2003 No. 3179

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2003

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with the consent of the Treasury1, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 140B(1), (3) and (4), 140C(1) and (4), 140F(2) and 189(1) and (4) to (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 19922, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned3, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force on 2nd January 2004.

2

Except where otherwise provided, the amendments made by this Order shall have effect from 1st April 2002.

3

In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 19984.

Amendments to Part II of the principal Order2

In article 4(2)(c) and (3) of the principal Order (requirement of claim for payment of subsidy), for “30th September” there shall be substituted “31st August”.

Amendments to Part III of the principal Order

3

In article 11(1) of the principal Order (interpretation of Part III)5, for the definition of “X per cent.” there shall be substituted—

  • “X per cent.” means 95 per cent. except in relation to the authority Stirling where it means 94.65 per cent.,

4

In article 13 of the principal Order (calculation of relevant benefit)6, there shall be omitted—

a

in paragraph (1), “, subject in the case of Scottish Homes to paragraph (2),”; and

b

paragraph (2).

5

In article 14(2) of the principal Order (backdated benefit)7, “(iia) or” shall be omitted.

6

1

Article 17 of the principal Order (subsidy in respect of homeless and short lease rebate cases)8 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

2

In paragraph (1), “Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6),” and “, except Scottish Homes,” shall be omitted.

3

In paragraph (2)(a), for the words after “the appropriate amount” there shall be substituted—

shall be—

i

where paragraph (4)(a) applies, 12.5 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates; or

ii

where paragraph (4)(b) or (c) applies, 95 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates;

4

In paragraph (2)(b), for the words after “amount shall be” there shall be substituted—

95 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the balance after deducting the excess plus—

i

where paragraph (4)(a) applies, 12.5 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates which is equal to that excess; or

ii

where paragraph (4)(b) or (c) applies, 95 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates which is equal to that excess.

5

For paragraph (3)(b)(ii), there shall be substituted—

ii

where paragraph (4)(a) applies, 12.5 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates which is equal to the excess over the threshold, but not over the cap;

iia

where paragraph (4)(b) or (c) applies, 95 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such rebates which is equal to the excess over the threshold, but not over the cap; and

6

Paragraphs (5) and (6) shall be omitted.

7

1

Article 18 of the principal Order (additions to subsidy)9 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this article.

2

Paragraph (1)(b)(iia) and (iv) shall be omitted.

3

For paragraph (1)(b)(iii), there shall be substituted—

except where heads (i) or (ii) above apply, 40 per cent. of the overpayment;

4

In paragraph (1)(c), the words from “80 per cent.” to “new incentive scheme,” shall be omitted.

5

For paragraph (1)(d), there shall be substituted—

where, during the relevant year, it is discovered that an overpayment in respect of which a deduction was made—

i

under article 19 (other than a deduction under article 19(1)(ea)); and

ii

in respect of a year which begins after 31st March 2001 and which is earlier than the relevant year,

was a claimant error overpayment, the amount, if any, by which 40 per cent. of any such overpayment exceeds the amount of any subsidy that has been paid in respect of that overpayment.

6

In paragraph (4)(a)—

a

after “Work and Pensions”, there shall be inserted “or of the Inland Revenue”; and

b

after “that Department”, there shall be inserted “or to the Inland Revenue”.

7

In paragraph (4A), for “(1)(b)(iia)” there shall be substituted “(1)(d) and in article 19(1)(ea)”.

8

In paragraph (5), for “(1)(b)(iia) and (iii) and (c) and (4A)” there shall be substituted “(1)(c) and (4A)”.

8

In article 19(1) of the principal Order (deductions to be made in calculating subsidy)—

a

after sub-paragraph (e) there shall be inserted—

ea

during the relevant year a claimant error overpayment, within the meaning of article 18(4A), is identified, the amount of the overpayment, but only to the extent that the amount of the overpayment or any part of it has not been deducted from qualifying expenditure under article 11(2);

b

in sub-paragraph (g), after “sub-paragraphs (e)” there shall be inserted “, (ea)”.

Amendments to the Schedules to the principal Order

9

For Schedule 1 to the principal Order10, there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

10

1

Column 2 of Schedule 1 to the principal Order (administration subsidy)11 shall be amended by substituting “£311,101” for “£316,876” for the authority Ashfield.

2

This article shall have effect in respect of the year commencing on 1st April 2001.

11

For Part V of Schedule 4 to the principal Order (high rents and rent allowances)12, there shall be substituted the Part in Schedule 2 to this Order.

12

In paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5 to the principal Order (benefit savings threshold)13

a

for the definition of “F” there shall be substituted—

  • F is the sum specified in column (5) of Schedule 1 (Benefit Savings Threshold) for an authority identified in column (1) of that Schedule;

b

the definition of “weekly benefit savings scheme” shall be omitted.

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

Chris PondParliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department for Work and Pensions

We consent,

John HeppellJim MurphyTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

SCHEDULE 1

Article 9

The following Schedule is substituted for Schedule 1 to the principal Order.

SCHEDULE 1SUMS TO BE USED IN THE CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY

Articles 12(1)(b) and 17(1) and (8)and paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Authority

Administration Subsidy

Homeless Threshold

Homeless Cap

Benefit Savings Threshold

(£)

(£)

(£)

(£)

ENGLAND

Adur

158,982

109.28

182.32

25,529

Allerdale

353,806

87.72

146.20

49,797

Alnwick

97,359

76.04

126.87

10,781

Amber Valley

294,487

88.16

147.09

37,020

Arun

379,301

114.38

190.64

79,116

Ashfield

377,606

82.78

138.12

37,991

Ashford

242,796

108.61

181.21

34,118

Aylesbury Vale

239,112

105.03

175.23

30,983

Babergh

177,068

100.52

167.70

24,634

Barking and Dagenham

729,380

207.64

311.46

99,270

Barnet

1,325,195

207.64

311.46

294,712

Barnsley

840,562

73.53

122.67

91,484

Barrow in Furness

265,810

91.75

153.08

45,190

Basildon

582,669

106.80

178.18

77,843

Basingstoke and Deane

319,848

108.76

181.27

54,450

Bassetlaw

340,462

92.28

153.97

37,130

Bath and N E Somerset

475,239

93.56

155.94

89,490

Bedford

461,123

86.62

144.37

89,925

Berwick upon Tweed

93,814

82.31

137.32

9,323

Bexley

654,071

207.64

311.46

118,692

Birmingham

4,325,030

88.70

147.99

717,625

Blaby

105,398

79.04

131.87

10,670

Blackburn with Darwen

654,475

101.21

168.68

115,728

Blackpool

757,737

84.29

140.63

196,158

Blyth Valley

298,510

69.69

116.27

32,371

Bolsover

267,784

71.87

119.91

29,719

Bolton

942,487

75.92

126.67

147,296

Boston

201,469

79.16

131.94

15,436

Bournemouth

593,598

95.14

158.74

143,633

Bracknell Forest

194,133

118.18

197.17

27,566

Bradford

1,818,967

80.08

133.60

255,713

Braintree

307,387

97.21

162.19

39,717

Breckland

309,584

99.41

165.68

43,021

Brent

1,235,339

207.64

311.46

472,240

Brentwood

172,753

110.20

183.86

15,697

Bridgnorth

175,470

89.60

149.48

11,782

Brighton and Hove

1,202,896

98.33

164.06

356,727

Bristol

1,451,641

86.61

144.50

253,050

Broadland

220,513

99.41

165.68

30,941

Bromley

856,563

207.64

311.46

164,629

Bromsgrove

127,204

92.39

154.14

11,991

Broxbourne

241,906

117.50

196.04

27,082

Broxtowe

249,502

75.59

126.11

26,345

Burnley

361,511

89.88

149.80

59,545

Bury

504,073

87.54

146.06

65,770

Calderdale

735,015

77.81

129.69

96,467

Cambridge

254,071

103.50

172.68

43,779

Camden

1,458,975

207.64

311.46

384,210

Cannock Chase

243,563

92.80

154.82

26,339

Canterbury

368,424

104.36

174.11

70,583

Caradon

226,975

87.97

146.77

43,233

Carlisle

282,892

85.60

142.81

39,116

Carrick

265,342

100.17

167.13

51,164

Castle Morpeth

132,416

82.58

137.78

11,098

Castle Point

183,746

113.62

189.56

30,810

Charnwood

252,645

79.54

132.71

30,445

Chelmsford

282,815

111.21

185.54

39,098

Cheltenham

281,110

112.95

188.44

52,451

Cherwell

244,800

109.51

182.70

38,014

Chester

349,647

82.68

137.80

37,834

Chester le Street

171,271

76.44

127.53

17,219

Chesterfield

379,853

75.89

126.61

47,762

Chichester

271,744

110.07

183.45

39,086

Chiltern

181,246

108.76

181.27

29,333

Chorley

238,366

77.87

129.92

34,789

Christchurch

127,464

93.56

155.94

21,101

City of London

57,007

207.64

311.46

8,800

Colchester

370,883

102.42

170.87

71,441

Congleton

178,091

87.72

146.20

22,595

Copeland

601,831

82.41

137.49

37,073

Corby

155,334

84.93

141.69

16,355

Cotswold

190,522

93.56

155.94

30,235

Coventry

1,353,639

75.44

125.73

172,349

Craven

109,388

93.01

155.18

15,778

Crawley

224,457

117.74

196.44

26,216

Crewe and Nantwich

259,405

92.81

154.85

35,875

Croydon

1,050,833

207.64

311.46

309,079

Dacorum

313,072

103.09

172.00

37,591

Darlington

334,905

80.79

134.79

53,524

Dartford

207,878

106.70

178.01

27,709

Daventry

116,760

84.84

141.54

12,223

Derby

758,178

83.78

139.78

117,384

Derbyshire Dales

167,913

85.07

141.93

13,767

Derwentside

355,173

83.34

139.04

39,592

Doncaster

983,859

76.44

127.53

114,751

Dover

380,606

108.64

181.25

75,660

Dudley

935,763

88.98

148.45

98,641

Durham

242,594

78.70

131.17

25,867

Ealing

1,094,822

207.64

311.46

264,521

Easington

427,255

81.02

135.17

48,741

East Cambridgeshire

174,034

99.41

165.68

22,668

East Devon

265,186

84.92

141.68

45,158

East Dorset

164,953

93.56

155.94

25,918

East Hampshire

251,540

108.76

181.27

38,679

East Hertfordshire

225,539

118.82

198.24

22,853

East Lindsey

422,644

81.58

135.97

62,239

East Northamptonshire

183,464

91.14

151.90

16,851

East Riding of Yorkshire

663,127

81.44

135.87

112,266

East Staffordshire

282,458

79.45

132.41

28,588

Eastbourne

375,420

97.85

163.26

93,923

Eastleigh

246,923

108.76

181.27

41,852

Eden

112,133

87.72

146.20

18,944

Ellesmere Port and Neston

195,919

68.35

114.03

18,878

Elmbridge

273,922

124.05

206.74

43,558

Enfield

957,651

207.64

311.46

248,418

Epping Forest

289,134

105.30

175.68

37,615

Epsom and Ewell

123,445

108.76

181.27

24,600

Erewash

282,977

78.01

130.15

33,164

Exeter

317,202

82.26

137.24

56,845

Fareham

155,848

103.08

171.98

17,825

Fenland

227,114

93.43

155.88

27,761

Forest Heath

107,524

92.01

153.51

11,383

Forest of Dean

180,318

89.67

149.60

24,150

Fylde

180,184

76.65

127.74

26,542

Gateshead

952,406

81.09

135.29

107,815

Gedling

242,360

77.24

128.87

31,805

Gloucester

328,847

97.92

163.38

68,609

Gosport

219,545

101.09

168.66

36,024

Gravesham

273,593

103.16

172.12

37,699

Great Yarmouth

388,487

77.62

129.51

67,025

Greenwich

1,241,878

207.64

311.46

196,456

Guildford

234,251

124.56

207.81

38,056

Hackney

1,666,266

207.64

311.46

395,266

Halton

551,317

80.67

134.59

84,392

Hambleton

179,392

77.18

128.63

24,936

Hammersmith and Fulham

1,073,371

207.64

311.46

223,509

Harborough

103,498

95.77

159.78

10,077

Haringey

1,375,703

207.64

311.46

505,141

Harlow

333,362

101.65

169.59

30,449

Harrogate

275,559

99.01

165.19

47,439

Harrow

496,614

207.64

311.46

159,725

Hart

135,271

108.76

181.27

15,131

Hartlepool

498,042

83.76

139.75

65,835

Hastings

525,638

108.76

181.27

132,993

Havant

304,498

108.76

181.27

47,773

Havering

728,862

207.64

311.46

74,646

Herefordshire

436,681

83.28

138.95

77,354

Hertsmere

265,290

99.41

165.68

43,504

High Peak

215,051

90.06

150.25

32,713

Hillingdon

706,895

207.64

311.46

147,002

Hinckley and Bosworth

193,242

86.96

145.09

15,114

Horsham

232,567

128.58

214.30

26,307

Hounslow

734,854

207.64

311.46

154,255

Huntingdonshire

281,773

107.69

179.48

28,660

Hyndburn

287,968

86.81

144.69

57,331

Ipswich

449,333

92.64

154.56

64,648

Isle of Wight

570,052

108.76

181.27

116,106

Isles of Scilly

5,253

96.69

161.32

484

Islington

1,797,335

207.64

311.46

245,338

Kennet

177,456

93.56

155.94

29,695

Kensington and Chelsea

823,167

207.64

311.46

230,456

Kerrier

351,320

93.56

155.94

69,726

Kettering

171,339

83.80

139.82

19,101

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk

344,468

81.40

135.81

45,427

Kingston upon Hull

1,359,273

84.20

140.49

181,792

Kingston upon Thames

294,671

207.64

311.46

65,121

Kirklees

1,219,157

85.34

142.39

183,426

Knowsley

900,595

94.78

158.13

106,250

Lambeth

1,668,245

207.64

311.46

354,906

Lancaster

447,337

84.40

140.81

80,873

Leeds

2,869,839

77.49

129.28

371,853

Leicester

1,288,747

85.96

143.26

190,322

Lewes

235,853

105.53

176.06

47,026

Lewisham

1,528,369

207.64

311.46

261,012

Lichfield

186,296

86.24

143.73

22,047

Lincoln

340,693

81.34

135.71

51,836

Liverpool

2,935,851

86.51

144.19

488,873

Luton

549,911

106.42

177.56

102,178

Macclesfield

284,661

95.78

159.80

37,593

Maidstone

295,839

108.04

180.26

44,046

Maldon

156,955

99.41

165.68

26,814

Malvern Hills

171,073

86.24

143.73

28,062

Manchester

2,683,059

101.42

169.21

555,656

Mansfield

373,762

87.06

145.10

52,820

Medway

764,467

106.70

178.01

155,455

Melton

96,185

78.17

130.41

8,758

Mendip

294,212

92.19

153.65

45,419

Merton

497,785

207.64

311.46

110,537

Mid Bedfordshire

219,583

98.77

164.80

23,462

Mid Devon

170,751

87.58

146.13

27,427

Mid Suffolk

152,766

93.43

155.88

16,151

Mid Sussex

232,014

108.76

181.27

44,005

Middlesbrough

734,112

91.66

152.92

118,999

Milton Keynes

520,918

106.24

177.26

80,282

Mole Valley

131,786

105.74

176.42

17,174

New Forest

415,614

117.15

195.46

56,413

Newark and Sherwood

282,412

81.34

135.70

36,707

Newcastle under Lyme

358,600

73.12

121.87

27,552

Newcastle upon Tyne

1,370,423

79.67

132.92

225,669

Newham

1,520,405

207.64

311.46

502,856

North Cornwall

339,534

88.31

147.34

45,727

North Devon

312,536

102.14

170.24

54,659

North Dorset

135,999

93.56

155.94

21,074

North East Derbyshire

245,690

74.20

123.79

20,165

North East Lincoln

723,079

79.72

133.01

113,920

North Hertfordshire

263,710

106.89

178.34

34,195

North Kesteven

169,582

81.31

135.66

16,500

North Lincolnshire

413,063

77.17

128.75

51,775

North Norfolk

422,717

85.89

143.31

38,217

North Shropshire

165,063

80.73

134.69

14,960

North Somerset

460,197

107.69

179.67

99,284

North Tyneside

885,099

74.56

124.40

112,394

North Warwickshire

156,558

85.08

141.94

17,731

North West Leicester

186,535

80.48

134.28

18,853

North Wiltshire

257,363

93.56

155.94

35,945

Northampton

469,095

105.81

176.53

59,764

Norwich

510,583

83.85

139.89

70,325

Nottingham

1,490,645

78.00

130.14

192,762

Nuneaton and Bedworth

326,632

82.51

137.66

39,168

Oadby and Wigston

89,893

79.32

132.34

9,175

Oldham

774,003

77.81

129.82

109,967

Oswestry

98,672

83.20

138.81

10,792

Oxford

446,069

114.00

190.20

99,972

Pendle

325,620

81.04

135.21

51,956

Penwith

294,795

87.87

146.45

66,827

Peterborough

525,158

105.98

176.82

80,976

Plymouth

966,607

85.53

142.69

179,869

Poole

354,561

97.10

161.83

61,689

Portsmouth

715,240

103.20

172.17

144,359

Preston

443,288

88.24

147.22

87,738

Purbeck

109,593

107.94

180.08

19,091

Reading

415,322

126.04

210.28

98,177

Redbridge

707,679

207.64

311.46

233,465

Redcar and Cleveland

561,002

87.64

146.22

83,287

Redditch

209,836

93.38

155.80

25,426

Reigate and Banstead

205,886

122.56

204.47

27,119

Restormel

383,662

100.48

167.46

57,327

Ribble Valley

83,561

76.14

127.03

10,647

Richmond upon Thames

471,226

207.64

311.46

85,298

Richmondshire

96,172

90.31

150.67

13,582

Rochdale

905,799

80.92

135.01

130,541

Rochford

156,217

96.45

160.91

22,917

Rossendale

227,323

81.95

136.58

30,766

Rother

286,193

108.76

181.27

61,736

Rotherham

871,888

68.42

114.15

88,076

Rugby

193,041

87.47

145.93

22,247

Runnymede

144,382

128.74

214.79

18,374

Rushcliffe

154,572

89.63

149.53

18,158

Rushmoor

196,750

108.76

181.27

36,119

Rutland

57,765

95.60

159.51

6,176

Ryedale

138,083

77.18

128.63

19,951

Salford

1,108,420

89.52

149.35

165,923

Salisbury

235,842

113.31

189.05

43,234

Sandwell

1,298,893

96.35

160.75

143,346

Scarborough

367,312

91.92

153.35

73,570

Sedgefield

329,693

79.21

132.15

33,588

Sedgemoor

276,927

99.09

165.32

44,983

Sefton

1,025,046

91.05

151.90

153,345

Selby

157,058

86.21

143.83

16,090

Sevenoaks

266,163

108.76

181.27

42,786

Sheffield

1,899,803

77.81

129.81

177,148

Shepway

340,626

99.71

166.35

72,713

Shrewsbury and Atcham

222,934

88.36

147.42

27,391

Slough

341,923

113.58

189.49

56,479

Solihull

429,845

92.50

154.33

49,297

South Bedfordshire

232,739

111.18

185.50

27,438

South Bucks

134,368

108.76

181.27

18,260

South Cambridgeshire

171,455

111.38

185.83

19,747

South Derbyshire

171,309

87.52

146.01

20,714

South Gloucestershire

379,400

95.40

159.16

51,422

South Hams

234,649

93.56

155.94

51,528

South Holland

161,407

83.01

138.50

12,771

South Kesteven

244,197

85.73

143.03

27,845

South Lakeland

195,777

98.60

164.51

30,536

South Norfolk

216,822

90.31

150.67

23,377

South Northants

104,080

98.55

164.42

10,774

South Oxfordshire

219,129

108.76

181.27

35,688

South Ribble

227,824

87.72

146.20

33,478

South Shropshire

118,661

86.24

143.73

17,985

South Somerset

415,533

93.56

155.94

66,085

South Staffordshire

239,127

86.24

143.73

27,741

South Tyneside

809,827

72.58

121.09

77,682

Southampton

913,331

91.07

151.93

157,229

Southend on Sea

615,511

98.88

164.98

165,276

Southwark

1,708,396

207.64

311.46

288,406

Spelthorne

216,515

108.76

181.27

38,142

St Albans

215,451

109.68

183.00

32,026

St Edmundsbury

188,684

98.51

164.36

23,301

St Helens

701,123

93.49

155.98

86,140

Stafford

199,486

81.72

136.33

21,913

Staffordshire Moorlands

214,090

83.86

139.77

15,513

Stevenage

243,569

108.62

181.22

32,626

Stockport

737,146

79.40

132.47

102,287

Stockton on Tees

575,491

83.16

138.74

90,842

Stoke on Trent

872,384

82.99

138.45

168,581

Stratford on Avon

244,819

86.24

143.73

34,847

Stroud

219,390

99.43

165.89

32,601

Suffolk Coastal

331,113

90.23

150.38

43,572

Sunderland

1,608,180

90.15

150.26

193,644

Surrey Heath

114,508

108.76

181.27

15,889

Sutton

428,348

207.64

311.46

76,390

Swale

391,614

108.76

181.27

72,495

Swindon

369,617

88.61

147.83

42,556

Tameside

951,255

92.13

153.54

107,260

Tamworth

194,552

90.45

150.91

21,395

Tandridge

117,775

108.53

181.07

16,484

Taunton Deane

255,695

88.20

147.15

47,164

Teesdale

74,559

80.87

134.92

8,395

Teignbridge

307,262

104.30

174.01

59,384

Telford and Wrekin

610,327

86.24

143.73

94,907

Tendring

465,622

91.04

151.90

84,240

Test Valley

213,080

105.72

176.19

19,389

Tewkesbury

152,510

86.27

143.79

25,309

Thanet

657,570

98.80

164.84

142,653

Three Rivers

173,974

112.00

186.66

23,046

Thurrock

412,361

105.43

175.89

52,009

Tonbridge and Malling

260,250

108.76

181.27

38,346

Torbay

548,083

96.30

160.50

136,155

Torridge

176,529

95.29

158.98

40,560

Tower Hamlets

1,639,080

207.64

311.46

301,622

Trafford

619,582

89.13

148.70

88,484

Tunbridge Wells

284,489

108.76

181.27

59,675

Tynedale

152,644

86.93

144.88

13,733

Uttlesford

114,773

109.00

181.86

13,521

Vale of White Horse

209,110

108.76

181.27

29,575

Vale Royal

219,238

88.20

147.16

27,548

Wakefield

953,267

77.88

129.93

106,726

Walsall

937,306

88.71

148.00

106,096

Waltham Forest

962,767

207.64

311.46

252,205

Wandsworth

1,127,756

207.64

311.46

237,735

Wansbeck

247,702

68.81

114.81

25,671

Warrington

479,279

88.56

147.75

63,756

Warwick

265,520

93.95

156.75

39,912

Watford

203,030

109.07

181.96

34,322

Waveney

432,870

85.75

143.06

82,842

Waverley

206,337

118.19

196.98

28,793

Wealden

247,351

92.72

154.69

42,862

Wear Valley

239,177

80.10

133.63

29,698

Wellingborough

170,414

87.32

145.68

18,371

Welwyn Hatfield

243,396

102.42

170.88

26,919

West Berkshire

279,351

108.76

181.27

49,429

West Devon

127,608

93.56

155.94

24,164

West Dorset

289,995

93.56

155.94

47,120

West Lancashire

320,751

82.80

138.15

43,472

West Lindsey

259,045

80.56

134.26

24,045

West Oxfordshire

171,665

104.26

173.76

21,291

West Somerset

141,196

93.56

155.94

29,841

West Wiltshire

282,026

106.87

178.12

43,507

Westminster

958,041

207.64

311.46

302,284

Weymouth and Portland

203,008

96.89

161.48

32,337

Wigan

956,105

83.06

138.58

106,111

Winchester

195,129

109.19

182.17

30,192

Windsor and Maidenhead

296,824

108.76

181.27

54,576

Wirral

1,357,743

96.96

161.76

264,701

Woking

157,339

140.66

234.68

27,377

Wokingham

154,293

109.89

183.34

22,009

Wolverhampton

1,065,176

80.56

134.41

146,992

Worcester

233,881

83.06

138.57

34,462

Worthing

314,592

108.76

181.27

58,759

Wychavon

260,178

108.55

180.91

38,147

Wycombe

284,654

124.97

208.50

39,909

Wyre

276,208

89.71

149.51

45,539

Wyre Forest

285,287

88.07

146.78

26,469

York

397,123

91.25

152.24

63,487

SCOTLAND

Aberdeen

729,638

74.00

123.46

63,159

Aberdeenshire

397,210

69.76

116.39

37,039

Angus

344,226

65.28

108.91

33,412

Argyll and Bute

303,308

79.56

132.74

41,272

Clackmannanshire

209,588

70.11

116.97

20,462

Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar

113,088

82.28

137.27

7,959

Dumfries and Galloway

478,107

74.62

124.50

59,204

Dundee

866,210

81.11

135.33

127,819

East Ayrshire

563,993

71.40

119.12

44,777

East Dunbartonshire

205,702

76.31

127.31

18,990

East Lothian

316,535

68.63

114.50

29,885

East Renfrewshire

172,870

73.22

122.16

16,756

Edinburgh

1,655,271

93.26

155.60

282,148

Falkirk

531,230

74.35

124.04

48,344

Fife

1,262,392

70.72

117.98

120,997

Glasgow

4,339,429

94.50

157.66

587,631

Highland

636,554

86.79

144.79

75,709

Inverclyde

418,023

88.76

148.09

47,231

Midlothian

260,182

62.23

103.82

27,690

Moray

248,274

62.93

104.98

30,273

North Ayrshire

586,723

66.88

111.58

60,567

North Lanarkshire

1,348,987

77.90

129.97

134,450

Orkney

54,778

72.93

121.68

7,024

Perth and Kinross

350,326

66.22

110.48

41,428

Renfrewshire

807,725

80.95

135.06

95,344

Scottish Borders

340,522

70.44

117.52

32,094

Shetland

50,025

94.94

158.40

4,049

South Ayrshire

386,943

72.64

121.19

51,146

South Lanarkshire

1,212,586

79.73

133.01

120,390

Stirling

241,741

75.14

125.36

23,148

West Dunbartonshire

517,544

74.86

124.89

49,303

West Lothian

814,380

76.90

128.29

64,104

WALES

Blaenau Gwent

317,250

85.14

142.04

35,043

Bridgend

414,295

86.41

144.17

57,453

Caerphilly

621,176

91.33

152.37

68,855

Cardiff

1,043,506

96.08

160.30

187,381

Carmarthenshire

578,755

83.38

139.11

77,878

Ceredigion

197,072

91.39

152.47

36,006

Conwy

348,930

80.38

134.11

64,830

Denbighshire

319,803

78.18

130.44

57,364

Flintshire

361,417

83.14

138.71

43,226

Gwynedd

375,535

82.80

138.14

59,438

Isle of Anglesey

243,345

81.64

136.21

35,039

Merthyr Tydfil

277,101

82.84

138.21

31,944

Monmouthshire

187,683

95.92

160.04

27,562

Neath and Port Talbot

557,185

83.98

140.11

67,048

Newport

488,591

90.95

151.74

59,611

Pembrokeshire

381,575

81.62

136.17

64,725

Powys

310,626

85.60

142.81

43,070

Rhondda Cynon Taff

988,046

81.48

135.94

104,701

Swansea

856,663

87.05

145.24

125,453

Torfaen

310,102

94.52

157.70

34,263

Vale of Glamorgan

305,997

98.10

163.67

52,980

Wrexham

397,222

77.96

130.08

40,584

SCHEDULE 2

Article 11

The following Part is substituted for Part V of Schedule 4 to the principal Order.

PART VTHRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES

18

The Table referred to in paragraph 1 is—

(1)

(2)

Threshold (weekly sum)

Rent Registration Area

(£)

ENGLAND

Avon

169.06

Barking & Dagenham

173.53

Barnet

228.90

Bedfordshire

93.92

Berkshire

176.00

Bexley

183.83

Brent

201.33

Bromley

206.83

Buckinghamshire

214.25

Cambridgeshire

96.04

Camden

258.22

Cheshire

192.69

City

257.93

Cleveland

123.96

Cornwall

152.47

Croydon

210.30

Cumbria

148.07

Derbyshire

109.04

Devon

159.42

Dorset

161.43

Durham

120.78

Ealing

201.31

East Sussex

243.14

Enfield

171.21

Essex

112.27

Gloucestershire

150.23

Greater Manchester

166.32

Greenwich

184.28

Hackney

168.29

Hammersmith and Fulham

198.12

Hampshire

229.91

Haringey

190.26

Harrow

212.68

Havering

172.24

Hereford and Worcester

171.24

Hertfordshire

123.15

Hillingdon

182.32

Hounslow

204.37

Humberside

100.85

Isle of Wight

196.27

Islington

196.67

Kensington and Chelsea

246.89

Kent

236.29

Kingston upon Thames

252.06

Lambeth

162.14

Lancashire

167.71

Leicestershire

124.72

Lewisham

150.72

Lincolnshire

114.45

Merseyside

183.43

Merton

223.17

Newham

163.27

Norfolk

85.12

North Yorkshire

120.36

Northamptonshire

134.38

Northumberland

118.67

Nottinghamshire

132.56

Oxfordshire

259.00

Redbridge

164.61

Richmond upon Thames

252.06

Shropshire

163.64

Somerset

151.91

South Yorkshire

90.46

Southwark

174.93

Staffordshire

153.70

Suffolk

87.52

Surrey

285.52

Sutton

191.01

Tower Hamlets

181.82

Tyne & Wear

113.32

Waltham Forest

140.88

Wandsworth

221.47

Warwickshire

164.56

West Midlands

161.13

West Sussex

249.11

West Yorkshire

100.63

Westminster

257.93

Wiltshire

156.85

WALES

Clwyd

87.91

Dyfed

77.40

Gwent

85.12

Gwynedd

78.89

Mid Glamorgan

90.05

Powys

86.11

South Glamorgan

100.64

West Glamorgan

86.67

SCOTLAND

Aberdeen

116.83

Aberdeenshire

126.66

Angus

116.83

Argyll-Bute

107.61

Clackmannanshire

150.40

Comhairlie Nan Eilean Siar

172.53

Dumfries & Galloway

125.40

Dundee

116.83

East Ayrshire

103.93

East Dunbartonshire

133.48

East Lothian

132.78

East Renfrewshire

180.26

Edinburgh,City of

132.78

Falkirk

117.91

Fife

116.83

Glasgow

103.93

Highland

114.79

Inverclyde

103.93

Midlothian

132.78

Moray

116.83

North Ayrshire

103.93

North Lanarkshire

103.93

Orkney

116.83

Perth & Kinross

124.08

Renfrewshire

103.93

Scottish Borders

132.78

Shetland

116.83

South Ayrshire

119.53

South Lanarkshire

103.93

Stirling

121.19

West Dunbartonshire

103.93

West Lothian

132.78

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (S.I.1998/562) (“the principal Order”) which provides for subsidy to be payable to authorities administering housing benefit and council tax benefit.

Section 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) authorises the varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates and section 140C(4) of that Act authorises the making of an Order before, during or after the end of the year to which it relates. Apart from article 10, the amendments made by this Order have effect from 1st April 2002.

Article 2 amends the date by which authorities must make their final claim for subsidy.

Articles 3, 6(3) to (5) and 7(2) to (5) amend some of the rates at which subsidy is paid, including the rates in respect of homeless and short lease rebate cases (article 6) and the additions to be made to subsidy where housing benefit has been overpaid (article 7).

Articles 4, 6(2) and (6) and 7(5) remove references to Scottish Homes to whom subsidy is no longer paid.

Articles 5, 7(7) and (8) and 8(b) make consequential amendments.

Article 7(6) amends the definition of “departmental error overpayment” in article 18(4) of the principal Order.

Article 8(a) amends the deductions to be made from subsidy for a claimant error overpayment.

Articles 9 and 11 substitute new tables of figures in Schedules 1 and 4 to the principal Order to be used in calculating subsidy entitlement.

Article 10 makes a small remedial amendment to the subsidy due to Ashfield Council for the year commencing on 1st April 2001.

Article 12 amends the method by which the benefit saving threshold is calculated under Schedule 1 to the principal Order.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.