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2007 No. 731

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2007

  Made 7th March 2007 
  Laid before Parliament 9th March 2007 
  Coming into force 1st April 2007 

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140B, 140F(2) and 189(1) and (4),(5) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992[1].

     In accordance with section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act he has sought the consent of Treasury[2]. In accordance with section 176(1) of that Act he has consulted with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned[3].

Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
     1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st April 2007.

    (2) In this Order, "the 1998 Order" means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998[
4].

    (3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Amendment of the 1998 Order
     2. Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order (rent rebate limitation deductions) is amended in accordance with the Schedule to this Order.



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


James Plaskitt
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions

5th March 2007



We consent


Dave Watts

Alan Campbell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

7th March 2007



SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


AMENDMENTS TO SCHEDULE 4A TO THE 1998 ORDER


     1. In paragraph 2 (England – liability to deduction), for sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) there shall be substituted—

        " (6) (6) The RPI figure for the period beginning with September 2001 and ending with September of the year prior to the relevant year is 1.1663.

        (7) The annual factor for 2007-08 is 0.4.".

     2. In paragraph 3(amount of deduction), for sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted—

        " (3) The rebate proportion for each year commencing with 2007-08 is 0.77.".

     3. For Part 3 there shall be substituted—



    " PART 3

    WEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND


    TABLE
    RELEVANT YEAR 2007-08
    Authority Weekly rent limit
    Adur 66.34
    Alnwick 51.35
    Arun 70.81
    Ashfield 48.78
    Ashford 67.47
    Aylesbury Vale 71.81
    Babergh 63.94
    Barking and Dagenham 65.19
    Barnet 77.23
    Barnsley 51.11
    Barrow in Furness 57.17
    Basildon 62.19
    Bassetlaw 53.06
    Berwick upon Tweed 49.72
    Birmingham 59.44
    Blaby 53.99
    Blackpool 51.07
    Blyth Valley 47.11
    Bolsover 53.11
    Bolton 51.89
    Bournemouth 61.45
    Bracknell Forest 70.86
    Braintree 65.52
    Brent 82.88
    Brentwood 70.10
    Bridgnorth 62.20
    Brighton and Hove 61.62
    Bristol 57.59
    Broxtowe 62.82
    Bury 56.57
    Cambridge 69.60
    Camden 86.42
    Cannock Chase 56.54
    Canterbury 66.10
    Caradon 54.03
    Carrick 52.16
    Castle Morpeth 51.74
    Castle Point 68.93
    Charnwood 52.62
    Cheltenham 61.66
    Chesterfield 54.17
    Chester-le-Street 51.30
    Chorley 51.49
    City of London 79.30
    City of York 58.47
    Colchester 63.33
    Corby 54.45
    Crawley 71.30
    Croydon 81.52
    Dacorum 71.95
    Darlington 52.24
    Dartford 65.86
    Daventry 61.09
    Derby 55.69
    Derwentside 53.53
    Doncaster 51.02
    Dover 65.26
    Dudley 59.17
    Durham 52.36
    Ealing 80.92
    Easington 50.28
    East Devon 57.42
    East Riding 54.95
    Eastbourne 57.87
    Ellesmere Port and Neston 53.76
    Enfield 74.47
    Epping Forest 70.61
    Exeter 54.40
    Fareham 65.66
    Fenland 60.63
    Gateshead 53.74
    Gedling 52.64
    Gloucester 59.53
    Gosport 63.20
    Gravesham 66.11
    Great Yarmouth 52.75
    Greenwich 72.98
    Guildford 78.31
    Hackney 76.25
    Hammersmith and Fulham 81.45
    Harborough 59.59
    Haringey 78.53
    Harlow 65.55
    Harrogate 61.25
    Harrow 85.50
    Havering 67.02
    High Peak 54.56
    Hillingdon 85.18
    Hinckley and Bosworth 54.98
    Hounslow 75.89
    Hyndburn 53.39
    Ipswich 58.20
    Isles of Scilly 61.04
    Islington 83.34
    Kensington and Chelsea 92.15
    Kettering 57.24
    Kings Lynn and West Norfolk 56.71
    Kingston upon Hull 53.10
    Kingston upon Thames 84.77
    Kirklees 53.16
    Lambeth 76.96
    Lancaster 55.86
    Leeds 52.30
    Leicester 54.17
    Lewes 65.54
    Lewisham 69.36
    Lincoln 48.63
    Liverpool 56.95
    Luton 61.34
    Macclesfield 60.27
    Manchester 59.56
    Mansfield 52.76
    Medway Towns 60.29
    Melton 53.97
    Merton 76.86
    Mid Devon 60.23
    Mid Suffolk 60.57
    Milton Keynes 60.05
    Mole Valley 74.00
    New Forest 71.94
    Newark and Sherwood 55.05
    Newcastle upon Tyne 53.10
    Newham 68.72
    Northampton 59.01
    North Cornwall 55.35
    North East Derbyshire 53.83
    North Kesteven 55.36
    North Lincolnshire 52.59
    North Norfolk 57.79
    North Shropshire 56.49
    North Somerset 55.35
    North Tyneside 51.97
    North Warwickshire 59.29
    North West Leicestershire 55.09
    Norwich 56.32
    Nottingham 52.99
    Nuneaton and Bedworth 55.08
    Oadby and Wigston 54.99
    Oldham 52.00
    Oswestry 56.34
    Oxford 72.25
    Pendle 51.98
    Plymouth 49.18
    Poole 62.61
    Portsmouth 61.30
    Reading 78.84
    Redbridge 81.65
    Redditch 56.76
    Ribble Valley 52.40
    Richmondshire 57.34
    Rochdale 53.10
    Rochford 64.37
    Rossendale 52.44
    Rotherham 50.42
    Rugby 57.37
    Runnymede 79.37
    Rutland 59.33
    Salford 56.99
    Salisbury 68.31
    Sandwell 61.31
    Sedgefield 50.92
    Sedgemoor 59.51
    Sefton 58.64
    Selby 57.27
    Sheffield 50.50
    Shepway 62.57
    Slough 76.74
    Solihull 60.15
    South Bedfordshire 70.02
    South Cambridgeshire 70.87
    South Derbyshire 56.62
    South Gloucestershire 63.23
    South Holland 53.44
    South Kesteven 54.81
    South Lakeland 61.94
    South Northants 67.67
    South Tyneside 51.09
    Southampton 60.64
    Southend-on-Sea 63.69
    Southwark 75.27
    St Albans 76.45
    Stevenage 71.50
    Stockport 52.45
    Stockton on Tees 55.76
    Stoke-on-Trent 53.27
    Stroud 61.56
    Sutton 73.84
    Swindon 58.21
    Tamworth 58.67
    Tandridge 69.79
    Taunton Deane 58.89
    Teesdale 53.05
    Tendring 60.16
    Thanet 61.82
    Three Rivers 73.64
    Thurrock 62.03
    Torridge 53.10
    Tower Hamlets 75.91
    Uttlesford 71.92
    Waltham Forest 71.25
    Wandsworth 88.74
    Wansbeck 46.96
    Warrington 55.08
    Warwick 65.14
    Watford 72.72
    Waveney 56.91
    Waverley 77.60
    Wealden 61.49
    Wear Valley 52.16
    Wellingborough 56.04
    Welwyn Hatfield 71.78
    West Lancashire 54.13
    Westminster 91.55
    Wigan 53.79
    Winchester 74.09
    Woking 77.96
    Wokingham 76.94
    Wolverhampton 54.93
    Wycombe 77.77"


     4. For Part 5 there shall be substituted—



    " PART 5

    AMOUNTS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES


    TABLE
    RELEVANT YEAR 2007-08
    Authority (1)

    Specified amount "O"

    (2)

    Guideline rent increase

    Blaenau Gwent 48.43 1.74
    Caerphilly 54.16 2.62
    Cardiff 60.25 3.20
    Carmarthenshire 50.60 3.03
    Ceredigion 54.08 2.48
    Conwy 53.01 3.52
    Denbighshire 49.26 2.73
    Flintshire 51.55 3.13
    Gwynedd 51.27 3.07
    Isle of Anglesey 49.74 2.48
    Merthyr Tydfil 46.99 3.22
    Monmouthshire 58.36 2.67
    Neath Port Talbot 49.62 2.21
    Newport 55.55 2.91
    Pembrokeshire 50.72 3.12
    Powys 53.96 2.51
    Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 49.87 2.29
    Swansea 52.07 2.67
    Torfaen 56.45 2.79
    Vale of Glamorgan 57.99 2.67
    Wrexham 49.42 3.26"




EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 ("the 1998 Order"), which provides for the calculation and payment of housing benefit subsidy to local authorities in England and Wales, in respect of rent rebates for dwellings within the authorities' Housing Revenue Accounts.

With respect to authorities in England, the Schedule to this Order amends Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order to substitute the RPI figure, the annual factor and the weekly rent limit for the purposes of determining whether or not an authority is liable to a deduction from subsidy payable for 2007-08 (paragraphs 1 and 3). It also substitutes a rebate proportion for that year for the purpose of calculating the amount of the deduction (paragraph 2).

With respect to authorities in Wales, the Schedule to this Order amends Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order to substitute the specified amount "O" and the guideline rent increase for the purposes of determining whether or not an authority is liable to a deduction from subsidy payable for 2007-08 (paragraph 4). The rebate proportion for 2007-08 for the purpose of calculating the amount of the deduction is unchanged.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities and voluntary bodies.


Notes:

[1] 1992 c.5. Sections 140B and 140F were inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act 1996 (c.52). Section 140B was amended by section 10 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c.47) and paragraph 36 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c.26). 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 (c.2) and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21); 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.back

[2] Section 189(8) was amended by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21).back

[3] Section 176(1) was amended by paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 14 to the Housing Act 1996.back

[4] S.I. 1998/562. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2004/646, S.I. 2005/535, S.I. 2006/559 and S.I. 2007/26.back



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 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 13 March 2007
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