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—
(a)
the payments specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (i) in paragraph (1) of regulation 10 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (rent); or
(b)
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.
(1)
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”).
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
See section 140F of the 1992 Act.
(5)
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.
(6)
A copy of this Determination may be obtained from the Welsh Assembly [Government], Cathays Port, Cardiff CS10 3NQ.
(7)
Copies of these Circulars may be obtained from the Department for Work and Pensions, 5th Floor, Adelphi, John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT.
