The Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1998

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

(2) In this Order–

(a) “the number of houses of the authority” means the estimate of the number of houses to which the housing revenue account of the authority, at 30th September 1998, relates; and

(b) any reference to any type of expenditure, charge or income which is estimated is a reference to such an estimate made by the Secretary of State.

Aggregate amount of grants for 1998-99

2.  The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 1998-99 shall be £12,693,365.

Apportionment of grants for 1998-99

3.—(1) The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 1998-99 shall be divided into 2 portions, the “general portion” and the “hostel portion”.

(2) The general portion shall amount to £9,326,004 and shall be apportioned among the local authorities listed in Schedule 1 to this Order according to their respective estimated net expenditures for the year 1998-99 assessed in the manner provided for in Schedule 2 to this Order.

(3) The hostel portion shall amount to £3,367,361 and shall be apportioned among the local authorities listed in Schedule 3 to this Order according to their respective estimated net expenditures for the year 1998-99 on those buildings specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 15 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (which provides for lodging houses and hostels as buildings for the purposes of a local authority’s housing revenue account).

Calum MacDonald

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House Edinburgh

4th March 1998

We consent,

Graham Allen

Jon Owen Jones

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

17th March 1998