SCHEDULE 2CFurther special provision for deduction from the central share payment

Regulations 4(1), 9(1), 9B, 11(2C), 11B and 11C

Application and interpretation1

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), this Schedule applies to the billing authorities listed in column 1 of the table set out below in relation to a relevant year beginning on or after 1st April 2016.

2

This Schedule does not apply to a billing authority listed in Part 4 of Schedule 5 for a relevant year beginning on or after 1st April 2017.

3

In this Schedule—

• “allowance for non-collection” means an allowance made by a billing authority in its principal financial statements for a relevant year, in accordance with proper practices, to recognise amounts of non-domestic rates which the billing authority estimates will not be collected;

• “growth baseline amount”, in relation to a billing authority, means the figure specified in column 2 of the table set out below in relation to that authority;

• “relevant provision” means a provision made by a billing authority in its principal financial statements for a relevant year which, in accordance with proper practices, reflects amounts to be credited to ratepayers following changes to a ratepayers’ liability for non-domestic rates;

• “transitional protection payment” means a payment under regulations under paragraph 33(1) of Schedule 7B to the 1988 Act.

  Billing authority Column 1	Growth baseline amount Column 2 (£)
  Tees Valley
  Darlington	33,215,036
  Hartlepool	33,929,304
  Middlesbrough	42,103,787
  Stockton-on-Tees	87,063,006
  Redcar and Cleveland	39,347,040
  West Midlands
  Birmingham	429,198,815
  Coventry	123,425,084
  Dudley	97,918,262
  Sandwell	101,733,562
  Solihull	123,660,405
  Walsall	65,738,850
  Wolverhampton	76,731,439

Calculation of amount2

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the amount specified by this paragraph is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—

$$\left(A-B+C-D+E-F+G-H+J-K\right)\times 50\%$$

where—

• A is the total amount credited to the billing authority’s collection fund income and expenditure account in the year in respect of non-domestic rates payable under sections 43 and 45 of the 1988 Act;

• B is the total amount charged to that account in the year in respect of non-domestic rates payable under sections 43 and 45 of the 1988 Act;

• C is the total amount written back for the year from the allowance for non-collection;

• D is the total amount written off for the year in excess of that allowance;

• E is the total amount released from that allowance for the year;

• F is the total amount by which that allowance is increased for the year after amounts written off against the allowance have been made for the year;

• G is the amount of any transitional protection payment due to be made to the billing authority for the year;

• H is the amount of any transitional protection payment due to be made by the billing authority for the year;

• J is the total amount of a relevant provision utilised for the year;

• K is the amount calculated in relation to the billing authority for the year in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) or (4).

2

If the amount calculated under sub-paragraph (1) is less than zero, for the purposes of regulations 4, 9 and 9B the amount specified by sub-paragraph (1) is zero.

3

If the year is not a year in which local lists must be compiled, the amount calculated in accordance with this sub-paragraph—

a

for the year beginning on 1st April 2016, is the growth baseline amount in relation to the billing authority;

b

for a year beginning on or after 1st April 2018, is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—

$$L\times \left(\frac{M2}{M1}\right)\times 1.005$$

where—

• L is the amount calculated for the preceding year in accordance with paragraph (b) of this paragraph;

• M₁ is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;

• M₂ is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the relevant year.

4

If the year is a year in which local lists must be compiled (“revaluation year”), the amount calculated in accordance with this sub-paragraph is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—

$$N\times \left(\frac{O\times Q2}{P\times Q1}\right)\times 1.005$$

where—

• N is—

  1. a

     for a year beginning on 1st April 2017, the growth baseline amount in relation to the billing authority;

  2. b

     for any other year, the amount calculated for the preceding year in accordance with sub-paragraph (3)(b);

• O is the aggregate rateable values shown in the billing authority’s local list for 1st April in the revaluation year;

• P is the aggregate rateable values shown in the billing authority’s local list for 31st March in the preceding year;

• Q₁ is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the preceding year;

• Q₂ is the small business non-domestic rating multiplier for the revaluation year.