Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 369
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2005
Made
21st February 2005
Laid before Parliament
25th February 2005
Coming into force
20th March 2005
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with the consent of the Treasury (1), in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 140B(1), (3) and (4), 140C(1), 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, effect and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2005, and shall come into force on 20th March 2005.
(2) This Order shall—
(a)for the purposes of articles 2, 3 (except for paragraph (3)(a)), 4(3), (7)(c) and (d) and (8) and 5(2), have effect from 1st April 2002;
(b)for the purposes of article 4(5), have effect from 1st April 2004; and
(c)for all other purposes, have effect from 1st April 2003 (4).
(3) In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (5).
Amendment of article 1 of the principal Order
2. In article 1(2) of the principal Order (interpretation) the definition of “new incentive scheme” shall be omitted.
Amendment of Part II of the principal Order
3.—(1) Part II of the principal Order (claims for and payment of subsidy) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In article 2 (interpretation of Parts II and IV), the definitions of “benefit savings” and “fraud prosecution points” shall be omitted.
(3) In article 4 (requirement of claim)—
(a)in paragraphs (2)(c) and (3) for “31st August” there shall be substituted “31st July”;
(b)in paragraph (4), for the words from “benefit savings” to “points” (in both places where they appear) there shall be substituted “qualifying activities”; and
(c)after that paragraph there shall be inserted—
“(4ZA) In paragraph (4) above, “qualifying activities” means the activities referred to in article 21(1)(b).”.
Amendment of Part III of the principal Order
4.—(1) Part III of the principal Order (calculation of subsidy) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In article 11(1) (interpretation of Part III), for the definition of “X per cent.” substitute—
““X per cent.” means 95 per cent.”.
(3) In article 13(1) (relevant benefit – calculation of subsidy) for the words from “articles 18” to the end there shall be substituted “articles 18 and 21, but subject, in each case, to the deductions, where applicable, under articles 20 and 20A.”.
(4) In article 14 (backdated benefit), in paragraph (2), for the words “in a case to which article 18(1)(b)(iii)” there shall be substituted “in relation to expenditure to which article 17(2)(a)(i) or (b)(i) or (3)(b)(ii) or 18(1)(b)(iii)”.
(5) After article 15, insert—
“Disproportionate rent increase – Wales
15A.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (5) to (7), in the case of an authority in Wales whose average rent increase differential, as calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) (“the proportion”), has a value greater than zero, the deduction from qualifying expenditure specified in article 11(2)(a) shall be the proportion multiplied by the sum calculated for that authority in accordance with paragraph (4).
(2) The average rent increase differential for each authority shall be calculated by applying the formula—
where A, B, C, D and E each has the value determined in accordance with paragraph (3).
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)—
(a)the value of A shall be the proportion calculated for that authority pursuant to that paragraph for the year immediately preceding the relevant year;
(b)the value of B shall be the average rent charged by the authority in respect of Category 1 dwellings on the final date;
(c)the value of C shall be the average rent charged by the authority in respect of Category 1 dwellings on the initial date;
(d)the value of D shall be the average rent charged by the authority in respect of Category 2 dwellings on the initial date; and
(e)the value of E shall be the average rent charged by the authority in respect of Category 2 dwellings on the final date.
(4) The sum referred to in paragraph (1) shall be that part of qualifying expenditure attributable to rebates granted during the relevant year before any deduction by reason of this article, but less any part of such expenditure to which article 13(1)(b)(iii) applies.
(5) This article shall not apply in the case of an authority—
(a)which has—
(i)set the rent for the relevant year according to the type, condition, class or description of the dwellings and the services, facilities or rights provided to the tenants, where that rent is reasonable having regard to those matters,
(ii)not taken account of whether a tenant was a beneficiary when setting rents for the relevant year, and
(iii)not let dwellings, either in the relevant year or in either of the two previous years, to beneficiaries irrespective of their housing needs; or
(b)where—
(i)any increases in rent between the initial date and 1st April in the following year were of the same percentage and applied on the same day to all tenants irrespective of whether they were beneficiaries, and
(ii)the average rent increase differential calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) for the year immediately preceding the relevant year, for that authority had a value which was zero or less than zero.
(6) Where the relevant year is the year beginning on 1st April 2004—
(a)paragraph (3)(a) shall have effect as if, for the words from “the proportion” to “the relevant year” there were substituted “equal to the value of G calculated for that authority for the purposes of paragraph 6.5.1 of the 2003-04 Determination;”; and
(b)paragraph (5)(b)(ii) shall have effect as if, for the words from “average” to “relevant year” there were substituted “value of G calculated for the purposes of paragraph 6.5.1 of the 2003-04 Determination”.
(7) This article shall not apply in a case to which article 17 (subsidy in respect of homeless and short lease rebate cases) applies.
(8) In this article—
“average” means the arithmetic mean;
“beneficiary” means a person who is entitled or likely to become entitled to a rebate;
“Category 1 dwellings” means dwellings rented out by the authority, on both the initial date and the final date, in respect of which, on the final date, the persons liable to pay such rent were in receipt of rebates;
“Category 2 dwellings” means dwellings rented out by the authority, on both the initial date and the final date, in respect of which, on the final date, the persons liable to pay such rent were not in receipt of rebates;
“2003-04 Determination” means the Housing Revenue Account Subsidy (Wales) Determination 2003-04(6);
“final date” means the last day of the relevant year;
“initial date” means the day before the first day of the relevant year; and
“rent” means either—
the payments specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (i) in paragraph (1) of regulation 10 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (rent); or
the eligible rent,
as the authority may determine, provided that wherever the expression “rent” occurs in paragraph (3) it has the same meaning throughout in relation to that authority..”.
(6) In article 17 (subsidy in respect of homeless and short lease rebate cases), in paragraph (2)(a)(i) and (b)(i) and paragraph (3)(b)(ii) for “12.5 per cent.” substitute “10 per cent.”.
(7) In article 18 (additions to subsidy)—
(a)in paragraph (4), after “means” insert “an overpayment of a kind to which paragraph (4ZA) applies or”;
(b)after paragraph (4) insert—
“(4ZA) This paragraph applies to an overpayment where—
(a)the overpayment was made during the period beginning with 5th April 2003 and ending with 13th June 2003 (“the specified period”);
(b)the overpayment would, but for paragraph (4), fall to be regarded as an authority error overpayment on the ground that it was made as a result of a failure by the authority to take account of information about the amount of any tax credit payable to the claimant; and
(c)the Secretary of State is satisfied that the authority took reasonable steps to avoid making overpayments of the kind described in sub-paragraph (b) during the specified period.”;
(c)in paragraph (4A), for the words from “made by” to “the overpayment” there shall be substituted “which”; and
(d)in paragraph (5), for the words from “in article” to “Schedule 5” there shall be substituted “and in article 19(1)(f)”.
(8) For article 21 (additions to and deductions from subsidy in respect of benefit savings) there shall be substituted—
“Additions to subsidy in respect of security against fraud and error
21.—(1) The addition to subsidy referred to in article 13(1) is applicable in the case of an authority which—
(a)is a participant in the scheme of arrangements for security against fraud and error (“SAFE”) in the administration of housing benefit and council tax benefit described in the Circulars (7) specified in paragraph (2); and
(b)qualifies, by virtue of its performance of activities specified in those Circulars with a view to the prevention or reduction of fraud and error for additional payments in accordance with the terms of those Circulars.
(2) The Circulars referred to in paragraph (1) are—
HB/CTB F4/2002,
HB/CTB F 22/2002,
HB/CTB F 26/2002,
HB/CTB F 27/2002,
HB/CTB F 5/2003,
HB/CTB F 6/2003,
HB/CTB F 8/2003,
HB/CTB F 17/2003.”.
Amendment of Schedules to the principal Order
5.—(1) For Schedule 1 to the principal Order (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.
(2) Schedule 5 (benefit savings) to the principal Order 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
21 February 2005
We consent,
Jim Murphy
Nick Ainger
Two of the Lords Commissioners of
21 February 2005
Article 5(1)
SCHEDULESchedule to be substituted for Schedule 1 to the principal Order
Articles 12(1)(b) and 17(1) and (8)
“SCHEDULE 1SUMS TO BE USED IN THE CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authority | Administration Subsidy | Homeless Threshold | Homeless Cap |
| (£) | (£) | (£) | |
| England | |||
| Adur | 336,015 | 113.21 | 189.05 |
| Allerdale | 749,114 | 90.88 | 151.46 |
| Alnwick | 196,798 | 78.78 | 131.89 |
| Amber Valley | 660,408 | 91.33 | 152.39 |
| Arun | 790,793 | 118.50 | 197.50 |
| Ashfield | 693,816 | 85.76 | 143.09 |
| Ashford | 524,634 | 112.52 | 187.73 |
| Aylesbury Vale | 535,811 | 108.81 | 181.96 |
| Babergh | 358,578 | 104.14 | 173.74 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 1,715,387 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Barnet | 1,966,392 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Barnsley | 1,984,356 | 76.18 | 128.00 |
| Barrow in Furness | 564,350 | 95.05 | 158.59 |
| Basildon | 1,232,208 | 110.64 | 184.59 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 674,215 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Bassetlaw | 671,035 | 95.60 | 159.51 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 1,082,993 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| Bedford | 962,164 | 89.74 | 150.11 |
| Berwick upon Tweed | 185,032 | 85.27 | 142.26 |
| Bexley | 1,344,084 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Birmingham | 9,997,873 | 91.89 | 153.73 |
| Blaby | 226,502 | 81.89 | 136.91 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 1,367,527 | 104.85 | 174.75 |
| Blackpool | 1,638,940 | 87.32 | 149.56 |
| Blyth Valley | 631,255 | 72.20 | 120.78 |
| Bolsover | 560,230 | 74.46 | 126.83 |
| Bolton | 2,773,997 | 78.65 | 132.42 |
| Boston | 431,424 | 82.01 | 136.99 |
| Bournemouth | 1,399,219 | 98.57 | 164.45 |
| Bracknell Forest | 387,852 | 122.43 | 207.58 |
| Bradford | 3,740,671 | 82.96 | 138.41 |
| Braintree | 694,028 | 100.71 | 168.03 |
| Breckland | 579,639 | 102.99 | 172.27 |
| Brent | 2,602,436 | 215.12 | 341.25 |
| Brentwood | 258,281 | 114.17 | 190.48 |
| Bridgnorth | 503,991 | 92.83 | 156.03 |
| Brighton and Hove | 2,485,608 | 101.87 | 169.97 |
| Bristol | 3,236,394 | 89.73 | 150.65 |
| Broadland | 484,484 | 102.99 | 172.27 |
| Bromley | 1,624,856 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Bromsgrove | 266,278 | 95.72 | 166.88 |
| Broxbourne | 408,664 | 121.73 | 203.10 |
| Broxtowe | 552,645 | 78.31 | 131.76 |
| Burnley | 847,615 | 93.12 | 155.19 |
| Bury | 1,086,329 | 90.69 | 151.32 |
| Calderdale | 1,612,612 | 80.61 | 134.57 |
| Cambridge | 532,990 | 107.23 | 178.90 |
| Camden | 3,058,163 | 215.12 | 339.70 |
| Cannock Chase | 585,601 | 96.14 | 165.88 |
| Canterbury | 833,431 | 108.12 | 180.38 |
| Caradon | 481,126 | 91.14 | 152.05 |
| Carlisle | 622,856 | 88.68 | 147.95 |
| Carrick | 605,786 | 103.78 | 173.15 |
| Castle Morpeth | 272,212 | 85.55 | 142.74 |
| Castle Point | 406,217 | 117.71 | 196.38 |
| Charnwood | 609,017 | 82.40 | 137.49 |
| Chelmsford | 763,838 | 115.21 | 192.92 |
| Cheltenham | 568,079 | 117.02 | 195.22 |
| Cherwell | 512,918 | 113.45 | 189.54 |
| Chester | 770,496 | 85.66 | 142.76 |
| Chester le Street | 345,994 | 79.19 | 132.54 |
| Chesterfield | 805,291 | 78.62 | 131.17 |
| Chichester | 637,646 | 114.03 | 190.05 |
| Chiltern | 356,068 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Chorley | 500,193 | 80.67 | 135.34 |
| Christchurch | 260,844 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| City of London | 105,344 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Colchester | 855,075 | 106.11 | 178.48 |
| Congleton | 386,050 | 90.88 | 151.46 |
| Copeland | 714,861 | 85.38 | 144.00 |
| Corby | 321,789 | 87.99 | 151.70 |
| Cotswold | 393,637 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| Coventry | 2,991,698 | 78.16 | 130.26 |
| Craven | 241,770 | 96.36 | 160.77 |
| Crawley | 505,732 | 121.98 | 204.25 |
| Crewe and Nantwich | 575,645 | 96.15 | 167.10 |
| Croydon | 2,266,229 | 215.12 | 335.18 |
| Dacorum | 628,032 | 106.80 | 180.44 |
| Darlington | 769,953 | 83.70 | 139.64 |
| Dartford | 408,357 | 110.54 | 184.42 |
| Daventry | 240,602 | 87.89 | 146.64 |
| Derby | 1,651,215 | 86.80 | 144.84 |
| Derbyshire Dales | 314,336 | 88.13 | 147.36 |
| Derwentside | 761,418 | 86.34 | 144.05 |
| Doncaster | 2,085,783 | 79.19 | 134.35 |
| Dover | 820,429 | 112.55 | 187.78 |
| Dudley | 2,104,329 | 92.18 | 156.06 |
| Durham | 546,255 | 81.53 | 137.84 |
| Ealing | 2,095,493 | 215.12 | 326.58 |
| Easington | 988,557 | 83.94 | 140.04 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 351,453 | 102.99 | 172.27 |
| East Devon | 715,125 | 87.98 | 146.78 |
| East Dorset | 324,574 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| East Hampshire | 484,345 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| East Hertfordshire | 484,358 | 123.10 | 206.12 |
| East Lindsey | 946,460 | 84.52 | 141.17 |
| East Northamptonshire | 384,743 | 94.42 | 157.71 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,590,429 | 84.37 | 144.52 |
| East Staffordshire | 637,987 | 82.31 | 137.18 |
| Eastbourne | 768,808 | 101.37 | 169.14 |
| Eastleigh | 518,005 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Eden | 220,463 | 90.88 | 151.46 |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | 514,605 | 70.81 | 122.16 |
| Elmbridge | 561,365 | 128.52 | 214.18 |
| Enfield | 2,015,997 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Epping Forest | 589,123 | 109.09 | 182.51 |
| Epsom and Ewell | 232,854 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Erewash | 611,233 | 80.82 | 135.13 |
| Exeter | 693,051 | 85.22 | 142.18 |
| Fareham | 289,279 | 106.79 | 181.75 |
| Fenland | 536,073 | 96.79 | 161.49 |
| Forest Heath | 213,024 | 95.32 | 159.04 |
| Forest of Dean | 388,503 | 92.90 | 154.99 |
| Fylde | 367,617 | 79.41 | 132.34 |
| Gateshead | 2,070,704 | 84.01 | 140.18 |
| Gedling | 509,370 | 80.02 | 134.08 |
| Gloucester | 697,329 | 101.45 | 169.26 |
| Gosport | 402,775 | 104.73 | 174.73 |
| Gravesham | 581,248 | 106.87 | 178.32 |
| Great Yarmouth | 829,448 | 80.41 | 134.17 |
| Greenwich | 2,908,125 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Guildford | 481,291 | 129.04 | 215.29 |
| Hackney | 3,346,372 | 215.12 | 323.13 |
| Halton | 1,162,807 | 83.57 | 144.44 |
| Hambleton | 339,061 | 79.96 | 133.47 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 2,442,753 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Harborough | 217,423 | 99.22 | 165.53 |
| Haringey | 2,725,296 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Harlow | 597,151 | 105.31 | 175.70 |
| Harrogate | 635,033 | 102.57 | 171.14 |
| Harrow | 1,088,415 | 215.12 | 354.57 |
| Hart | 200,036 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Hartlepool | 1,004,446 | 86.78 | 144.78 |
| Hastings | 1,065,457 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Havant | 688,269 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Havering | 1,229,964 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Herefordshire | 1,069,489 | 86.28 | 143.95 |
| Hertsmere | 504,224 | 102.99 | 172.27 |
| High Peak | 451,857 | 93.30 | 155.66 |
| Hillingdon | 1,485,249 | 215.12 | 356.52 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 382,835 | 90.09 | 150.31 |
| Horsham | 486,512 | 133.21 | 222.01 |
| Hounslow | 2,236,167 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Huntingdonshire | 625,161 | 111.57 | 186.62 |
| Hyndburn | 651,901 | 89.94 | 149.90 |
| Ipswich | 928,698 | 95.98 | 160.12 |
| Isle of Wight | 1,047,600 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Isles of Scilly | 8,615 | 100.17 | 167.13 |
| Islington | 3,386,483 | 215.12 | 334.32 |
| Kennet | 351,625 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1,776,850 | 215.12 | 368.39 |
| Kerrier | 674,545 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| Kettering | 460,879 | 86.82 | 146.05 |
| Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | 821,213 | 84.33 | 148.25 |
| Kingston upon Hull | 2,918,733 | 87.23 | 151.00 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 627,601 | 215.12 | 346.49 |
| Kirklees | 2,769,184 | 88.41 | 147.52 |
| Knowsley | 1,631,551 | 98.19 | 163.82 |
| Lambeth | 3,445,764 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Lancaster | 927,168 | 87.44 | 145.88 |
| Leeds | 6,025,519 | 80.28 | 134.27 |
| Leicester | 2,265,219 | 89.05 | 148.42 |
| Lewes | 478,142 | 109.33 | 183.66 |
| Lewisham | 3,396,549 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Lichfield | 420,321 | 89.34 | 148.90 |
| Lincoln | 768,326 | 84.27 | 140.60 |
| Liverpool | 6,130,689 | 89.62 | 149.56 |
| Luton | 1,141,847 | 110.25 | 183.95 |
| Macclesfield | 628,884 | 99.23 | 179.66 |
| Maidstone | 633,387 | 111.93 | 186.75 |
| Maldon | 309,401 | 102.99 | 172.27 |
| Malvern Hills | 413,445 | 89.34 | 148.90 |
| Manchester | 5,957,020 | 105.07 | 175.30 |
| Mansfield | 774,010 | 90.19 | 150.32 |
| Medway | 1,641,323 | 110.54 | 184.42 |
| Melton | 165,695 | 80.98 | 138.77 |
| Mendip | 620,575 | 95.51 | 159.18 |
| Merton | 1,010,948 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Mid Bedfordshire | 511,351 | 102.33 | 171.35 |
| Mid Devon | 353,778 | 90.73 | 151.39 |
| Mid Suffolk | 351,519 | 96.79 | 161.49 |
| Mid Sussex | 477,322 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Middlesbrough | 1,527,089 | 94.96 | 158.43 |
| Milton Keynes | 1,150,639 | 110.06 | 184.40 |
| Mole Valley | 261,284 | 109.55 | 182.77 |
| New Forest | 775,992 | 121.37 | 202.50 |
| Newark and Sherwood | 589,970 | 84.27 | 140.59 |
| Newcastle under Lyme | 791,152 | 75.75 | 126.26 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 3,081,834 | 82.54 | 137.71 |
| Newham | 3,509,006 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| North Cornwall | 702,548 | 91.49 | 152.64 |
| North Devon | 667,680 | 105.82 | 176.37 |
| North Dorset | 290,683 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| North East Derbyshire | 535,744 | 76.87 | 131.54 |
| North East Lincoln | 1,379,041 | 82.59 | 142.61 |
| North Hertfordshire | 562,335 | 110.74 | 190.31 |
| North Kesteven | 367,352 | 84.24 | 140.54 |
| North Lincolnshire | 990,032 | 79.95 | 133.88 |
| North Norfolk | 742,152 | 88.98 | 148.64 |
| North Shropshire | 287,720 | 83.64 | 140.44 |
| North Somerset | 1,027,953 | 111.57 | 186.14 |
| North Tyneside | 1,829,018 | 77.24 | 129.57 |
| North Warwickshire | 365,275 | 88.14 | 149.44 |
| North West Leicestershire | 391,001 | 83.38 | 139.11 |
| North Wiltshire | 575,206 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| Northampton | 963,555 | 109.62 | 182.89 |
| Norwich | 1,275,591 | 86.87 | 145.44 |
| Nottingham | 2,525,459 | 80.81 | 134.83 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 802,852 | 85.48 | 144.06 |
| Oadby and Wigston | 184,526 | 82.18 | 137.88 |
| Oldham | 1,703,754 | 80.61 | 142.40 |
| Oswestry | 197,040 | 86.20 | 143.81 |
| Oxford | 869,152 | 118.10 | 198.94 |
| Pendle | 649,593 | 83.96 | 140.08 |
| Penwith | 597,259 | 91.03 | 151.72 |
| Peterborough | 1,075,322 | 109.80 | 183.19 |
| Plymouth | 1,787,999 | 88.61 | 147.83 |
| Poole | 798,980 | 100.60 | 167.66 |
| Portsmouth | 1,389,239 | 106.92 | 178.37 |
| Preston | 952,781 | 91.42 | 152.52 |
| Purbeck | 214,436 | 111.83 | 186.56 |
| Reading | 933,433 | 130.58 | 217.85 |
| Redbridge | 1,606,861 | 215.12 | 328.04 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 1,192,922 | 90.80 | 151.48 |
| Redditch | 437,319 | 96.74 | 161.41 |
| Reigate and Banstead | 488,325 | 126.97 | 211.83 |
| Restormel | 747,425 | 104.10 | 173.49 |
| Ribble Valley | 164,838 | 78.88 | 131.60 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 969,423 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Richmondshire | 212,749 | 93.56 | 156.09 |
| Rochdale | 1,755,484 | 83.83 | 139.87 |
| Rochford | 363,382 | 99.92 | 166.70 |
| Rossendale | 558,700 | 84.90 | 141.50 |
| Rother | 582,556 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Rotherham | 1,895,521 | 70.88 | 123.23 |
| Rugby | 415,981 | 90.62 | 152.15 |
| Runnymede | 306,558 | 133.37 | 222.52 |
| Rushcliffe | 316,153 | 92.86 | 156.38 |
| Rushmoor | 389,658 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Rutland | 105,881 | 99.04 | 165.25 |
| Ryedale | 287,883 | 79.96 | 133.47 |
| Salford | 2,335,634 | 92.74 | 154.73 |
| Salisbury | 466,613 | 117.39 | 200.95 |
| Sandwell | 3,171,266 | 99.82 | 167.98 |
| Scarborough | 872,006 | 95.23 | 158.87 |
| Sedgefield | 841,576 | 82.06 | 137.29 |
| Sedgemoor | 583,870 | 102.66 | 171.27 |
| Sefton | 2,247,817 | 94.33 | 157.61 |
| Selby | 346,421 | 89.31 | 149.01 |
| Sevenoaks | 594,092 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Sheffield | 4,094,415 | 80.61 | 134.60 |
| Shepway | 717,419 | 103.30 | 172.34 |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | 558,858 | 91.54 | 152.73 |
| Slough | 747,664 | 117.67 | 198.42 |
| Solihull | 936,868 | 95.83 | 159.89 |
| South Bedfordshire | 501,229 | 115.18 | 193.29 |
| South Bucks | 248,922 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 438,895 | 115.39 | 192.52 |
| South Derbyshire | 364,085 | 90.67 | 151.27 |
| South Gloucestershire | 884,817 | 98.83 | 168.14 |
| South Hams | 484,153 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| South Holland | 352,683 | 86.00 | 143.49 |
| South Kesteven | 522,818 | 88.82 | 150.03 |
| South Lakeland | 439,974 | 102.15 | 175.48 |
| South Norfolk | 454,012 | 93.56 | 156.09 |
| South Northamptonshire | 214,179 | 102.10 | 171.68 |
| South Oxfordshire | 435,872 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| South Ribble | 462,440 | 90.88 | 151.46 |
| South Shropshire | 236,010 | 89.34 | 148.90 |
| South Somerset | 832,988 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| South Staffordshire | 579,796 | 89.34 | 148.90 |
| South Tyneside | 1,751,130 | 75.19 | 127.09 |
| Southampton | 1,847,016 | 94.35 | 157.40 |
| Southend on Sea | 1,339,812 | 102.44 | 170.92 |
| Southwark | 3,748,036 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Spelthorne | 434,965 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| St Albans | 473,688 | 113.63 | 190.96 |
| St Edmundsbury | 445,504 | 102.06 | 170.90 |
| St Helens | 1,495,923 | 96.86 | 161.60 |
| Stafford | 567,663 | 89.34 | 148.90 |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 422,821 | 86.88 | 144.80 |
| Stevenage | 495,180 | 112.53 | 187.74 |
| Stockport | 1,702,893 | 82.26 | 137.54 |
| Stockton on Tees | 1,335,134 | 86.15 | 145.04 |
| Stoke on Trent | 1,917,498 | 85.98 | 143.43 |
| Stratford on Avon | 526,643 | 89.34 | 148.90 |
| Stroud | 473,723 | 103.01 | 171.86 |
| Suffolk Coastal | 605,361 | 93.48 | 156.36 |
| Sunderland | 3,440,097 | 93.40 | 155.67 |
| Surrey Heath | 259,378 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Sutton | 842,572 | 215.12 | 322.67 |
| Swale | 903,306 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Swindon | 954,457 | 91.80 | 154.88 |
| Tameside | 2,045,257 | 95.45 | 159.07 |
| Tamworth | 403,801 | 93.71 | 157.43 |
| Tandridge | 232,646 | 112.44 | 189.18 |
| Taunton Deane | 578,789 | 91.38 | 152.45 |
| Teesdale | 139,637 | 83.78 | 139.78 |
| Teignbridge | 655,555 | 108.05 | 180.27 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 1,586,841 | 89.34 | 148.90 |
| Tendring | 1,242,903 | 94.32 | 157.37 |
| Test Valley | 487,394 | 109.53 | 182.53 |
| Tewkesbury | 352,621 | 89.38 | 148.97 |
| Thanet | 1,352,885 | 102.36 | 170.77 |
| Three Rivers | 348,353 | 116.03 | 195.07 |
| Thurrock | 880,824 | 109.23 | 182.22 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 563,545 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Torbay | 1,238,379 | 99.77 | 166.28 |
| Torridge | 384,518 | 98.72 | 164.70 |
| Tower Hamlets | 3,382,615 | 215.12 | 348.14 |
| Trafford | 1,273,664 | 92.34 | 154.05 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 610,040 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Tynedale | 316,895 | 90.06 | 150.10 |
| Uttlesford | 235,288 | 112.92 | 188.46 |
| Vale of White Horse | 431,052 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Vale Royal | 554,501 | 91.38 | 152.46 |
| Wakefield | 2,491,806 | 80.68 | 136.79 |
| Walsall | 2,205,694 | 91.90 | 153.33 |
| Waltham Forest | 1,985,003 | 215.12 | 342.09 |
| Wandsworth | 2,373,971 | 215.12 | 363.20 |
| Wansbeck | 504,019 | 71.29 | 118.94 |
| Warrington | 1,110,459 | 91.75 | 153.07 |
| Warwick | 567,777 | 97.33 | 164.56 |
| Watford | 439,990 | 113.00 | 188.51 |
| Waveney | 1,014,923 | 88.84 | 148.21 |
| Waverley | 423,906 | 122.44 | 204.07 |
| Wealden | 556,733 | 96.06 | 160.26 |
| Wear Valley | 582,706 | 82.98 | 138.44 |
| Wellingborough | 367,197 | 90.46 | 150.92 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 519,056 | 106.11 | 179.83 |
| West Berkshire | 642,939 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| West Devon | 253,561 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| West Dorset | 563,594 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| West Lancashire | 723,237 | 85.78 | 144.34 |
| West Lindsey | 495,148 | 83.46 | 139.40 |
| West Oxfordshire | 367,752 | 108.01 | 180.02 |
| West Somerset | 292,127 | 96.93 | 161.55 |
| West Wiltshire | 686,097 | 110.72 | 184.53 |
| Westminster | 2,132,089 | 215.12 | 398.77 |
| Weymouth and Portland | 446,207 | 100.38 | 167.29 |
| Wigan | 2,086,097 | 86.05 | 143.57 |
| Winchester | 448,893 | 113.12 | 188.73 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 574,024 | 112.68 | 187.80 |
| Wirral | 2,982,454 | 100.45 | 167.58 |
| Woking | 308,079 | 145.72 | 243.13 |
| Wokingham | 281,677 | 113.85 | 195.29 |
| Wolverhampton | 2,346,696 | 83.46 | 140.11 |
| Worcester | 507,417 | 86.05 | 145.11 |
| Worthing | 629,564 | 112.68 | 187.8 |
| Wychavon | 606,585 | 112.46 | 187.42 |
| Wycombe | 601,479 | 129.47 | 216.01 |
| Wyre | 643,677 | 91.24 | 152.06 |
| Wyre Forest | 658,593 | 92.94 | 154.89 |
| York | 870,236 | 94.54 | 157.72 |
| Wales | |||
| Blaenau Gwent | 657,998 | 88.21 | 147.15 |
| Bridgend | 968,860 | 89.52 | 149.36 |
| Caerphilly | 1,327,227 | 94.62 | 157.86 |
| Cardiff | 2,218,143 | 99.54 | 167.00 |
| Carmarthenshire | 1,252,925 | 86.38 | 144.12 |
| Ceredigion | 392,980 | 94.68 | 157.96 |
| Conwy | 735,075 | 83.27 | 145.25 |
| Denbighshire | 642,621 | 80.99 | 136.44 |
| Flintshire | 756,559 | 86.13 | 143.89 |
| Gwynedd | 790,160 | 85.78 | 143.11 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 465,753 | 84.58 | 141.11 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 545,916 | 85.82 | 143.19 |
| Monmouthshire | 416,727 | 99.37 | 166.93 |
| Neath and Port Talbot | 1,148,997 | 87.00 | 145.15 |
| Newport | 1,027,551 | 94.22 | 159.18 |
| Pembrokeshire | 811,140 | 84.56 | 141.07 |
| Powys | 732,139 | 88.68 | 148.18 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff | 1,847,905 | 84.41 | 140.83 |
| Swansea | 1,812,580 | 90.18 | 150.47 |
| Torfaen | 718,958 | 97.92 | 164.87 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 634,485 | 101.63 | 169.56 |
| Wrexham | 825,082 | 80.77 | 135.18 |
| Scotland | |||
| Aberdeen | 1,398,953 | 76.66 | 129.28 |
| Aberdeenshire | 921,754 | 72.27 | 124.05 |
| Angus | 755,976 | 67.63 | 117.87 |
| Argyll and Bute | 677,321 | 82.42 | 137.52 |
| Clackmannanshire | 434,492 | 72.63 | 129.48 |
| Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 186,995 | 85.24 | 144.01 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,143,327 | 77.31 | 131.33 |
| Dundee | 1,992,641 | 84.03 | 141.63 |
| East Ayrshire | 1,143,162 | 73.97 | 123.51 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 431,241 | 79.06 | 135.26 |
| East Lothian | 612,690 | 71.10 | 118.62 |
| East Renfrewshire | 365,857 | 75.86 | 134.46 |
| Edinburgh | 3,410,911 | 96.62 | 161.20 |
| Falkirk | 1,114,985 | 77.03 | 136.78 |
| Fife | 2,668,035 | 73.27 | 126.82 |
| Glasgow | 8,911,303 | 97.90 | 163.34 |
| Highland | 1,351,751 | 89.91 | 150.00 |
| Inverclyde | 887,584 | 91.96 | 158.52 |
| Midlothian | 599,740 | 64.47 | 107.56 |
| Moray | 481,033 | 65.20 | 108.76 |
| North Ayrshire | 1,257,331 | 69.29 | 118.53 |
| North Lanarkshire | 3,018,537 | 80.70 | 136.33 |
| Orkney | 99,202 | 75.56 | 126.06 |
| Perth and Kinross | 726,555 | 68.60 | 114.46 |
| Renfrewshire | 1,698,237 | 83.86 | 147.76 |
| Scottish Borders | 727,684 | 72.98 | 121.75 |
| Shetland | 85,947 | 98.36 | 164.10 |
| South Ayrshire | 859,571 | 75.26 | 125.55 |
| South Lanarkshire | 2,664,472 | 82.60 | 137.80 |
| Stirling | 541,252 | 77.85 | 129.87 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 1,114,830 | 77.55 | 129.39 |
| West Lothian | 1,186,544 | 79.67 | 157.55” |
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (“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 authorises the varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates. Except where article 1(2)(a) and (b) provide that amendments are to have effect from 1st April 2002 or 1st April 2004 respectively, the amendments made by this Order have effect from 1st April 2003.
Article 4 amends Part III of the principal Order which is concerned with the calculation of subsidy. Article 14 is amended so that in a case where subsidy would fall to be calculated in accordance with that article and a specified provision of article 17, only the latter is to apply. A new article 15A is inserted to make provision for the amount to be deducted from qualifying expenditure, when calculating rent rebate subsidy for housing authorities in Wales, where the rent charged by the authority has increased by more than an amount determined in accordance with that article. Article 17 is amended to reduce from 12.5 per cent to 10 per cent of the relevant qualifying expenditure the appropriate amount which is included for the purposes of determining subsidy in relation to board and lodging accommodation. A new paragraph (4ZA) is inserted in article 18 so that certain overpayments which were made during a specified period in 2003 following the introduction of new tax credits are to be treated as ‘departmental error overpayments’ rather than ‘authority error overpayments’.
Article 21 is amended to introduce with effect from 2002 new arrangements for additional amounts of subsidy to be payable where an authority has undertaken activities in accordance with Circulars specified in that article, and in consequence Schedule 5 (which set out the former arrangements for additional amounts of subsidy for that purpose) is omitted. A number of other minor and consequential changes are also made in Part II and Part III of 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.
See section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) (“the 1992 Act”), which was 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) (“the 1999 Act”) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2992 (c. 21) (“the 2002 Act”).
1992 c. 5. Sections 140B 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) (“the 1997 Act”); section 140B(4) was substituted by section 10 of the 1997 Act; section 189(1) was amended by paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the 1999 Act and Schedule 6 to the 2002 Act; 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 1997 Act.
See section 176(1)(b) of the 1992 Act; a relevant amendment was made by paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996.
See section 140F of the 1992 Act.
S.I. 1998/562. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/2865, 1999/550, 2000/1091, 2000/2340, 2001/2350, 2002/1859, 2002/3116 and 2003/3179.
A copy of this Determination may be obtained from the Welsh Assembly [Government], Cathays Port, Cardiff CS10 3NQ.
Copies of these Circulars may be obtained from the Department for Work and Pensions, 5th Floor, Adelphi, John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT.