2022 No. 983
The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2022
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140B(1), (3), (4) and (4A), 140C(1) and (4), 140F(2) and 189(1), (4), (6) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 19921.
In accordance with section 189(8) of that Act2, the Secretary of State has obtained the consent of the Treasury.
In accordance with section 176(1)(b) of that Act3, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned.
Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2022 and comes into force on 31st October 2022.
2
Any amendment made by this Order has the same extent as the provision amended.
Amendment of the 1998 Order and effect of amendments2
1
2
3
4
In paragraphs (2) and (3), “relevant year” means the year in respect of which a claim for subsidy is made.
Housing Benefit Assurance Process3
In article 2 (interpretation of Parts 2 and 4), in the definition of “HBAP”, for “30th March 2020”, substitute “31st March 2022”
.
The amount of an authority’s subsidy4
For Schedule 1 (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy) substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.
Additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service5
For Schedule 1ZB (additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service), substitute the Schedule 1ZB set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative6
For Schedule 1ZC (additional amount of subsidy: housing benefit award accuracy initiative), substitute the Schedule 1ZC set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.
Rent rebate deductions from the subsidy of an authority in Wales7
For Schedule 4A (rent rebate limitation deductions (housing revenue account dwellings): authorities in Wales), substitute the Schedule 4A set out in Schedule 4 to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
We consent.
SCHEDULE 1Substitution of Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order
SCHEDULE 1Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy
Relevant Year 2021-2022
Local authority
Administration subsidy (£)
England
Adur District Council
166,774
Allerdale Borough Council
285,828
Amber Valley Borough Council
338,744
Arun District Council
459,401
Ashfield District Council
381,388
Ashford Borough Council
360,980
Babergh District Council
201,763
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
1,140,118
London Borough of Barnet
1,616,245
Barnsley Borough Council
872,272
Barrow Borough Council
216,323
Basildon District Council
624,987
Basingstoke and Deane District Council
433,632
Bassetlaw District Council
317,494
Bath and North East Somerset Council
432,954
Bedford Borough Council
533,537
London Borough of Bexley
722,001
Birmingham City Council
5,779,690
Blaby District Council
169,742
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
530,227
Blackpool Borough Council
836,872
Bolsover District Council
246,048
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
1,094,027
Boston Borough Council
214,041
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
1,240,204
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
286,440
Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council
1,744,903
Braintree District Council
372,561
Breckland District Council
349,145
London Borough of Brent
2,031,962
Brentwood District Council
139,102
Brighton and Hove Council
1,096,240
Bristol City Council
1,637,702
Broadland District Council
218,646
London Borough of Bromley
870,560
Bromsgrove District Council
171,522
Broxbourne Borough Council
301,767
Broxtowe Council
255,670
Buckinghamshire Council
1,184,153
Burnley Borough Council
384,919
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
581,719
Calderdale Borough Council
720,662
Cambridge City Council
357,031
London Borough of Camden
1,448,119
Cannock Chase District Council
281,991
Canterbury City Council
434,026
City of Carlisle District Council
303,502
Castle Point District Council
196,629
Central Bedfordshire
564,010
Charnwood Borough Council
355,376
Chelmsford Borough Council
377,519
Cheltenham Borough Council
300,276
Cherwell District Council
337,046
Cheshire East Council
831,421
Cheshire West and Chester Council
905,106
Chesterfield Borough Council
401,416
Chichester District Council
299,958
Chorley Borough Council
277,031
City of London
57,567
Colchester Borough Council
527,384
Copeland Borough Council
221,215
Cornwall Council
1,727,900
Cotswold District Council
174,557
Coventry City Council
1,238,838
Craven District Council
109,509
Crawley Borough Council
449,400
London Borough of Croydon
1,814,031
Dacorum Borough Council
442,434
Darlington Borough Council
410,686
Dartford Borough Council
286,585
Derby City Council
880,817
Derbyshire Dales District Council
145,407
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
1,091,147
Dorset Council
912,709
Dover District Council
388,841
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
964,225
Durham County Council
2,102,314
London Borough of Ealing
1,851,001
East Cambridgeshire District Council
189,300
East Devon District Council
335,752
East Hampshire District Council
210,144
East Hertfordshire District Council
318,481
East Lindsey District Council
471,405
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
745,130
East Staffordshire Borough Council
290,395
East Suffolk Council
694,438
Eastbourne Borough Council
434,434
Eastleigh Borough Council
276,450
Eden District Council
99,800
Elmbridge Borough Council
311,766
London Borough of Enfield
2,157,709
Epping Forest District Council
320,617
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
159,578
Erewash Borough Council
324,630
Exeter City Council
381,586
Fareham Borough Council
183,161
Fenland District Council
303,245
Folkestone and Hythe District Council
386,896
Forest of Dean District Council
206,464
Fylde Borough Council
208,970
Gateshead Borough Council
858,107
Gedling Borough Council
280,065
Gloucester City Council
432,448
Gosport Borough Council
271,462
Gravesham Borough Council
319,738
Great Yarmouth Council
410,526
Royal Borough of Greenwich
1,620,429
Guildford Borough Council
274,252
London Borough of Hackney
2,064,473
Halton Borough Council
542,170
Hambleton District Council
190,671
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
1,122,888
Harborough District Council
128,688
London Borough of Haringey
1,703,666
Harlow District Council
357,830
Harrogate Borough Council
308,410
Harrow Council
882,712
Hart District Council
137,774
Hartlepool Borough Council
485,951
Hastings Borough Council
433,056
Havant Borough Council
300,980
London Borough of Havering
764,108
Herefordshire Council
478,350
Hertsmere Borough Council
333,839
High Peak Borough Council
225,944
London Borough of Hillingdon
1,098,919
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
200,910
Horsham District Council
260,149
London Borough of Hounslow
1,125,008
Hull City Council
1,398,549
Huntingdonshire District Council
358,428
Hyndburn Borough Council
309,082
Ipswich Borough Council
541,358
Isle of Wight County Council
502,699
Isles of Scilly Council
1,706
London Borough of Islington
1,662,957
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
1,036,886
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
401,919
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
520,578
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
1,289,211
Knowsley Borough Council
776,361
London Borough of Lambeth
2,120,740
Lancaster City Council
405,040
Leeds City Council
2,691,201
Leicester City Council
1,382,707
Lewes District Council
301,636
London Borough of Lewisham
2,038,224
Lichfield District Council
204,322
City of Lincoln Council
390,562
Liverpool City Council
2,660,206
Luton Borough Council
862,381
Maidstone Borough Council
440,637
Maldon District Council
132,278
Malvern Hills District Council
181,862
Manchester City Council
2,767,129
Mansfield District Council
373,952
Medway Council
882,870
Melton Borough Council
108,827
Mendip District Council
289,418
London Borough of Merton
629,959
Mid Devon District Council
196,894
Mid Suffolk District Council
184,569
Mid Sussex District Council
273,011
Middlesbrough Council
766,190
Milton Keynes Borough Council
903,414
Mole Valley District Council
182,720
New Forest District Council
397,867
Newark and Sherwood District Council
288,175
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council
336,841
Newcastle City Council
1,343,574
London Borough of Newham
1,946,373
North Devon District Council
280,537
North East Derbyshire District Council
271,623
North East Lincolnshire Council
607,458
North Hertfordshire District Council
330,006
North Kesteven District Council
223,240
North Lincolnshire Council
488,781
North Norfolk District Council
281,476
North Northamptonshire Council
887,308
North Somerset Council
592,797
North Tyneside Borough Council
764,581
North Warwickshire District Council
155,839
North West Leicestershire District Council
202,574
Northumberland County Council
990,611
Norwich City Council
658,264
Nottingham City Council
1,456,450
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
405,863
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
100,313
Oldham Borough Council
910,869
Oxford City Council
459,987
Pendle Borough Council
286,652
Peterborough City Council
745,199
Plymouth City Council
1,024,060
Portsmouth City Council
924,688
Preston Borough Council
487,938
Reading Borough Council
621,703
London Borough of Redbridge
1,004,702
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
599,349
Borough of Redditch
255,888
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
347,377
Ribble Valley Borough Council
92,282
Richmondshire District Council
101,777
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
473,695
Rochdale Borough Council
919,750
Rochford District Council
151,095
Rossendale Borough Council
212,984
Rother District Council
240,050
Rotherham Borough Council
957,402
Rugby Borough Council
236,557
Runnymede Borough Council
211,335
Rushcliffe Borough Council
185,607
Rushmoor Borough Council
307,919
Rutland County Council
65,457
Ryedale District Council
132,025
Salford City Council
1,235,628
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
1,344,659
Scarborough Borough Council
406,761
Sedgemoor District Council
379,041
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
1,027,040
Selby District Council
172,133
Sevenoaks District Council
271,005
Sheffield City Council
2,016,189
Shropshire Council
719,739
Slough Borough Council
619,024
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
540,946
Somerset West and Taunton Council
455,030
South Cambridgeshire District Council
269,903
South Derbyshire District Council
193,256
South Gloucestershire Council
571,935
South Hams District Council
218,552
South Holland District Council
200,393
South Kesteven District Council
331,673
South Lakeland District Council
185,768
South Norfolk District Council
267,270
South Oxfordshire District Council
264,327
South Ribble Borough Council
225,429
South Somerset District Council
421,505
South Staffordshire District Council
228,688
South Tyneside Council
795,270
Southampton City Council
977,914
Southend on Sea Borough Council
709,020
London Borough of Southwark
1,799,299
Spelthorne Borough Council
247,609
St Albans District Council
288,429
St Helens Borough Council
663,879
Stafford Borough Council
276,134
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
159,334
Stevenage Borough Council
320,958
Stockport Borough Council
794,190
Stockton on Tees Borough Council
725,054
Stoke on Trent City Council
978,780
Stratford on Avon District Council
273,014
Stroud District Council
243,032
Sunderland City Council
1,292,998
Surrey Heath Borough Council
160,500
London Borough of Sutton
658,508
Swale Borough Council
478,180
Swindon Borough Council
606,821
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
914,735
Tamworth Borough Council
221,049
Tandridge District Council
187,844
Teignbridge District Council
333,532
Telford and Wrekin Council
706,784
Tendring District Council
552,866
Test Valley Borough Council
277,620
Tewkesbury Borough Council
200,446
Thanet District Council
611,231
Three Rivers Council
217,568
Thurrock Borough Council
543,553
Tonbridge and Malling District Council
320,135
Torbay Council
524,699
Torridge District Council
177,864
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
2,245,608
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
618,673
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
291,406
Uttlesford District Council
148,847
Vale of White Horse District Council
270,855
Wakefield Council
1,212,019
Walsall Borough Council
1,146,672
London Borough of Waltham Forest
1,295,219
London Borough of Wandsworth
1,433,604
Warrington Borough Council
555,749
Warwick District Council
305,891
Watford Borough Council
350,311
Waverley Borough Council
254,292
Wealden District Council
289,049
Welwyn Hatfield District Council
362,872
West Berkshire Council
359,167
West Devon Borough Council
138,512
West Lancashire District Council
297,365
West Lindsey District Council
259,045
West Northamptonshire
952,267
West Oxfordshire District Council
205,424
West Suffolk Council
442,056
City of Westminster
1,419,218
Wigan Council
1,018,118
Wiltshire Council
1,113,824
Winchester City Council
263,221
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
295,325
Wirral Borough Council
1,309,372
Woking Borough Council
240,801
Wokingham District Council
214,714
Wolverhampton City Council
1,100,571
Worcester City Council
304,955
Worthing Borough Council
315,502
Wychavon District Council
291,660
Wyre Borough Council
325,381
Wyre Forest District Council
322,340
City of York Council
406,049
Wales
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
325,787
Bridgend County Borough Council
496,753
Caerphilly County Borough Council
676,895
Cardiff City Council
1,443,993
Carmarthenshire County Council
593,035
Ceredigion Council
208,289
Conwy County Borough Council
408,650
Denbighshire County Council
376,552
Flintshire County Council
431,124
Gwynedd Council
362,202
Isle of Anglesey County Council
220,019
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council
242,683
Monmouthshire County Council
230,483
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
600,412
Newport City Council
598,735
Pembrokeshire County Council
410,567
Powys County Council
342,311
Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council
870,755
Swansea City Council
951,800
Torfaen Borough Council
398,364
Vale of Glamorgan Council
383,401
Wrexham Council
486,822
Scotland
Aberdeen City Council
678,838
Aberdeenshire Council
498,326
Angus Council
373,135
Argyll and Bute Council
263,669
Clackmannanshire Council
227,522
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar Council
67,746
Dumfries and Galloway Council
550,517
Dundee City Council
777,001
East Ayrshire Council
518,581
East Dunbartonshire Council
213,506
East Lothian District Council
323,700
East Renfrewshire Council
176,089
City of Edinburgh Council
1,726,230
Falkirk District Council
549,236
Fife Council
1,347,783
Glasgow City Council
3,804,319
Highland Council
661,070
Inverclyde District Council
397,668
Midlothian Council
289,469
Moray Council
250,247
North Ayrshire Council
680,462
North Lanarkshire Council
1,417,602
Orkney Islands Council
61,299
Perth and Kinross Council
373,389
Renfrewshire Council
694,515
Scottish Borders Council
369,827
Shetland Islands Council
52,957
South Ayrshire Council
437,418
South Lanarkshire Council
1,143,290
Stirling Council
250,429
West Dunbartonshire Council
534,025
West Lothian Council
684,285
SCHEDULE 2Substitution of Schedule 1ZB to the 1998 Order
SCHEDULE 1ZBAdditional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service
Interpretation1
In this Schedule—
“relevant activities” means activities carried out by authorities receiving VEP alerts to administer those alerts;
“VEP alerts” means alerts given by the Secretary of State enabling authorities to identify changes in earnings and pensions so as to help prevent fraud and error relating to housing benefit.
Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 20222
The additional amount of subsidy for an authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2022 is the amount specified for that authority in the Housing Benefit Circular HB S8/2022 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 17th June 20226.
Use of amount paid under paragraph 23
An authority must use the additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities.
SCHEDULE 3Substitution of Schedule 1ZC to the 1998 Order
SCHEDULE 1ZCAdditional Amount of Subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative
Interpretation1
In this Schedule—
“HBAAI” means the Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative set out in Housing Benefit Circular HB A6/2021 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 14th May 20217;
“relevant activities” means activities carried out by authorities in connection with administering the HBAAI.
Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 20212
The additional amount of subsidy for an authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2021 is the amount (if any) specified for that authority in the following Housing Benefit Circulars published by the Department for Work and Pensions—
a
HB S8/2021 (revised), first published on 27th April 2021 and updated on 16th July 20218;
b
HB S9/2021, first published on 23rd July 20219;
c
HB S11/2021, first published on 22nd October 202110.
Use of amount paid under paragraph 23
An authority must use any additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities.
SCHEDULE 4Substitution of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order
SCHEDULE 4ARent Rebate Limitation Deductions (Housing Revenue Account Dwellings): Authorities in Wales
Interpretation1
In this Schedule—
“HRA” means the Housing Revenue Account of the authority the amount of whose subsidy is under consideration;
“rent”, in relation to a dwelling, means the total of the payments in respect of the dwelling specified in regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations, other than a payment specified in regulation 12(1)(e).
Liability to deduction2
1
This paragraph applies in relation to the relevant year if—
a
the authority is specified in the Table in paragraph 4 for that year, and
b
O + P is less than Q where—
O is the amount specified in column 1 of that Table for the authority;
P is the guideline rent increase specified in column 2 of that Table for the authority;
Q is the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year.
2
For the purposes of determining Q in sub-paragraph (1)(b), the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year is calculated by dividing the total rent charged for all dwellings in the HRA in that year by the total number of weeks for which rent was charged for all dwellings in the HRA, disregarding any unoccupied dwelling.
Amount of deduction3
1
The amount of the deduction from subsidy referred to in article 20A(2) is to be calculated as follows—
Step 1
Divide the amount of rebates granted by the authority in the relevant year in respect of dwellings in the HRA by the income of the authority for that year from rent (including rent remitted by way of rebate) in respect of such dwellings.
Step 2
If the result of Step 1—
a
does not exceed the rebate proportion for the relevant year (see sub-paragraph (2))—
i
deduct (O + P) from Q (see paragraph 2);
ii
divide the result of paragraph (a)(i) by Q;
iii
multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (a)(ii));
b
exceeds the rebate proportion for the relevant year—
i
deduct (O + P) from Q (see paragraph 2);
ii
divide the result of paragraph (b)(i) by Q;
iii
divide the rebate proportion (see sub-paragraph (2)) by the result of Step 1;
iv
multiply the result of paragraph (b)(ii) by the result of paragraph (b)(iii);
v
multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (b)(iv).
2
The rebate proportion for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2022 is 0.528.
Amounts for the purposes of paragraph 24
The amounts for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2022 for the purposes of paragraph 2 are as follows—
Local authority
(1) Specified amount “O” (£)
(2) Guideline rent increase “P” (£)
Caerphilly County Borough Council
101.42
3.14
Cardiff City Council
114.24
3.54
Carmarthenshire County Council
100.60
3.12
Denbighshire County Council
100.88
3.59
Flintshire County Council
104.52
5.04
Isle of Anglesey County Council
100.10
4.99
Pembrokeshire County Council
103.60
3.42
Powys County Council
104.19
3.23
Swansea City Council
101.62
3.15
Vale of Glamorgan Council
112.09
5.15
Wrexham Council
103.33
4.49
(This note is not part of the Order)