2015 No. 1784
The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2015
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140B(1), (3), (4) and (4A), 140F(2) and 189(1), (4), (5) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 19921.
In accordance with section 189(8) of that Act2, the Secretary of State has obtained the consent of the Treasury.
In accordance with section 176(1) of that Act3, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned.
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 and comes into force on 9th November 2015.
2
Article 2(4) and Schedule 1 have effect for the purpose of determining subsidy payable for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2014.
3
Article 2(2) and (3) and article 3 have effect for the purpose of determining subsidy payable for—
a
the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2014; and
b
any subsequent relevant year.
4
Article 4 and Schedules 3 and 4 have effect for the purpose of determining subsidy payable for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2015.
5
In this Order—
a
the “1998 Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 19984;
b
“relevant year” means the period of a year beginning with 1st April in any calendar year, in respect of which a claim for subsidy is made.
The amount of an authority’s subsidy2
1
The 1998 Order is amended as follows.
2
In article 12 (amount of subsidy)—
a
for paragraph (1)5, substitute—
1
Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of an authority’s subsidy for the relevant year is the sum of the following—
a
the amount of subsidy calculated in accordance with article 13;
b
for an authority identified in column (1) of Schedule 1 (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy), the amount in respect of the costs of administering the relevant benefit specified in column (2) of that Schedule for that authority;
c
for an authority which is a participating authority for the purpose of Schedule 1A (additional amount of subsidy: activities to reduce fraud and error), the additional amount (if any) calculated in accordance with that Schedule; and
d
for an authority which has modified any part of a scheme it administers in recognition of the operation of a local scheme under section 134(8) of the Act (arrangements for housing benefit), the additional amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (4).
b
in paragraph (4)6, for “(1)(c)” substitute “(1)(d)”.
3
In article 13(1) (relevant benefit)7, for the words from “Subject to” to “paid to an authority” substitute “The amount of subsidy payable under article 12(1)(a)”.
4
For Schedule 1 (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy)8, substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.
5
After Schedule 1 (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy), insert the Schedule 1A set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Additions to an authority’s subsidy3
1
The 1998 Order is amended as follows.
2
In article 18 (additions to subsidy), after paragraph (6ZA)9 insert—
6ZB
For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(e) and (2), an “authority error overpayment” or an “administrative delay overpayment” does not include an overpayment of a kind to which paragraphs (6ZC) or (6ZD) apply.
6ZC
This paragraph applies to an overpayment where—
a
an authority receives real time information in respect of the overpayment which indicates that the overpayment was caused by the incorrect declaration of PAYE employment income or PAYE pension income by the claimant; and
b
the authority—
i
has sufficient real time information to make a revision or supersession decision on the claimant’s award; and
ii
makes a revision or supersession decision during the period of 4 weeks beginning with the date on which the authority received the real time information.
6ZD
This paragraph applies to an overpayment where—
a
an authority receives real time information in respect of the overpayment which indicates that the overpayment was caused by the incorrect declaration of PAYE employment income or PAYE pension income by the claimant;
b
the authority has insufficient real time information to make a revision or supersession decision;
c
the authority requests further information from the claimant; and
d
the authority makes a revision or supersession decision either—
i
if the additional information is provided during the period of 4 weeks beginning with the date on which the authority received the real time information (“the 4 week period”), by the end of that 4 week period; or
ii
if the additional information is provided after the 4 week period has ended, by the Monday following the date on which the additional information is received.
6ZE
For the purposes of paragraphs (6ZC) and (6ZD)—
“PAYE employment income” has the meaning in section 683(2) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 200310;
“PAYE pension income” has the meaning in section 683(3) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;
“real time information” means information which is reported by a Real Time Information employer or Real Time Information pension payer in respect of the PAYE employment income or PAYE pension income of its employees;
“Real Time Information employer” has the meaning in regulation 2A(1) of the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 200311;
“Real Time Information pension payer” has the meaning in regulation 2B(1) of the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 200312.
Rent rebate deductions from an authority’s subsidy4
1
The 1998 Order is amended as follows.
2
In Schedule 4A (rent rebate limitation deductions (Housing Revenue Account Dwellings))13—
a
in Part 2 (England), in paragraph 3 (amount of deduction), for sub-paragraph (3)14 substitute—
3
The rebate proportion for 2015-16 is 0.746.
b
for Part 3 (weekly rent limits for purposes of Part 2: authorities in England)15, substitute the Part 3 set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.
c
for Part 5 (amounts for purposes of Part 4, paragraph 4: authorities in Wales)16, substitute the Part 5 set out in Schedule 4 to this Order.
Amendments consequential to the abolition of community charge benefit5
1
The 1998 Order is amended as follows.
2
In article 11 (interpretation of Part 3)—
a
omit the definition of “the Community Charge Benefits Regulations”;
b
in the definition of “Overpayment”, omit “excess benefits under the Community Charge Benefits Regulations and”.
3
In article 18 (additions to subsidy)—
a
in paragraph (1)(b)17, omit “community charge benefit or”;
b
in paragraph (1)(b)(ii), omit “community charge benefit or”;
c
in paragraph (8)18—
i
omit “community charge benefit or”;
ii
after “regulation 69 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations”, for “of” substitute “or”;
iii
omit “or paragraph (18) of regulation 60 of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made)”.
4
In paragraph (1)(g)(ii)19 of article 19 (deductions to be made in calculating subsidy)—
a
omit “paragraph (7) of article 2 of the Community Charge Benefits (Transitional) Order 1989,”;
b
omit “paragraph (18) of regulation 60 of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations,”.
5
In article 20 (deduction from subsidy), omit “or community charge benefit”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
We consent
SCHEDULE 1Schedule to be substituted for Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order
SCHEDULE 1Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy
Relevant Year 2014-2015
Local authority
Administration subsidy(£)
England
Adur
284,754
Allerdale
501,177
Amber Valley
583,185
Arun
779,941
Ashfield
643,947
Ashford
571,726
Aylesbury Vale
702,012
Babergh
345,186
Barking & Dagenham
1,636,923
Barnet
2,473,067
Barnsley
1,532,037
Barrow in Furness
389,038
Basildon
1,044,461
Basingstoke and Deane
776,222
Bassetlaw
595,256
Bath & North East Somerset
814,756
Bedford
948,233
Bexley
1,215,949
Birmingham
8,508,760
Blaby
298,130
Blackburn with Darwen
968,286
Blackpool
1,475,926
Bolsover
415,646
Bolton
1,959,127
Boston
416,763
Bournemouth
1,336,748
Bracknell Forest
530,251
Bradford
3,511,436
Braintree
720,774
Breckland
1,041,397
Brent
3,214,671
Brentwood
258,757
Brighton and Hove
2,140,528
Bristol
3,070,735
Broadland
398,912
Bromley
1,538,678
Bromsgrove
297,939
Broxbourne
524,955
Broxtowe
446,491
Burnley
720,514
Bury
1,042,153
Calderdale
1,332,370
Cambridge
1,321,053
Camden
2,261,136
Cannock Chase
529,674
Canterbury
649,399
Carlisle
565,516
Castle Point
389,291
Central Bedfordshire
983,617
Charnwood
637,355
Chelmsford
667,870
Cheltenham
568,254
Cherwell
625,784
Cheshire East
1,551,528
Cheshire West and Chester
1,616,730
Chesterfield
655,552
Chichester
500,992
Chiltern
302,414
Chorley
475,240
Christchurch
224,928
City of London
112,419
Colchester
837,311
Copeland
391,193
Corby
515,844
Cornwall
3,032,868
Cotswold
345,877
Coventry
2,264,153
Craven
203,537
Crawley
699,202
Croydon
2,856,446
Dacorum
697,851
Darlington
680,173
Dartford
444,100
Daventry
301,410
Derby
1,462,960
Derbyshire Dales
245,188
Doncaster
2,042,503
Dover
648,897
Dudley
1,735,011
Durham
3,516,220
Ealing
2,767,856
East Cambridgeshire
347,152
East Devon
533,625
East Dorset
304,494
East Hampshire
409,887
East Hertfordshire
525,027
East Lindsey
996,541
East Northamptonshire
355,272
East Riding of Yorkshire
1,511,223
East Staffordshire
541,138
Eastbourne
718,346
Eastleigh
481,390
Eden
190,446
Elmbridge
476,105
Enfield
3,321,185
Epping Forest
500,782
Epsom and Ewell
267,945
Erewash
571,126
Exeter
677,111
Fareham
342,647
Fenland
575,531
Forest Heath
304,537
Forest of Dean
408,486
Fylde
342,842
Gateshead
1,403,742
Gedling
543,699
Gloucester
785,600
Gosport
547,595
Gravesham
557,965
Great Yarmouth
746,627
Greenwich
2,539,289
Guildford
545,022
Hackney
3,653,507
Halton
971,467
Hambleton
340,685
Hammersmith and Fulham
1,773,438
Harborough
231,518
Haringey
2,822,038
Harlow
599,193
Harrogate
568,878
Harrow
1,610,470
Hart
219,116
Hartlepool
857,534
Hastings
874,817
Havant
617,527
Havering
1,103,182
Herefordshire
854,590
Hertsmere
547,490
High Peak
445,053
Hillingdon
1,946,913
Hinckley and Bosworth
442,614
Horsham
424,177
Hounslow
1,808,918
Huntingdonshire
706,549
Hyndburn
602,613
Ipswich
874,953
Isle of Wight
913,466
Isles of Scilly
4,002
Islington
2,592,394
Kensington and Chelsea
1,569,112
Kettering
472,076
King’s Lynn & West Norfolk
757,300
Kingston upon Hull
2,304,697
Kingston upon Thames
784,272
Kirklees
2,293,383
Knowsley
1,370,013
Lambeth
3,682,708
Lancaster
693,234
Leeds
4,816,618
Leicester
2,370,233
Lewes
447,980
Lewisham
3,619,951
Lichfield
358,575
Lincoln
678,659
Liverpool
5,142,181
Luton
1,252,478
Maidstone
671,778
Maldon
244,052
Malvern Hills
322,604
Manchester
5,059,228
Mansfield
630,780
Medway
1,583,173
Melton
183,679
Mendip
547,570
Merton
1,191,601
Mid Devon
339,385
Mid Suffolk
289,407
Mid Sussex
435,328
Middlesbrough
1,358,751
Milton Keynes
1,683,413
Mole Valley
302,144
New Forest
649,460
Newark and Sherwood
486,569
Newcastle under Lyme
600,250
Newcastle upon Tyne
2,241,200
Newham
2,820,834
North Devon
528,165
North Dorset
266,754
North East Derbyshire
421,289
North East Lincolnshire
1,229,616
North Hertfordshire
652,247
North Kesteven
389,523
North Lincolnshire
978,702
North Norfolk
502,439
North Somerset
1,131,450
North Tyneside
1,309,039
North Warwickshire
268,156
North West Leicestershire
376,977
Northampton
1,237,889
Northumberland
1,733,828
Norwich
1,140,295
Nottingham
2,716,639
Nuneaton and Bedworth
672,465
Oadby and Wigston
186,662
Oldham
1,591,694
Oxford
866,931
Pendle
686,031
Peterborough
1,410,857
Plymouth
1,871,444
Poole
675,314
Portsmouth
1,610,753
Preston
891,223
Purbeck
198,750
Reading
1,072,266
Redbridge
1,469,399
Redcar and Cleveland
1,024,148
Redditch
442,083
Reigate and Banstead
559,459
Ribble Valley
171,545
Richmond upon Thames
833,212
Richmondshire
179,454
Rochdale
1,625,820
Rochford
284,210
Rossendale
390,540
Rother
450,948
Rotherham
1,560,314
Rugby
462,361
Runnymede
333,932
Rushcliffe
336,256
Rushmoor
537,580
Rutland
121,121
Ryedale
230,158
Salford
2,185,282
Sandwell
2,401,630
Scarborough
778,061
Sedgemoor
761,108
Sefton
1,767,590
Selby
312,927
Sevenoaks
431,312
Sheffield
3,303,293
Shepway
649,204
Shropshire
1,314,715
Slough
1,025,162
Solihull
878,035
South Bucks
225,930
South Cambridgeshire
417,407
South Derbyshire
314,371
South Gloucestershire
1,139,200
South Hams
373,595
South Holland
396,146
South Kesteven
578,537
South Lakeland
353,891
South Norfolk
480,960
South Northamptonshire
239,409
South Oxfordshire
431,521
South Ribble
439,749
South Somerset
799,943
South Staffordshire
392,342
South Tyneside
1,189,042
Southampton
1,740,509
Southend on Sea
1,228,568
Southwark
3,393,874
Spelthorne
400,657
St Albans
438,737
St Edmundsbury
468,715
St Helens
1,271,078
Stafford
499,237
Staffordshire Moorlands
346,535
Stevenage
520,529
Stockport
1,349,722
Stockton on Tees
1,313,851
Stoke on Trent
1,736,182
Stratford on Avon
462,107
Stroud
412,415
Suffolk Coastal
457,172
Sunderland
2,321,230
Surrey Heath
279,347
Sutton
1,064,597
Swale
797,204
Swindon
1,094,024
Tameside
1,662,183
Tamworth
362,616
Tandridge
294,770
Taunton Deane
563,703
Teignbridge
630,956
Telford and Wrekin
1,155,166
Tendring
962,953
Test Valley
472,871
Tewkesbury
336,178
Thanet
1,187,246
Three Rivers
366,779
Thurrock
901,153
Tonbridge and Malling
498,407
Torbay
1,137,906
Torridge
346,342
Tower Hamlets
3,881,970
Trafford
1,120,495
Tunbridge Wells
484,158
Uttlesford
233,691
Vale of White Horse
436,295
Wakefield
2,385,884
Walsall
2,137,228
Waltham Forest
2,179,682
Wandsworth
2,447,476
Warrington
1,106,189
Warwick
500,996
Watford
558,973
Waveney
697,149
Waverley
399,571
Wealden
490,517
Wellingborough
454,598
Welwyn Hatfield
600,855
West Berkshire
627,091
West Devon
248,374
West Dorset
434,912
West Lancashire
526,857
West Lindsey
458,111
West Oxfordshire
400,185
West Somerset
223,522
Westminster
2,421,284
Weymouth and Portland
455,164
Wigan
1,902,188
Wiltshire
2,018,760
Winchester
399,358
Windsor and Maidenhead
519,042
Wirral
2,234,386
Woking
398,109
Wokingham
349,850
Wolverhampton
1,977,115
Worcester
569,566
Worthing
549,408
Wychavon
466,328
Wycombe
724,691
Wyre
623,117
Wyre Forest
561,741
York
857,005
Wales
Blaenau Gwent
589,022
Bridgend
841,844
Caerphilly
1,045,589
Cardiff
2,110,111
Carmarthenshire
929,120
Ceredigion
356,359
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
164,602
Conwy
659,748
Denbighshire
568,170
Flintshire
719,672
Gwynedd
653,200
Isle of Anglesey
376,828
Merthyr Tydfil
436,505
Monmouthshire
374,298
Neath Port Talbot
949,055
Newport
1,000,697
Orkney
104,606
Pembrokeshire
610,934
Powys
598,917
Rhondda Cynon Taf
1,493,363
Shetland
83,170
Swansea
1,442,129
Torfaen
662,896
Vale of Glamorgan
634,724
Wrexham
722,474
Scotland
Aberdeen
994,590
Aberdeenshire
898,607
Angus
617,253
Argyll and Bute
505,935
Clackmannanshire
340,673
Dumfries and Galloway
967,125
Dundee
1,284,890
East Ayrshire
879,320
East Dunbartonshire
374,426
East Lothian
542,696
East Renfrewshire
264,620
Edinburgh
2,843,243
Falkirk
908,441
Fife
2,153,895
Glasgow
6,200,858
Highland
1,193,433
Inverclyde
686,325
Midlothian
488,876
Moray
396,407
North Ayrshire
1,073,196
North Lanarkshire
2,258,213
Perth and Kinross
694,556
Renfrewshire
1,216,850
Scottish Borders
662,940
South Ayrshire
691,064
South Lanarkshire
1,807,810
Stirling
382,704
West Dunbartonshire
870,085
West Lothian
1,081,340.
SCHEDULE 2Schedule to be inserted after Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order
SCHEDULE 1AAdditional amount of subsidy: Activities to reduce fraud and error
Interpretation1
1
In this Schedule—
“FERIS” means the Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme in the administration of housing benefit described in the Housing Benefit Circular HB A17/201420;
“participating authority” means an authority which notified the Secretary of State on or before 30th January 2015 that it is participating in FERIS;
“performance”, in relation to a period, means the amount by which payments of housing benefit by the participating authority are reduced in that period as a result of relevant activities;
“relevant activities” means activities carried out by a participating authority in order to reduce fraud and error in payments of housing benefit.
2
A reference in this Schedule to the “administration subsidy” for a participating authority for a relevant year is—
a
in relation to the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2014, a reference to the amount specified in relation to that authority in—
i
the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S8/2013 for authorities in Wales 21;
ii
the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S9/2013 for authorities in England 22;
iii
the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S10/2013 for authorities in Scotland 23;
b
in relation to the relevant year beginning on 1st April 2015, a reference to the amount specified in relation to that authority in—
i
the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S6/2014 for authorities in Scotland 24;
ii
the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S7/2014 for authorities in Wales 25;
iii
the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S8/2014 for authorities in England 26.
Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 20142
1
This paragraph has effect for the purpose of determining the additional amount of subsidy payable under article 12(1)(c) for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2014.
2
If the performance of the participating authority in the performance period—
a
does not exceed the baseline performance of the authority in that period; or
b
exceeds the baseline performance of the authority in that period by less than 8 per cent.,
there is no additional amount.
3
Otherwise, the additional amount is determined as follows.
Step 1
Calculate the percentage (“the out-performance percentage”) by which the performance of the authority exceeds its baseline performance in the performance period.
Step 2
Look up the percentage (“the additional amount percentage”) specified in column (2) of the following Table in the row applicable to the authority’s out-performance percentage.
Step 3
Multiply the additional amount percentage by the administration subsidy for the authority for the relevant year.
Table
Out performance percentage (1)
Additional amount percentage (2)
at least 8 per cent. but less than 10 per cent.
1.75 per cent.
at least 10 per cent. but less than 12 per cent.
2.1 per cent.
at least 12 per cent. but less than 14 per cent.
2.45 per cent.
at least 14 per cent. but less than 16 per cent.
2.8 per cent.
at least 16 per cent. but less than 18 per cent.
3.15 per cent.
at least 18 per cent.
3.5 per cent.
4
In this paragraph, “performance period” means the period beginning with 1st December 2014 and ending with 31st March 2015.
5
References in this paragraph to “the baseline performance” of the authority in the performance period are to the higher of the following amounts—
a
the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period beginning with 1st December 2013 and ending with 31st March 2014 were reduced as a result of relevant activities;
b
the average of—
i
the amount specified in paragraph (a); and
ii
the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period beginning with 1st December 2012 and ending with 31st March 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities.
Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 20153
1
This paragraph and paragraph 4 have effect for the purpose of determining the additional amount of subsidy payable under article 12(1)(c) for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2015.
2
The additional amount is determined as follows—
Step 1
Calculate the percentage (“the out-performance percentage”), if any, by which the performance of the authority exceeds its baseline performance in the performance period beginning with 1st April 2015.
Step 2
Look up the percentage (“the additional amount percentage”) specified in column (2) of the following Table in the row applicable to the authority’s out-performance percentage.
Step 3
Multiply the additional amount percentage by the enhanced administration subsidy.
Step 4
Repeat Steps 1 to 3 for each of the other performance periods.
Step 5
Add the amounts determined for each performance period under Step 3.
Step 6
Add the amount, if any, determined under paragraph 4.
Table
Out-performance percentage (1)
Additional amount percentage (2)
less than 10 per cent.
0 per cent.
at least 10 per cent. but less than 12 per cent.
1.25 per cent.
at least 12 per cent. but less than 14 per cent.
1.5 per cent.
at least 14 per cent. but less than 16 per cent.
1.75 per cent.
at least 16 per cent. but less than 18 per cent.
2 per cent.
at least 18 per cent. but less than 20 per cent.
2.25 per cent.
at least 20 per cent.
2.5 per cent.
3
In this paragraph, “performance period” means the period of 3 months beginning with 1st April 2015, 1st July 2015, 1st October 2015 or 1st January 2016.
4
In sub-paragraph (2), “enhanced administration subsidy” means 110 per cent. of the administration subsidy for the authority for the relevant year.
5
References in this paragraph to “the baseline performance” of the authority in a performance period are to the amount determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (6) to (9).
6
For the performance period beginning with 1st April 2015 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts—
a
the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st April 2014 were reduced as a result of relevant activities;
b
the average of—
i
the amount specified in paragraph (a); and
ii
the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st April 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities.
7
For the performance period beginning with 1st July 2015 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts—
a
the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st July 2014 were reduced as a result of relevant activities;
b
the average of—
i
the amount specified in paragraph (a); and
ii
the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st July 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities.
8
For the performance period beginning with 1st October 2015 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts—
a
the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st October 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities;
b
the average of—
i
the amount specified in paragraph (a); and
ii
the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st October 2012 were reduced as a result of relevant activities.
9
For the performance period beginning with 1st January 2016 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts—
a
the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st January 2014 were reduced as a result of relevant activities;
b
the average of—
i
the amount specified in paragraph (a); and
ii
the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st January 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities.
Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2015: supplementary4
1
If the performance of the participating authority in the extended performance period does not exceed the baseline performance of the authority in that period, the amount determined under this paragraph is nil.
2
Otherwise, the amount under this paragraph is determined as follows—
Step 1
Calculate the percentage (“the out-performance percentage”) by which the performance of the authority exceeds its baseline performance in the extended performance period.
Step 2
Look up the calculation specified in column (2) of the following Table in the row applicable to the authority’s out-performance percentage and perform the calculation.
Step 3
Subtract from the amount calculated under Step 2 the sum of the amounts payable to the authority by virtue of—
a
paragraph 2; and
b
paragraph 3, disregarding any amount determined under this paragraph.
Table
Out-performance percentage (1)
Calculation (2)
less than 2 per cent.
the sum of 1.75 per cent. of the 2014/15 administration subsidy and 5 per cent. of the 2015/16 enhanced administration subsidy
at least 2 per cent. but less than 4 per cent.
the sum of 2.1 per cent. of the 2014/15 administration subsidy and 6 per cent. of the 2015/16 enhanced administration subsidy
at least 4 per cent. but less than 6 per cent.
the sum of 2.45 per cent. of the 2014/15 administration subsidy and 7 per cent. of the 2015/16 of the enhanced administration subsidy
at least 6 per cent. but less than 8 per cent.
the sum of 2.8 per cent. of the 2014/15 administration subsidy and 8 per cent. of the 2015/16 enhanced administration subsidy
at least 8 per cent. but less than 10 per cent.
the sum of 3.15 per cent. of the 2014/15 administration subsidy and 9 per cent. of the 2015/16 enhanced administration subsidy
at least 10 per cent.
the sum of 3.5 per cent. of the 2014/15 administration subsidy and 10 per cent. of the 2015/16 enhanced administration subsidy
3
References in this paragraph to the “baseline performance” of the authority in the extended performance period are to the sum of—
a
108 per cent. of the baseline performance of the authority determined under paragraph 2(5);
b
110 per cent. of the baseline performance of the authority determined under paragraph 3(6);
c
110 per cent. of the baseline performance of the authority determined under paragraph 3(7);
d
110 per cent. of the baseline performance of the authority determined under paragraph 3(8); and
e
110 per cent. of the baseline performance of the authority determined under paragraph 3(9).
4
In this paragraph—
“2014/15 administration subsidy” means the administration subsidy for the authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2014;
“2015/16 enhanced administration subsidy” means 110 per cent. of the administration subsidy for the authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2015;
“extended performance period” means the period beginning with 1st December 2014 and ending with 31st March 2016.
SCHEDULE 3Part to be substituted for Part 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order
PART 3WEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND
RELEVANT YEAR 2015-2016
Authority
Weekly rent limit (£)
Adur
96.11
Arun
93.35
Ashfield
70.31
Ashford
91.47
Babergh
91.80
Barking & Dagenham
101.67
Barnet
118.30
Barnsley
76.97
Barrow
77.12
Basildon
89.52
Bassetlaw
74.46
Birmingham
85.11
Blackpool
73.10
Bolsover
84.21
Bournemouth
85.28
Brent
119.20
Brentwood
97.05
Brighton & Hove
86.74
Bristol
83.44
Broxtowe
76.34
Bury
78.90
Cambridge
105.62
Camden
124.21
Cannock Chase
75.58
Canterbury
90.97
Castle Point
91.10
Central Bedfordshire
104.71
Charnwood
76.56
Cheltenham
82.61
Cheshire West & Chester
84.83
Chesterfield
81.96
City of London
111.81
City of York
81.61
Colchester
89.95
Corby
81.13
Cornwall
72.94
Crawley
106.04
Croydon
109.11
Dacorum
111.70
Darlington
72.92
Dartford
92.05
Derby
80.82
Doncaster
75.26
Dover
86.71
Dudley
85.19
Durham
72.38
Ealing
105.47
East Devon
83.42
East Riding
81.37
Eastbourne
79.65
Enfield
104.23
Epping Forest
102.18
Exeter
77.41
Fareham
92.61
Gateshead
78.70
Gloucester City
80.07
Gosport
86.34
Gravesham
92.04
Great Yarmouth
77.12
Greenwich
105.93
Guildford
113.82
Hackney
102.62
Hammersmith
119.12
Haringey
108.58
Harlow
94.96
Harrogate
82.99
Harrow
116.96
Havering
99.27
High Peak
75.32
Hillingdon
111.71
Hinckley & Bosworth
80.55
Hounslow
105.77
Hull
77.22
Ipswich
87.84
Islington
122.41
Kensington
131.74
Kettering
84.03
Kingston upon Thames
115.33
Kirklees
71.87
Lambeth
111.49
Lancaster
79.50
Leeds
75.87
Leicester
74.27
Lewes
92.17
Lewisham
98.92
Lincoln
70.77
Luton
89.27
Manchester
75.10
Mansfield
75.30
Medway
84.29
Melton
79.18
Mid Devon
80.68
Mid Suffolk
84.49
Milton Keynes
88.18
North East Derbyshire
83.59
New Forest
102.26
Newark & Sherwood
80.49
Newcastle upon Tyne
77.45
Newham
99.46
North Kesteven
78.82
North Tyneside
78.72
North Warwickshire
91.02
Northampton
85.67
Northumberland
70.22
Norwich
81.72
Nottingham
77.20
Nuneaton & Bedworth
80.06
North West Leicestershire
81.14
Oadby & Wigston
81.66
Oldham
72.17
Oxford City
112.63
Poole
87.82
Portsmouth
87.33
Reading
107.52
Redbridge
105.85
Redditch
80.74
Richmondshire
79.81
Rotherham
78.12
Rugby
88.93
Runnymede
112.72
Salford
77.14
Sandwell
83.83
Sedgemoor
79.75
Selby
80.51
Sheffield
74.05
Shepway
86.46
Shropshire
84.16
Slough
109.05
Solihull
84.59
South Cambridgeshire
109.65
South Derbyshire
81.60
South Holland
77.98
South Kesteven
81.15
South Tyneside
77.22
Southampton
87.29
Southend-on-Sea
88.62
Southwark
111.00
St Albans
116.38
Stevenage
100.93
Stockport
77.05
Stoke-on-Trent
72.52
Stroud
84.84
Sutton
110.16
Swindon
85.38
Tamworth
82.56
Tandridge
101.26
Taunton Deane
84.87
Tendring
85.95
Thanet
83.39
Thurrock
88.37
Tower Hamlets
114.00
Uttlesford
102.48
Waltham Forest
105.26
Wandsworth
128.34
Warwick
96.72
Waveney
81.44
Waverley
116.95
Wealden
87.53
Welwyn Hatfield
110.99
West Lancashire
78.24
Westminster
128.49
Wigan
80.26
Wiltshire
90.39
Winchester
104.12
Woking
106.44
Wokingham
117.21
Wolverhampton
82.23.
SCHEDULE 4Part to be substituted for Part 5 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order
PART 5AMOUNTS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES
RELEVANT YEAR 2015-2016
Local authority
(1) Specified amount “O”(£)
(2) Guideline rent increase “P” (£)
Caerphilly
74.09
4.82
Cardiff
84.91
4.27
Carmarthenshire
74.55
3.97
Denbighshire
72.40
3.89
Flintshire
75.34
3.29
Isle of Anglesey
71.25
3.90
Pembrokeshire
76.31
3.78
Powys
76.31
4.04
Swansea
73.27
3.97
Vale of Glamorgan
81.95
4.26
Wrexham
74.52
4.01.
(This note is not part of the Order)