The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

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

SCHEDULE 1 Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy

(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
Westminster(1)	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

Article 12(b)

SCHEDULE 2 ADJUSTMENT FOR PRIORITISATION OF CLAIMS

General and interpretation

1.—(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—

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 Regulations(2) (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 Regulations(3) (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 Regulations(4) (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.

Article 13(3)

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

PART I GENERAL INTERPRETATION

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

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

  (i)

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

  (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 Regulations(5) or regulation 57 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations(6), 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 II DEDUCTIONS

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 III CALCULATIONS 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.

Articles 13(1) and 16

SCHEDULE 4 HIGH RENTS AND RENT ALLOWANCES

PART I REGULATED 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 II RENT OFFICERS' DETERMINATIONS

Calculation of the appropriate amount

2.  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 Regulations(7) (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 Regulations(8) (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 rents

9.—(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 increases

10.  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)(9), (4), as in force on 1st January 1996, or 12(2)(10) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (restrictions on unreasonable rents or rent increases)(11), as in force on 5th October 1997.

Payments on account of rent allowance

11.—(1) This paragraph applies in a case where—

(a) an authority makes a payment on account pursuant to regulation 91 of the Housing Benefit Regulations(12) (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)(13) 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 date

12.  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)(14) 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)(15) 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 date

13.  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 III RECKONABLE 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 IV GENERAL AND INTERPRETATION

Apportionment

16.  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).

Interpretation

17.—(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—

(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;

(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—

(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);

(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)(16);

(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)(17), 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 V THRESHOLD 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

Articles 13 and 21

SCHEDULE 5 BENEFIT SAVINGS

General and interpretation

1.—(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,

  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—

  (i)

  an officer of an authority; or

  (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—

  (a)

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

  (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 allowance(18), as the case may be, pending the determination of an adjudication officer; or

  (c)

  not been made before the intervention,

  any amount, which would—

  (i)

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

  (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—

  (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

  (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—

  (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 1987(19);

  (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 1987(20) or, in a case where that regulation does not apply, would be so paid if that regulation did apply;

  (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 1996(21);

  (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 1987(22) or, in a case where that regulation does not apply, would be so paid if that regulation did apply.

Addition to subsidy

2.—(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 deduction

3.  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 subsidy

4.—(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.

(1)

Includes 1m funding for London Organised Fraud Investigation Team pursuant to section 140E of the Act (added by Schedule 12, para 4 to the Housing Act 1996).

(2)

Schedule 5A was added to each of those Regulations by S.I. 1996/194 and each was amended by S.I. 1997/1790.

(3)

Paragraph (4) of regulation 76 was added by S.I. 1996/194.

(4)

Paragraph (4) of regulation 66 was added by S.I. 1996/194.

(5)

Regulation 66 was amended by S.I. 1988/1971, 1989/1322 and 1996/1510.

(6)

Regulation 57 was amended by S.I. 1996/1510.

(7)

Regulation 12A was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 1990/546; relevant amendments are S.I. 1993/317, 1995/560 and 1996/965.

(8)

Schedule 1A was inserted by regulation 12 of S.I. 1990/546 and paragraph 2 was amended by S.I. 1991/235, 1993/317, 1249, 1995/560, 1996/965 and 1997/852.

(9)

Paragraph (3A) was added by regulation 2(c) of S.I. 1989/566.

(10)

Paragraph (2) was added by regulation 3(b) of S.I. 1989/566.

(11)

Regulation 11 was revoked and replaced by S.I. 1995/1644 from 2nd January 1996 and regulation 12 was omitted by S.I. 1997/852, but the earlier regulations continue in force for certain claimants by regulation 10 of S.I. 1995/1644 and regulation 4(3) of S.I. 1997/852.

(12)

Regulation 91 was amended by S.I. 1995/2868.

(13)

Regulation 99 was amended by S.I. 1988/1843, 1991/234, 1991/1599 and 1997/65.

(14)

Regulation 12A was added by S.I. 1990/546 and paragraph 8 was amended by S.I. 1993/317.

(15)

Regulation 68 was amended by S.I. 1990/546, 1992/432 and 1994/578.

(16)

Paragraph 1A was inserted by S.I. 1988/1944 and amended by S.I. 1989/416, 1991/235, 1993/317, 1996/599 and 1997/65.

(17)

Paragraph 1 was amended by S.I. 1988/1444, 1991/1599, 1994/1003 and 1997/1974.

(18)

These paragraphs were all amended by S.I. 1996/1510.

(19)

S.I. 1987/1967; the definition of “benefit week” was added by S.I. 1988/1445.

(20)

S.I. 1987/1968; regulation 24 was substituted by regulation 9 of S.I. 1994/2943.

(21)

S.I. 1996/207; the definition of “benefit week” was amended by S.I. 1996/1517 and 2538.

(22)

The relevant amendments are S.I. 1991/2741 and 1994/3196.