Amendment of the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 19972.
(1)
(2)
“(1B)
The power in paragraph (1A) is not limited by paragraph 2(2A) or (2B) of Schedule 3B.”.
(3)
(a)
in paragraph 2 (local housing allowance determinations)—
(i)
“(2A)
For a broad rental market area not listed in column 1 of the table in paragraph 5A, the local housing allowance for any category of dwelling is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b).
(2B)
For a broad rental market area listed in column 1 of the table in paragraph 5A, the local housing allowance—
(a)
for a category of dwelling listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table, is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3A)(a) and (b);
(b)
for a category of dwelling not so listed, is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b).”;
(ii)
in sub-paragraph (3)—
(aa)
for the words before paragraph (a) substitute “The amounts referred to in sub-paragraphs (2A) and (2B)(b) are—”;
(bb)
at the end of paragraph (a), for “or” substitute “and”;
(cc)
in paragraph (b), omit “, where that rent is lower than the allowance referred to in paragraph (a)”;
(iii)
“(3A)
The amounts referred to in sub-paragraph (2B)(a) are—
(a)
the local housing allowance determined for that category of dwelling on 30th January 2015 (or, where the determination is amended under article 7A(4) (errors), the allowance provided for in the amended determination), plus 3%; and
(b)
the maximum local housing allowance listed in column 2 of the following table for the category of dwelling—
1. Category of dwelling as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule
2. Maximum local housing allowance for that category of dwelling
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
£260.64
paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)
£260.64
paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)
£302.33
paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)
£354.46
paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)
£417.02”
(b)
“5A.
The table referred to in paragraph 2(2A) and (2B) is as follows—
1. Broad rental market area
2. Category of dwelling as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule
Aylesbury
paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)
Aylesbury
paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)
Barrow-in-Furness
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Bedford
paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)
Bolton and Bury
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Bristol
paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)
Bristol
paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)
Bury St. Edmunds
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Cambridge
paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)
Cambridge
paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)
Central London
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Central Norfolk and Norwich
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Chilterns
paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)
Flintshire
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Harlow and Stortford
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Inner North London
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Kings Lynn
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Luton
paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)
Luton
paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)
Luton
paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)
Luton
paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)
Milton Keynes
paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)
Milton Keynes
paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)
Neath Port Talbot
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
North West Kent
paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)
North West London
paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)
Outer East London
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Outer East London
paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)
Outer South London
paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)
Outer South London
paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)
Outer South West London
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Outer West London
paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)
Pembrokeshire
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Solihull
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
South West Essex
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
South West Herts
paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)
Southend
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Southern Greater Manchester
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Stevenage & North Herts
paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)
Stevenage & North Herts
paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)
Stevenage & North Herts
paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)
Sunderland
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Swindon
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Swindon
paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)
Vale of Glamorgan
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Walton
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Warwickshire South
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)”