The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1991

Community charge benefit applicable amount

2.  For the purposes of paragraph 1 the community charge benefit applicable amount, subject to paragraphs 3 to 6 shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula—

Where—

• A is the amount available as subsidy in respect of the costs of administering community charge benefit being in the case of appropriate authorities—

  (a)

  in England, £60,360,371;

  (b)

  in Wales, £2,656,915;

  (c)

  in Scotland, £6,185,928;

• B—

  (a)

  except where paragraph (b) of this definition applies, in the case of an appropriate authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 7 is the aggregate of the amounts obtained by multiplying each figure prescribed in column (3)(a) or (b) of Schedule 7 as the appropriate authority’s caseload figure for rebates by the figure appropriate to that category and authority prescribed in column (3)(a) or (b), as the case may be, of Schedule,

  (b)

  in the case of an appropriate authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 9, is the aggregate amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) of this definition further multiplied by the area cost adjustment figure specified for that appropriate authority in column (2) of Schedule 9.

• C is the total of the amounts for all appropriate authorities in the category to which the particular appropriate authority belongs specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, of the definition of A.