2008 No. 196

social security

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2008

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140B, 140C(1) and (4), 140F(2) and 189(1), (4), (5) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 19921.

In accordance with section 189(8) of that Act he has sought the consent of the Treasury2. In accordance with section 176(1) of that Act he has consulted with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned3.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2008 and shall come into force on 28th February 2008.

2

This Order shall have effect from 1st April 2006.

3

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

Amendment of Part III of the principal Order2

1

Part III of the principal Order (calculation of subsidy) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

2

In article 13 (relevant benefit)5 for “articles 18 and 21” substitute “article 18”.

3

In article 18 (additions to subsidy)6

a

in paragraph (1) for “paragraphs (8), (9) and (10)” substitute “paragraphs (8) and (9)”; and

b

omit paragraphs (10) and (11).

4

Omit article 21 (additions to subsidy in respect of security against fraud and error)7.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Order3

For Schedule 1 to the principal Order (sums used in the calculation of subsidy) substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.

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

James PlaskittParliamentary Under-Secretary of State,Department for Work and Pensions

We consent

Claire WardDave WattsTwo of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

SCHEDULESCHEDULE TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDER

Art 3

SCHEDULE 1SUMS TO BE USED IN THE CALCUALTION OF SUBSIDY

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

RELEVANT YEAR 2006-2007

Non-HRA Rent Rebates

Local authority

Administration subsidy

(£)

Threshold

(£)

Cap

(£)

Adur

474,798

117.63

208.18

Allerdale

1,099,537

94.42

166.78

Alnwick

246,020

81.85

145.23

Amber Valley

1,440,889

94.89

167.80

Arun

1,119,127

123.12

217.48

Ashfield

884,292

89.10

157.56

Ashford

695,507

116.91

206.73

Aylesbury Vale

766,303

113.05

200.37

Babergh

521,463

108.20

191.31

Barking

2,938,869

223.51

355.32

Barnet

2,926,508

223.51

355.32

Barnsley

2,411,933

79.15

140.95

Barrow in Furness

819,973

98.76

174.63

Basildon

1,571,112

114.95

203.26

Basingstoke and Deane

967,560

117.07

206.80

Bassetlaw

859,394

99.33

175.65

Bath and NE Somerset

1,781,980

100.71

177.90

Bedford

1,299,391

93.24

165.29

Berwick upon Tweed

286,511

88.60

156.65

Bexley

1,745,432

223.51

355.32

Birmingham

13,749,369

95.47

169.29

Blaby

328,544

85.08

150.76

Blackburn with Darwen

1,792,140

108.94

192.43

Blackpool

2,874,572

90.73

164.69

Blyth Valley

1,040,064

75.02

133.00

Bolsover

702,096

77.36

139.66

Bolton

2,904,157

81.72

145.82

Boston

516,218

85.21

150.85

Bournemouth

1,723,844

102.41

192.46

Bracknell Forest

857,743

127.20

228.58

Bradford

5,045,062

86.20

161.99

Braintree

939,885

104.64

185.03

Breckland

1,013,228

107.01

189.70

Brent

4,013,244

223.51

375.78

Brentwood

351,021

118.62

209.76

Bridgnorth

794,402

96.45

171.82

Brighton and Hove

3,444,442

105.84

207.96

Bristol

4,136,619

93.23

184.32

Broadland

638,765

107.01

189.70

Bromley

2,341,620

223.51

355.32

Bromsgrove

439,854

99.45

183.77

Broxbourne

756,281

126.48

223.65

Broxtowe

919,429

81.36

145.09

Burnley

1,217,644

96.75

170.90

Bury

1,396,125

94.23

166.63

Calderdale

1,921,135

83.75

148.18

Cambridge

861,033

111.41

197.00

Camden

3,953,396

223.51

374.07

Cannock Chase

653,682

99.89

182.66

Canterbury

1,415,721

112.34

198.63

Caradon

657,976

94.69

167.43

Carlisle

1,005,039

92.14

162.92

Carrick

799,852

107.83

190.67

Castle Morpeth

284,358

88.89

157.18

Castle Point

552,665

122.30

216.25

Charnwood

759,681

85.61

151.40

Chelmsford

908,480

119.70

212.44

Cheltenham

947,870

121.58

214.97

Cherwell

1,057,051

117.87

208.71

Chester

956,974

89.00

157.20

Chester le Street

491,553

82.28

145.95

Chesterfield

1,170,589

81.69

144.45

Chichester

1,017,546

118.48

209.27

Chiltern

481,532

117.07

206.80

Chorley

726,694

83.82

149.03

Christchurch

373,358

100.71

189.07

City of London

130,041

223.51

355.32

Colchester

1,072,497

110.25

196.54

Congleton

587,614

94.42

166.78

Copeland

675,338

88.71

168.53

Corby

486,080

91.42

167.05

Cotswold

570,370

100.71

177.90

Coventry

4,898,482

81.21

159.38

Craven

398,717

100.12

177.04

Crawley

819,798

126.74

224.91

Crewe and Nantwich

855,346

99.90

184.00

Croydon

3,574,580

223.51

369.09

Dacorum

877,167

110.97

198.70

Darlington

970,273

86.96

153.76

Dartford

584,640

114.85

203.08

Daventry

400,887

91.32

161.47

Derby

2,398,576

90.19

159.50

Derbyshire Dales

392,332

91.57

162.27

Derwentside

1,393,775

89.71

158.63

Doncaster

2,802,700

82.28

147.95

Dover

1,064,534

116.94

206.78

Dudley

3,004,566

95.78

171.85

Durham City

701,891

84.71

151.79

Ealing

3,088,321

223.51

359.62

Easington

1,181,415

87.21

154.20

East Cambridgeshire

474,922

107.01

189.70

East Devon

844,757

91.41

171.78

East Dorset

526,189

100.71

189.07

East Hampshire

643,613

117.07

206.80

East Hertfordshire

707,366

127.90

226.97

East Lindsey

1,249,863

87.82

155.45

East Northamptonshire

542,911

98.10

173.67

East Riding of Yorkshire

2,283,011

87.66

159.14

East Staffordshire

866,008

85.52

151.06

Eastbourne

1,033,093

105.32

197.95

Eastleigh

691,194

117.07

206.80

Eden

313,746

94.42

166.78

Ellesmere Port and Neston

832,836

73.57

149.46

Elmbridge

717,819

133.53

235.85

Enfield

3,047,331

223.51

355.32

Epping Forest

788,860

113.34

200.97

Epsom and Ewell

342,404

117.07

206.80

Erewash

1,548,192

83.97

148.80

Exeter

927,681

88.54

166.40

Fareham

471,565

110.95

200.14

Fenland

793,582

100.56

177.83

Forest Heath

323,870

99.04

175.13

Forest of Dean

845,742

96.52

170.67

Fylde

569,810

82.51

145.73

Gateshead

3,857,741

87.29

154.36

Gedling

691,744

83.14

147.64

Gloucester

1,007,393

105.41

186.39

Gosport

612,066

108.81

192.41

Gravesham

796,103

111.04

196.36

Great Yarmouth

1,352,948

83.55

157.02

Greenwich

4,355,483

223.51

355.32

Guildford

760,113

134.07

237.08

Hackney

4,960,192

223.51

355.82

Halton

1,515,477

86.83

159.06

Hambleton

479,880

83.08

156.20

Hammersmith and Fulham

3,260,858

223.51

355.32

Harborough

308,453

103.09

182.28

Haringey

3,988,001

223.51

355.32

Harlow

792,890

109.42

193.47

Harrogate

786,423

106.57

188.46

Harrow

1,911,419

223.51

390.44

Hart

408,682

117.07

206.80

Hartlepool

1,440,144

90.16

159.43

Hastings

1,330,158

117.07

206.80

Havant

899,168

117.07

206.80

Havering

1,633,288

223.51

355.32

Herefordshire

1,570,533

89.64

158.52

Hertsmere

795,873

107.01

189.70

High Peak

629,871

96.94

171.41

Hillingdon

2,258,065

223.51

392.59

Hinckley and Bosworth

524,775

93.60

165.52

Horsham

785,688

138.41

244.47

Hounslow

2,000,420

223.51

355.32

Huntingdonshire

996,102

115.92

205.50

Hyndburn

1,062,417

93.45

165.07

Ipswich

2,228,598

99.72

176.32

Isle of Wight

1,464,942

117.07

206.80

Isles of Scilly

10,251

104.08

184.04

Islington

4,212,357

223.51

368.15

Kennet

480,154

100.71

177.90

Kensington and Chelsea

2,690,065

223.51

405.66

Kerrier

947,063

100.71

177.90

Kettering

528,662

90.21

160.83

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk

1,318,359

87.62

163.25

Kingston upon Hull

3,575,337

90.63

166.28

Kingston upon Thames

986,179

223.51

381.54

Kirklees

3,613,752

91.86

162.45

Knowsley

2,504,176

102.02

180.40

Lambeth

5,757,721

223.51

355.32

Lancaster

1,201,235

90.85

160.63

Leeds

7,523,174

83.41

157.14

Leicester

3,117,616

92.52

163.44

Lewes

653,550

113.59

202.24

Lewisham

5,020,695

223.51

355.32

Lichfield

691,937

92.82

163.96

Lincoln

1,031,860

87.56

154.83

Liverpool

8,226,762

93.12

164.69

Luton

1,583,092

114.55

202.56

Macclesfield

812,532

103.10

197.84

Maidstone

967,587

116.30

205.64

Maldon

569,990

107.01

189.70

Malvern Hills

541,882

92.82

163.96

Manchester

7,626,793

109.17

193.03

Mansfield

997,354

93.71

165.53

Medway

2,225,582

114.85

203.08

Melton

241,719

84.14

152.81

Mendip

827,882

99.23

175.29

Merton

1,485,044

223.51

355.32

Mid Bedfordshire

724,500

106.32

188.68

Mid Devon

466,519

94.27

166.71

Mid Suffolk

415,646

100.56

177.83

Mid Sussex

1,540,983

117.07

206.80

Middlesbrough

2,074,866

98.66

174.46

Milton Keynes

1,741,690

114.35

203.06

Mole Valley

415,629

113.82

201.26

New Forest

1,035,764

126.10

222.99

Newark and Sherwood

722,959

87.56

154.82

Newcastle under Lyme

940,581

78.70

154.48

Newcastle upon Tyne

4,028,659

85.76

151.64

Newham

4,356,826

223.51

355.32

North Cornwall

1,120,411

95.06

168.08

North Devon

984,885

109.95

194.21

North Dorset

527,537

100.71

177.90

North East Derby

637,896

79.87

144.84

North East Lincoln

1,953,804

85.81

157.04

North Hertfordshire

960,531

115.06

209.56

North Kesteven

975,551

87.53

154.76

North Lincolnshire

1,319,194

83.07

147.43

North Norfolk

920,331

92.45

163.68

North Shropshire

388,232

86.90

154.64

North Somerset

1,393,347

115.92

204.97

North Tyneside

2,467,630

80.25

142.68

North Warwickshire

524,655

91.58

164.56

North West Leicester

583,539

86.63

153.18

North Wiltshire

670,088

100.71

177.90

Northampton

2,274,666

113.90

201.39

Norwich

1,696,552

90.26

160.15

Nottingham

3,525,918

83.96

148.47

Nuneaton and Bedworth

986,330

88.81

158.64

Oadby and Wigston

301,809

85.39

151.83

Oldham

2,653,120

83.75

156.81

Oswestry

274,849

89.56

158.36

Oxford

1,228,342

122.71

219.06

Pendle

1,026,708

87.23

154.26

Penwith

791,935

94.58

177.56

Peterborough

1,692,593

114.08

201.73

Plymouth

2,645,527

92.07

162.79

Poole

1,509,757

104.52

196.22

Portsmouth

1,853,841

111.09

196.41

Preston

1,331,752

94.99

167.95

Purbeck

302,203

116.19

205.43

Reading

1,580,663

135.67

239.89

Redbridge

2,258,501

223.51

361.23

Redcar and Cleveland

1,644,402

94.34

166.81

Redditch

989,952

100.51

177.74

Reigate and Banstead

689,402

131.92

233.26

Restormel

924,965

108.16

191.05

Ribble Valley

248,379

81.96

144.92

Richmond upon Thames

1,229,465

223.51

355.32

Richmondshire

287,010

97.21

171.88

Rochdale

2,802,637

87.10

154.02

Rochford

440,315

103.82

183.56

Rossendale

824,167

88.21

155.81

Rother

893,660

117.07

206.80

Rotherham

2,424,981

73.64

135.70

Rugby

599,031

94.15

167.55

Runnymede

539,293

138.57

245.03

Rushcliffe

500,350

96.48

172.21

Rushmoor

576,257

117.07

206.80

Rutland

133,560

102.90

181.96

Ryedale

780,789

83.08

156.20

Salford

3,161,396

96.36

170.38

Salisbury

680,873

121.97

221.28

Sandwell

3,585,943

103.71

184.98

Scarborough

1,142,319

98.94

174.94

Sedgefield

1,133,757

85.26

151.18

Sedgemoor

760,878

106.66

188.60

Sefton

2,930,488

98.01

173.56

Selby

399,963

92.79

164.09

Sevenoaks

768,650

117.07

206.80

Sheffield

5,295,086

83.75

148.21

Shepway

1,095,594

107.33

189.78

Shrewsbury and Atcham

758,711

95.11

168.18

Slough

1,140,095

122.26

218.49

Solihull

1,508,168

99.57

176.07

South Bedfordshire

672,310

119.67

212.85

South Bucks

320,668

117.07

206.80

South Cambridgeshire

558,174

119.89

212.00

South Derbyshire

1,854,881

94.21

166.57

South Gloucestershire

2,985,626

102.68

185.15

South Hams

779,520

100.71

177.90

South Holland

546,377

89.35

158.00

South Kesteven

681,616

92.28

165.21

South Lakeland

590,862

106.13

193.24

South Norfolk

769,615

97.21

171.88

South Northants

271,923

106.08

189.05

South Oxfordshire

730,192

117.07

206.80

South Ribble

660,992

94.42

166.78

South Shropshire

313,314

92.82

163.96

South Somerset

1,144,862

100.71

177.90

South Staffordshire

719,028

92.82

163.96

South Tyneside

2,658,850

78.12

139.95

Southampton

2,809,487

98.03

192.58

Southend on Sea

1,981,774

106.44

188.21

Southwark

5,241,758

223.51

355.32

Spelthorne

614,324

117.07

206.80

St Albans

652,738

118.06

210.28

St Edmundsbury

703,740

106.04

188.19

St Helens

2,516,332

100.64

177.95

Stafford

755,358

92.82

163.96

Staffordshire Moorlands

542,469

90.27

159.45

Stevenage

829,341

116.92

206.74

Stockport

2,034,774

85.47

168.28

Stockton on Tees

1,674,181

89.51

159.71

Stoke on Trent

3,060,875

89.33

157.94

Stratford on Avon

702,802

92.82

163.96

Stroud

820,860

107.03

189.25

Suffolk Coastal

867,772

97.13

172.18

Sunderland

4,563,641

97.04

171.42

Surrey Heath

348,929

117.07

206.80

Sutton

1,360,895

223.51

355.32

Swale

1,079,274

117.07

206.80

Swindon

1,260,063

95.38

170.55

Tameside

2,812,575

99.17

175.17

Tamworth

537,370

97.36

173.35

Tandridge

353,577

116.83

208.32

Taunton Deane

833,976

94.94

167.87

Teesdale

661,567

87.05

153.92

Teignbridge

1,067,529

112.26

198.51

Telford and Wrekin

1,711,278

92.82

163.96

Tendring

1,393,077

98.00

184.18

Test Valley

626,155

113.80

201.00

Tewkesbury

496,873

92.87

164.04

Thanet

1,969,339

106.35

188.05

Three Rivers

518,110

120.56

214.80

Thurrock

1,270,977

113.49

200.65

Tonbridge and Malling

813,111

117.07

206.80

Torbay

1,596,604

103.66

183.10

Torridge

495,365

102.57

181.36

Tower Hamlets

4,842,057

223.51

383.37

Trafford

1,711,525

95.94

169.64

Tunbridge Wells

854,025

117.07

206.80

Tynedale

387,486

93.57

165.28

Uttlesford

448,463

117.32

207.52

Vale of White Horse

665,282

117.07

206.80

Vale Royal

1,068,795

94.94

167.88

Wakefield

2,805,923

83.83

160.09

Walsall

3,629,912

95.48

168.85

Waltham Forest

2,930,557

223.51

376.70

Wandsworth

3,573,769

223.51

399.94

Wansbeck

698,492

74.07

130.97

Warrington

1,658,787

95.33

168.56

Warwick

860,250

101.13

181.21

Watford

704,314

117.41

207.59

Waveney

1,847,298

92.30

163.21

Waverley

548,201

127.22

224.72

Wealden

708,880

99.81

196.09

Wear Valley

741,774

86.22

152.44

Wellingborough

584,038

93.99

166.18

Welwyn Hatfield

769,565

110.25

198.02

West Berkshire

1,015,643

117.07

206.80

West Devon

663,711

100.71

177.90

West Dorset

736,526

100.71

177.90

West Lancashire

1,030,779

89.13

158.95

West Lindsey

661,281

86.71

153.51

West Oxfordshire

589,677

112.22

198.24

West Somerset

382,671

100.71

177.90

West Wiltshire

820,783

115.04

203.20

Westminster

3,008,961

223.51

439.11

Weymouth and Portland

861,313

104.29

184.22

Wigan

2,718,992

89.41

158.10

Winchester

540,799

117.53

207.82

Windsor and Maidenhead

1,005,534

117.07

206.80

Wirral

3,742,354

104.37

184.54

Woking

473,428

151.40

267.72

Wokingham

464,192

118.29

215.05

Wolverhampton

3,031,617

86.71

163.97

Worcester

953,099

89.41

159.80

Worthing

844,284

117.07

206.80

Wychavon

737,784

116.85

206.38

Wycombe

938,090

134.52

237.86

Wyre

918,594

94.80

167.44

Wyre Forest

898,173

96.56

170.56

York

1,125,145

98.23

173.68

Blaenau Gwent

904,503

91.65

162.04

Bridgend

1,239,070

93.01

164.47

Caerphilly

1,789,294

98.31

173.83

Cardiff

3,108,342

103.42

183.90

Carmarthenshire

1,573,857

89.75

158.70

Ceredigion

963,020

98.37

173.94

Conwy

1,345,488

86.52

159.95

Denbighshire

1,084,489

84.15

150.24

Flintshire

1,145,293

89.49

158.44

Gwynedd

1,056,456

89.13

157.59

Isle of Anglesey

591,798

87.88

155.38

Merthyr Tydfil

682,118

89.17

157.68

Monmouthshire

599,896

103.25

183.82

Neath Port Talbot

1,551,379

90.39

159.84

Newport

1,255,513

97.89

175.29

Pembrokeshire

1,111,842

87.86

155.34

Powys

876,903

92.14

163.17

Rhondda Cynon Taff

3,148,023

87.70

155.07

Swansea

2,402,081

93.70

165.69

Torfaen

858,727

101.74

181.56

Vale of Glamorgan

923,348

105.59

186.72

Wrexham

1,607,662

83.92

148.86

Aberdeen

1,918,403

79.65

142.36

Aberdeenshire

1,320,877

75.09

136.60

Angus

998,993

70.27

129.79

Argyll and Bute

963,184

85.63

151.43

Clackmannanshire

555,646

75.46

142.58

Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar

218,386

88.56

158.58

Dumfries and Galloway

1,482,458

80.33

144.62

Dundee

2,305,511

87.31

155.96

East Ayrshire

1,452,625

76.85

136.01

East Dunbartonshire

587,678

82.14

148.94

East Lothian

9,285,742

73.87

130.62

East Renfrewshire

454,444

78.82

148.06

Edinburgh

5,359,612

100.39

177.51

Falkirk

1,426,305

80.03

150.62

Fife

3,686,528

76.13

139.65

Glasgow

13,609,900

101.72

179.87

Highland

1,978,789

93.42

165.17

Inverclyde

1,261,788

99.55

170.56

Midlothian

662,177

66.98

118.45

Moray

605,372

67.74

119.77

North Ayrshire

1,710,530

71.99

130.52

North Lanarkshire

3,986,080

83.85

150.12

Orkney

134,668

78.51

138.81

Perth and Kinross

1,014,107

71.28

126.04

Renfrewshire

2,223,173

87.13

162.71

Scottish Borders

1,191,667

75.83

134.07

Shetland

119,970

102.20

180.71

South Ayrshire

1,104,578

78.20

138.25

South Lanarkshire

3,207,252

85.82

151.75

Stirling

686,031

80.89

143.01

West Dunbartonshire

1,473,983

80.57

142.48

West Lothian

2,064,220

82.78

173.49

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (“the principal Order”) which provides for subsidy to be payable to authorities administering housing benefit and council tax benefit. Sections 140C(4) and 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 authorise the making, revocation or varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates. The amendments made by this Order have effect from 1st April 2006.

Article 2 amends Part III of the principal Order, which is concerned with calculation of subsidy. Article 2(3) amends article 18 (additions to subsidy). It removes exceptions in relation to how subsidy for overpaid benefit is calculated.

Article 2(4) omits article 21 which relates to additions to subsidy in the case of fraud and error made under a system that no longer exists. Article 2(2) amends article 13 to remove a reference to the omitted article 21.

Article 3 amends the Schedule to the principal Order. Article 3(1) substitutes the figures to be used in the calculation of subsidy which are outlined in the Schedule to this Order for those in Schedule 1 of the principal Order.

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