The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 3179

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2003

Made

8th December 2003

Laid before Parliament

12th December 2003

Coming into force

2nd January 2004

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with the consent of the Treasury(1), in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 140B(1), (3) and (4), 140C(1) and (4), 140F(2) and 189(1) and (4) to (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(3), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 2nd January 2004.

(2) Except where otherwise provided, the amendments made by this Order shall have effect from 1st April 2002.

(3) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998(4).

Amendments to Part II of the principal Order

2.  In article 4(2)(c) and (3) of the principal Order (requirement of claim for payment of subsidy), for “30th September” there shall be substituted “31st August”.

Amendments to Part III of the principal Order

3.  In article 11(1) of the principal Order (interpretation of Part III)(5), for the definition of “X per cent.” there shall be substituted—

““X per cent.” means 95 per cent. except in relation to the authority Stirling where it means 94.65 per cent.,”.

4.  In article 13 of the principal Order (calculation of relevant benefit)(6), there shall be omitted—

(a) in paragraph (1), “, subject in the case of Scottish Homes to paragraph (2),”; and

(b) paragraph (2).

5.  In article 14(2) of the principal Order (backdated benefit)(7), “(iia) or” shall be omitted.

6.—(1) Article 17 of the principal Order (subsidy in respect of homeless and short lease rebate cases)(8) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2) In paragraph (1), “Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6),” and “, except Scottish Homes,” shall be omitted.

(3) In paragraph (2)(a), for the words after “the appropriate amount” there shall be substituted—

“shall be—

(i) where paragraph (4)(a) applies, 12.5 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates; or

(ii) where paragraph (4)(b) or (c) applies, 95 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates;”.

(4) In paragraph (2)(b), for the words after “amount shall be” there shall be substituted—

“95 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the balance after deducting the excess plus—

(i) where paragraph (4)(a) applies, 12.5 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates which is equal to that excess; or

(ii) where paragraph (4)(b) or (c) applies, 95 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates which is equal to that excess.”.

(5) For paragraph (3)(b)(ii), there shall be substituted—

“(ii) where paragraph (4)(a) applies, 12.5 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates which is equal to the excess over the threshold, but not over the cap;

(iia) where paragraph (4)(b) or (c) applies, 95 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates which is equal to the excess over the threshold, but not over the cap; and”.

(6) Paragraphs (5) and (6) shall be omitted.

7.—(1) Article 18 of the principal Order (additions to subsidy)(9) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

(2) Paragraph (1)(b)(iia) and (iv) shall be omitted.

(3) For paragraph (1)(b)(iii), there shall be substituted—

“except where heads (i) or (ii) above apply, 40 per cent. of the overpayment;”.

(4) In paragraph (1)(c), the words from “80 per cent.” to “new incentive scheme,” shall be omitted.

(5) For paragraph (1)(d), there shall be substituted—

“where, during the relevant year, it is discovered that an overpayment in respect of which a deduction was made—

(i) under article 19 (other than a deduction under article 19(1)(ea)); and

(ii) in respect of a year which begins after 31st March 2001 and which is earlier than the relevant year,

was a claimant error overpayment, the amount, if any, by which 40 per cent. of any such overpayment exceeds the amount of any subsidy that has been paid in respect of that overpayment.”.

(6) In paragraph (4)(a)—

(a) after “Work and Pensions”, there shall be inserted “or of the Inland Revenue”; and

(b) after “that Department”, there shall be inserted “or to the Inland Revenue”.

(7) In paragraph (4A), for “(1)(b)(iia)” there shall be substituted “(1)(d) and in article 19(1)(ea)”.

(8) In paragraph (5), for “(1)(b)(iia) and (iii) and (c) and (4A)” there shall be substituted “(1)(c) and (4A)”.

8.  In article 19(1) of the principal Order (deductions to be made in calculating subsidy)—

(a) after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be inserted—

“(ea) during the relevant year a claimant error overpayment, within the meaning of article 18(4A), is identified, the amount of the overpayment, but only to the extent that the amount of the overpayment or any part of it has not been deducted from qualifying expenditure under article 11(2);”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (g), after “sub-paragraphs (e)” there shall be inserted “, (ea)”.

Amendments to the Schedules to the principal Order

9.  For Schedule 1 to the principal Order(10), there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

10.—(1) Column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Order (administration subsidy)(11) shall be amended by substituting “£311,101” for “£316,876” for the authority Ashfield.

(2) This article shall have effect in respect of the year commencing on 1st April 2001.

11.  For Part V of Schedule 4 to the principal Order (high rents and rent allowances)(12), there shall be substituted the Part in Schedule 2 to this Order.

12.  In paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5 to the principal Order (benefit savings threshold)(13)—

(a) for the definition of “F” there shall be substituted—

• “F is the sum specified in column (5) of Schedule 1 (Benefit Savings Threshold) for an authority identified in column (1) of that Schedule;”; and

(b) the definition of “weekly benefit savings scheme” shall be omitted.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Chris Pond

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

4th December 2003

We consent,

John Heppell

Jim Murphy

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

8th December 2003

Article 9

SCHEDULE 1

The following Schedule is substituted for Schedule 1 to the principal Order.

Articles 12(1)(b) and 17(1) and (8)and paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5

“SCHEDULE 1 SUMS TO BE USED IN THE CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Authority	Administration Subsidy	Homeless Threshold	Homeless Cap	Benefit Savings Threshold
	(£)	(£)	(£)	(£)
ENGLAND
Adur	158,982	109.28	182.32	25,529
Allerdale	353,806	87.72	146.20	49,797
Alnwick	97,359	76.04	126.87	10,781
Amber Valley	294,487	88.16	147.09	37,020
Arun	379,301	114.38	190.64	79,116
Ashfield	377,606	82.78	138.12	37,991
Ashford	242,796	108.61	181.21	34,118
Aylesbury Vale	239,112	105.03	175.23	30,983
Babergh	177,068	100.52	167.70	24,634
Barking and Dagenham	729,380	207.64	311.46	99,270
Barnet	1,325,195	207.64	311.46	294,712
Barnsley	840,562	73.53	122.67	91,484
Barrow in Furness	265,810	91.75	153.08	45,190
Basildon	582,669	106.80	178.18	77,843
Basingstoke and Deane	319,848	108.76	181.27	54,450
Bassetlaw	340,462	92.28	153.97	37,130
Bath and N E Somerset	475,239	93.56	155.94	89,490
Bedford	461,123	86.62	144.37	89,925
Berwick upon Tweed	93,814	82.31	137.32	9,323
Bexley	654,071	207.64	311.46	118,692
Birmingham	4,325,030	88.70	147.99	717,625
Blaby	105,398	79.04	131.87	10,670
Blackburn with Darwen	654,475	101.21	168.68	115,728
Blackpool	757,737	84.29	140.63	196,158
Blyth Valley	298,510	69.69	116.27	32,371
Bolsover	267,784	71.87	119.91	29,719
Bolton	942,487	75.92	126.67	147,296
Boston	201,469	79.16	131.94	15,436
Bournemouth	593,598	95.14	158.74	143,633
Bracknell Forest	194,133	118.18	197.17	27,566
Bradford	1,818,967	80.08	133.60	255,713
Braintree	307,387	97.21	162.19	39,717
Breckland	309,584	99.41	165.68	43,021
Brent	1,235,339	207.64	311.46	472,240
Brentwood	172,753	110.20	183.86	15,697
Bridgnorth	175,470	89.60	149.48	11,782
Brighton and Hove	1,202,896	98.33	164.06	356,727
Bristol	1,451,641	86.61	144.50	253,050
Broadland	220,513	99.41	165.68	30,941
Bromley	856,563	207.64	311.46	164,629
Bromsgrove	127,204	92.39	154.14	11,991
Broxbourne	241,906	117.50	196.04	27,082
Broxtowe	249,502	75.59	126.11	26,345
Burnley	361,511	89.88	149.80	59,545
Bury	504,073	87.54	146.06	65,770
Calderdale	735,015	77.81	129.69	96,467
Cambridge	254,071	103.50	172.68	43,779
Camden	1,458,975	207.64	311.46	384,210
Cannock Chase	243,563	92.80	154.82	26,339
Canterbury	368,424	104.36	174.11	70,583
Caradon	226,975	87.97	146.77	43,233
Carlisle	282,892	85.60	142.81	39,116
Carrick	265,342	100.17	167.13	51,164
Castle Morpeth	132,416	82.58	137.78	11,098
Castle Point	183,746	113.62	189.56	30,810
Charnwood	252,645	79.54	132.71	30,445
Chelmsford	282,815	111.21	185.54	39,098
Cheltenham	281,110	112.95	188.44	52,451
Cherwell	244,800	109.51	182.70	38,014
Chester	349,647	82.68	137.80	37,834
Chester le Street	171,271	76.44	127.53	17,219
Chesterfield	379,853	75.89	126.61	47,762
Chichester	271,744	110.07	183.45	39,086
Chiltern	181,246	108.76	181.27	29,333
Chorley	238,366	77.87	129.92	34,789
Christchurch	127,464	93.56	155.94	21,101
City of London	57,007	207.64	311.46	8,800
Colchester	370,883	102.42	170.87	71,441
Congleton	178,091	87.72	146.20	22,595
Copeland	601,831	82.41	137.49	37,073
Corby	155,334	84.93	141.69	16,355
Cotswold	190,522	93.56	155.94	30,235
Coventry	1,353,639	75.44	125.73	172,349
Craven	109,388	93.01	155.18	15,778
Crawley	224,457	117.74	196.44	26,216
Crewe and Nantwich	259,405	92.81	154.85	35,875
Croydon	1,050,833	207.64	311.46	309,079
Dacorum	313,072	103.09	172.00	37,591
Darlington	334,905	80.79	134.79	53,524
Dartford	207,878	106.70	178.01	27,709
Daventry	116,760	84.84	141.54	12,223
Derby	758,178	83.78	139.78	117,384
Derbyshire Dales	167,913	85.07	141.93	13,767
Derwentside	355,173	83.34	139.04	39,592
Doncaster	983,859	76.44	127.53	114,751
Dover	380,606	108.64	181.25	75,660
Dudley	935,763	88.98	148.45	98,641
Durham	242,594	78.70	131.17	25,867
Ealing	1,094,822	207.64	311.46	264,521
Easington	427,255	81.02	135.17	48,741
East Cambridgeshire	174,034	99.41	165.68	22,668
East Devon	265,186	84.92	141.68	45,158
East Dorset	164,953	93.56	155.94	25,918
East Hampshire	251,540	108.76	181.27	38,679
East Hertfordshire	225,539	118.82	198.24	22,853
East Lindsey	422,644	81.58	135.97	62,239
East Northamptonshire	183,464	91.14	151.90	16,851
East Riding of Yorkshire	663,127	81.44	135.87	112,266
East Staffordshire	282,458	79.45	132.41	28,588
Eastbourne	375,420	97.85	163.26	93,923
Eastleigh	246,923	108.76	181.27	41,852
Eden	112,133	87.72	146.20	18,944
Ellesmere Port and Neston	195,919	68.35	114.03	18,878
Elmbridge	273,922	124.05	206.74	43,558
Enfield	957,651	207.64	311.46	248,418
Epping Forest	289,134	105.30	175.68	37,615
Epsom and Ewell	123,445	108.76	181.27	24,600
Erewash	282,977	78.01	130.15	33,164
Exeter	317,202	82.26	137.24	56,845
Fareham	155,848	103.08	171.98	17,825
Fenland	227,114	93.43	155.88	27,761
Forest Heath	107,524	92.01	153.51	11,383
Forest of Dean	180,318	89.67	149.60	24,150
Fylde	180,184	76.65	127.74	26,542
Gateshead	952,406	81.09	135.29	107,815
Gedling	242,360	77.24	128.87	31,805
Gloucester	328,847	97.92	163.38	68,609
Gosport	219,545	101.09	168.66	36,024
Gravesham	273,593	103.16	172.12	37,699
Great Yarmouth	388,487	77.62	129.51	67,025
Greenwich	1,241,878	207.64	311.46	196,456
Guildford	234,251	124.56	207.81	38,056
Hackney	1,666,266	207.64	311.46	395,266
Halton	551,317	80.67	134.59	84,392
Hambleton	179,392	77.18	128.63	24,936
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,073,371	207.64	311.46	223,509
Harborough	103,498	95.77	159.78	10,077
Haringey	1,375,703	207.64	311.46	505,141
Harlow	333,362	101.65	169.59	30,449
Harrogate	275,559	99.01	165.19	47,439
Harrow	496,614	207.64	311.46	159,725
Hart	135,271	108.76	181.27	15,131
Hartlepool	498,042	83.76	139.75	65,835
Hastings	525,638	108.76	181.27	132,993
Havant	304,498	108.76	181.27	47,773
Havering	728,862	207.64	311.46	74,646
Herefordshire	436,681	83.28	138.95	77,354
Hertsmere	265,290	99.41	165.68	43,504
High Peak	215,051	90.06	150.25	32,713
Hillingdon	706,895	207.64	311.46	147,002
Hinckley and Bosworth	193,242	86.96	145.09	15,114
Horsham	232,567	128.58	214.30	26,307
Hounslow	734,854	207.64	311.46	154,255
Huntingdonshire	281,773	107.69	179.48	28,660
Hyndburn	287,968	86.81	144.69	57,331
Ipswich	449,333	92.64	154.56	64,648
Isle of Wight	570,052	108.76	181.27	116,106
Isles of Scilly	5,253	96.69	161.32	484
Islington	1,797,335	207.64	311.46	245,338
Kennet	177,456	93.56	155.94	29,695
Kensington and Chelsea	823,167	207.64	311.46	230,456
Kerrier	351,320	93.56	155.94	69,726
Kettering	171,339	83.80	139.82	19,101
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	344,468	81.40	135.81	45,427
Kingston upon Hull	1,359,273	84.20	140.49	181,792
Kingston upon Thames	294,671	207.64	311.46	65,121
Kirklees	1,219,157	85.34	142.39	183,426
Knowsley	900,595	94.78	158.13	106,250
Lambeth	1,668,245	207.64	311.46	354,906
Lancaster	447,337	84.40	140.81	80,873
Leeds	2,869,839	77.49	129.28	371,853
Leicester	1,288,747	85.96	143.26	190,322
Lewes	235,853	105.53	176.06	47,026
Lewisham	1,528,369	207.64	311.46	261,012
Lichfield	186,296	86.24	143.73	22,047
Lincoln	340,693	81.34	135.71	51,836
Liverpool	2,935,851	86.51	144.19	488,873
Luton	549,911	106.42	177.56	102,178
Macclesfield	284,661	95.78	159.80	37,593
Maidstone	295,839	108.04	180.26	44,046
Maldon	156,955	99.41	165.68	26,814
Malvern Hills	171,073	86.24	143.73	28,062
Manchester	2,683,059	101.42	169.21	555,656
Mansfield	373,762	87.06	145.10	52,820
Medway	764,467	106.70	178.01	155,455
Melton	96,185	78.17	130.41	8,758
Mendip	294,212	92.19	153.65	45,419
Merton	497,785	207.64	311.46	110,537
Mid Bedfordshire	219,583	98.77	164.80	23,462
Mid Devon	170,751	87.58	146.13	27,427
Mid Suffolk	152,766	93.43	155.88	16,151
Mid Sussex	232,014	108.76	181.27	44,005
Middlesbrough	734,112	91.66	152.92	118,999
Milton Keynes	520,918	106.24	177.26	80,282
Mole Valley	131,786	105.74	176.42	17,174
New Forest	415,614	117.15	195.46	56,413
Newark and Sherwood	282,412	81.34	135.70	36,707
Newcastle under Lyme	358,600	73.12	121.87	27,552
Newcastle upon Tyne	1,370,423	79.67	132.92	225,669
Newham	1,520,405	207.64	311.46	502,856
North Cornwall	339,534	88.31	147.34	45,727
North Devon	312,536	102.14	170.24	54,659
North Dorset	135,999	93.56	155.94	21,074
North East Derbyshire	245,690	74.20	123.79	20,165
North East Lincoln	723,079	79.72	133.01	113,920
North Hertfordshire	263,710	106.89	178.34	34,195
North Kesteven	169,582	81.31	135.66	16,500
North Lincolnshire	413,063	77.17	128.75	51,775
North Norfolk	422,717	85.89	143.31	38,217
North Shropshire	165,063	80.73	134.69	14,960
North Somerset	460,197	107.69	179.67	99,284
North Tyneside	885,099	74.56	124.40	112,394
North Warwickshire	156,558	85.08	141.94	17,731
North West Leicester	186,535	80.48	134.28	18,853
North Wiltshire	257,363	93.56	155.94	35,945
Northampton	469,095	105.81	176.53	59,764
Norwich	510,583	83.85	139.89	70,325
Nottingham	1,490,645	78.00	130.14	192,762
Nuneaton and Bedworth	326,632	82.51	137.66	39,168
Oadby and Wigston	89,893	79.32	132.34	9,175
Oldham	774,003	77.81	129.82	109,967
Oswestry	98,672	83.20	138.81	10,792
Oxford	446,069	114.00	190.20	99,972
Pendle	325,620	81.04	135.21	51,956
Penwith	294,795	87.87	146.45	66,827
Peterborough	525,158	105.98	176.82	80,976
Plymouth	966,607	85.53	142.69	179,869
Poole	354,561	97.10	161.83	61,689
Portsmouth	715,240	103.20	172.17	144,359
Preston	443,288	88.24	147.22	87,738
Purbeck	109,593	107.94	180.08	19,091
Reading	415,322	126.04	210.28	98,177
Redbridge	707,679	207.64	311.46	233,465
Redcar and Cleveland	561,002	87.64	146.22	83,287
Redditch	209,836	93.38	155.80	25,426
Reigate and Banstead	205,886	122.56	204.47	27,119
Restormel	383,662	100.48	167.46	57,327
Ribble Valley	83,561	76.14	127.03	10,647
Richmond upon Thames	471,226	207.64	311.46	85,298
Richmondshire	96,172	90.31	150.67	13,582
Rochdale	905,799	80.92	135.01	130,541
Rochford	156,217	96.45	160.91	22,917
Rossendale	227,323	81.95	136.58	30,766
Rother	286,193	108.76	181.27	61,736
Rotherham	871,888	68.42	114.15	88,076
Rugby	193,041	87.47	145.93	22,247
Runnymede	144,382	128.74	214.79	18,374
Rushcliffe	154,572	89.63	149.53	18,158
Rushmoor	196,750	108.76	181.27	36,119
Rutland	57,765	95.60	159.51	6,176
Ryedale	138,083	77.18	128.63	19,951
Salford	1,108,420	89.52	149.35	165,923
Salisbury	235,842	113.31	189.05	43,234
Sandwell	1,298,893	96.35	160.75	143,346
Scarborough	367,312	91.92	153.35	73,570
Sedgefield	329,693	79.21	132.15	33,588
Sedgemoor	276,927	99.09	165.32	44,983
Sefton	1,025,046	91.05	151.90	153,345
Selby	157,058	86.21	143.83	16,090
Sevenoaks	266,163	108.76	181.27	42,786
Sheffield	1,899,803	77.81	129.81	177,148
Shepway	340,626	99.71	166.35	72,713
Shrewsbury and Atcham	222,934	88.36	147.42	27,391
Slough	341,923	113.58	189.49	56,479
Solihull	429,845	92.50	154.33	49,297
South Bedfordshire	232,739	111.18	185.50	27,438
South Bucks	134,368	108.76	181.27	18,260
South Cambridgeshire	171,455	111.38	185.83	19,747
South Derbyshire	171,309	87.52	146.01	20,714
South Gloucestershire	379,400	95.40	159.16	51,422
South Hams	234,649	93.56	155.94	51,528
South Holland	161,407	83.01	138.50	12,771
South Kesteven	244,197	85.73	143.03	27,845
South Lakeland	195,777	98.60	164.51	30,536
South Norfolk	216,822	90.31	150.67	23,377
South Northants	104,080	98.55	164.42	10,774
South Oxfordshire	219,129	108.76	181.27	35,688
South Ribble	227,824	87.72	146.20	33,478
South Shropshire	118,661	86.24	143.73	17,985
South Somerset	415,533	93.56	155.94	66,085
South Staffordshire	239,127	86.24	143.73	27,741
South Tyneside	809,827	72.58	121.09	77,682
Southampton	913,331	91.07	151.93	157,229
Southend on Sea	615,511	98.88	164.98	165,276
Southwark	1,708,396	207.64	311.46	288,406
Spelthorne	216,515	108.76	181.27	38,142
St Albans	215,451	109.68	183.00	32,026
St Edmundsbury	188,684	98.51	164.36	23,301
St Helens	701,123	93.49	155.98	86,140
Stafford	199,486	81.72	136.33	21,913
Staffordshire Moorlands	214,090	83.86	139.77	15,513
Stevenage	243,569	108.62	181.22	32,626
Stockport	737,146	79.40	132.47	102,287
Stockton on Tees	575,491	83.16	138.74	90,842
Stoke on Trent	872,384	82.99	138.45	168,581
Stratford on Avon	244,819	86.24	143.73	34,847
Stroud	219,390	99.43	165.89	32,601
Suffolk Coastal	331,113	90.23	150.38	43,572
Sunderland	1,608,180	90.15	150.26	193,644
Surrey Heath	114,508	108.76	181.27	15,889
Sutton	428,348	207.64	311.46	76,390
Swale	391,614	108.76	181.27	72,495
Swindon	369,617	88.61	147.83	42,556
Tameside	951,255	92.13	153.54	107,260
Tamworth	194,552	90.45	150.91	21,395
Tandridge	117,775	108.53	181.07	16,484
Taunton Deane	255,695	88.20	147.15	47,164
Teesdale	74,559	80.87	134.92	8,395
Teignbridge	307,262	104.30	174.01	59,384
Telford and Wrekin	610,327	86.24	143.73	94,907
Tendring	465,622	91.04	151.90	84,240
Test Valley	213,080	105.72	176.19	19,389
Tewkesbury	152,510	86.27	143.79	25,309
Thanet	657,570	98.80	164.84	142,653
Three Rivers	173,974	112.00	186.66	23,046
Thurrock	412,361	105.43	175.89	52,009
Tonbridge and Malling	260,250	108.76	181.27	38,346
Torbay	548,083	96.30	160.50	136,155
Torridge	176,529	95.29	158.98	40,560
Tower Hamlets	1,639,080	207.64	311.46	301,622
Trafford	619,582	89.13	148.70	88,484
Tunbridge Wells	284,489	108.76	181.27	59,675
Tynedale	152,644	86.93	144.88	13,733
Uttlesford	114,773	109.00	181.86	13,521
Vale of White Horse	209,110	108.76	181.27	29,575
Vale Royal	219,238	88.20	147.16	27,548
Wakefield	953,267	77.88	129.93	106,726
Walsall	937,306	88.71	148.00	106,096
Waltham Forest	962,767	207.64	311.46	252,205
Wandsworth	1,127,756	207.64	311.46	237,735
Wansbeck	247,702	68.81	114.81	25,671
Warrington	479,279	88.56	147.75	63,756
Warwick	265,520	93.95	156.75	39,912
Watford	203,030	109.07	181.96	34,322
Waveney	432,870	85.75	143.06	82,842
Waverley	206,337	118.19	196.98	28,793
Wealden	247,351	92.72	154.69	42,862
Wear Valley	239,177	80.10	133.63	29,698
Wellingborough	170,414	87.32	145.68	18,371
Welwyn Hatfield	243,396	102.42	170.88	26,919
West Berkshire	279,351	108.76	181.27	49,429
West Devon	127,608	93.56	155.94	24,164
West Dorset	289,995	93.56	155.94	47,120
West Lancashire	320,751	82.80	138.15	43,472
West Lindsey	259,045	80.56	134.26	24,045
West Oxfordshire	171,665	104.26	173.76	21,291
West Somerset	141,196	93.56	155.94	29,841
West Wiltshire	282,026	106.87	178.12	43,507
Westminster	958,041	207.64	311.46	302,284
Weymouth and Portland	203,008	96.89	161.48	32,337
Wigan	956,105	83.06	138.58	106,111
Winchester	195,129	109.19	182.17	30,192
Windsor and Maidenhead	296,824	108.76	181.27	54,576
Wirral	1,357,743	96.96	161.76	264,701
Woking	157,339	140.66	234.68	27,377
Wokingham	154,293	109.89	183.34	22,009
Wolverhampton	1,065,176	80.56	134.41	146,992
Worcester	233,881	83.06	138.57	34,462
Worthing	314,592	108.76	181.27	58,759
Wychavon	260,178	108.55	180.91	38,147
Wycombe	284,654	124.97	208.50	39,909
Wyre	276,208	89.71	149.51	45,539
Wyre Forest	285,287	88.07	146.78	26,469
York	397,123	91.25	152.24	63,487
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen	729,638	74.00	123.46	63,159
Aberdeenshire	397,210	69.76	116.39	37,039
Angus	344,226	65.28	108.91	33,412
Argyll and Bute	303,308	79.56	132.74	41,272
Clackmannanshire	209,588	70.11	116.97	20,462
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	113,088	82.28	137.27	7,959
Dumfries and Galloway	478,107	74.62	124.50	59,204
Dundee	866,210	81.11	135.33	127,819
East Ayrshire	563,993	71.40	119.12	44,777
East Dunbartonshire	205,702	76.31	127.31	18,990
East Lothian	316,535	68.63	114.50	29,885
East Renfrewshire	172,870	73.22	122.16	16,756
Edinburgh	1,655,271	93.26	155.60	282,148
Falkirk	531,230	74.35	124.04	48,344
Fife	1,262,392	70.72	117.98	120,997
Glasgow	4,339,429	94.50	157.66	587,631
Highland	636,554	86.79	144.79	75,709
Inverclyde	418,023	88.76	148.09	47,231
Midlothian	260,182	62.23	103.82	27,690
Moray	248,274	62.93	104.98	30,273
North Ayrshire	586,723	66.88	111.58	60,567
North Lanarkshire	1,348,987	77.90	129.97	134,450
Orkney	54,778	72.93	121.68	7,024
Perth and Kinross	350,326	66.22	110.48	41,428
Renfrewshire	807,725	80.95	135.06	95,344
Scottish Borders	340,522	70.44	117.52	32,094
Shetland	50,025	94.94	158.40	4,049
South Ayrshire	386,943	72.64	121.19	51,146
South Lanarkshire	1,212,586	79.73	133.01	120,390
Stirling	241,741	75.14	125.36	23,148
West Dunbartonshire	517,544	74.86	124.89	49,303
West Lothian	814,380	76.90	128.29	64,104
WALES
Blaenau Gwent	317,250	85.14	142.04	35,043
Bridgend	414,295	86.41	144.17	57,453
Caerphilly	621,176	91.33	152.37	68,855
Cardiff	1,043,506	96.08	160.30	187,381
Carmarthenshire	578,755	83.38	139.11	77,878
Ceredigion	197,072	91.39	152.47	36,006
Conwy	348,930	80.38	134.11	64,830
Denbighshire	319,803	78.18	130.44	57,364
Flintshire	361,417	83.14	138.71	43,226
Gwynedd	375,535	82.80	138.14	59,438
Isle of Anglesey	243,345	81.64	136.21	35,039
Merthyr Tydfil	277,101	82.84	138.21	31,944
Monmouthshire	187,683	95.92	160.04	27,562
Neath and Port Talbot	557,185	83.98	140.11	67,048
Newport	488,591	90.95	151.74	59,611
Pembrokeshire	381,575	81.62	136.17	64,725
Powys	310,626	85.60	142.81	43,070
Rhondda Cynon Taff	988,046	81.48	135.94	104,701
Swansea	856,663	87.05	145.24	125,453
Torfaen	310,102	94.52	157.70	34,263
Vale of Glamorgan	305,997	98.10	163.67	52,980
Wrexham	397,222	77.96	130.08	40,584”

Article 11

SCHEDULE 2

The following Part is substituted for Part V of Schedule 4 to the principal Order.

“PART V THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES

18.   The Table referred to in paragraph 1 is—

(1)	(2)
Threshold (weekly sum)	Rent Registration Area
	(£)
ENGLAND
Avon	169.06
Barking & Dagenham	173.53
Barnet	228.90
Bedfordshire	93.92
Berkshire	176.00
Bexley	183.83
Brent	201.33
Bromley	206.83
Buckinghamshire	214.25
Cambridgeshire	96.04
Camden	258.22
Cheshire	192.69
City	257.93
Cleveland	123.96
Cornwall	152.47
Croydon	210.30
Cumbria	148.07
Derbyshire	109.04
Devon	159.42
Dorset	161.43
Durham	120.78
Ealing	201.31
East Sussex	243.14
Enfield	171.21
Essex	112.27
Gloucestershire	150.23
Greater Manchester	166.32
Greenwich	184.28
Hackney	168.29
Hammersmith and Fulham	198.12
Hampshire	229.91
Haringey	190.26
Harrow	212.68
Havering	172.24
Hereford and Worcester	171.24
Hertfordshire	123.15
Hillingdon	182.32
Hounslow	204.37
Humberside	100.85
Isle of Wight	196.27
Islington	196.67
Kensington and Chelsea	246.89
Kent	236.29
Kingston upon Thames	252.06
Lambeth	162.14
Lancashire	167.71
Leicestershire	124.72
Lewisham	150.72
Lincolnshire	114.45
Merseyside	183.43
Merton	223.17
Newham	163.27
Norfolk	85.12
North Yorkshire	120.36
Northamptonshire	134.38
Northumberland	118.67
Nottinghamshire	132.56
Oxfordshire	259.00
Redbridge	164.61
Richmond upon Thames	252.06
Shropshire	163.64
Somerset	151.91
South Yorkshire	90.46
Southwark	174.93
Staffordshire	153.70
Suffolk	87.52
Surrey	285.52
Sutton	191.01
Tower Hamlets	181.82
Tyne & Wear	113.32
Waltham Forest	140.88
Wandsworth	221.47
Warwickshire	164.56
West Midlands	161.13
West Sussex	249.11
West Yorkshire	100.63
Westminster	257.93
Wiltshire	156.85
WALES
Clwyd	87.91
Dyfed	77.40
Gwent	85.12
Gwynedd	78.89
Mid Glamorgan	90.05
Powys	86.11
South Glamorgan	100.64
West Glamorgan	86.67
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen	116.83
Aberdeenshire	126.66
Angus	116.83
Argyll-Bute	107.61
Clackmannanshire	150.40
Comhairlie Nan Eilean Siar	172.53
Dumfries & Galloway	125.40
Dundee	116.83
East Ayrshire	103.93
East Dunbartonshire	133.48
East Lothian	132.78
East Renfrewshire	180.26
Edinburgh,City of	132.78
Falkirk	117.91
Fife	116.83
Glasgow	103.93
Highland	114.79
Inverclyde	103.93
Midlothian	132.78
Moray	116.83
North Ayrshire	103.93
North Lanarkshire	103.93
Orkney	116.83
Perth & Kinross	124.08
Renfrewshire	103.93
Scottish Borders	132.78
Shetland	116.83
South Ayrshire	119.53
South Lanarkshire	103.93
Stirling	121.19
West Dunbartonshire	103.93
West Lothian	132.78”

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/562) (“the principal Order”) which provides for subsidy to be payable to authorities administering housing benefit and council tax benefit.

Section 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) authorises the varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates and section 140C(4) of that Act authorises the making of an Order before, during or after the end of the year to which it relates. Apart from article 10, the amendments made by this Order have effect from 1st April 2002.

Article 2 amends the date by which authorities must make their final claim for subsidy.

Articles 3, 6(3) to (5) and 7(2) to (5) amend some of the rates at which subsidy is paid, including the rates in respect of homeless and short lease rebate cases (article 6) and the additions to be made to subsidy where housing benefit has been overpaid (article 7).

Articles 4, 6(2) and (6) and 7(5) remove references to Scottish Homes to whom subsidy is no longer paid.

Articles 5, 7(7) and (8) and 8(b) make consequential amendments.

Article 7(6) amends the definition of “departmental error overpayment” in article 18(4) of the principal Order.

Article 8(a) amends the deductions to be made from subsidy for a claimant error overpayment.

Articles 9 and 11 substitute new tables of figures in Schedules 1 and 4 to the principal Order to be used in calculating subsidy entitlement.

Article 10 makes a small remedial amendment to the subsidy due to Ashfield Council for the year commencing on 1st April 2001.

Article 12 amends the method by which the benefit saving threshold is calculated under Schedule 1 to the principal Order.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.

(1)

See section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5); amended by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27), paragraph 57(3) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21).

(2)

1992 c. 5. Sections 140B, 140C and 140F were inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act 1996. Section 140B(1) was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47); section 140B(4) was substituted by section 10 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997; section 189(1) and (4) to (6) was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14); section 189(1) was amended by paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002; section 189(7) was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) and paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997.

(3)

See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; relevant amendment is paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996.

(4)

S.I. 1998/562. Relevant amending instruments are S.I.s 1998/2865, 1999/550, 2000/1091, 2000/2340, 2001/2350, 2002/1859 and 2002/3116.

(5)

The definition of “X per cent.” was inserted by S.I. 2000/1091.

(6)

Relevant amending instruments are S.I.s 2000/1091 and 2002/1859.

(7)

Amending instruments are S.I.s 2000/2340 and 2002/3116.

(8)

Amending instrument is S.I. 2001/2350.

(9)

Amending instruments are S.I.s 1999/550, 2000/1091, 2000/2340, 2002/1397 and 2002/3116.

(10)

Amending Instruments are S.I.s 1999/550, 2000/1091, 2001/2350 and 2002/1859.

(11)

S.I. 2002/1859 substituted Schedule 1 to introduce the figure £316,876.

(12)

Part V of Schedule 4 was substituted by S.I. 1999/550 and the table in that Part was amended by S.I.s 2000/1091, 2000/2340, 2001/2350 and 2002/1859.

(13)

Schedule 5 was substituted by S.I. 2000/1091 and was amended by S.I.s 2002/1859 and 2002/3116.