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 1SUMS 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 VTHRESHOLD 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.
