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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 2350

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2001

  Made 28th June 2001 
  Laid before Parliament [a]4th July 2001 
  Coming into force 25th July 2001 

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), 140F 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, in accordance with section 176(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, 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 2001 and shall come into force on 25th July 2001.

    (2) In this Order, "the principal Order" means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998[3].

Scottish Homes
     2. For the year commencing on 1st April 2000, for the sum of "£1,010,190" specified as the maximum payable to Scottish Homes in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) of article 13 of the principal Order[4], there shall be substituted the sum of "£773,042".

Amendment to articles 14, 15, 16 and 17
     3. For the year commencing on 1st April 1999 and for any relevant year thereafter, paragraph (1) of articles 14, 16 and 17 and paragraph (4) of article 15 of the principal Order shall be amended by substituting for the words "article 13(1)(b)(ii)" the words "article 13(1)(b)(iii)".

Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy
     4. For the year commencing on 1st April 2000, for Schedule 1 to the principal Order[5] there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

Thresholds for subsidy on rent allowances
     5. For the year commencing on 1st April 2000 and for any relevant year thereafter, for the table in Part V of Schedule 4 to the principal Order[6] there shall be substituted the table set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Amendment of Schedule 1
     6.  - (1) Column 5 of Schedule 1 to the principal Order[7] shall be amended by substituting "101,144" for "38,057" in respect of Kingston-upon-Hull and "38,057" for "101,144" in respect of Kingston-upon-Thames.

    (2) This article shall take effect in respect of the year commencing on 1st April 1999.

Amendments to Schedule 4 consequent on claim-related rent
     7.  - (1) For the year commencing on 1st April 2000 and for any relevant year thereafter, Schedule 4 to the principal Order shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this article.

    (2) For paragraph 7 of Part II of Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the following paragraph - 

    " Rent officers' property-specific rent and claim-related rent
             7. Where the rent officer either - 

      (a) determines a property-specific rent but not a size-related rent and the amount of eligible rent does not exceed the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts, or

      (b) determines a claim-related rent and the amount of eligible rent does not exceed the aggregate of the claim-related rent and those service charges which the authority has determined as eligible to be met by housing benefit under sub-paragraphs (a)(iv)(cc), (c) and (f) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (ineligible service charges) and Schedule 1B (service charges for claimants in supported accommodation) to the Housing Benefit Regulations, less ineligible amounts,

    the appropriate amount in respect of the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date shall be 95 per cent of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the eligible rent.".

    (3) For sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 8 of Part II of Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph - 

        " (1) Where the rent officer either - 

      (a) determines a property-specific rent but not a size-related rent and the amount of eligible rent exceeds the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts, or

      (b) determines a claim-related rent and the amount of eligible rent exceeds the aggregate of the claim-related rent and those service charges which the authority has determined as eligible to be met by housing benefit under sub-paragraphs (a)(iv)(cc), (c) and (f) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (ineligible service charges) and Schedule 1B (service charges for claimants in supported accommodation) to the Housing Benefit Regulations, less ineligible amounts,

    then, for the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date, the appropriate amount shall be determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) or (3), as the case may be.".

    (4) The following sub-paragraph shall be added to paragraph 9 of Part II of Schedule 4 - 

        " (6) This paragraph does not apply where a rent officer determines a claim-related rent.".

    (5) For sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph 12 of Part II of Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph - 

      " (e) in a case where the rent officer has made a re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination, the relevant date is - 

        (i) if the designated rent determination under the re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination is higher than or equal to the amount determined under the original determination, the date determined under the foregoing sub-paragraphs of this paragraph as appropriate;

        (ii) if the designated rent determination under the re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination is lower than the amount determined under the original determination, the Monday following the date on which the re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination is made by the rent officer.".

    (6) Paragraph 17 of Part IV of Schedule 4 shall be amended by - 

    (a) omitting from the definition of "appropriate indicative rent level" the words "or Part II" and "and fuel";

    (b) inserting, in the appropriate place, the following definition - 

      " "claim-related rent" means the rent notified by the rent officer under paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997[8] or, as the case may be, the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997[9];";

    (c) adding the following paragraph to the definition of "designated rent" - 

      " (c) in a case where a rent officer has determined a claim-related rent, that rent;" and

    (d) substituting for the definition of "ineligible amounts" the following definition - 

      " "ineligible amounts" means - 

      (a) in a case where the rent officer has determined a claim-related rent - 

        (i) any amount in respect of amounts ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1A of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (amounts ineligible for meals)[10];

        (ii) where the dwelling is in a hostel as defined in regulation 2[11] of the Housing Benefit Regulations (interpretation), any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations (ineligible service charges), other than sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph;

      (b) in any other case, except as provided in the definition of "property-specific rent less ineligible amounts" below, - 

        (i) any amount which the rent officer determines is attributable to the provision of services ineligible to be met by housing benefit, plus the amount in respect of fuel charges ineligible to be met under Part II of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (payments in respect of fuel charges);

        (ii) any amount in respect of amounts ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1A of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (amounts ineligible for meals);

        (iii) where the dwelling is in a hostel as defined in regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (interpretation), any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations (ineligible service charges), other than sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph.".



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.


Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions

26th June 2001



We consent,


Anne McGuire

Nick Ainger
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

28th June 2001



SCHEDULE 1
Article 4

The following Schedule is substituted for Schedule 1 to the principal Order.



    " SCHEDULE 1
    Articles 11(1), 12(b), 13(1), 17(1),18(1)(b) and (d), 21 and paragraph1(2) of Schedule 5


    SUMS AND PERCENTAGES TO BE USED IN THE CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY


    (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
    Authority Administration Subsidy Homeless Threshold Homeless Cap Additional Subsidy Benefit Savings Threshold X per cent.
         (£) (£) (£) (£) (£)     
    ENGLAND                              
    Adur 138,387 79.11 105.48 17,717 117,886 93.66
    Allerdale 327,887 63.48 84.64 22,402 200,728 93.80
    Alnwick 81,646 54.56 72.74 4,532 49,912 90.19
    Amber Valley 255,669 61.77 82.36 19,777 162,220 90.08
    Arun 351,181 87.08 116.10 66,242 405,560 93.62
    Ashfield 290,270 59.60 79.46 19,877 171,435 89.76
    Ashford 209,660 80.41 107.21 19,379 167,321 89.16
    Aylesbury Vale 215,532 76.10 101.46 21,459 153,467 89.86
    Babergh 161,066 72.97 97.29 16,070 116,109 90.32
    Barking and Dagenham 675,773 150.00 180.00 60,904 475,184 94.20
    Barnet 855,145 150.00 180.00 213,399 1,293,404 94.23
    Barnsley 753,109 51.44 68.59 49,848 394,441 92.88
    Barrow-in-Furness 234,090 67.83 90.44 37,245 214,351 93.84
    Basildon 512,094 75.26 100.34 34,521 373,859 90.30
    Basingstoke and Deane 289,352 78.24 104.32 20,771 260,808 91.21
    Bassetlaw 279,144 63.85 85.13 22,421 173,283 89.78
    Bath and North East Somerset 441,325 67.59 90.12 50,116 356,620 90.92
    Bedford 412,512 61.98 82.64 41,116 442,278 90.92
    Berwick-upon-Tweed 78,855 57.89 77.18 6,133 42,916 90.14
    Bexley 584,584 150.00 180.00 79,621 497,424 91.82
    Birmingham 4,108,887 66.68 88.90 317,065 3,544,728 94.70
    Blaby 92,430 55.61 74.14 7,001 44,494 93.34
    Blackburn with Darwen 502,935 74.24 98.98 53,292 495,357 94.38
    Blackpool 625,213 55.23 73.64 188,744 841,772 93.83
    Blyth Valley 257,602 50.01 66.68 12,807 138,357 90.10
    Bolsover 228,254 50.38 67.17 20,811 156,442 90.52
    Bolton 868,370 54.77 73.03 73,820 666,893 94.95
    Boston 137,971 57.45 76.60 8,221 76,899 92.05
    Bournemouth 565,063 71.06 94.74 153,113 722,751 94.09
    Bracknell Forest 180,491 81.81 109.08 22,115 135,861 94.37
    Bradford 1,490,784 59.03 78.71 198,004 1,196,929 94.92
    Braintree 289,181 68.95 91.94 23,094 206,837 90.93
    Breckland 281,094 71.13 94.84 20,438 202,031 88.48
    Brent 1,243,211 150.00 180.00 309,431 2,183,695 91.56
    Brentwood 114,930 78.47 104.62 11,340 74,660 90.90
    Bridgnorth 94,644 58.53 78.05 6,592 54,989 89.76
    Brighton and Hove 1,117,934 72.03 96.04 289,371 1,889,328 90.72
    Bristol 1,274,650 63.23 84.30 153,821 1,213,515 94.27
    Broadland 200,005 71.13 94.84 14,284 142,847 88.61
    Bromley 725,514 150.00 180.00 81,585 707,566 89.10
    Bromsgrove 110,049 58.27 77.70 6,975 56,416 87.15
    Broxbourne 168,754 86.78 115.70 21,216 122,489 89.48
    Broxtowe 219,214 54.20 72.26 18,079 130,135 89.04
    Burnley 294,370 65.04 86.72 41,325 295,707 91.45
    Bury 434,977 62.15 82.87 47,741 313,832 92.22
    Calderdale 562,995 56.43 75.24 44,973 422,185 94.92
    Cambridge 237,957 69.50 92.66 25,867 233,279 88.17
    Camden 1,307,539 150.00 180.00 212,401 1,686,538 94.31
    Cannock Chase 214,855 67.84 90.45 10,651 118,331 91.52
    Canterbury 330,229 77.08 102.77 53,318 335,069 89.26
    Caradon 195,463 64.42 85.89 32,959 202,386 90.46
    Carlisle 258,036 59.56 79.41 22,223 169,326 93.82
    Carrick 234,869 69.95 93.26 39,623 243,619 91.23
    Castle Morpeth 92,175 60.76 81.02 4,890 46,960 89.83
    Castle Point 163,703 84.84 113.12 34,044 153,406 90.19
    Charnwood 245,459 51.64 68.85 28,588 155,873 93.39
    Chelmsford 253,042 77.61 103.48 23,740 182,253 90.51
    Cheltenham 246,026 80.45 107.27 38,648 263,746 88.24
    Cherwell 213,641 78.24 104.32 37,633 184,140 87.23
    Chester 270,781 60.29 80.38 26,719 209,773 93.83
    Chester-le-Street 150,862 55.00 73.34 8,839 78,771 95.00
    Chesterfield 340,099 52.25 69.66 23,684 219,098 90.23
    Chichester 209,761 78.20 104.26 24,586 176,946 93.58
    Chiltern 155,912 78.24 104.32 7,746 143,707 89.91
    Chorley 207,534 48.82 65.09 15,167 142,829 91.21
    Christchurch 107,701 67.59 90.12 10,109 92,236 91.24
    City of London 48,851 150.00 180.00 2,303 39,617 95.00
    Colchester 333,361 74.19 98.92 45,181 334,790 90.56
    Congleton 151,929 63.48 84.64 7,819 90,523 94.20
    Copeland 226,968 59.73 79.64 19,509 155,133 93.81
    Corby 140,311 59.49 79.32 19,221 80,869 90.38
    Cotswold 159,002 67.59 90.12 14,988 143,616 88.23
    Coventry 1,069,417 60.51 80.69 107,461 848,413 93.84
    Craven 92,696 66.60 88.80 9,789 73,471 90.95
    Crawley 213,525 78.04 104.06 12,458 136,156 93.59
    Crewe and Nantwich 234,453 59.88 79.85 20,994 171,168 94.21
    Croydon 1,051,969 150.00 180.00 233,471 1,554,876 90.43
    Dacorum 266,445 71.35 95.13 21,487 161,153 89.60
    Darlington 282,018 58.19 77.58 30,967 233,119 93.89
    Dartford 188,425 78.38 104.50 25,144 138,984 89.32
    Daventry 97,816 61.09 81.46 6,985 58,947 90.06
    Derby 715,136 59.29 79.05 77,573 583,268 92.86
    Derbyshire Dales 105,941 58.32 77.76 6,100 54,764 90.37
    Derwentside 323,421 61.17 81.55 16,353 185,793 95.00
    Doncaster 898,837 52.55 70.07 62,513 476,281 94.64
    Dover 343,269 81.05 108.06 59,127 364,323 89.34
    Dudley 823,914 62.34 83.12 34,855 422,737 93.25
    Durham City 215,736 61.26 81.68 9,499 116,239 95.00
    Ealing 982,100 150.00 180.00 253,589 1,416,695 93.14
    Easington 402,776 59.99 79.98 16,101 237,978 95.00
    East Cambridgeshire 147,246 71.13 94.84 11,242 99,521 87.92
    East Devon 233,622 60.77 81.02 28,880 252,283 90.74
    East Dorset 133,792 67.59 90.12 11,158 114,700 91.36
    East Hampshire 188,272 78.24 104.32 19,129 196,148 91.40
    East Hertfordshire 178,782 77.27 103.02 16,058 114,204 88.97
    East Lindsey 371,806 59.21 78.94 51,368 261,949 92.00
    East Northamptonshire 134,787 59.50 79.33 13,127 73,668 90.42
    East Riding of Yorkshire 654,266 56.97 75.96 91,861 521,912 94.63
    East Staffordshire 211,180 56.89 75.85 20,748 133,384 91.38
    Eastbourne 327,290 72.06 96.08 67,991 434,873 89.82
    Eastleigh 220,411 78.24 104.32 19,697 191,100 91.37
    Eden 93,497 63.48 84.64 8,133 85,782 93.80
    Ellesmere Port and Neston 180,953 46.25 61.67 9,455 95,730 94.21
    Elmbridge 196,981 89.24 118.98 35,316 206,314 91.04
    Enfield 931,667 150.00 180.00 175,051 1,216,769 91.11
    Epping Forest 259,608 75.74 100.98 32,814 188,842 90.98
    Epsom and Ewell 102,823 78.24 104.32 15,816 102,204 89.53
    Erewash 280,499 53.56 71.41 21,271 171,394 89.82
    Exeter 296,559 59.32 79.09 56,739 290,031 90.14
    Fareham 128,629 71.87 95.82 15,750 98,878 91.23
    Fenland 207,958 67.81 90.42 27,692 129,093 87.96
    Forest Heath 93,081 63.67 84.89 9,833 54,676 90.45
    Forest of Dean 157,574 63.81 85.08 16,506 110,948 88.48
    Fylde 137,083 55.88 74.50 28,416 134,309 91.19
    Gateshead 864,399 55.68 74.24 43,940 627,268 94.17
    Gedling 211,224 55.01 73.35 20,663 141,523 89.73
    Gloucester 290,176 71.99 95.99 62,115 318,094 88.09
    Gosport 184,388 71.48 95.31 17,931 179,774 90.73
    Gravesham 252,315 76.20 101.60 34,150 196,079 88.66
    Great Yarmouth 342,739 54.98 73.30 64,278 297,291 88.65
    Greenwich 1,230,616 150.00 180.00 90,048 1,026,065 94.30
    Guildford 212,947 90.30 120.40 28,784 185,445 91.01
    Hackney 1,689,842 150.00 180.00 255,580 2,658,192 94.25
    Halton 489,686 54.60 72.80 28,202 358,083 92.92
    Hambleton 149,888 55.41 73.88 13,407 113,609 89.98
    Hammersmith and Fulham 939,836 150.00 180.00 147,237 1,040,184 94.29
    Harborough 85,774 69.18 92.24 6,506 45,223 93.39
    Haringey 1,310,653 150.00 180.00 406,435 2,586,870 94.33
    Harlow 257,483 72.29 96.38 16,769 149,931 91.37
    Harrogate 244,286 71.07 94.76 39,909 226,875 90.15
    Harrow 496,012 150.00 180.00 119,952 778,166 90.96
    Hart 87,417 78.24 104.32 10,613 73,002 91.20
    Hartlepool 414,168 58.80 78.40 32,253 332,387 94.25
    Hastings 464,012 78.24 104.32 112,112 622,313 89.96
    Havant 265,077 78.24 104.32 25,570 231,365 91.30
    Havering 514,709 150.00 180.00 58,709 345,024 89.41
    Herefordshire 390,100 60.43 80.57 49,656 359,331 88.99
    Hertsmere 230,343 71.13 94.84 16,831 184,201 89.74
    High Peak 182,040 64.58 86.11 18,533 142,903 89.61
    Hillingdon 617,952 150.00 180.00 76,829 664,593 91.03
    Hinckley and Bosworth 146,265 62.37 83.16 10,982 70,325 92.76
    Horsham 170,219 90.35 120.46 18,210 139,582 93.57
    Hounslow 644,018 150.00 180.00 131,036 685,288 92.44
    Huntingdonshire 212,790 77.06 102.74 19,860 145,373 85.99
    Hyndburn 255,551 61.27 81.69 36,976 254,939 91.39
    Ipswich 393,562 66.78 89.03 37,518 303,187 90.68
    Isle of Wight 486,466 78.24 104.32 77,908 567,325 93.20
    Isles of Scilly 5,306 72.13 96.17 178 2,031 93.94
    Islington 1,373,934 150.00 180.00 120,861 1,316,632 94.30
    Kennet 159,826 67.59 90.12 10,485 135,424 90.78
    Kensington and Chelsea 744,270 150.00 180.00 152,017 1,051,236 93.99
    Kerrier 314,475 67.59 90.12 37,717 328,977 91.22
    Kettering 163,939 60.57 80.76 18,138 98,880 90.40
    Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 329,419 58.02 77.36 31,117 204,150 88.63
    Kingston-upon-Hull 1,253,174 56.14 74.85 97,889 898,198 94.68
    Kingston-upon-Thames 246,265 150.00 180.00 36,832 286,045 86.16
    Kirklees 1,105,569 63.00 84.00 98,533 858,729 94.92
    Knowsley 808,237 69.95 93.27 39,506 526,592 94.88
    Lambeth 1,526,219 150.00 180.00 267,067 1,676,477 94.04
    Lancaster 391,678 61.14 81.52 83,332 390,788 91.23
    Leeds 2,395,846 47.44 63.25 257,726 1,633,648 94.91
    Leicester 1,065,025 66.65 88.87 82,813 912,728 94.96
    Lewes 205,891 78.96 105.28 39,032 200,621 89.98
    Lewisham 1,445,124 150.00 180.00 189,573 1,296,766 92.88
    Lichfield 164,407 62.16 82.88 5,679 105,776 91.43
    Lincoln 301,279 54.34 72.45 32,919 232,723 91.91
    Liverpool 2,944,266 65.48 87.30 322,438 2,425,582 94.89
    Luton 498,078 77.20 102.94 101,988 467,665 90.86
    Macclesfield 240,851 63.09 84.12 25,776 174,745 94.19
    Maidstone 265,250 78.61 104.81 28,646 204,007 89.54
    Maldon 130,002 71.13 94.84 30,274 124,384 90.92
    Malvern Hills 151,003 62.16 82.88 11,240 121,110 87.25
    Manchester 2,710,646 63.48 84.64 313,078 2,875,059 94.95
    Mansfield 327,598 60.73 80.98 23,834 225,538 89.14
    Medway Towns 668,662 78.24 104.32 173,599 747,003 94.61
    Melton 72,540 55.58 74.11 4,975 39,498 93.37
    Mendip 227,542 67.46 89.95 34,550 204,802 90.88
    Merton 463,521 150.00 180.00 91,510 538,518 90.96
    Mid Bedfordshire 188,113 78.24 104.32 13,225 107,913 89.55
    Mid Devon 148,126 63.99 85.32 19,302 129,683 90.92
    Mid Suffolk 134,934 66.78 89.04 10,890 75,617 90.49
    Mid Sussex 197,367 78.24 104.32 20,972 211,411 93.60
    Middlesbrough 641,792 67.12 89.50 48,620 524,564 94.09
    Milton Keynes 509,712 62.03 82.71 48,942 429,027 88.73
    Mole Valley 113,658 74.99 99.98 10,337 76,778 90.69
    New Forest 317,363 81.89 109.18 31,790 282,876 91.40
    Newark and Sherwood 246,612 59.11 78.82 20,440 163,856 90.06
    Newcastle-under-Lyme 242,451 52.71 70.27 13,308 129,653 91.45
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,288,777 57.44 76.59 121,086 1,039,142 94.17
    Newham 1,513,465 150.00 180.00 378,329 2,618,766 94.18
    North Cornwall 266,104 65.05 86.74 35,324 208,761 91.25
    North Devon 245,157 73.79 98.39 54,300 285,008 90.91
    North Dorset 110,551 67.59 90.12 9,035 84,773 91.21
    North East Derbyshire 223,968 50.57 67.43 9,353 90,891 90.18
    North East Lincolnshire 547,132 57.58 76.77 67,517 472,975 94.47
    North Hertfordshire 237,792 74.17 98.90 25,316 168,121 89.82
    North Kesteven 142,940 52.56 70.08 10,269 76,490 91.99
    North Lincolnshire 375,367 54.70 72.93 33,130 238,901 94.75
    North Norfolk 238,281 62.25 83.00 30,554 179,270 88.71
    North Shropshire 112,773 56.67 75.55 10,212 66,524 89.98
    North Somerset 417,914 77.76 103.68 92,945 459,784 93.24
    North Tyneside 741,540 50.59 67.45 78,479 476,491 93.29
    North Warwickshire 138,831 58.01 77.34 6,082 76,927 91.03
    North West Leicestershire 162,418 58.12 77.49 8,815 77,556 93.43
    North Wiltshire 228,755 67.59 90.12 15,132 174,555 90.68
    Northampton 441,813 67.59 90.12 51,460 309,356 89.70
    Norwich 522,741 60.24 80.32 43,177 363,217 88.31
    Nottingham 1,237,496 59.21 78.94 94,449 961,535 94.44
    Nuneaton and Bedworth 291,739 62.22 82.96 23,370 184,467 91.17
    Oadby and Wigston 76,791 56.26 75.01 7,408 42,370 91.73
    Oldham 724,524 54.17 72.23 54,640 522,283 94.39
    Oswestry 85,383 58.29 77.71 7,616 54,190 88.11
    Oxford 371,958 75.08 100.10 76,925 481,185 87.73
    Pendle 233,102 59.27 79.03 31,545 201,675 91.44
    Penwith 259,588 63.48 84.64 37,188 300,747 91.12
    Peterborough 470,595 73.54 98.05 65,742 401,090 88.34
    Plymouth 864,563 62.73 83.64 153,088 852,564 89.80
    Poole 300,740 69.64 92.85 46,667 294,941 88.51
    Portsmouth 667,046 75.60 100.80 107,288 734,088 94.99
    Preston 428,335 64.21 85.62 37,167 386,327 91.49
    Purbeck 96,117 80.95 107.93 12,165 91,596 91.31
    Reading 391,844 93.78 125.04 82,848 496,372 94.36
    Redbridge 674,256 150.00 180.00 227,718 1,174,309 87.78
    Redcar and Cleveland 481,396 63.60 84.80 35,942 381,713 94.28
    Redditch 182,035 64.96 86.61 9,316 117,298 87.51
    Reigate and Banstead 178,244 88.10 117.46 21,858 137,275 90.78
    Restormel 276,621 72.59 96.78 51,511 301,281 91.13
    Ribble Valley 70,089 53.16 70.88 8,040 48,840 91.24
    Richmond-upon-Thames 358,444 150.00 180.00 55,869 367,811 89.11
    Richmondshire 71,465 64.63 86.18 6,430 60,882 89.85
    Rochdale 728,757 58.90 78.53 69,167 607,404 94.95
    Rochford 132,526 70.31 93.74 16,998 100,951 91.03
    Rossendale 181,881 61.72 82.29 19,177 143,633 91.44
    Rother 253,304 78.24 104.32 35,696 298,401 89.72
    Rotherham 797,720 48.06 64.08 37,754 403,900 93.48
    Rugby 166,753 63.84 85.13 12,037 102,727 91.12
    Runnymede 120,263 93.53 124.70 14,672 90,328 90.55
    Rushcliffe 136,270 62.51 83.34 15,390 79,130 89.68
    Rushmoor 172,211 78.24 104.32 17,802 169,742 91.32
    Rutland 49,216 70.31 93.75 3,178 27,477 87.77
    Ryedale 109,556 55.41 73.88 8,220 91,218 91.04
    Salford 1,033,731 66.67 88.90 123,355 778,785 93.90
    Salisbury 208,341 77.93 103.90 31,220 192,973 90.84
    Sandwell 1,185,124 70.94 94.58 49,952 676,423 94.70
    Scarborough 327,639 65.15 86.86 59,701 354,776 90.14
    Sedgefield 326,391 57.03 76.04 11,543 163,034 95.00
    Sedgemoor 245,073 70.90 94.54 34,140 223,043 90.78
    Sefton 912,878 64.95 86.60 132,827 676,883 94.87
    Selby 123,491 61.52 82.03 10,495 83,611 91.01
    Sevenoaks 234,030 78.24 104.32 16,154 195,795 89.40
    Sheffield 1,973,887 53.60 71.47 83,556 1,020,461 93.90
    Shepway 334,410 71.16 94.88 82,526 380,438 89.46
    Shrewsbury and Atcham 194,660 62.05 82.74 19,966 125,849 89.74
    Slough 307,958 82.29 109.71 58,030 285,068 94.35
    Solihull 395,265 67.55 90.07 18,106 230,252 93.69
    South Bedfordshire 208,363 74.72 99.62 16,917 127,848 91.16
    South Bucks 115,466 78.24 104.32 5,738 82,263 89.85
    South Cambridgeshire 148,437 76.95 102.60 14,177 90,472 82.84
    South Derbyshire 144,994 58.43 77.90 17,770 92,887 89.74
    South Gloucestershire 336,516 68.82 91.76 32,363 242,960 87.25
    South Hams 205,464 67.59 90.12 30,816 197,160 90.82
    South Holland 136,055 63.77 85.03 8,072 56,452 92.06
    South Kesteven 215,623 61.26 81.68 21,765 137,890 91.97
    South Lakeland 175,917 56.94 75.92 25,336 150,613 93.80
    South Norfolk 193,115 65.21 86.94 15,150 113,492 88.21
    South Northamptonshire 90,144 71.74 95.65 8,489 49,659 90.52
    South Oxfordshire 206,293 78.24 104.32 30,570 171,433 87.38
    South Ribble 186,414 63.48 84.64 9,855 133,719 91.22
    South Shropshire 98,987 62.16 82.88 9,869 88,289 89.91
    South Somerset 375,421 67.59 90.12 35,707 241,134 90.90
    South Staffordshire 204,302 62.16 82.88 7,141 118,118 91.04
    South Tyneside 713,805 49.96 66.62 51,925 344,442 94.09
    Southampton 776,134 65.96 87.94 117,749 762,422 93.63
    Southend-on-Sea 617,788 73.92 98.56 155,737 814,397 94.38
    Southwark 1,519,593 150.00 180.00 144,012 1,466,215 94.26
    Spelthorne 185,485 78.24 104.32 17,309 145,177 90.95
    St Albans 186,632 71.13 94.84 15,925 136,434 89.87
    St Edmundsbury 181,859 70.01 93.34 13,736 110,351 90.43
    St Helens 628,601 67.64 90.19 37,611 409,662 94.88
    Stafford 194,607 58.33 77.77 11,924 110,691 91.43
    Staffordshire Moorlands 141,737 56.72 75.63 11,210 72,528 91.54
    Stevenage 230,668 74.19 98.92 15,002 170,610 89.78
    Stockport 680,698 55.25 73.67 83,015 489,827 94.95
    Stockton-on-Tees 561,868 61.34 81.78 44,833 401,101 93.81
    Stoke-on-Trent 832,458 61.80 82.40 54,728 682,986 94.48
    Stratford-on-Avon 209,754 62.16 82.88 17,684 143,661 90.92
    Stroud 202,217 72.74 96.98 23,091 160,000 88.67
    Suffolk Coastal 251,827 64.56 86.08 28,563 220,052 90.45
    Sunderland 1,113,987 60.35 80.46 85,189 899,745 94.02
    Surrey Heath 100,713 78.24 104.32 11,471 78,305 90.96
    Sutton 403,199 150.00 180.00 55,887 391,552 94.21
    Swale 374,688 78.24 104.32 66,798 397,579 89.17
    Swindon 372,530 60.48 80.64 37,954 241,215 93.74
    Tameside 729,571 66.67 88.89 58,091 519,054 94.95
    Tamworth 174,559 66.65 88.86 14,675 103,729 90.99
    Tandridge 98,512 75.92 101.22 11,348 72,471 91.02
    Taunton Deane 253,923 62.73 83.64 34,282 238,788 90.72
    Teesdale 60,676 57.63 76.84 4,584 36,305 94.68
    Teignbridge 277,046 73.04 97.38 47,782 288,701 90.86
    Telford and Wrekin 513,199 62.16 82.88 28,878 305,736 90.80
    Tendring 415,627 68.01 90.68 70,834 368,717 90.93
    Test Valley 153,482 76.05 101.40 10,908 97,469 91.20
    Tewkesbury 137,662 62.33 83.10 12,960 95,195 85.55
    Thanet 594,885 78.24 104.32 141,946 718,195 89.43
    Three Rivers 154,355 78.92 105.23 13,005 105,718 89.86
    Thurrock 378,684 76.11 101.48 39,495 261,160 94.29
    Tonbridge and Malling 223,339 78.24 104.32 15,274 169,624 89.35
    Torbay 466,188 70.25 93.66 136,900 675,669 85.17
    Torridge 155,349 67.76 90.34 30,159 192,273 90.80
    Tower Hamlets 1,424,607 150.00 180.00 72,005 1,297,965 94.14
    Trafford 500,734 63.06 84.08 56,666 415,825 94.93
    Tunbridge Wells 247,476 78.24 104.32 22,730 281,807 89.25
    Tynedale 109,426 62.39 83.18 6,081 62,723 90.20
    Uttlesford 98,635 74.79 99.72 9,930 66,327 91.01
    Vale of White Horse 177,562 78.24 104.32 15,594 131,467 87.04
    Vale Royal 219,098 62.48 83.31 11,685 127,464 94.21
    Wakefield 899,360 54.50 72.67 43,772 480,715 94.91
    Walsall 844,578 59.03 78.70 30,311 461,151 91.70
    Waltham Forest 983,911 150.00 180.00 253,081 1,390,221 94.28
    Wandsworth 1,070,361 150.00 180.00 193,623 1,198,723 93.43
    Wansbeck 221,392 48.55 64.74 10,950 114,103 90.19
    Warrington 444,010 60.47 80.62 22,257 278,820 94.72
    Warwick 238,313 66.50 88.66 24,560 182,881 90.95
    Watford 183,352 72.63 96.84 26,173 167,531 90.20
    Waveney 401,736 62.37 83.16 82,717 390,191 90.10
    Waverley 184,636 78.51 104.68 20,993 136,502 91.09
    Wealden 220,478 67.95 90.60 34,414 204,801 89.67
    Wear Valley 238,972 56.95 75.93 12,011 140,459 95.00
    Wellingborough 145,003 56.91 75.88 16,712 82,582 88.17
    Welwyn Hatfield 217,392 69.86 93.15 15,541 121,655 89.89
    West Berkshire 242,818 78.24 104.32 17,562 214,130 94.47
    West Devon 113,879 67.59 90.12 20,439 118,147 91.09
    West Dorset 224,883 67.59 90.12 18,888 223,263 91.34
    West Lancashire 303,371 59.27 79.03 20,815 192,046 90.98
    West Lindsey 185,752 58.46 77.95 15,251 101,212 92.11
    West Oxfordshire 133,444 67.91 90.54 18,986 102,244 86.82
    West Somerset 119,378 67.59 90.12 17,439 139,704 90.87
    West Wiltshire 223,631 67.59 90.12 33,275 192,409 90.95
    Westminster 962,224 150.00 180.00 302,610 1,590,873 93.36
    Weymouth and Portland 173,029 69.99 93.32 37,025 192,032 91.11
    Wigan 858,735 56.35 75.13 43,093 469,109 92.59
    Winchester 167,081 77.50 103.34 13,819 140,293 91.30
    Windsor and Maidenhead 248,991 78.24 104.32 27,923 231,036 94.40
    Wirral 1,296,908 71.97 95.96 167,124 1,169,243 94.88
    Woking 137,743 98.45 131.26 17,020 123,904 88.55
    Wokingham 123,713 78.53 104.71 18,949 97,714 94.48
    Wolverhampton 963,517 57.11 76.14 46,273 696,590 94.90
    Worcester 213,470 57.30 76.40 38,769 160,444 87.19
    Worthing 265,319 78.24 104.32 54,330 276,657 93.59
    Wychavon 214,693 78.24 104.32 10,736 149,625 87.21
    Wycombe 242,145 83.04 110.72 20,487 181,829 89.90
    Wyre 239,774 63.48 84.64 35,477 221,939 91.24
    Wyre Forest 204,162 64.92 86.56 19,129 127,223 86.70
    York 377,953 65.59 87.46 46,937 314,415 94.12
    WALES                              
    Blaenau Gwent 272,817 62.01 82.68 17,205 156,430 95.00
    Bridgend 361,803 62.91 83.88 41,263 248,804 95.00
    Caerphilly 539,441 66.06 88.08 39,030 315,480 95.00
    Cardiff 920,321 70.95 94.60 96,007 872,955 95.00
    Carmarthenshire 494,127 59.87 79.82 52,115 349,195 95.00
    Ceredigion 165,995 65.51 87.34 29,923 162,066 95.00
    Conwy 318,135 59.81 79.74 59,277 324,476 95.00
    Denbighshire 266,982 57.68 76.90 48,556 272,488 95.00
    Flintshire 314,111 59.28 79.04 26,241 188,024 95.00
    Gwynedd 356,394 59.61 79.48 50,275 290,839 95.00
    Isle of Anglesey 204,416 57.60 76.80 30,332 163,837 95.00
    Merthyr Tydfil 238,943 59.64 79.52 15,087 138,747 95.00
    Monmouthshire 155,420 69.45 92.60 15,144 126,878 95.00
    Neath Port Talbot 470,039 60.23 80.30 33,297 284,132 95.00
    Newport 426,684 67.31 89.74 36,776 293,037 95.00
    Pembrokeshire 340,500 58.58 78.10 43,109 321,732 95.00
    Powys 268,631 60.80 81.06 26,538 207,164 95.00
    Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 739,173 60.62 80.82 61,858 443,581 95.00
    Swansea 743,878 62.69 83.58 83,750 564,157 95.00
    Torfaen 268,116 70.44 93.92 12,367 156,230 95.00
    Vale of Glamorgan 265,290 70.71 94.28 49,053 239,553 95.00
    Wrexham 347,356 55.92 74.56 23,200 179,316 95.00
    SCOTLAND                              
    Aberdeen City 500,903 51.57 68.76 27,389 257,790 95.00
    Aberdeenshire 343,741 49.61 66.14 25,296 174,287 93.54
    Angus 298,486 44.77 59.70 16,532 158,426 94.98
    Argyll and Bute 250,852 56.86 75.82 27,896 189,738 95.00
    Clackmannanshire 173,844 49.23 65.64 4,907 79,870 95.00
    Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar 80,891 59.72 79.62 3,598 33,790 95.00
    Dumfries and Galloway 420,450 53.63 71.51 31,754 274,033 95.00
    Dundee City 806,375 60.29 80.39 37,017 624,636 95.00
    East Ayrshire 452,779 47.52 63.36 13,006 219,737 95.00
    East Dunbartonshire 163,816 53.51 71.34 9,299 82,220 95.00
    East Lothian 251,446 49.51 66.02 19,423 158,900 95.00
    East Renfrewshire 145,702 50.87 67.83 9,050 97,470 94.58
    Edinburgh City 1,399,026 71.28 95.04 186,492 1,329,949 95.00
    Falkirk 495,716 50.04 66.73 13,878 211,502 95.00
    Fife 1,249,341 51.23 68.31 68,927 625,429 95.00
    Glasgow City 3,905,135 68.80 91.73 195,647 2,535,971 95.00
    Highland 560,661 64.24 85.65 30,255 377,852 95.00
    Inverclyde 354,601 62.52 83.37 15,828 197,855 95.00
    Midlothian 228,395 42.48 56.64 8,677 123,238 95.00
    Moray 211,650 46.02 61.36 15,179 132,009 95.00
    North Ayrshire 507,117 48.52 64.69 28,227 282,964 95.00
    North Lanarkshire 1,301,523 54.10 72.13 19,266 588,644 95.00
    Orkney 45,798 53.37 71.16 4,572 31,753 95.00
    Perthshire and Kinross 323,681 48.05 64.06 33,824 189,868 95.00
    Renfrewshire 649,207 56.07 74.76 22,620 386,401 95.00
    Scottish Borders 287,670 49.47 65.96 11,760 142,021 95.00
    Shetland 40,737 66.89 89.19 1,240 18,780 95.00
    South Ayrshire 326,301 51.21 68.29 35,231 231,996 94.98
    South Lanarkshire 1,085,713 59.48 79.31 28,485 505,732 95.00
    Stirling 213,968 54.38 72.51 11,664 111,390 95.00
    West Dunbartonshire 427,924 53.15 70.87 8,700 190,719 95.00
    West Lothian 517,357 53.54 71.39 20,188 311,446 95.00
    DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS                              
    Scottish Homes 307,484                120,323     "




SCHEDULE 2
Article 5

The following table is substituted for the table in Part V of Schedule 4 to the principal Order.


"THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES
(1) (2)
Rent Registration Area Threshold weekly sum
     (£)
ENGLAND     
Avon 91.49
Barking and Dagenham 136.89
Barnet 153.80
Bedfordshire 83.98
Berkshire 109.89
Bexley 136.34
Brent 128.25
Bromley 152.37
Buckinghamshire 97.32
Cambridgeshire 76.71
Camden 191.70
Cheshire 86.18
City of London 162.47
Cleveland 82.85
Cornwall 103.56
Croydon 193.15
Cumbria 60.82
Derbyshire 75.35
Devon 96.92
Dorset 87.82
Durham 79.90
Ealing 164.12
Enfield 138.34
Essex 110.99
Gloucestershire 79.93
Greater Manchester 89.87
Greenwich 131.58
Hackney 128.65
Hammersmith and Fulham 137.54
Hampshire 104.85
Haringey 133.32
Harrow 147.08
Havering 136.70
Herefordshire 108.57
Hertfordshire 98.35
Hillingdon 144.56
Hounslow 144.60
Humberside 77.31
Isle of Wight 94.10
Islington 147.08
Kensington and Chelsea 157.32
Kent 119.44
Kingston-upon-Thames 159.11
Lambeth 127.73
Lancashire 99.30
Leicestershire 79.38
Lewisham 109.77
Lincolnshire 71.76
Merseyside 75.87
Merton 150.34
Midlands (West) 105.25
Newham 114.80
Norfolk 75.70
Northamptonshire 82.94
Northumberland 77.81
Nottinghamshire 84.42
Oxfordshire 121.89
Redbridge 124.10
Richmond-upon-Thames 163.07
Shropshire 113.42
Somerset 79.30
Southwark 129.36
Staffordshire 101.99
Suffolk 72.20
Surrey 122.08
Sussex (East) 121.69
Sussex (West) 113.68
Sutton 135.18
Tower Hamlets 144.22
Tyne and Wear 75.32
Waltham Forest 116.34
Wandsworth 154.80
Warwickshire 109.05
Westminster 195.73
Wiltshire 83.80
Yorkshire (North) 90.72
Yorkshire (South) 69.06
Yorkshire (West) 77.18
SCOTLAND     
Aberdeen 116.83
Aberdeenshire 126.66
Angus 116.83
Argyll and Bute 107.61
Clackmannanshire 150.40
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar 172.53
Dumfries and 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
Renfrewshire 103.93
South Ayrshire 119.53
South Lanarkshire 103.93
Orkney 116.83
Perth and Kinross 124.08
Scottish Borders 132.78
Shetland 116.83
Stirling 121.19
West Dunbartonshire 103.93
West Lothian 132.78
WALES     
Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys (Glamorgan (Mid)) 66.76
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan (Glamorgan (South)) 77.99
North East Wales (Clwyd) 61.35
North West Wales (Gwynedd) 58.63
Powys 69.55
South East Wales (Gwent) 70.60
Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot (Glamorgan (West)) 62.75
West Wales (Dyfed) 68.48"



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"). Section 140F of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 authorises the varying of an order before, during or after the year to which it relates.

Article 2 provides that the additional subsidy payable to Scottish Homes is not to exceed £773,042.

Articles 4 and 5 substitute new schedules of figures to be used in calculating subsidy and thresholds for subsidy on rent allowances respectively (substituting Schedule 1 and Part V to Schedule 4 to the principal Order).

Article 7 makes amendments to Schedule 4 to the principal Order that are consequential on - 

          -  The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2734),      -  Amendments to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1984) and the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1995 (S. 144)) (see S.I. 2000/1 and 2000/3), and      -  The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/4).

Articles 3 and 6 make small remedial amendments.

This Order does not impose a charge on business.

Notes:

 [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) and paragraph 57(3) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2).back

[2] 1992 c. 5; sections 140B and 140F were inserted by the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), Schedule 12, paragraph 4 and section 140B(1) was amended by the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47), Schedule 1, paragraph 7.back

[3] S.I. 1998/562, amended by S.I. 1998/2865, 1999/550, 2000/1091 and 2000/2340.back

[4] Article 13(2)(a) was amended by S.I. 1999/550 and 2000/1091.back

[5] S.I. 1998/562; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/550 and 2000/1091.back

[6] S.I. 1998/562; Part V was substituted by S.I. 1999/550 and the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2000/1091 and 2000/2340.back

[7] S.I. 1998/562; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/550 and 2000/1091.back

[8] S.I. 1997/1984, the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/1.back

[9] S.I. 1997/1995 (S. 144), the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/3.back

[10] Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 1988/1444 and amended by S.I. 1989/416, 1997/65 and 1999/264.back

[11] "Hostel" was transferred to regulation 2 from regulation 12A(8) by regulation 4 of the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2401).back


[a] Amended by Correction Slip. Page 1, italic heading below title, after "Laid before Parliament": delete "July 2001", substitute "4th July 2001". back


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