant date is—

i

if the designated rent less ineligible amounts determined under the determination eventually notified by the rent officer is higher than or equal to the eligible rent determined by the authority in relation to that dwelling, the date determined under the foregoing sub-paragraphs of this paragraph as appropriate;

ii

if the designated rent less ineligible amounts is lower than the eligible rent determined by the authority but that eligible rent is equal to or more than the appropriate indicative rent level for that dwelling, the Monday following the date on which the determination is made by the rent officer;

iii

if the designated rent less ineligible amounts is lower than the eligible rent determined by the authority in relation to that dwelling, the Monday following the date on which the determination is made by the rent officer and, in so far as the eligible rent determined by the authority in relation to that dwelling was in excess of the appropriate indicative rent level for that dwelling, paragraph 7 shall apply to that excess;

e

in a case where the rent officer has made a re-determination under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Rent Officers Order or the Rent Officers Order 1995, as the case may be, the relevant date is

i

if the designated rent determination 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 designated rent determination 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 date13

For the purposes of this Part “termination date” means—

a

31st March in the relevant year; or

b

where the rent officer’s determination replaces a determination made in relation to the same dwelling, the day before the relevant date of the new determination by the rent officer in relation to the same dwelling as defined by paragraph 12; or

c

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

whichever is the earlier date in the relevant year.

PART IIIRECKONABLE RENT CASES

14

In a case where article 16(4)(a) applies—

a

where the authority, in determining the reckonable rent, has lessened that rent, in accordance with regulation 10(3) of and Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (ineligible charges), by a sum less than the ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of the maximum rent as calculated by reference to the value of those ineligible amounts and the local reference rent; and

b

in a case where sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of the eligible rent as determined by the authority.

15

In a case where article 16(4)(c) applies, the appropriate amount shall be, for the period of 13 weeks prescribed in regulation 11(9) of the Housing Benefit Regulations, 95 per cent. of the eligible rent less ineligible amounts.

PART IVGENERAL AND INTERPRETATION

Apportionment16

For the purposes of this Schedule, where more than one person is liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling the designated rent shall be apportioned on the same basis as such payments are apportioned under regulation 10(5) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (rent).

Interpretation17

1

In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “appropriate indicative rent level” means the indicative rent level for the category of dwelling into which the dwelling in question falls, as described in paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order or paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order 1995, as the case may be, except that, where a payment on account is made to a young individual, the category of dwelling shall be that within head (b) of paragraph 9(3) of that Schedule, less, in the case of a dwelling falling within that head or head (a) of that paragraph, any amount ineligible to be met under paragraph 1A or Part II of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (meal and fuel charges);

  • “designated rent” means—

    1. a

      in a case where a rent officer has determined both a property-specific rent and a size-related rent, whichever is the lower of the two;

    2. b

      in a case where a rent officer has determined only a property-specific rent or a size-related rent, as the case may be, that rent;

  • “ineligible amounts” means, except as provided in the definition of “property-specific rent less ineligible amounts” below—

    1. a

      any amount which the rent officer determines 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)74;

    3. c

      where the dwelling is a hostel within the meaning of regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officers), any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations (ineligible service charges)75, other than under sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph;

  • “property-specific rent”, except as provided in the definition of “property-specific rent less ineligible amounts” below, means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order or to the Rent Officers Order 1995, as the case may be, except in a case where a rent officer has made a rent determination under paragraph 3 of that Schedule, when it means that rent;

  • “property-specific rent less ineligible amounts” has the meaning otherwise ascribed to those terms in this paragraph, except, subject to article 23(1), in a case where the property-specific rent is an exceptionally high rent and the rent officer has notified the authority that the exceptionally high rent determined by him does not include a payment ineligible for housing benefit under paragraph 1(a)(i) or 4 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (ineligible service charges for food and fuel), as the case may be (“ineligible payments”), when it means that exceptionally high rent less ineligible amounts other than ineligible payments;

  • “size-related rent” means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order or the Rent Officers Order 1995, as the case may be,

and other expressions used both in this Schedule and in the Rent Officers Order or the Rent Officers Order 1995, as the case may be, or in both this Schedule and in regulation 11 of the Housing Benefit Regulations shall have the same meanings in this Schedule as they have in that Order or in that regulation, as the case may be.

2

Except in a case to which sub-paragraph (3) applies, in this Schedule any reference to a rent officer’s determination is, in any case where there has been more than one such determination, a reference to the last such determination.

3

In a case where the last determination referred to in sub-paragraph (2) was made on the basis of—

a

the terms of the tenancy of a dwelling; or

b

the size or composition of the household occupying that dwelling,

which were not appropriate to the claim for a rent allowance in respect of which the allowance was granted, any reference to a rent officer’s determination is to the last such determination which was appropriate to that claim.

PART VTHRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES

18

The Table referred to in paragraph 1 is—

TABLE

(1) Area

(2) Threshold (Weekly Sum)

£

ENGLAND (Rent Registration Areas)

Avon

91.49

Barking & Dagenham

136.89

Barnet

153.80

Bedfordshire

83.98

Berkshire

109.89

Bexley

136.34

Brent

128.25

Bromley

152.37

Buckinghamshire

97.32

Cambridgeshire

72.37

Camden

191.70

Cheshire

84.05

City of London

129.16

Cleveland

73.95

Cornwall

103.56

Croydon

193.15

Cumbria

54.28

Derbyshire

65.99

Devon

96.92

Dorset

87.82

Durham

67.25

Ealing

164.12

Enfield

138.34

Essex

110.99

Gloucestershire

79.93

Greater Manchester

89.50

Greenwich

131.58

Hackney

128.65

Hammersmith & Fulham

137.54

Hampshire

104.85

Haringey

133.32

Harrow

147.08

Havering

136.70

Hereford & Worcester

95.98

Hertfordshire

95.20

Hillingdon

144.56

Hounslow

144.60

Humberside

76.12

Isle of Wight

94.10

Islington

147.08

Kensington & Chelsea

157.32

Kent

119.44

Kingston-upon-Thames

159.11

Lambeth

127.73

Lancashire

99.30

Leicestershire

63.75

Lewisham

109.77

Lincolnshire

66.12

Merseyside

75.87

Merton

150.34

Midlands (West)

81.47

Newham

114.80

Norfolk

75.70

Northamptonshire

67.32

Northumberland

63.48

Nottinghamshire

72.89

Oxfordshire

121.89

Redbridge

124.10

Richmond-upon-Thames

163.07

Shropshire

104.79

Somerset

79.30

Southwark

129.36

Staffordshire

78.83

Suffolk

72.20

Surrey

122.08

Sussex (East)

121.69

Sussex (West)

113.68

Sutton

135.18

Tower Hamlets

144.22

Tyne & Wear

62.08

Waltham Forest

116.34

Wandsworth

154.80

Warwickshire

81.38

Westminster

195.73

Wiltshire

83.80

Yorkshire (North)

87.88

Yorkshire (South)

69.06

Yorkshire (West)

77.18

WALES (Rent Registration Areas)

Bridgend & Glamorgan Valleys

66.76

Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan

77.99

North East Wales

60.90

North West Wales

58.63

Powys

69.55

South East Wales

70.60

Swansea, Neath & Port Talbot

62.75

West Wales

68.48

SCOTLAND (Areas of pre 1996 authorities)

Borders Region

108.56

Central

105.45

Dumfries & Galloway

95.84

Fife

106.51

Grampian

94.89

Highlands & Western Islands

81.42

Lothian

100.19

Other Islands

76.72

Strathclyde

93.60

Tayside

99.92

SCHEDULE 5BENEFIT SAVINGS

Articles 13 and 21

General and interpretation1

1

The additions to or deductions from subsidy referred to in articles 13 and 21 shall be calculated in accordance with this Schedule.

2

In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • A is equal to

    (B+C)×32,math

    where—

    • B is the total sum of benefit savings made by an authority; and

    • C is the total sum of benefit-related savings made by an authority;

  • D is the sum specified in column (6) of Schedule 1 (Benefits Savings Threshold) for an authority identified in column (1) of that Schedule;

  • E is 0.75 of the value of D;

  • F is twice the value of D;

  • G is thrice the value of D;

  • “authorised person” means—

    1. i

      an officer of an authority; or

    2. ii

      an employee of an authority’s contractor,

    who has been designated by that authority for the investigation of fraud;

  • “benefit savings” means, in a case where an award of benefit had—

    1. a

      been made before an intervention and a fraudulent overpayment has arisen; or

    2. b

      been made before the intervention, but no overpayment of relevant benefit can be determined by the authority by reason of paragraphs 10 of Schedule 3, 4 of Schedule 4 or 5 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or paragraphs 10 of Schedule 3, 4 of Schedule 4 or 5 of Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (income and capital to be disregarded) where a person is in receipt of income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance76, as the case may be, pending the determination of an adjudication officer; or

    3. c

      not been made before the intervention,

    any amount, which would—

    1. i

      but for the intervention, have been paid by way of relevant benefit to a claimant during a benefit week; and

    2. ii

      had it been paid as relevant benefit, have been a fraudulent overpayment (or in a case within paragraph (a) above, have also been a fraudulent overpayment), within the meaning of article 18(5),

    or, in a case where only a proportion of that non-payment was due to the intervention, the amount shall be that proportion;

  • “benefit-related savings” means—

    1. i

      where benefit savings have been established and the investigation that led to those savings has also led to a determination by an adjudication officer that no designated benefit, or less designated benefit is payable to a claimant, any specified amount of designated benefit that would, but for that intervention and consequent determination, have been paid to that claimant; and

    2. ii

      where the benefit savings were less than the total relevant benefit not paid, the benefit-related savings shall be an amount determined by applying to the total of designated benefit not paid a percentage equal to the percentage which those benefit savings bear to the total relevant benefit not paid;

  • “designated benefit” means income support, incapacity benefit, jobseeker’s allowance, retirement pension, severe disablement allowance and widow’s pension, in a case where a claimant was, prior to the intervention, also being paid relevant benefit;

  • “intervention” means an investigation and intervention of one or more authorised persons whilst involved in the investigation of fraud and not in the performance of any other duty; and

  • “specified amount”, in relation to a claimant, means—

    1. i

      where the benefit is income support, the amount payable in respect of a benefit week within the meaning prescribed therefor in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 198777;

    2. ii

      where the benefit is incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance, half of the fortnightly payment in arrears by which such benefit is to be paid, pursuant to regulation 24(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 198778 or, in a case where that regulation does not apply, would be so paid if that regulation did apply;

    3. iii

      where the benefit is jobseeker’s allowance, the amount payable in respect of a benefit week within the meaning prescribed therefor in regulation 2(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 199679;

    4. iv

      where the benefit is retirement pension or widow’s pension, the amount payable in respect of the week in advance in which such benefit is to be paid, pursuant to regulation 22(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 198780 or, in a case where that regulation does not apply, would be so paid if that regulation did apply.

Addition to subsidy2

1

Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), in the case of an authority where A is greater than D, the addition for that authority shall be 25 per cent. of the sum by which A exceeds D.

2

Subject to sub-paragraph (3), in the case of an authority where A is greater than F, the addition for that authority shall be the sum calculated for that authority in sub-paragraph (1), plus 5 per cent. of the sum by which A exceeds F.

3

In the case of an authority where A is greater than G, the addition for that authority shall be the sum calculated for that authority in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), plus 10 per cent. of the sum by which A exceeds G.

No addition or deduction3

In the case of an authority where—

a

A is the same as or is less than D; and

b

A is also the same as or exceeds E, or where, by reason of paragraph 4(2), paragraph 4(1) does not apply,

there shall be no addition or deduction under this Schedule for that authority.

Deduction from subsidy4

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in the case of an authority where A is less than E, the deduction for that authority shall be the sum by which A is less than E.

2

Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in a case where the value of D for an authority is less than £60,000.