1990 No. 785

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALESHOUSING, SCOTLANDSOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1990

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Social Security, with the consent of the Treasury1, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30(2), (2A), (3) and (11) of the Social Security Act 19862, section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 19753 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in accordance with section 61(7) of the Social Security Act 1986, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order which may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1990 shall come into force on 20th April 1990.

2

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–

  • “the Act” means the Social Security Act 1986;

  • “allowance” means a rent allowance;

  • “authority” means a housing, rating or local authority or, as the case may be, in Scotland, a levying authority;

  • “rebate” means a rent, rate or community charge rebate;

  • “relevant date” has the same meaning as in Schedule 4;

  • “relevant year” means the year ending 31st March 1990;

  • “scheme” means the housing benefit scheme as defined in section 28 of the Act;

  • “subsidy” means subsidy under section 30(1) or (1A) of the Act (rate rebate, rent rebate, rent allowance and community charge rebate subsidy)4;

  • “the Regulations” mean the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 19875;

  • “the Rent Officers Order” means the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 19896 or, as the case may be, the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Order 19897;

  • “the Scottish Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 19888;

  • “termination date” has the same meaning as in Schedule 4,

and other expressions shall have the same meaning as in the Regulations or, as the case may be, the Scottish Regulations.

3

In this Order “qualifying expenditure” means the total of rebates and allowances granted by the authority during the relevant year, less–

a

the deductions specified in articles 7 and 13; and

b

where, under sub-section (6) of section 28 of the Act (arrangements for housing benefit), the authority has modified any part of the scheme administered by it, any amount by which the total of the rebates or allowances which it granted under the scheme during the relevant year exceeds the total of those which it would have granted if the scheme had not been so modified.

4

In this Order, reference to a numbered article or Schedule is to the article in, or Schedule to, this Order bearing that number and, unless the context otherwise requires, reference in an article or a Schedule to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph bearing that number in that article or that Schedule.

Amount of subsidy2

The amount of an authority’s subsidy for the relevant year–

a

for the purposes of section 30(2) of the Act (subsidy in respect of rebates or allowances) shall be the amount or total of the amounts calculated in accordance with article 3;

b

for the purposes of section 30(3) of the Act (subsidy in respect of the costs of administering housing benefit) may include an additional sum in respect of the cost of administering housing benefit calculated in accordance with Schedule 1.

Rebates and allowances3

1

For the purposes of section 30(2) of the Act, an authority’s subsidy for the relevant year shall, subject to paragraph (2), be–

a

in the case of an authority to which articles 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 do not apply, 97 per cent. of its qualifying expenditure;

b

in the case of an authority to which at least one of those articles is relevant–

i

97 per cent. of so much of its qualifying expenditure as remains after deducting the amount of the rebates or allowances to which each of those articles which is relevant applies; and

ii

the appropriate amount calculated in respect of the rebates or allowances under each such article,

plus, in each case, the addition, where applicable, under article 12.

2

Where the authority is the Scottish Homes or a new town corporation in Scotland, its subsidy for the relevant year shall include a further sum being–

a

in the case of an authority to which sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) applies, 3.5 per cent. of its qualifying expenditure but subject to the relevant maximum specified in column (2) of Schedule 2; or

b

in the case of an authority to which sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) applies, 3.5 per cent. of so much of its qualifying expenditure as remains after the deductions set out in paragraph (1)(b)(i), but subject to the relevant maximum specified in column (2) of Schedule 2.

Backdated payments4

1

Subject to paragraph (2), where–

a

during the relevant year an authority has, under paragraph (15) of regulation 72 of the Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph (18) of regulation 59 of the Scottish Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made), treated any claim for a rebate or allowance as made on a day earlier than that on which it is made; and

b

any part of that authority’s qualifying expenditure is attributable to such earlier period,

for the purposes of article 3(1)(b), the appropriate amount for the relevant year in respect of such part shall be 25 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure so attributable.

2

This article shall not apply in a case to which article 9 applies.

Disproportionate rent increase5

1

Where the average rent increase of an authority’s Category A tenants is greater than the average rent increase of their Category B tenants, for the purposes of article 3(1)(b), the appropriate amount for such part of the qualifying expenditure as is attributable to rent rebates granted during the relevant year shall be–

a

25 per cent. of that portion of the qualifying expenditure as is determined in accordance with paragraph (3); and

b

97 per cent. of the balance.

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the average rent increase shall be determined by comparing the average rents of Category A tenants or, as the case may be, Category B tenants on the first relevant date with their average rent on the second relevant date.

3

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the portion of the qualifying expenditure shall be determined in accordance with the formula–

A-(A×BC)math

Where–

  • A is the total of rent rebates granted by the authority to Category A tenants and other tenants during the relevant year;

  • B is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula–

DE×100math

  • C is the amount calculated in accordance with the formula–

FG×100math

  • D is the average rent for Category B tenants on the second relevant date;

  • E is the average rent for Category B tenants on the first relevant date;

  • F is the average rent for Category A tenants on the second relevant date;

  • G is the average rent for Category A tenants on the first relevant date.

4

In this article–

  • “Category A tenants” means tenants of the authority who on the first and second relevant dates are in receipt of rent rebates and reside at the same address on both dates;

  • “Category B tenants” means tenants of the authority who are not in receipt of rent rebates on the first and second relevant dates but reside at the same address on both dates;

  • “first relevant date” means a date, other than a day falling in a rent free period, determined by the authority occurring in March 1989; and

  • “second relevant date” means the same date occurring in March 1990 but if that date falls in a rent free period the nearest date in March 1990 to that date which is not in a rent free period;

  • “rent” means either–

    1. a

      the payments specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (j) in paragraph (1) of regulation 10 of the Regulations (rent); or

    2. b

      the eligible rent,

    as the authority may determine, provided that wherever the expression “rent” occurs in paragraphs (1) to (3) it has the same meaning throughout.

5

This article shall not apply in a case to which article 9 applies.

Treatment of high rents6

1

Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), where any part of the qualifying expenditure of an authority within an area listed in column 1 of Schedule 3 is attributable to any allowance granted in respect of a person whose weekly eligible rent exceeds the threshold specified in relation to that authority in column 2 of that Schedule for the purposes of article 3(1)(b), the appropriate amount in respect of that allowance shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).

2

Where paragraph (1) applies–

a

if the allowance granted is the same as or is less than the excess of eligible rent over the threshold, the appropriate amount shall be 25 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

b

if the allowance granted is greater than the excess of the eligible rent over the threshold, the appropriate amount shall be the aggregate of 25 per cent. of the portion of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance which is equal to the excess and 97 per cent. of the balance.

3

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an allowance payable by an authority in respect of–

a

rents which exceed the threshold and which are registered in respect of a dwelling under Part IV, V or VI of the Rent Act 19779 or Part V, VI or VII of the Rent (Scotland) Act 198410 or which have been determined by a rent assessment committee in respect of a dwelling under Part I of the Housing Act 198811 or Part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 198812; or

b

rents which exceed the threshold and which have been referred to the rent officer under the Rent Act 1977 or the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 but not registered by him because he is satisfied the rent is at or below the fair rent level and he has in writing so notified the authority; or

c

rents which exceed the threshold where the relevant tenancy is one to which, before 15th January 1989, the provisions of sections 56 to 58 of the Housing Act 1980 applied13.

4

This article shall not apply in a case to which article 7 or 9 applies.

Rent Officers' determinations7

1

Where this article applies the deductions referred to in article 1(3) are deductions, from allowances granted in respect of the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on the termination date, calculated in accordance with Schedule 4.

2

Subject to article 8, this article applies where–

a

an authority applies to a rent officer for a determination in relation to a dwelling under the Rent Officers Order; and

b

the officer makes a determination under that Order.

3

Except where paragraph (4) applies, and subject to article 8, this article applies where an authority could have applied for a determination in relation to a dwelling during the relevant year under Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order which a rent officer would have been required to make but the authority fails to apply for the determination.

4

Subject to article 8, this article applies where an authority makes an application to a rent officer for a determination in a pre-commencement case under regulation 12A(5)14 of the Regulations; and for the purposes of calculating the deduction under this article the assumptions made in paragraph (6) of that regulation shall apply.

5

This article applies where–

a

the dwelling (A) is in a hostel; and

b

by virtue of regulation 12A(2) of the Regulations an application for a determination in respect of that dwelling is not required because the dwelling is regarded as similar to another dwelling (B) in that hostel in respect of which a determination has been made, and in such a case the determination made in respect of dwelling (B) shall, for the purposes of this article, be treated as if it were a determination in respect of dwelling (A).

6

Subject to article 8, this article applies where a rent officer has made a determination in respect of a tenancy of a dwelling and by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Rent Officers Order a new determination is not required in respect of another tenancy of the dwelling, and in such a case the determination made shall, for the purposes of this article, be treated as if it were a determination made in respect of that tenancy.

7

Where a determination as to the rent which a landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain in respect of a dwelling is made by a rent assessment committee following a determination made by a rent officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order, this article shall cease to apply in so far as it relates to a determination made by a rent officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order from the date on which the committee’s determination takes effect.

Exception to article 78

1

This article shall apply in the case of any allowances granted in respect of a period ending not later than 31st October 1989 in the case of which–

a

disregarding this article, article 7 would apply otherwise than by virtue of paragraph (5) thereof, and

b

if article 7 did not apply, article 6 would apply,

in this article referred to as “the relevant allowances”.

2

Where the authority–

a

has made estimates of its likely subsidy in respect of the relevant allowances on the basis of proposals made by the Secretary of State as to the provisions now made by article 6 and Schedule 3 (disregarding the reference in article 6(4) to article 7), and

b

has good reason for not making the calculations required by Schedule 4,

then in the case of the relevant allowances article 7 shall not apply and, accordingly, article 6 shall apply.

Treatment of certain residential accommodation9

Where any part of an authority’s qualifying expenditure is attributable to rebates or allowances granted under the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 198215 to persons in respect of accommodation provided under–

a

sections 21 to 24 and 26 of the National Assistance Act 194816 (provision of accommodation); or

b

section 21(1) of and paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 8 to the National Health Service Act 197717 (prevention, care and after-care); or

c

section 59 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 196818 (provision of residential and other establishments) where board is available to the claimant,

for the purposes of article 3(1)(b), the appropriate amount for the relevant year in respect of such part shall be 90 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure so attributable.

Homeless cases10

1

Where any part of an authority’s qualifying expenditure is attributable to a rebate granted in respect of the reasonable amount which a person is required to pay to an authority under section 69(2)(b) of the Housing Act 198519 for board and lodging accommodation made available to that person, for the purposes of article 3(1)(b), the appropriate amount shall be–

a

if the rebate granted is the same as or less than the difference between the weekly eligible rent and the appropriate maximum amount, nil per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebate;

b

if the rebate granted is greater than the difference between the weekly eligible rent and the appropriate maximum amount, nil per cent. of the portion of qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebate which is equal to the excess and 97 per cent. of the balance.

2

In paragraph (1) the appropriate maximum amount shall be determined in accordance with the formula–

(A×B)-Cmath

Where–

  • A is the weekly amount specified in column (2) of Schedule 5 in relation to an authority specified in column (1) of that Schedule;

  • B is the number equal to the number of persons aged 11 or over in respect of whom the accommodation has been made available; and

  • C is the product of £6 multiplied by the number equal to the number of persons aged under 11 in respect of whom the accommodation has been made available.

3

In this article “board and lodging accommodation” means–

a

accommodation provided for a charge which is inclusive of the provision of that accommodation and at least some cooked or prepared meals which are both cooked or prepared and consumed in that accommodation or associated premises; or

b

accommodation provided in a hotel, guest house, lodging home or some similar establishment,

but it does not include accommodation in a residential care home or nursing home within the meaning of the Income Support (General) Regulations 198720 nor in a hostel within the meaning of regulation 12A of the Regulations21.

Overpayment of rebates or allowances11

1

Where any part of an authority’s qualifying expenditure is attributable to an overpayment of rebates or allowances made and discovered in the relevant year, for the purposes of article 3(1)(b), the appropriate amount for the year in respect of such part shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).

2

Subject to paragraph (3), the appropriate amount shall be–

a

in the case of an overpayment caused by an error of the authority making the payment, 15 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the overpayment; and

b

in the case of an overpayment caused by official error, 97 per cent. of so much of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the overpayment as has not been recovered by the authority; and

c

in the case of any other overpayment, 30 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the overpayment.

3

In paragraph 2(b) “overpayment caused by official error” means an overpayment caused by a mistake made or something done or omitted to be done by an officer of the Department of Social Security or the Department of Employment, acting as such, or a decision of an adjudication officer appointed in accordance with section 97(1) of the Social Security Act 197522 where the claimant, a person acting on his behalf or any other person to whom the payment is made did not cause or materially contribute to that mistake, act or omission.

4

This article shall not apply in a case to which paragraph (15) of regulation 72 of the Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph (18) of regulation 59 of the Scottish Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made) applies.

Addition to subsidy12

Where, following the loss, destruction or non-receipt, or alleged loss, destruction or non-receipt of original instruments of payment, an authority makes duplicate payments and the original instruments have been or are subsequently encashed, the addition referred to in article 3(1) shall be equal to 30 per cent. of the amount of the duplicate payments.

Deductions to be made in calculating subsidy in respect of rebates or allowances13

1

The deductions referred to in article 1(3) are of the following amounts where–

a

a tenant of an authority, who is in receipt of rent rebate, while continuing to occupy, or when entering into occupation of, a dwelling as his home, either under his existing tenancy agreement or by entering into a new tenancy agreement–

i

is during, or was at any time prior to, the relevant year able to choose whether or not to be provided with any services, facilities or rights and chooses or chose to be so provided; or

ii

is during, or was at any time prior to, the relevant year able to choose either to be provided with any services or facilities or, whether or not in return for an award or grant from the authority, to provide such services or facilities for himself; or

iii

would be able during, or would have been able at any time prior to, the relevant year to exercise the choice set out in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph if he were not or had not at that time been in receipt of a rent rebate,

the amounts attributable during the relevant year to such services, facilities or rights whether they are or would be expressed as part of the sum fixed as rent, otherwise reserved as rent or expressed as an award or grant from the authority;

b

during the relevant year a person becomes entitled to a rent-free period which has not been, or does not fall to be, taken into account in calculating the amount of rent rebate to which he is entitled under the Regulations, the amount of rebate which is or was payable to him in respect of such rent free period;

c

during the relevant year an award in the form of a payment of money or monies worth, a credit to the person’s rent account or in some other form is made by an authority to one of its tenants in receipt of rent rebate, whether or not the person is immediately entitled to the award, the amount or value of the award, but no such deduction shall be made in respect of an award–

i

made to a tenant for a reason unrelated to the fact that he is a tenant;

ii

made under a statutory obligation;

iii

made under section 137 of the Local Government Act 197223 (power of local authorities to incur expenditure for certain purposes not otherwise authorised);

iv

except where sub-paragraph (a)(ii) applies, made as reasonable compensa tion for reasonable repairs or redecoration the tenant has, or has caused to be, carried out whether for payment or not and which the authority would otherwise have carried out or have been required to carry out; or

v

of a reasonable amount made as compensation for loss, damage or inconvenience of a kind which occurs only exceptionally suffered by the tenant by virtue of his occupation of his home;

d

during the relevant year the weekly amount of rebate or allowance is increased under paragraph (8) of regulation 69 of the Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 57 of the Scottish Regulations (calculations of weekly amounts), the amount of such increase;

e

during the relevant year a rebate has been paid in advance and an overpayment has occurred because a change in the circumstances of the recipient has reduced or eliminated entitlement to such rebate, the amount overpaid calculated from the end of the second benefit week after the recipient has disclosed such change of circumstances to the authority;

f

during the relevant year it is discovered that a rebate or allowance has been paid under the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 in excess of entitlement, the amount of such overpayment;

g

except where paragraph (h) applies, where during the relevant year it is discovered that an overpayment of rebate or allowance has been made in the preceding year an amount equal to–

i

in the case of an overpayment caused by an error of the authority making the payment, 85 per cent. of the overpayment;

ii

in the case of an overpayment caused by official error within the meaning of article 11(3), 3 per cent. of so much of the overpayment as has not been recovered by the authority; or

iii

in the case of any other overpayment, 70 per cent. of the overpayment;

h

where during the relevant year it is discovered that an overpayment of rebate or allowance has been made in the preceding year in circumstances to which regulation 91A of the Regulations24 (payment on account of a rent or rate rebate) or regulation 4A of the Housing Benefit (Transitional) Regulations 198725 (payments on account of housing benefit applied), the amount of such overpayment.

Modification of subsidy on payments in excess of entitlement made before 1 April 198814

1

Notwithstanding any provision made under the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 in respect of housing benefit paid in excess of entitlement, where an overpayment of benefit to which any such provision applies made before 1st April 1988 under that Act in a certificated case is discovered in the relevant year an authority’s subsidy in respect of such a payment shall be calculated as set out in paragraph (2).

2

The amount of that subsidy shall be–

a

in the case of an overpayment caused by an error of the authority making the payment, 15 per cent. of the overpayment; and

b

in the case of an overpayment caused by official error within the meaning of article 11(3), 97 per cent. of so much of the overpayment as has not been recovered by the authority; and

c

in the case of any other overpayment, 30 per cent. of the overpayment.

3

In paragraph (1) “certificated case” has the meaning assigned to that expression by regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefits Regulations26 as previously in force.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Gillian Shephard Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Social Security

We consent,

Kenneth Carlisle D. Lightbown Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

SCHEDULE 1CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATION COSTS

Article 2

1

Subject to paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6, the additional sum which may be paid to an authority under section 30(3) of the Act (referred to in this Schedule as “the additional sum”) shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula–

A×0.25BC+0.75DEmath

Where–

  • A is the amount available as subsidy in respect of the costs of administering housing benefit being–

    1. a

      in the case of the new town corporations in England, Wales or Scotland, the Development Board for Rural Wales, or the Scottish Homes, £1,842,000; or

    2. b

      in the case of authorities other than those specified in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph–

      1. i

        in England, £109,800,000;

      2. ii

        in Wales, £4,950,000; or

      3. iii

        in Scotland, £12,000,000;

  • B is the estimate of administration costs for the two years immediately preceding the year beginning 1st April 1988 submitted by that authority before 11th December 1987;

  • C is the total of such estimates submitted by all authorities in the category specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b)(i), (b)(ii) or (b)(iii), as the case may be, of the definition of A;

  • D is the figure for that authority’s workload, calculated in accordance with paragraph 2;

  • E is the total of the figures for the workload of all authorities in the category specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b)(i), (b)(ii) or (b)(iii), as the case may be, of the definition of A.

2

The figure for an authority’s workload shall be the aggregate of the amounts obtained by applying the relevant formula to each of the categories of rebates and allowances applicable to that authority listed in column (1) of Table 2 below, that formula being–

a

in the case of an authority specified in column (1) of Table 1 below, the product of F × G × H;

b

in the case of any other authority, the product of F × G.

  • Where–

    • F is–

      1. a

        in the case of an authority which submitted before 17th November 1988 details of the numbers of persons in each of the categories listed in column 1 of Table 2 below who were in receipt of rebates or allowances both on 31st May 1988 and 31st August 1988–

        1. i

          the average number of such persons in each of the categories; plus

        2. ii

          in the category of case specified in paragraph (b)(i) of column (1) of Table 2 (persons on income support, other tenants rent allowance cases) the number of boarders in an authority’s area estimated before 17th November 1988 by the Secretary of State, or in the case of an authority within the Greater London area, the number submitted before that date by that authority, to be in receipt of income support on a date in June 1988 multiplied by 5/4;

      2. b

        in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 6 the figures for rebates and allowances specified for each of the categories listed in columns (2) and (3) of Schedule 6.

    • G is the figure specified in relation to that category in whichever of columns (2) to (6) of that Table is appropriate to that authority;

    • H is the cost adjustment figure specified in column (2) of Table 1 below.

  • For the purposes of “F”–

    • “the authorities within the Greater London area” are the authorities of Barking, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth and Westminster.

TABLE 1

(1)

(2)

Authority

Cost Adjustment Figure

BARKING

1.093

BARNET

1.093

BASILDON

1.047

BASILDON NEW TOWN

1.047

BEXLEY

1.093

BRACKNELL

1.047

BRENT

1.093

BRENTWOOD

1.047

BROMLEY

1.093

BROXBOURNE

1.070

CAMDEN 1.120

CHILTERN

1.047

CITY OF LONDON

1.228

CRAWLEY

1.047

CRAWLEY NEW TOWN

1.047

CROYDON

1.093

DACORUM

1.047

DARTFORD

1.070

EALING

1.093

EAST HERTFORDSHIRE

1.047

ELMBRIDGE

1.070

ENFIELD

1.093

EPPING FOREST

1.070

EPSOM AND EWELL

1.070

GREENWICH

1.120

GUILDFORD

1.047

HACKNEY

1.120

HAMMERSMITH

1.120

HARINGEY

1.093

HARLOW

1.047

HARROW

1.093

HAVERING

1.093

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD NEW TOWN

1.047

HERTSMERE

1.070

HILLINGDON

1.093

HOUNSLOW

1.093

ISLINGTON

1.120

KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

1.120

KINGSTON UPON THAMES

1.093

LAMBETH

1.120

LEWISHAM

1.120

MERTON

1.093

MOLE VALLEY

1.047

NEWHAM

1.093

REDBRIDGE

1.093

REIGATE AND BANSTEAD

1.070

RICHMOND UPON THAMES

1.093

RUNNYMEDE

1.047

SEVENOAKS

1.047

SLOUGH

1.070

SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

1.070

SOUTHWARK

1.120

SPELTHORNE

1.070

ST ALBANS

1.047

SURREY HEATH

1.047

SUTTON

1.093

TANDRIDGE

1.047

THREE RIVERS

1.070

THURROCK

1.047

TOWER HAMLETS

1.120

WALTHAM FOREST

1.093

WANDSWORTH

1.120

WATFORD

1.070

WAVERLEY

1.047

WELWYN HATFIELD

1.047

WESTMINSTER

1.120

WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD

1.047

WOKING

1.047

TABLE 2

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Category of case

Non-metropolitan authorities and new town corporations in England

Non-metropolitan authorities and new town corporations in Scotland and the Scottish Homes

Non-metropolitan authorities and new town corporations in Wales and the Development Board for Rural Wales

Metropolitan authorities

London boroughs

Persons on income support

a

Tenants of an authority–

i

rent rebate

 7.98

 8.27

 9.55

 8.49

 8.83

ii

rate rebate

 7.93

—

 8.99

 8.36

 9.05

iii

community charge rebate

—

10.81

—

—

—

b

Other tenants–

i

rent allowance

43.45

45.80

43.06

38.48

42.15

ii

rate rebate

42.45

—

37.72

38.95

43.84

iii

community charge rebate

—

56.91

—

—

—

c

Persons other than tenants–

i

rate rebate

 7.85

—

 9.19

 7.65

 8.23

ii

community charge rebate

—

 9.81

—

—

—

Persons not on income support

a

Tenants of an authority–

i

rent rebate

 9.75

 7.96

10.88

11.53

11.47

ii

rate rebate

 9.72

—

10.93

11.39

11.71

iii

community charge rebate

—

10.45

—

—

—

b

Other tenants–

i

rent allowance

46.08

32.82

46.63

51.21

49.50

ii

rate rebate

45.02

—

44.97

48.18

52.96

iii

community charge rebate

—

42.38

—

—

—

c

Persons other than tenants–

i

rate rebate

 7.68

—

 7.79

 7.98

 9.12

ii

community charge rebate

—

 8.33

—

—

—

3

1

If the additional sum, as calculated under paragraph 1–

a

exceeds–

i

in England and Wales, 120 per cent. of an amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, the additional sum for that authority for that year shall be 120 per cent. of such amount; or

ii

in Scotland, 130 per cent. of an amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, the additional sum for that authority for that year shall be 130 per cent. of such amount;

b

is less–

i

in England and Wales, than 80 per cent. of an amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, the additional sum for that authority for that year shall be 80 per cent. of such amount; or

ii

in Scotland, than 90 per cent. of an amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, the additional sum for that authority for that year shall be 90 per cent. of such amount.

2

The amount referred to in paragraph (1) shall be the additional sum payable to the authority calculated in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Order 198927.

4

Where the total of additional sums calculated under paragraphs 1 and 3 is less or more than–

a

for new town corporations in England, Wales or Scotland, the Development Board for Rural Wales or the Scottish Homes, £1,842,000; or

b

for authorities other than those specified in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph–

i

in England, £109,800,000;

ii

in Wales, £4,950,000; or

iii

in Scotland, £12,000,000,

the amount of the additional sum for an authority to which paragraph 3 does not apply shall be calculated, subject to paragraph 5, in accordance with the following formula–

J×LKmath

Where–

  • J is the additional sum calculated under paragraph 1 in respect of the authority;

  • K is the total of the additional sums calculated under paragraph 1 in respect of all authorities to which paragraph 3 does not apply in the category specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b)(i), (b)(ii) or (b)(iii) of this paragraph respectively;

  • L is the balance of the total amount specified in paragraph 1 available as subsidy in respect of the cost of administering housing benefit for authorities in the category specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b)(i), (b)(ii) or (b)(iii) of this paragraph respectively, after deduction of the additional sums for such authorities to which paragraph 3 applies.

5

1

If the additional sum for an authority for the relevant year as calculated under paragraph 4–

a

exceeds–

i

in England and Wales, 120 per cent. of an amount calculated under paragraph 3(2), the additional sum for that authority for that year shall be 120 per cent. of such amount; or

ii

in Scotland, 130 per cent. of an amount calculated under paragraph 3(2), the additional sum for that authority for that year shall be 130 per cent. of such amount;

b

is less–

i

in England and Wales, than 80 per cent. of an amount calculated under paragraph 3(2), the additional sum for that authority for that year shall be 80 per cent. of such amount; or

ii

in Scotland, than 90 per cent. of an amount calculated under paragraph 3(2), the additional sum for that authority for that year shall be 90 per cent. of such amount.

6

Until the aggregate of the additional sums calculated under paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 equals the amount available as subsidy in respect of the cost of administering housing benefit for authorities in the category specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b)(i), (b)(ii), or (b)(iii) respectively of paragraph 4 the formula set out in paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 shall, subject to the modifications specified below, continue to apply to calculate the additional sum for those authorities to which neither paragraph 3 nor paragraph 5 has applied; and for that purpose–

a

J shall apply as if the additional sum were the sum calculated under paragraph 4, or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, last calculated under that paragraph in respect of the authority;

b

K shall apply as if the total of the additional sums were the total of the additional sums calculated under paragraph 4, or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation last calculated under that paragraph in respect of all authorities to which paragraph 5 did not apply in that calculation; and

c

L shall apply as if the amount to be deducted to determine the balance of the total amount available were the additional sums for authorities to which, in the calculation under paragraphs 4 and 5, or, if there has been more than one calculation under those paragraphs, the last such calculation paragraph 5 applied.

SCHEDULE 2MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF SUBSIDY PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES IN SCOTLAND

Article 3

(1)

(2)

Authority granting rebates or allowances

Maximum amount of subsidy £

Scottish Homes

1,265,894

Cumbernauld (DC)

144,443

East Kilbride (DC)

202,317

Glenrothes

124,273

Irvine

75,090

Livingston

159,643

SCHEDULE 3THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES

Article 6

(1)

(2)

Area

Threshold (weekly sum) £

Barking

 69.38

Barnet

 94.93

Bexley

 94.81

Brent

 72.38

Bromley

 82.22

City of London

 85.97

Camden

104.75

Croydon

 86.45

Ealing

 79.37

Enfield

 71.17

Greenwich

 55.13

Hackney

 73.77

Hammersmith

 81.34

Haringey

 71.35

Harrow

 83.03

Havering

 79.26

Hillingdon

 73.65

Hounslow

 89.55

Islington

 68.71

Kensington & Chelsea

 90.24

Kingston upon Thames

 75.10

Lambeth

 69.91

Lewisham

 63.18

Merton

 83.65

Newham

 64.98

Redbridge

 76.19

Richmond upon Thames

 79.50

Southwark

 69.16

Sutton

 75.83

Tower Hamlets

 71.80

Waltham Forest

 61.24

Wandsworth

 79.47

Westminster

129.05

Avon

 56.52

Bedfordshire

 45.45

Berkshire

 55.64

Buckinghamshire

 48.51

Cambridgeshire

 47.33

Cheshire

 51.14

Cleveland

 46.39

Cornwall

 54.42

Cumbria

 35.26

Derbyshire

 40.86

Devon

 52.52

Dorset

 50.76

Durham

 40.72

East Sussex

 55.51

Essex

 48.25

Gloucestershire

 50.71

Greater Manchester

 52.17

Hampshire

 49.17

Hereford and Worcester

 47.48

Hertfordshire

 44.28

Humberside

 42.94

Isles of Scilly

 54.42

Isle of Wight

 45.31

Kent

 58.28

Lancashire

 60.48

Leicestershire

 40.92

Lincolnshire

 44.46

Merseyside

 44.91

Norfolk

 51.33

Northamptonshire

 48.09

Northumberland

 43.50

Nottinghamshire

 43.88

North Yorkshire

 46.64

Oxfordshire

 57.87

Shropshire

 47.68

Somerset

 51.29

South Yorkshire

 39.78

Staffordshire

 42.55

Suffolk

 49.89

Surrey

 55.72

Tyne and Wear

 39.27

Warwickshire

 41.03

West Midlands

 41.52

West Sussex

 51.73

West Yorkshire

 40.38

Wiltshire

 50.03

Clwyd

 42.66

Dyfed

 44.32

Gwent

 46.07

Gwynedd

 41.47

Mid-Glamorgan

 45.94

Powys

 43.14

South Glamorgan

 49.30

West Glamorgan

 42.06

Borders

 78.38

Central

 72.99

Dumfries & Galloway

 79.48

Fife

 64.72

Grampian

 63.50

Highland

 60.64

Lothian

 69.54

Orkneys

 48.32

Shetlands

 48.32

Strathclyde

 79.94

Tayside

 64.88

Western Isles

 60.64

SCHEDULE 4RENT OFFICERS DETERMINATIONS

Article 7

Calculation of deductions1

The deductions–

a

in a case to which paragraph (2), (4), (5) or (6) of article 7 applies, shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 or 3 as appropriate;

b

in a case to which paragraph (3) of that article applies, shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 6.

Reasonable market rent2

Where the rent officer determines a reasonable market rent and the amount of eligible rent exceeds the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts, the amount to be deducted from allowances granted in respect of the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date shall be–

a

an amount equal to 100% of the excess or the amount of the allowances granted, whichever is the lower, or

b

where paragraph 5 applies, the difference between–

i

the amount determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph; and

ii

the amount obtained by dividing that amount by 97 and multiplying the quotient by 50.

Determination as to size3

Subject to paragraph 4, where the rent officer makes a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 of the Rent Officers Order that the dwelling exceeds the size criteria for its occupiers and he determines a reasonable market rent and a comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation, the amount to be deducted from allowances granted in respect of the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on the termination date shall be–

a

for the period of 13 weeks beginning on the relevant date or, if shorter, for the period beginning on that date and ending on the termination date, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts–

i

an amount equal to 100% of the excess or the amount of the allowances granted in respect of that period, whichever is the lower or

ii

where paragraph 5 applies, the difference between the amount determined in accordance with head of this sub-paragraph and the amount obtained by dividing that amount by 97 and multiplying the quotient by 50;

b

for the period after the end of that period, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation less ineligible amounts,

i

an amount equal to 100% of the excess or the amount of the allowances granted in respect of that period, whichever is the lower or

ii

where paragraph 5 applies, the difference between the amount determined in accordance with head of this sub-paragraph and the amount obtained by dividing that amount by 97 and multiplying the quotient by 50.

Modification where determination is made as to size

4

1

Where the rent officer has made a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order before paragraph (1) of article 2 of the Amendment Order came into force and it is probable that had that amendment been in force at the time of the determination–

a

the rent officer would not have made the determination that the dwelling exceeded the size criteria, the amount to be deducted from allowances provided in respect of the period beginning on the relevant date shall be, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts,

i

the amount equal to 100% of the excess or the amount of the allowances granted, whichever is the lower or

ii

where paragraph 5 applies, the difference between the amount determined in accordance with head of this sub-paragraph and the amount obtained by dividing that amount by 97 and by multiplying the quotient by 50; or

b

the rent officer would have determined a higher comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation, the comparable rent shall be increased by an amount determined in accordance with the formula–

BA×(C-D),math

unless it is impracticable for an authority to calculate its subsidy otherwise than by reference to the determination actually made by the rent officer.

2

In sub-paragraph (1)(b) of this paragraph–

  • “A” means the number equal to the number of rooms in excess of the size criteria which the rent officer has determined as suitable;

  • “B” means the number equal to the number of rooms in excess of the size criteria which it is probable the rent officer would have determined as suitable had the amendment been in force;

  • “C” means the reasonable market rent; and

  • “D” means, but for this paragraph, the comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation; and

  • “the Amendment Order” means the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 1989 or, as the case may be, the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1989.

5

This paragraph applies where an authority has not considered it appropriate to treat a person’s eligible rent as reduced under regulation 11 or 12 of the Regulations (restrictions on unreasonable rents or on rent increases).

Failure to refer to rent officer6

Where article 7(3) applies, the amount to be deducted from allowances granted from 1st April 1989 shall be 100 per cent. of such allowances.

Relevant date7

For the purposes of this Schedule–

a

in a case where a claim for a rent allowance is made on or after 1st April 1989, the relevant date is the date on which entitlement to benefit commences;

b

in a case where on 1st April 1989 there is, current on that date, a benefit period relating to a claim for an allowance in relation to the dwelling, the relevant date is–

i

the date first occurring after 16th April 1989 on which any change of circumstances take effect; or

ii

the date on which the benefit period ends, or if it ends before 17 April 1989, the date on which the next benefit period ends,

whichever is the earlier;

c

in a case which would be an excluded tenancy under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Rent Officers Order but for the change to which sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of, or the rent increase to which sub-paragraph (c) of, that paragraph refers, the relevant date is–

i

if the change or, as the case may be, rent increase affects a person’s entitlement to the allowance, the date on which his entitlement is affected;

ii

if his entitlement is not affected, the date on which the change or, as the case may be, rent increase occurs;

d

in a case where a rent officer makes both an interim determination and a further determination in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order, the relevant date is–

i

if the reasonable market rent determined under the further determination is higher than or equal to the amount determined under the interim determination, the date determined under the foregoing sub-paragraphs of this paragraph as appropriate;

ii

if the reasonable market rent determined under the further determination is lower than the amount determined under the interim determination, the date on which the further determination is made by the rent officer or, if the authority has already paid benefit for the week in which that date falls, the following Monday, whichever the authority determines;

e

in a case where the rent officer has made a re-determination under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Rent Officers Order, the relevant date is–

i

if the reasonable market rent or, as the case may be, comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation determined under the re-determination is higher than or equal to the amount determined under the original determination, the date determined under the foregoing sub-paragraphs of this paragraph as appropriate;

ii

if the reasonable market rent or, as the case may be, comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation determined under the re-determination is lower than the amount determined under the original determination, the date on which the re-determination is made by the rent officer or, if the authority has already paid benefit for the week in which that date falls, the following Monday, whichever the authority determines;

f

in a case where–

i

the dwelling is in a hostel; and

ii

by virtue of regulation 12A(2) of the Regulations an application for a determination in respect of that dwelling is not required; and

iii

there is current, on 9th October 1989, a benefit period relating to a claim for an allowance in relation to the dwelling,

the relevant date is the date (after that date) on which any change of circumstances takes effect or the date on which the benefit period subsequent to the benefit period current on 9th October 1989, begins, whichever is the earlier;

g

in a case where–

i

immediately before 10th April 1989 one of the occupiers of the dwelling was in receipt of income support under the Act and his applicable amount fell to be calculated in accordance with regulation 20 or regulation 71(1)(b) of, or paragraph 17 of Schedule 7 to, the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987; and

ii

there is, on 10th April 1989, a benefit period relating to a claim for an allowance in relation to the dwelling,

the relevant date is the date (after 16th April 1989) on which any change of circumstances takes effect or the date on which the benefit period subsequent to the benefit period on 10th April 1989, begins, whichever is the earlier;

h

in a case where–

i

the dwelling is an assured tenancy by virtue of the Housing Act 198828 granted after 15th January 1989 but before 1st April 1989; and

ii

there is, on 1st April 1989, a benefit period relating to a claim for an allowance in relation to the dwelling,

the relevant date is the date (after 16th April 1989) on which a relevant change of circumstances takes effect or the date on which the benefit period subsequent to the benefit period on 10th April 1989, begins, whichever is the earlier.

Termination date8

For the purposes of this Schedule “termination date” means–

a

31st March 1990; or

b

the date on which a new determination by the rent officer in relation to the same dwelling is made; or

c

the end of the tenancy in relation to which the determination is made,

whichever is earlier.

Apportionment9

For the purposes of this Schedule where more than one person is liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling the “comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation” or “reasonable market rent” shall be apportioned on the same basis as such payments are apportioned under regulation 10(5) of the Regulations.

Interpretation10

In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires–

  • “comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation” means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order;

  • “ineligible amounts” means–

    1. a

      any amount which the rent officer determines under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order is attributable to the provision of services ineligible to be met by housing benefit, except to the extent that it relates to fuel charges, plus the amount in respect of such charges ineligible to be met under Part II of Schedule 1 to the Regulations;

    2. b

      for a period beginning on or after 5th September 1989, in England and Wales, and 6th September 1989, in Scotland, any amount in respect of amounts ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1A of Schedule 1 to the Regulations;

    3. c

      where the dwelling is a hostel within the meaning of regulation 12A of the Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officers), for the period beginning on or after 9th October 1989, any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, other than under sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph,

  • “reasonable market rent” means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order;

and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Rent Officers Order.

SCHEDULE 5AMOUNT BY REFERENCE TO WHICH APPROPRIATE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS DETERMINED

Article 10

(1)

(2)

Area

Weekly amount £

Barking

52.15

Barnet

52.15

Bexley

52.15

Brent

52.15

Bromley

52.15

City of London

52.15

Camden

52.15

Croydon

52.15

Ealing

52.15

Enfield

52.15

Greenwich

52.15

Hackney

52.15

Hammersmith

52.15

Haringey

52.15

Harrow

52.15

Havering

52.15

Hillingdon

52.15

Hounslow

52.15

Islington

52.15

Kensington & Chelsea

52.15

Kingston upon Thames

52.15

Lambeth

52.15

Lewisham

52.15

Merton

52.15

Newham

52.15

Redbridge

52.15

Richmond upon Thames

52.15

Southwark

52.15

Sutton

52.15

Tower Hamlets

52.15

Waltham Forest

52.15

Wandsworth

52.15

Westminster

52.15

Merseyside

30.55

Cheshire

34.85

Greater Manchester

35.95

Lancashire

34.85

West Midlands

35.95

Hereford and Worcester

35.95

Shropshire

35.95

Staffordshire

33.25

Warwickshire

35.95

Tyne and Wear

38.10

Cleveland

35.95

Cumbria

35.95

Durham

37.30

Northumberland

37.30

Humberside

35.95

North Yorkshire

33.80

South Yorkshire

35.95

West Yorkshire

35.95

Derbyshire

35.95

Leicestershire

35.95

Lincolnshire

34.60

Northamptonshire

33.25

Nottinghamshire

33.25

Essex

40.45

Norfolk

37.75

Suffolk

37.75

Bedfordshire

41.35

Berkshire

44.05

Buckinghamshire

41.35

Cambridgeshire

41.35

Hertfordshire

43.15

Oxfordshire

44.05

East Sussex

35.95

Kent

35.95

Surrey

46.75

West Sussex

38.65

Dorset

35.95

Hampshire

39.55

Isle of Wight

41.35

Avon

33.25

Gloucestershire

35.95

Somerset

34.15

Wiltshire

38.65

Cornwall

27.85

Devon

31.90

Clwyd

30.55

Dyfed

34.60

Gwent

33.25

Gwynedd

31.90

Mid-Glamorgan

35.95

Powys

33.25

South Glamorgan

35.95

West Glamorgan

35.95

Borders

35.95

Central

41.35

Dumfries & Galloway

41.35

Fife

44.05

Grampian

41.35

Highland

37.75

Lothian

41.35

Strathclyde

41.35

Tayside

44.95

Islands Councils

37.75

SCHEDULE 6CASELOAD FIGURES FOR REBATES AND ALLOWANCES

Schedule 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

Authority

Figures for Income Support Caseload

Figures for Non-Income Support Caseload

(a) Local Authority Tenants

(b) Private Tenants(c)Owner Occupiers

(a) Local Authority Tenants

(b) Private Tenants

(c) Owner Occupiers

(i) RENT

(ii) RATES

(i) RENT

(ii) RATES

(i) RATES

(i) RENT

(ii) RATES

(i) RENT

(ii) RATES

(i) RATES

ENGLAND

ASHFIELD

2712

2664

493

499

1070

2659

2543

415

345

1731

BLYTH VALLEY

2723

2666

764

809

625

2798

2725

586

552

590

BOLSOVER

1865

1826

429

425

773

2653

2583

424

370

937

BOOTHFERRY

1750

1714

425

343

809

1289

1255

200

169

684

BOURNEMOUTH

2662

2603

4732

4837

3022

1824

1574

2937

2320

3337

BRECKLAND

2448

2361

662

370

1599

1596

1427

367

84

1442

BRENT

6763

6622

8032

8436

2316

1897

1847

2337

2200

2554

BRISTOL

14534

14370

7058

6789

7821

7876

8174

4557

2874

5810

BROXBOURNE

1477

1446

274

290

654

1021

980

177

167

763

BROXTOWE

2216

2170

750

795

1024

1753

1707

749

705

1223

BURNLEY

2535

2477

1503

1553

1455

1706

1471

393

324

960

CAMBRIDGE

3072

3038

2657

2754

562

2706

2851

2456

2004

1402

CARRICK

1862

1786

743

695

1664

1165

920

635

445

857

CHARNWOOD

2249

2238

756

495

1761

2120

2141

1078

540

2389

CHERWELL

1950

1909

863

857

598

2029

1902

517

454

1218

CHESTERFIELD

3900

3818

911

961

844

3382

3292

655

616

937

CHRISTCHURCH

499

489

350

295

638

450

393

332

250

967

DARLINGTON

3460

3417

1335

1330

1642

1642

1663

609

475

1612

DURHAM

2707

2650

1222

1284

433

2957

2879

1137

1022

679

EAST HAMPSHIRE

1171

1146

397

287

611

1026

888

301

176

831

EAST LINDSEY

1957

1908

2009

1824

2008

1357

1274

843

682

1583

EASTBOURNE

1545

1507

1540

1607

907

1287

1148

1319

1039

1686

FOREST HEATH

1562

1527

408

386

588

1327

1170

298

133

484

GREENWICH

11166

10886

1923

3537

0

5001

5178

1201

3428

0

GRIMSBY

3826

3747

1916

1594

3055

1859

1733

676

200

1750

HACKNEY

15492

15181

6269

6257

1266

5606

6292

1999

2336

1030

HARLOW

3354

3654

217

224

259

3336

3783

117

110

298

HART

649

629

169

111

403

570

521

185

100

507

HAVANT

1436

1404

529

553

3156

842

713

217

101

1964

HORSHAM

1418

1379

448

443

489

1413

1313

444

348

978

LAMBETH

16773

16503

7942

6901

971

5892

6315

2469

1815

312

LANGBAURGH

7057

6909

2257

1688

3234

3607

3439

551

260

2389

LEEDS

31924

31254

8901

9253

6341

18611

18120

6885

6350

5753

LEWISHAM

13196

12920

5024

2504

3456

5788

5814

1509

2170

1025

LICHFIELD

1874

1845

459

485

742

1340

1298

240

226

906

LINCOLN

4063

3971

1302

1319

1041

2057

1805

427

330

596

LIVERPOOL

27020

26454

16623

17550

6538

12249

11926

5928

5580

8665

MAIDSTONE

2346

2314

717

170

1039

1711

1551

538

74

1164

MERTON

3807

3754

1418

1456

1406

2743

2488

1792

1363

1639

NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME

3324

3254

606

639

1174

2983

2905

565

532

1934

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

19217

18896

5621

5023

3287

10490

10202

3726

4150

2698

NEWHAM

10574

10352

5070

5319

3303

5706

5707

2160

2076

2616

NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE

2674

2618

1343

1416

1687

1653

1610

931

876

1569

NORTH DEVON

1536

1416

1370

1340

1126

907

694

571

337

897

NORTH KESTEVEN

1540

1497

364

349

790

1214

1017

185

142

668

NORTHAMPTON

5757

5636

1970

2016

1617

3848

3747

1034

1038

2155

NUNEATON

3120

3046

939

972

1609

2505

2416

445

404

1825

OSWESTRY

854

836

307

153

352

549

512

231

97

398

OXFORD

3250

3182

5326

5626

1266

2555

2488

6204

5839

1874

PETERBOROUGH

3621

3545

3021

4628

1969

2104

2049

896

1427

1920

PRESTON

4390

4301

1923

1943

1766

2449

2221

1547

1336

1377

READING

2971

2909

2348

2277

1617

1879

1829

1723

1427

1499

REDDITCH

3033

2970

395

311

676

1975

1856

263

145

795

RICHMOND UPON THAMES

2494

2442

1774

1876

990

2084

2027

1522

1433

1232

ROCHDALE

8016

9284

1590

905

4358

4919

5280

941

392

3150

ROSSENDALE

2623

2568

683

463

1131

2158

2101

306

144

1035

ROTHERHAM

10679

10561

1744

1744

2345

7899

7753

1237

968

1960

RUNNYMEDE

882

864

871

384

570

1090

1046

806

273

1118

SALFORD

14751

14461

3596

3803

2320

9358

9277

1723

1622

3279

SCUNTHORPE

3482

3409

1467

1450

926

1991

1902

260

199

1183

SHEPWAY

1578

1545

2158

2240

1195

1014

988

689

649

1218

SLOUGH

2730

2691

798

234

1026

2284

2224

407

39

852

SOUTH HAMS

1191

1132

537

553

647

970

789

365

258

599

SOUTH KESTEVEN

2925

2799

766

732

816

2530

2181

558

463

1074

SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE

1783

1745

735

1280

851

1646

1602

875

882

1185

SOUTH SOMERSET

2721

2664

893

691

1202

2968

2890

579

221

2047

SOUTH WIGHT

915

861

780

804

915

563

468

305

239

1068

SOUTHWARK

18292

17999

4175

2460

527

7364

7609

1516

1817

843

SPELTHORNE

1114

1091

404

428

668

1165

1171

448

357

960

SURREY HEATH

1903

1864

439

465

371

706

688

510

480

620

TANDRIDGE

1053

1029

350

212

438

1020

902

301

73

577

THANET

2924

2870

3236

2794

2844

1709

1561

1248

1042

2352

THURROCK

5128

5057

697

598

1453

2662

2641

250

166

1265

WALTHAM FOREST

7892

8727

3848

4346

3806

3757

5561

2550

2660

5370

WEALDEN

1732

1695

965

587

1582

1503

1207

627

393

3045

WEST LINDSEY

1662

1615

594

607

832

1163

989

267

221

812

WEST NORFOLK

3761

3636

1112

880

1547

1871

1668

572

370

1639

WEYMOUTH & PORTLAND

1226

1209

1011

1039

626

1090

951

462

324

890

WIGAN

12674

12409

1462

1543

3937

8153

7938

1034

843

4333

WOKING

1377

1348

592

626

607

1469

1430

605

569

1237

WOKINGHAM

882

864

335

289

703

939

871

448

370

1312

WOLVERHAMPTON

14883

14674

2518

2180

4480

8166

7995

1213

785

4097

WOODSPRING

2971

2909

1697

1221

1722

2480

2414

1310

941

3232

WYRE

1738

1703

1112

909

2368

1032

983

598

313

2469

WALES

BRECKNOCK

727

697

309

306

323

934

635

140

90

341

COLWYN

1037

1003

1104

1312

1331

934

703

534

169

931

LLANELLI

2781

2661

897

472

1474

1820

1283

204

24

1005

RHYMNEY VALLEY

4401

4258

745

878

1821

2745

1929

370

300

1204

TAFF-ELY

3047

2927

589

669

1228

2158

1489

985

779

690

TORFAEN

4645

4482

559

524

812

3705

2979

136

107

687

VALE OF GLAMORGAN

2837

2745

1545

1817

1464

1401

1022

527

299

641

SCOTLAND

ABERDEEN

7353

0

2046

0

0

7741

0

2754

0

0

BEARSDEN & MILNGAVIE

399

0

28

0

0

485

0

39

0

0

BORDERS

0

2932

0

649

397

0

3703

0

477

1089

CAITHNESS

916

0

167

0

0

681

0

72

0

0

CENTRAL

0

15027

0

1641

1049

0

13045

0

1384

1494

CUMBERNAULD

1001

0

73

0

0

967

0

18

0

0

CUMNOCK & DOON

2283

0

143

0

0

2609

0

82

0

0

ETTRICK & LAUDERDALE

780

0

171

0

0

957

0

195

0

0

FALKIRK

8074

0

544

0

0

6105

0

363

0

0

INVERNESS

2005

0

613

0

0

1378

0

169

0

0

MOTHERWELL

10295

0

381

0

0

10494

0

250

0

0

ORKNEY

349

359

140

62

138

301

236

62

20

185

RENFREW

10533

0

1347

0

0

8797

0

605

0

0

STIRLING

3060

0

444

0

0

3646

0

669

0

0

STRATHCLYDE

0

174372

0

25245

11561

0

118474

0

9770

20314

TWEEDDALE

238

0

124

0

0

359

0

128

0

0

WESTERN ISLES

1126

1158

201

90

1416

485

501

58

0

412

NEW TOWNS

BASILDON (DC)

4654

0

0

0

0

2407

0

0

0

0

PETERBOROUGH (DC)

1829

0

0

0

0

1005

0

0

0

0

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision for the calculation of housing benefit subsidy payable under sections 30(2), (2A) and (3) of the Social Security Act 1986 to authorities who grant rent rebates or allowances, rate rebates or, in Scotland, community charge rebates under that Act in the year ending 31st March 1990.

The Order sets out the manner in which the total figure for an authority’s subsidy in respect of rebates and allowances for the year is calculated (articles 2(a) and 3 to 11 and Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5), and the manner of calculating the additional sum payable to an authority in respect of the costs of administering housing benefit (article 2(b) and Schedules 1 and 6).

The Order makes provision for additions and deductions to subsidy in respect of rebates or allowances (articles 12 and 13) and for the modification of the provisions for subsidy in respect of payments of housing benefit in excess of entitlement, made before 1st April 1988 under section 32 of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 and discovered in the relevant year (article 14).