The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2009

Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 30

Social Security

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2009

Made

13th January 2009

Laid before Parliament

19th January 2009

Coming into force

10th March 2009

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

In accordance with section 189(8) of that Act the Secretary of State has sought the consent of the Treasury(2).

In accordance with section 176(1) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(3).

Citation, interpretation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2009 and shall come into force on 10th March 2009.

(2) In this Order, “the 1998 Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998(4).

(3) Article 2 shall have effect from 1st April 2007 and article 3 shall have effect from 1st April 2008.

Amendment of Part 2 of the 1998 Order

2.  In article 6(1)(a)(5) of the 1998 Order (requirement of audit) for “31st December” substitute “30th November”.

Substitution of Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order

3.  For Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy)(6) substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

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

Kitty Ussher

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

12th January 2009

We consent

Frank Roy

Tony Cunningham

Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

13th January 2009

Article 3

SCHEDULE SCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 1 TO THE 1998 ORDER

Articles 12(1)(b) and17(1) and (8)

“SCHEDULE 1 SUMS TO BE USED IN THE CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY

Relevant year 2008-2009

		Non-HRA Rent Rebates
Local Authority	Administration Subsidy (£)	Threshold (£)	Cap (£)
Adur	444,995	117.63	208.18
Allerdale	854,322	94.42	166.78
Alnwick	214,641	81.85	145.23
Amber Valley	906,451	94.89	167.80
Arun	1,143,355	123.12	217.48
Ashfield	962,470	89.10	157.56
Ashford	724,900	116.91	206.73
Aylesbury Vale	912,964	113.05	200.37
Babergh	506,121	108.20	191.31
Barking	2,280,802	191.10	303.80
Barnet	3,281,854	191.10	303.80
Barnsley	2,092,649	79.15	140.95
Barrow in Furness	696,097	98.76	174.63
Basildon	1,760,075	114.95	203.26
Basingstoke and Deane	942,434	117.07	206.80
Bassetlaw	867,340	99.33	175.65
Bath and NE Somerset	1,173,918	100.71	177.90
Bedford	1,250,804	93.24	165.29
Berwick upon Tweed	222,371	88.60	156.65
Bexley	1,752,957	191.10	303.80
Birmingham	12,609,480	95.47	169.29
Blaby	377,931	85.08	150.76
Blackburn with Darwen	1,678,634	108.94	192.43
Blackpool	2,085,336	90.73	164.69
Blyth Valley	799,921	75.02	133.00
Bolsover	676,626	77.36	139.66
Bolton	2,701,971	81.72	145.82
Boston	558,243	85.21	150.85
Bournemouth	1,836,660	102.41	192.46
Bracknell Forest	625,891	127.20	228.58
Bradford	5,481,661	86.20	161.99
Braintree	971,718	104.64	185.03
Breckland	1,006,104	107.01	189.70
Brent	3,880,927	191.10	321.29
Brentwood	406,862	118.62	209.76
Bridgnorth	322,383	96.45	171.82
Brighton and Hove	3,022,872	105.84	207.96
Bristol	4,173,299	93.23	184.32
Broadland	647,091	107.01	189.70
Bromley	2,244,668	191.10	303.80
Bromsgrove	452,515	99.45	183.77
Broxbourne	763,250	126.48	223.65
Broxtowe	655,596	81.36	145.09
Burnley	1,103,651	96.75	170.90
Bury	1,534,732	94.23	166.63
Calderdale	1,923,512	83.75	148.18
Cambridge	799,855	111.41	197.00
Camden	3,324,861	191.10	319.83
Cannock Chase	767,712	99.89	182.66
Canterbury	1,010,860	112.34	198.63
Caradon	600,505	94.69	167.43
Carlisle	817,738	92.14	162.92
Carrick	739,585	107.83	190.67
Castle Morpeth	268,505	88.89	157.18
Castle Point	629,256	122.30	216.25
Charnwood	839,611	85.61	151.40
Chelmsford	966,936	119.70	212.44
Cheltenham	808,713	121.58	214.97
Cherwell	819,466	117.87	208.71
Chester	918,354	89.00	157.20
Chester le Street	478,274	82.28	145.95
Chesterfield	1,004,500	81.69	144.45
Chichester	744,064	118.48	209.27
Chiltern	485,538	117.07	206.80
Chorley	705,103	83.82	149.03
Christchurch	357,347	100.71	189.07
City of London	172,745	191.10	303.80
Colchester	1,155,627	110.25	196.54
Congleton	546,598	94.42	166.78
Copeland	637,609	88.71	168.53
Corby	484,102	91.42	167.05
Cotswold	497,136	100.71	177.90
Coventry	3,742,880	81.21	159.38
Craven	313,099	100.12	177.04
Crawley	870,703	126.74	224.91
Crewe and Nantwich	830,024	99.90	184.00
Croydon	3,453,946	191.10	315.58
Dacorum	893,768	110.97	198.70
Darlington	1,030,682	86.96	153.76
Dartford	673,973	114.85	203.08
Daventry	378,966	91.32	161.47
Derby	1,997,374	90.19	159.50
Derbyshire Dales	374,485	91.57	162.27
Derwentside	979,579	89.71	158.63
Doncaster	2,706,325	82.28	147.95
Dover	968,630	116.94	206.78
Dudley	2,680,602	95.78	171.85
Durham City	614,763	84.71	151.79
Ealing	3,289,169	191.10	307.48
Easington	1,126,468	87.21	154.20
East Cambridgeshire	481,166	107.01	189.70
East Devon	800,825	91.41	171.78
East Dorset	477,738	100.71	189.07
East Hampshire	579,696	117.07	206.80
East Hertfordshire	724,203	127.90	226.97
East Lindsey	1,370,693	87.82	155.45
East Northamptonshire	525,507	98.10	173.67
East Riding of Yorkshire	2,126,736	87.66	159.14
East Staffordshire	752,964	85.52	151.06
Eastbourne	1,059,942	105.32	197.95
Eastleigh	669,196	117.07	206.80
Eden	278,804	94.42	166.78
Ellesmere Port and Neston	604,546	73.57	149.46
Elmbridge	745,426	133.53	235.85
Enfield	3,534,579	191.10	303.80
Epping Forest	807,463	113.34	200.97
Epsom and Ewell	355,880	117.07	206.80
Erewash	869,710	83.97	148.80
Exeter	911,388	88.54	166.40
Fareham	477,207	110.95	200.14
Fenland	843,976	100.56	177.83
Forest Heath	375,517	99.04	175.13
Forest of Dean	606,330	96.52	170.67
Fylde	506,755	82.51	145.73
Gateshead	2,124,498	87.29	154.36
Gedling	703,696	83.14	147.64
Gloucester	995,969	105.41	186.39
Gosport	646,058	108.81	192.41
Gravesham	750,825	111.04	196.36
Great Yarmouth	1,155,354	83.55	157.02
Greenwich	3,469,090	191.10	303.80
Guildford	745,905	134.07	237.08
Hackney	4,702,234	191.10	304.23
Halton	1,478,898	86.83	159.06
Hambleton	457,585	83.08	156.20
Hammersmith and Fulham	2,537,038	191.10	303.80
Harborough	296,360	103.09	182.28
Haringey	3,811,688	191.10	303.80
Harlow	874,641	109.42	193.47
Harrogate	803,161	106.57	188.46
Harrow	2,012,679	191.10	333.83
Hart	297,001	117.07	206.80
Hartlepool	1,290,744	90.16	159.43
Hastings	1,209,021	117.07	206.80
Havant	971,864	117.07	206.80
Havering	1,692,305	191.10	303.80
Herefordshire	1,285,819	89.64	158.52
Hertsmere	714,436	107.01	189.70
High Peak	618,327	96.94	171.41
Hillingdon	2,341,723	191.10	335.66
Hinckley and Bosworth	532,293	93.60	165.52
Horsham	624,969	138.41	244.47
Hounslow	2,354,073	191.10	303.80
Huntingdonshire	893,990	115.92	205.50
Hyndburn	911,682	93.45	165.07
Ipswich	1,218,462	99.72	176.32
Isle of Wight	1,487,966	117.07	206.80
Isles of Scilly	6,935	104.08	184.04
Islington	3,536,278	191.10	314.77
Kennet	440,764	100.71	177.90
Kensington and Chelsea	2,178,771	191.10	346.84
Kerrier	942,781	100.71	177.90
Kettering	587,069	90.21	160.83
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	1,213,202	87.62	163.25
Kingston upon Hull	3,380,136	90.63	166.28
Kingston upon Thames	1,065,257	191.10	326.21
Kirklees	3,385,401	91.86	162.45
Knowsley	2,215,292	102.02	180.40
Lambeth	4,620,371	191.10	303.80
Lancaster	1,139,373	90.85	160.63
Leeds	6,307,848	83.41	157.14
Leicester	3,455,084	92.52	163.44
Lewes	673,103	113.59	202.24
Lewisham	4,159,952	191.10	303.80
Lichfield	566,503	92.82	163.96
Lincoln	919,171	87.56	154.83
Liverpool	6,819,658	93.12	164.69
Luton	1,744,961	114.55	202.56
Macclesfield	858,179	103.10	197.84
Maidstone	970,813	116.30	205.64
Maldon	384,290	107.01	189.70
Malvern Hills	469,088	92.82	163.96
Manchester	6,265,841	109.17	193.03
Mansfield	937,955	93.71	165.53
Medway	2,196,501	114.85	203.08
Melton	224,589	84.14	152.81
Mendip	743,470	99.23	175.29
Merton	1,567,872	191.10	303.80
Mid Bedfordshire	720,106	106.32	188.68
Mid Devon	476,212	94.27	166.71
Mid Suffolk	443,625	100.56	177.83
Mid Sussex	622,448	117.07	206.80
Middlesbrough	1,948,389	98.66	174.46
Milton Keynes	1,892,333	114.35	203.06
Mole Valley	393,293	113.82	201.26
New Forest	1,010,581	126.10	222.99
Newark and Sherwood	787,977	87.56	154.82
Newcastle under Lyme	954,726	78.70	154.48
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,976,742	85.76	151.64
Newham	4,508,773	191.10	303.80
North Cornwall	663,874	95.06	168.08
North Devon	874,592	109.95	194.21
North Dorset	388,872	100.71	177.90
North East Derby	665,480	79.87	144.84
North East Lincoln	1,829,099	85.81	157.04
North Hertfordshire	875,472	115.06	209.56
North Kesteven	559,248	87.53	154.76
North Lincolnshire	1,297,096	83.07	147.43
North Norfolk	830,394	92.45	163.68
North Shropshire	404,615	86.90	154.64
North Somerset	1,579,032	115.92	204.97
North Tyneside	1,954,583	80.25	142.68
North Warwickshire	405,667	91.58	164.56
North West Leicestershire	546,932	86.63	153.18
North Wiltshire	697,851	100.71	177.90
Northampton	1,651,904	113.90	201.39
Norwich	1,513,686	90.26	160.15
Nottingham	3,352,001	83.96	148.47
Nuneaton and Bedworth	1,037,697	88.81	158.64
Oadby and Wigston	268,314	85.39	151.83
Oldham	2,212,423	83.75	156.81
Oswestry	260,748	89.56	158.36
Oxford	1,123,775	122.71	219.06
Pendle	922,741	87.23	154.26
Penwith	746,102	94.58	177.56
Peterborough	1,749,521	114.08	201.73
Plymouth	2,302,770	92.07	162.79
Poole	1,040,524	104.52	196.22
Portsmouth	2,159,168	111.09	196.41
Preston	1,303,457	94.99	167.95
Purbeck	304,983	116.19	205.43
Reading	1,297,943	135.67	239.89
Redbridge	2,184,161	191.10	308.85
Redcar and Cleveland	1,582,622	94.34	166.81
Redditch	613,381	100.51	177.74
Reigate and Banstead	746,711	131.92	233.26
Restormel	923,257	108.16	191.05
Ribble Valley	231,927	81.96	144.92
Richmond upon Thames	1,203,341	191.10	303.80
Richmondshire	259,596	97.21	171.88
Rochdale	2,265,230	87.10	154.02
Rochford	438,334	103.82	183.56
Rossendale	608,072	88.21	155.81
Rother	737,236	117.07	206.80
Rotherham	2,218,009	73.64	135.70
Rugby	620,,103	94.15	167.55
Runnymede	438,496	138.57	245.03
Rushcliffe	488,644	96.48	172.21
Rushmoor	587,094	117.07	206.80
Rutland	161,440	102.90	181.96
Ryedale	341,298	83.08	156.20
Salford	2,644,799	96.36	170.38
Salisbury	650,204	121.97	221.28
Sandwell	3,487,300	103.71	184.98
Scarborough	1,142,213	98.94	174.94
Sedgefield	981,887	85.26	151.18
Sedgemoor	850,515	106.66	188.60
Sefton	2,874,034	98.01	173.56
Selby	395,526	92.79	164.09
Sevenoaks	681,482	117.07	206.80
Sheffield	4,818,830	83.75	148.21
Shepway	977,565	107.33	189.78
Shrewsbury and Atcham	684,103	95.11	168.18
Slough	1,287,926	122.26	218.49
Solihull	1,336,131	99.57	176.07
South Bedfordshire	729,720	119.67	212.85
South Bucks	326,738	117.07	206.80
South Cambridgeshire	640,748	119.89	212.00
South Derbyshire	477,274	94.21	166.57
South Gloucestershire	1,300,062	102.68	185.15
South Hams	605,718	100.71	177.90
South Holland	559,431	89.35	158.00
South Kesteven	733,884	92.28	165.21
South Lakeland	551,010	106.13	193.24
South Norfolk	763,584	97.21	171.88
South Northants	316,365	106.08	189.05
South Oxfordshire	611,509	117.07	206.80
South Ribble	700,653	94.42	166.78
South Shropshire	298,310	92.82	163.96
South Somerset	1,085,909	100.71	177.90
South Staffordshire	635,020	92.82	163.96
South Tyneside	1,830,690	78.12	139.95
Southampton	2,202,261	98.03	192.58
Southend on Sea	1,855,928	106.44	188.21
Southwark	4,353,639	191.10	303.80
Spelthorne	605,911	117.07	206.80
St Albans	641,438	118.06	210.28
St Edmundsbury	662,617	106.04	188.19
St Helens	2,037,648	100.64	177.95
Stafford	708,179	92.82	163.96
Staffordshire Moorlands	543,426	90.27	159.45
Stevenage	712,085	116.92	206.74
Stockport	2,114,386	85.47	168.28
Stockton on Tees	1,730,878	89.51	159.71
Stoke on Trent	2,658,163	89.33	157.94
Stratford on Avon	725,250	92.82	163.96
Stroud	658,121	107.03	189.25
Suffolk Coastal	739,041	97.13	172.18
Sunderland	3,708,380	97.04	171.42
Surrey Heath	358,381	117.07	206.80
Sutton	1,388,794	191.10	303.80
Swale	1,211,992	117.07	206.80
Swindon	1,375,302	95.38	170.55
Tameside	2,492,843	99.17	175.17
Tamworth	530,797	97.36	173.35
Tandridge	372,932	116.83	208.32
Taunton Deane	739,406	94.94	167.87
Teesdale	199,337	87.05	153.92
Teignbridge	950,182	112.26	198.51
Telford and Wrekin	1,529,850	92.82	163.96
Tendring	1,491,410	98.00	184.18
Test Valley	634,219	113.80	201.00
Tewkesbury	454,555	92.87	164.04
Thanet	1,746,057	106.35	188.05
Three Rivers	494,318	120.56	214.80
Thurrock	1,244,030	113.49	200.65
Tonbridge and Malling	655,658	117.07	206.80
Torbay	1,653,952	103.66	183.10
Torridge	509,108	102.57	181.36
Tower Hamlets	4,456,455	191.10	327.78
Trafford	1,777,305	95.94	169.64
Tunbridge Wells	695,505	117.07	206.80
Tynedale	370,345	93.57	165.28
Uttlesford	305,152	117.32	207.52
Vale of White Horse	936,475	117.07	206.80
Vale Royal	829,748	94.94	167.88
Wakefield	3,074,401	83.83	160.09
Walsall	3,125,370	95.48	168.85
Waltham Forest	3,045,542	191.10	322.08
Wandsworth	3,079,543	191.10	341.95
Wansbeck	614,299	74.07	130.97
Warrington	1,355,797	95.33	168.56
Warwick	821,838	101.13	181.21
Watford	680,854	117.41	207.59
Waveney	1,215,590	92.30	163.21
Waverley	602,332	127.22	224.72
Wealden	792,187	99.81	196.09
Wear Valley	771,855	86.22	152.44
Wellingborough	584,206	93.99	166.18
Welwyn Hatfield	786,084	110.25	198.02
West Berkshire	867,677	117.07	206.80
West Devon	324,938	100.71	177.90
West Dorset	688,801	100.71	177.90
West Lancashire	839,746	89.13	158.95
West Lindsey	632,730	86.71	153.51
West Oxfordshire	525,928	112.22	198.24
West Somerset	338,451	100.71	177.90
West Wiltshire	829,394	115.04	203.20
Westminster	3,076,390	191.10	375.44
Weymouth and Portland	633,858	104.29	184.22
Wigan	2,922,167	89.41	158.10
Winchester	561,122	117.53	207.82
Windsor and Maidenhead	798,970	117.07	206.80
Wirral	3,558,809	104.37	184.54
Woking	537,763	151.40	267.72
Wokingham	491,811	118.29	215.05
Wolverhampton	2,909,767	86.71	163.97
Worcester	765,972	89.41	159.80
Worthing	822,415	117.07	206.80
Wychavon	729,424	116.85	206.38
Wycombe	952,,046	134.52	237.86
Wyre	892,611	94.80	167.44
Wyre Forest	875,060	96.56	170.56
York	1,139,350	98.23	173.68

Blaenau Gwent	813,646	91.65	162.04
Bridgend	1,335,315	93.01	164.47
Caerphilly	1,680,993	98.31	173.83
Cardiff	2,904,703	103.42	183.90
Carmarthenshire	1,474,053	89.75	158.70
Ceredigion	550,270	98.37	173.94
Conwy	988,190	86.52	159.95
Denbighshire	865,738	84.15	150.24
Flintshire	1,039,953	89.49	158.44
Gwynedd	967,134	89.13	157.59
Isle of Anglesey	546,452	87.88	155.38
Merthyr Tydfil	651,,284	89.17	157.68
Monmouthshire	513,503	103.25	183.82
Neath Port Talbot	1,480,624	90.39	159.84
Newport	1,290,793	97.89	175.29
Pembrokeshire	933,461	87.86	155.34
Powys	869,073	92.14	163.17
Rhondda Cynon Taff	2,411,827	87.70	155.07
Swansea	2,248,894	93.70	165.69
Torfaen	848,275	101.74	181.56
Vale of Glamorgan	936,475	105.59	186.72
Wrexham	1,000,226	83.92	148.86

Aberdeen	1,610,865	79.65	142.36
Aberdeenshire	1,286,725	75.09	136.60
Angus	931,567	70.27	129.79
Argyll and Bute	816,337	85.63	151.43
Clackmannanshire	505,195	75.46	142.58
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	290,646	88.56	158.58
Dumfries and Galloway	1,528,297	80.33	144.62
Dundee	1,951,771	87.31	155.96
East Ayrshire	1,449,765	76.85	136.01
East Dunbartonshire	563,310	82.14	148.94
East Lothian	726,911	73.87	130.62
East Renfrewshire	484,299	78.82	148.06
Edinburgh	4,326,979	100.39	177.51
Falkirk	1,355,555	80.03	150.62
Fife	3,294,587	76.13	139.65
Glasgow	10,728,759	101.72	179.87
Highland	1,763,700	93.42	165.17
Inverclyde	1,116,504	99.55	170.56
Midlothian	715,895	66.98	118.45
Moray	637,410	67.74	119.77
North Ayrshire	1,595,769	71.99	130.52
North Lanarkshire	3,738,365	83.85	150.12
Orkney	141,304	78.51	138.81
Perth and Kinross	957,266	71.28	126.04
Renfrewshire	1,889,706	87.13	162.71
Scottish Borders	963,309	75.83	134.07
Shetland	138,380	102.20	180.71
South Ayrshire	1,113,208	78.20	138.25
South Lanarkshire	3,150,309	85.82	151.75
Stirling	616,160	80.89	143.01
West Dunbartonshire	1,380,312	80.57	142.48
West Lothian	1,597,647	82.78	173.49”

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 and council tax benefit subsidy to local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland which administer those benefits. Sections 140C(4) and 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 authorise the making or varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates.

Article 2 amends Part 2 of the 1998 Order, which is concerned with claims for and payment of subsidy. It amends article 6(1)(a) (requirement of audit). It changes the date by which authorities must ensure that their final subsidy claim is audited by their auditor from 31st December in each year to 30th November. This change has effect from 1st April 2007.

Article 3 substitutes Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order. It substitutes the figures to be used in the calculation of subsidy which are outlined in the Schedule to this Order, for those in Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order. This change has effect from 1st April 2008.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors. There is no additional impact on the public sector.

(1)

1992 c.5. Sections 140B, 140C 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), paragraph 36 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c.26) and paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5). Section 189(1) and (4) 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.

(2)

Section 189(8) was amended by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996, paragraph 29 of part 5 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act 2007 (c.22), paragraph 57(1) and (3) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002.

(3)

Section 176(1) was amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and section 69(6) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c.19) and paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996.

(4)

S.I.1998/562.

(5)

Paragraph 1 was amended by S.I. 2004/646 and S.I. 2007/26.

(6)

S.I. 1998/562. Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 1999/550, 2000/1091, 2001/2350, 2002/1859, 2003/3179, 2005/369, 2006/54, 2007/26, 2008/196 and 2008/1649.