2005 No. 369
SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2005

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with the consent of the Treasury 1, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 140B(1), (3) and (4), 140C(1), 140F(2) and 189(1) and (4) to (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 2, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned 3, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement, effect and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2005, and shall come into force on 20th March 2005.

(2)

This Order shall—

(a)

for the purposes of articles 2, 3 (except for paragraph (3)(a)), 4(3), (7)(c) and (d) and (8) and 5(2), have effect from 1st April 2002;

(b)

for the purposes of article 4(5), have effect from 1st April 2004; and

(c)

for all other purposes, have effect from 1st April 2003 4.

(3)

In this Order, “the principal Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 5.

Amendment of article 1 of the principal Order2.

In article 1(2) of the principal Order (interpretation) the definition of “new incentive scheme” shall be omitted.

Amendment of Part II of the principal Order3.

(1)

Part II of the principal Order (claims for and payment of subsidy) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In article 2 (interpretation of Parts II and IV), the definitions of “benefit savings” and “fraud prosecution points” shall be omitted.

(3)

In article 4 (requirement of claim)—

(a)

in paragraphs (2)(c) and (3) for “31st August” there shall be substituted “31st July”;

(b)

in paragraph (4), for the words from “benefit savings” to “points” (in both places where they appear) there shall be substituted “qualifying activities”; and

(c)

after that paragraph there shall be inserted—

“(4ZA)

In paragraph (4) above, “qualifying activities” means the activities referred to in article 21(1)(b).”.

Amendment of Part III of the principal Order4.

(1)

Part III of the principal Order (calculation of subsidy) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In article 11(1) (interpretation of Part III), for the definition of “X per cent.” substitute—

““X per cent.” means 95 per cent.”.

(3)

In article 13(1) (relevant benefit – calculation of subsidy) for the words from “articles 18” to the end there shall be substituted “articles 18 and 21, but subject, in each case, to the deductions, where applicable, under articles 20 and 20A.”.

(4)

In article 14 (backdated benefit), in paragraph (2), for the words “in a case to which article 18(1)(b)(iii)” there shall be substituted “in relation to expenditure to which article 17(2)(a)(i) or (b)(i) or (3)(b)(ii) or 18(1)(b)(iii)”.

(5)

After article 15, insert—

“Disproportionate rent increase – Wales15A.

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (5) to (7), in the case of an authority in Wales whose average rent increase differential, as calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) (“the proportion”), has a value greater than zero, the deduction from qualifying expenditure specified in article 11(2)(a) shall be the proportion multiplied by the sum calculated for that authority in accordance with paragraph (4).

(2)

The average rent increase differential for each authority shall be calculated by applying the formula—

(1+A)×(BC×DE)1math

where A, B, C, D and E each has the value determined in accordance with paragraph (3).

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2)—

(a)

the value of A shall be the proportion calculated for that authority pursuant to that paragraph for the year immediately preceding the relevant year;

(b)

the value of B shall be the average rent charged by the authority in respect of Category 1 dwellings on the final date;

(c)

the value of C shall be the average rent charged by the authority in respect of Category 1 dwellings on the initial date;

(d)

the value of D shall be the average rent charged by the authority in respect of Category 2 dwellings on the initial date; and

(e)

the value of E shall be the average rent charged by the authority in respect of Category 2 dwellings on the final date.

(4)

The sum referred to in paragraph (1) shall be that part of qualifying expenditure attributable to rebates granted during the relevant year before any deduction by reason of this article, but less any part of such expenditure to which article 13(1)(b)(iii) applies.

(5)

This article shall not apply in the case of an authority—

(a)

which has—

(i)

set the rent for the relevant year according to the type, condition, class or description of the dwellings and the services, facilities or rights provided to the tenants, where that rent is reasonable having regard to those matters,

(ii)

not taken account of whether a tenant was a beneficiary when setting rents for the relevant year, and

(iii)

not let dwellings, either in the relevant year or in either of the two previous years, to beneficiaries irrespective of their housing needs; or

(b)

where—

(i)

any increases in rent between the initial date and 1st April in the following year were of the same percentage and applied on the same day to all tenants irrespective of whether they were beneficiaries, and

(ii)

the average rent increase differential calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) for the year immediately preceding the relevant year, for that authority had a value which was zero or less than zero.

(6)

Where the relevant year is the year beginning on 1st April 2004—

(a)

paragraph (3)(a) shall have effect as if, for the words from “the proportion” to “the relevant year” there were substituted “equal to the value of G calculated for that authority for the purposes of paragraph 6.5.1 of the 2003-04 Determination;”; and

(b)

paragraph (5)(b)(ii) shall have effect as if, for the words from “average” to “relevant year” there were substituted “value of G calculated for the purposes of paragraph 6.5.1 of the 2003-04 Determination”.

(7)

This article shall not apply in a case to which article 17 (subsidy in respect of homeless and short lease rebate cases) applies.

(8)

In this article—

“average” means the arithmetic mean;

“beneficiary” means a person who is entitled or likely to become entitled to a rebate;

“Category 1 dwellings” means dwellings rented out by the authority, on both the initial date and the final date, in respect of which, on the final date, the persons liable to pay such rent were in receipt of rebates;

“Category 2 dwellings” means dwellings rented out by the authority, on both the initial date and the final date, in respect of which, on the final date, the persons liable to pay such rent were not in receipt of rebates;

“2003-04 Determination” means the Housing Revenue Account Subsidy (Wales) Determination 2003-046;

“final date” means the last day of the relevant year;

“initial date” means the day before the first day of the relevant year; and

“rent” means either—

(a)

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

(b)

the eligible rent,

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

(6)

In article 17 (subsidy in respect of homeless and short lease rebate cases), in paragraph (2)(a)(i) and (b)(i) and paragraph (3)(b)(ii) for “12.5 per cent.” substitute “10 per cent.”.

(7)

In article 18 (additions to subsidy)—

(a)

in paragraph (4), after “means” insert “an overpayment of a kind to which paragraph (4ZA) applies or”;

(b)

after paragraph (4) insert—

“(4ZA)

This paragraph applies to an overpayment where—

(a)

the overpayment was made during the period beginning with 5th April 2003 and ending with 13th June 2003 (“the specified period”);

(b)

the overpayment would, but for paragraph (4), fall to be regarded as an authority error overpayment on the ground that it was made as a result of a failure by the authority to take account of information about the amount of any tax credit payable to the claimant; and

(c)

the Secretary of State is satisfied that the authority took reasonable steps to avoid making overpayments of the kind described in sub-paragraph (b) during the specified period.”;

(c)

in paragraph (4A), for the words from “made by” to “the overpayment” there shall be substituted “which”; and

(d)

in paragraph (5), for the words from “in article” to “Schedule 5” there shall be substituted “and in article 19(1)(f)”.

(8)

For article 21 (additions to and deductions from subsidy in respect of benefit savings) there shall be substituted—

“Additions to subsidy in respect of security against fraud and error21.

(1)

The addition to subsidy referred to in article 13(1) is applicable in the case of an authority which—

(a)

is a participant in the scheme of arrangements for security against fraud and error (“SAFE”) in the administration of housing benefit and council tax benefit described in the Circulars 7 specified in paragraph (2); and

(b)

qualifies, by virtue of its performance of activities specified in those Circulars with a view to the prevention or reduction of fraud and error for additional payments in accordance with the terms of those Circulars.

(2)

The Circulars referred to in paragraph (1) are—

  • HB/CTB F4/2002,

  • HB/CTB F 22/2002,

  • HB/CTB F 26/2002,

  • HB/CTB F 27/2002,

  • HB/CTB F 5/2003,

  • HB/CTB F 6/2003,

  • HB/CTB F 8/2003,

  • HB/CTB F 17/2003.”.

Amendment of Schedules to the principal Order5.

(1)

For Schedule 1 to the principal Order (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

(2)

Schedule 5 (benefit savings) to the principal Order shall be omitted.

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

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

We consent,

Jim Murphy
Nick Ainger
Two of the Lords Commissioners of

SCHEDULESchedule to be substituted for Schedule 1 to the principal Order

Article 5(1)

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

Articles 12(1)(b) and 17(1) and (8)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Authority

Administration Subsidy

Homeless Threshold

Homeless Cap

(£)

(£)

(£)

England

Adur

336,015

113.21

189.05

Allerdale

749,114

90.88

151.46

Alnwick

196,798

78.78

131.89

Amber Valley

660,408

91.33

152.39

Arun

790,793

118.50

197.50

Ashfield

693,816

85.76

143.09

Ashford

524,634

112.52

187.73

Aylesbury Vale

535,811

108.81

181.96

Babergh

358,578

104.14

173.74

Barking and Dagenham

1,715,387

215.12

322.67

Barnet

1,966,392

215.12

322.67

Barnsley

1,984,356

76.18

128.00

Barrow in Furness

564,350

95.05

158.59

Basildon

1,232,208

110.64

184.59

Basingstoke and Deane

674,215

112.68

187.80

Bassetlaw

671,035

95.60

159.51

Bath and North East Somerset

1,082,993

96.93

161.55

Bedford

962,164

89.74

150.11

Berwick upon Tweed

185,032

85.27

142.26

Bexley

1,344,084

215.12

322.67

Birmingham

9,997,873

91.89

153.73

Blaby

226,502

81.89

136.91

Blackburn with Darwen

1,367,527

104.85

174.75

Blackpool

1,638,940

87.32

149.56

Blyth Valley

631,255

72.20

120.78

Bolsover

560,230

74.46

126.83

Bolton

2,773,997

78.65

132.42

Boston

431,424

82.01

136.99

Bournemouth

1,399,219

98.57

164.45

Bracknell Forest

387,852

122.43

207.58

Bradford

3,740,671

82.96

138.41

Braintree

694,028

100.71

168.03

Breckland

579,639

102.99

172.27

Brent

2,602,436

215.12

341.25

Brentwood

258,281

114.17

190.48

Bridgnorth

503,991

92.83

156.03

Brighton and Hove

2,485,608

101.87

169.97

Bristol

3,236,394

89.73

150.65

Broadland

484,484

102.99

172.27

Bromley

1,624,856

215.12

322.67

Bromsgrove

266,278

95.72

166.88

Broxbourne

408,664

121.73

203.10

Broxtowe

552,645

78.31

131.76

Burnley

847,615

93.12

155.19

Bury

1,086,329

90.69

151.32

Calderdale

1,612,612

80.61

134.57

Cambridge

532,990

107.23

178.90

Camden

3,058,163

215.12

339.70

Cannock Chase

585,601

96.14

165.88

Canterbury

833,431

108.12

180.38

Caradon

481,126

91.14

152.05

Carlisle

622,856

88.68

147.95

Carrick

605,786

103.78

173.15

Castle Morpeth

272,212

85.55

142.74

Castle Point

406,217

117.71

196.38

Charnwood

609,017

82.40

137.49

Chelmsford

763,838

115.21

192.92

Cheltenham

568,079

117.02

195.22

Cherwell

512,918

113.45

189.54

Chester

770,496

85.66

142.76

Chester le Street

345,994

79.19

132.54

Chesterfield

805,291

78.62

131.17

Chichester

637,646

114.03

190.05

Chiltern

356,068

112.68

187.80

Chorley

500,193

80.67

135.34

Christchurch

260,844

96.93

161.55

City of London

105,344

215.12

322.67

Colchester

855,075

106.11

178.48

Congleton

386,050

90.88

151.46

Copeland

714,861

85.38

144.00

Corby

321,789

87.99

151.70

Cotswold

393,637

96.93

161.55

Coventry

2,991,698

78.16

130.26

Craven

241,770

96.36

160.77

Crawley

505,732

121.98

204.25

Crewe and Nantwich

575,645

96.15

167.10

Croydon

2,266,229

215.12

335.18

Dacorum

628,032

106.80

180.44

Darlington

769,953

83.70

139.64

Dartford

408,357

110.54

184.42

Daventry

240,602

87.89

146.64

Derby

1,651,215

86.80

144.84

Derbyshire Dales

314,336

88.13

147.36

Derwentside

761,418

86.34

144.05

Doncaster

2,085,783

79.19

134.35

Dover

820,429

112.55

187.78

Dudley

2,104,329

92.18

156.06

Durham

546,255

81.53

137.84

Ealing

2,095,493

215.12

326.58

Easington

988,557

83.94

140.04

East Cambridgeshire

351,453

102.99

172.27

East Devon

715,125

87.98

146.78

East Dorset

324,574

96.93

161.55

East Hampshire

484,345

112.68

187.80

East Hertfordshire

484,358

123.10

206.12

East Lindsey

946,460

84.52

141.17

East Northamptonshire

384,743

94.42

157.71

East Riding of Yorkshire

1,590,429

84.37

144.52

East Staffordshire

637,987

82.31

137.18

Eastbourne

768,808

101.37

169.14

Eastleigh

518,005

112.68

187.80

Eden

220,463

90.88

151.46

Ellesmere Port and Neston

514,605

70.81

122.16

Elmbridge

561,365

128.52

214.18

Enfield

2,015,997

215.12

322.67

Epping Forest

589,123

109.09

182.51

Epsom and Ewell

232,854

112.68

187.80

Erewash

611,233

80.82

135.13

Exeter

693,051

85.22

142.18

Fareham

289,279

106.79

181.75

Fenland

536,073

96.79

161.49

Forest Heath

213,024

95.32

159.04

Forest of Dean

388,503

92.90

154.99

Fylde

367,617

79.41

132.34

Gateshead

2,070,704

84.01

140.18

Gedling

509,370

80.02

134.08

Gloucester

697,329

101.45

169.26

Gosport

402,775

104.73

174.73

Gravesham

581,248

106.87

178.32

Great Yarmouth

829,448

80.41

134.17

Greenwich

2,908,125

215.12

322.67

Guildford

481,291

129.04

215.29

Hackney

3,346,372

215.12

323.13

Halton

1,162,807

83.57

144.44

Hambleton

339,061

79.96

133.47

Hammersmith and Fulham

2,442,753

215.12

322.67

Harborough

217,423

99.22

165.53

Haringey

2,725,296

215.12

322.67

Harlow

597,151

105.31

175.70

Harrogate

635,033

102.57

171.14

Harrow

1,088,415

215.12

354.57

Hart

200,036

112.68

187.80

Hartlepool

1,004,446

86.78

144.78

Hastings

1,065,457

112.68

187.80

Havant

688,269

112.68

187.80

Havering

1,229,964

215.12

322.67

Herefordshire

1,069,489

86.28

143.95

Hertsmere

504,224

102.99

172.27

High Peak

451,857

93.30

155.66

Hillingdon

1,485,249

215.12

356.52

Hinckley and Bosworth

382,835

90.09

150.31

Horsham

486,512

133.21

222.01

Hounslow

2,236,167

215.12

322.67

Huntingdonshire

625,161

111.57

186.62

Hyndburn

651,901

89.94

149.90

Ipswich

928,698

95.98

160.12

Isle of Wight

1,047,600

112.68

187.80

Isles of Scilly

8,615

100.17

167.13

Islington

3,386,483

215.12

334.32

Kennet

351,625

96.93

161.55

Kensington and Chelsea

1,776,850

215.12

368.39

Kerrier

674,545

96.93

161.55

Kettering

460,879

86.82

146.05

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk

821,213

84.33

148.25

Kingston upon Hull

2,918,733

87.23

151.00

Kingston upon Thames

627,601

215.12

346.49

Kirklees

2,769,184

88.41

147.52

Knowsley

1,631,551

98.19

163.82

Lambeth

3,445,764

215.12

322.67

Lancaster

927,168

87.44

145.88

Leeds

6,025,519

80.28

134.27

Leicester

2,265,219

89.05

148.42

Lewes

478,142

109.33

183.66

Lewisham

3,396,549

215.12

322.67

Lichfield

420,321

89.34

148.90

Lincoln

768,326

84.27

140.60

Liverpool

6,130,689

89.62

149.56

Luton

1,141,847

110.25

183.95

Macclesfield

628,884

99.23

179.66

Maidstone

633,387

111.93

186.75

Maldon

309,401

102.99

172.27

Malvern Hills

413,445

89.34

148.90

Manchester

5,957,020

105.07

175.30

Mansfield

774,010

90.19

150.32

Medway

1,641,323

110.54

184.42

Melton

165,695

80.98

138.77

Mendip

620,575

95.51

159.18

Merton

1,010,948

215.12

322.67

Mid Bedfordshire

511,351

102.33

171.35

Mid Devon

353,778

90.73

151.39

Mid Suffolk

351,519

96.79

161.49

Mid Sussex

477,322

112.68

187.80

Middlesbrough

1,527,089

94.96

158.43

Milton Keynes

1,150,639

110.06

184.40

Mole Valley

261,284

109.55

182.77

New Forest

775,992

121.37

202.50

Newark and Sherwood

589,970

84.27

140.59

Newcastle under Lyme

791,152

75.75

126.26

Newcastle upon Tyne

3,081,834

82.54

137.71

Newham

3,509,006

215.12

322.67

North Cornwall

702,548

91.49

152.64

North Devon

667,680

105.82

176.37

North Dorset

290,683

96.93

161.55

North East Derbyshire

535,744

76.87

131.54

North East Lincoln

1,379,041

82.59

142.61

North Hertfordshire

562,335

110.74

190.31

North Kesteven

367,352

84.24

140.54

North Lincolnshire

990,032

79.95

133.88

North Norfolk

742,152

88.98

148.64

North Shropshire

287,720

83.64

140.44

North Somerset

1,027,953

111.57

186.14

North Tyneside

1,829,018

77.24

129.57

North Warwickshire

365,275

88.14

149.44

North West Leicestershire

391,001

83.38

139.11

North Wiltshire

575,206

96.93

161.55

Northampton

963,555

109.62

182.89

Norwich

1,275,591

86.87

145.44

Nottingham

2,525,459

80.81

134.83

Nuneaton and Bedworth

802,852

85.48

144.06

Oadby and Wigston

184,526

82.18

137.88

Oldham

1,703,754

80.61

142.40

Oswestry

197,040

86.20

143.81

Oxford

869,152

118.10

198.94

Pendle

649,593

83.96

140.08

Penwith

597,259

91.03

151.72

Peterborough

1,075,322

109.80

183.19

Plymouth

1,787,999

88.61

147.83

Poole

798,980

100.60

167.66

Portsmouth

1,389,239

106.92

178.37

Preston

952,781

91.42

152.52

Purbeck

214,436

111.83

186.56

Reading

933,433

130.58

217.85

Redbridge

1,606,861

215.12

328.04

Redcar and Cleveland

1,192,922

90.80

151.48

Redditch

437,319

96.74

161.41

Reigate and Banstead

488,325

126.97

211.83

Restormel

747,425

104.10

173.49

Ribble Valley

164,838

78.88

131.60

Richmond upon Thames

969,423

215.12

322.67

Richmondshire

212,749

93.56

156.09

Rochdale

1,755,484

83.83

139.87

Rochford

363,382

99.92

166.70

Rossendale

558,700

84.90

141.50

Rother

582,556

112.68

187.80

Rotherham

1,895,521

70.88

123.23

Rugby

415,981

90.62

152.15

Runnymede

306,558

133.37

222.52

Rushcliffe

316,153

92.86

156.38

Rushmoor

389,658

112.68

187.80

Rutland

105,881

99.04

165.25

Ryedale

287,883

79.96

133.47

Salford

2,335,634

92.74

154.73

Salisbury

466,613

117.39

200.95

Sandwell

3,171,266

99.82

167.98

Scarborough

872,006

95.23

158.87

Sedgefield

841,576

82.06

137.29

Sedgemoor

583,870

102.66

171.27

Sefton

2,247,817

94.33

157.61

Selby

346,421

89.31

149.01

Sevenoaks

594,092

112.68

187.80

Sheffield

4,094,415

80.61

134.60

Shepway

717,419

103.30

172.34

Shrewsbury and Atcham

558,858

91.54

152.73

Slough

747,664

117.67

198.42

Solihull

936,868

95.83

159.89

South Bedfordshire

501,229

115.18

193.29

South Bucks

248,922

112.68

187.80

South Cambridgeshire

438,895

115.39

192.52

South Derbyshire

364,085

90.67

151.27

South Gloucestershire

884,817

98.83

168.14

South Hams

484,153

96.93

161.55

South Holland

352,683

86.00

143.49

South Kesteven

522,818

88.82

150.03

South Lakeland

439,974

102.15

175.48

South Norfolk

454,012

93.56

156.09

South Northamptonshire

214,179

102.10

171.68

South Oxfordshire

435,872

112.68

187.80

South Ribble

462,440

90.88

151.46

South Shropshire

236,010

89.34

148.90

South Somerset

832,988

96.93

161.55

South Staffordshire

579,796

89.34

148.90

South Tyneside

1,751,130

75.19

127.09

Southampton

1,847,016

94.35

157.40

Southend on Sea

1,339,812

102.44

170.92

Southwark

3,748,036

215.12

322.67

Spelthorne

434,965

112.68

187.80

St Albans

473,688

113.63

190.96

St Edmundsbury

445,504

102.06

170.90

St Helens

1,495,923

96.86

161.60

Stafford

567,663

89.34

148.90

Staffordshire Moorlands

422,821

86.88

144.80

Stevenage

495,180

112.53

187.74

Stockport

1,702,893

82.26

137.54

Stockton on Tees

1,335,134

86.15

145.04

Stoke on Trent

1,917,498

85.98

143.43

Stratford on Avon

526,643

89.34

148.90

Stroud

473,723

103.01

171.86

Suffolk Coastal

605,361

93.48

156.36

Sunderland

3,440,097

93.40

155.67

Surrey Heath

259,378

112.68

187.80

Sutton

842,572

215.12

322.67

Swale

903,306

112.68

187.80

Swindon

954,457

91.80

154.88

Tameside

2,045,257

95.45

159.07

Tamworth

403,801

93.71

157.43

Tandridge

232,646

112.44

189.18

Taunton Deane

578,789

91.38

152.45

Teesdale

139,637

83.78

139.78

Teignbridge

655,555

108.05

180.27

Telford and Wrekin

1,586,841

89.34

148.90

Tendring

1,242,903

94.32

157.37

Test Valley

487,394

109.53

182.53

Tewkesbury

352,621

89.38

148.97

Thanet

1,352,885

102.36

170.77

Three Rivers

348,353

116.03

195.07

Thurrock

880,824

109.23

182.22

Tonbridge and Malling

563,545

112.68

187.80

Torbay

1,238,379

99.77

166.28

Torridge

384,518

98.72

164.70

Tower Hamlets

3,382,615

215.12

348.14

Trafford

1,273,664

92.34

154.05

Tunbridge Wells

610,040

112.68

187.80

Tynedale

316,895

90.06

150.10

Uttlesford

235,288

112.92

188.46

Vale of White Horse

431,052

112.68

187.80

Vale Royal

554,501

91.38

152.46

Wakefield

2,491,806

80.68

136.79

Walsall

2,205,694

91.90

153.33

Waltham Forest

1,985,003

215.12

342.09

Wandsworth

2,373,971

215.12

363.20

Wansbeck

504,019

71.29

118.94

Warrington

1,110,459

91.75

153.07

Warwick

567,777

97.33

164.56

Watford

439,990

113.00

188.51

Waveney

1,014,923

88.84

148.21

Waverley

423,906

122.44

204.07

Wealden

556,733

96.06

160.26

Wear Valley

582,706

82.98

138.44

Wellingborough

367,197

90.46

150.92

Welwyn Hatfield

519,056

106.11

179.83

West Berkshire

642,939

112.68

187.80

West Devon

253,561

96.93

161.55

West Dorset

563,594

96.93

161.55

West Lancashire

723,237

85.78

144.34

West Lindsey

495,148

83.46

139.40

West Oxfordshire

367,752

108.01

180.02

West Somerset

292,127

96.93

161.55

West Wiltshire

686,097

110.72

184.53

Westminster

2,132,089

215.12

398.77

Weymouth and Portland

446,207

100.38

167.29

Wigan

2,086,097

86.05

143.57

Winchester

448,893

113.12

188.73

Windsor and Maidenhead

574,024

112.68

187.80

Wirral

2,982,454

100.45

167.58

Woking

308,079

145.72

243.13

Wokingham

281,677

113.85

195.29

Wolverhampton

2,346,696

83.46

140.11

Worcester

507,417

86.05

145.11

Worthing

629,564

112.68

187.8

Wychavon

606,585

112.46

187.42

Wycombe

601,479

129.47

216.01

Wyre

643,677

91.24

152.06

Wyre Forest

658,593

92.94

154.89

York

870,236

94.54

157.72

Wales

Blaenau Gwent

657,998

88.21

147.15

Bridgend

968,860

89.52

149.36

Caerphilly

1,327,227

94.62

157.86

Cardiff

2,218,143

99.54

167.00

Carmarthenshire

1,252,925

86.38

144.12

Ceredigion

392,980

94.68

157.96

Conwy

735,075

83.27

145.25

Denbighshire

642,621

80.99

136.44

Flintshire

756,559

86.13

143.89

Gwynedd

790,160

85.78

143.11

Isle of Anglesey

465,753

84.58

141.11

Merthyr Tydfil

545,916

85.82

143.19

Monmouthshire

416,727

99.37

166.93

Neath and Port Talbot

1,148,997

87.00

145.15

Newport

1,027,551

94.22

159.18

Pembrokeshire

811,140

84.56

141.07

Powys

732,139

88.68

148.18

Rhondda Cynon Taff

1,847,905

84.41

140.83

Swansea

1,812,580

90.18

150.47

Torfaen

718,958

97.92

164.87

Vale of Glamorgan

634,485

101.63

169.56

Wrexham

825,082

80.77

135.18

Scotland

Aberdeen

1,398,953

76.66

129.28

Aberdeenshire

921,754

72.27

124.05

Angus

755,976

67.63

117.87

Argyll and Bute

677,321

82.42

137.52

Clackmannanshire

434,492

72.63

129.48

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

186,995

85.24

144.01

Dumfries and Galloway

1,143,327

77.31

131.33

Dundee

1,992,641

84.03

141.63

East Ayrshire

1,143,162

73.97

123.51

East Dunbartonshire

431,241

79.06

135.26

East Lothian

612,690

71.10

118.62

East Renfrewshire

365,857

75.86

134.46

Edinburgh

3,410,911

96.62

161.20

Falkirk

1,114,985

77.03

136.78

Fife

2,668,035

73.27

126.82

Glasgow

8,911,303

97.90

163.34

Highland

1,351,751

89.91

150.00

Inverclyde

887,584

91.96

158.52

Midlothian

599,740

64.47

107.56

Moray

481,033

65.20

108.76

North Ayrshire

1,257,331

69.29

118.53

North Lanarkshire

3,018,537

80.70

136.33

Orkney

99,202

75.56

126.06

Perth and Kinross

726,555

68.60

114.46

Renfrewshire

1,698,237

83.86

147.76

Scottish Borders

727,684

72.98

121.75

Shetland

85,947

98.36

164.10

South Ayrshire

859,571

75.26

125.55

South Lanarkshire

2,664,472

82.60

137.80

Stirling

541,252

77.85

129.87

West Dunbartonshire

1,114,830

77.55

129.39

West Lothian

1,186,544

79.67

157.55”

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (“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 authorises the varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates. Except where article 1(2)(a) and (b) provide that amendments are to have effect from 1st April 2002 or 1st April 2004 respectively, the amendments made by this Order have effect from 1st April 2003.

Article 4 amends Part III of the principal Order which is concerned with the calculation of subsidy. Article 14 is amended so that in a case where subsidy would fall to be calculated in accordance with that article and a specified provision of article 17, only the latter is to apply. A new article 15A is inserted to make provision for the amount to be deducted from qualifying expenditure, when calculating rent rebate subsidy for housing authorities in Wales, where the rent charged by the authority has increased by more than an amount determined in accordance with that article. Article 17 is amended to reduce from 12.5 per cent to 10 per cent of the relevant qualifying expenditure the appropriate amount which is included for the purposes of determining subsidy in relation to board and lodging accommodation. A new paragraph (4ZA) is inserted in article 18 so that certain overpayments which were made during a specified period in 2003 following the introduction of new tax credits are to be treated as ‘departmental error overpayments’ rather than ‘authority error overpayments’.

Article 21 is amended to introduce with effect from 2002 new arrangements for additional amounts of subsidy to be payable where an authority has undertaken activities in accordance with Circulars specified in that article, and in consequence Schedule 5 (which set out the former arrangements for additional amounts of subsidy for that purpose) is omitted. A number of other minor and consequential changes are also made in Part II and Part III of 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.