Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 550

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 1999

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1999 No. 550

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 1999

	Made	3rd March 1999
	Laid before Parliament	11th March 1999
	Coming into force	1st April 1999

The Secretary of State for Social Security, with the consent of the Treasury[1], in exercise of powers conferred by sections 140B, 140F and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992[2], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in accordance with section 176(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

    (2) In this Order, "the principal Order" means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998[3].

    (3) Expressions used in this Order and in the principal Order have the same meanings in this Order as they have in the principal Order.

Scottish Homes
    2.For the year commencing on 1st April 1998, for the sum of "£1,683,746" specified as the maximum sum payable to Scottish Homes in article 13(2)(a) of the principal Order, there shall be substituted the sum of "£1,278,000".

Additions to subsidy
    3.For the year commencing 1st April 1998, and for any relevant year thereafter, the additions to subsidy for fraudulent overpayments specified in article 18(1)(b)(ii) of the principal Order shall be reduced from 95 per cent to 80 per cent of the overpayment.

Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy
    4.For the year commencing 1st April 1998, 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 Schedule 1 to this Order.

Period overruns
    5.In Part I of Schedule 3 to the principal Order (calculation of deductions from subsidy in respect of period overruns), in paragraph 1, in the definition of "benefit period", after the words "less than 60 benefit weeks" there shall be inserted the words "it means a period of 60 benefit weeks".

Reduced subsidy payable on Rent Allowances
    6.For the year commencing 1st April 1998 and for any relevant year thereafter, for Part V of Schedule 4 to the principal Order there shall be substituted the Part set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.



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


Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security

1st March 1999



We consent,


Bob Ainsworth

Jim Dowd
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

3rd March 1999



SCHEDULE IArticle 4

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

" SCHEDULE IArticles 12(b), 17(1), 18(1)(d) and 21 and Schedule 5, paragraph 1(2)


SUMS TO BE USED IN CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY



(1) Authority	(2) Administration Subsidy (£)	(3) Homeless threshold (£)	(4) Homeless Cap (£)	(5) Additional Subsidy (£)	(6) Benefit Savings Threshold (£)
ENGLAND
ADUR	131,151	70.70	94.26	17,434	121,576
ALLERDALE	265,680	59.91	79.88	20,319	161,057
ALNWICK	75,219	50.61	67.48	4,110	45,778
AMBER VALLEY	228,874	56.51	75.34	19,462	145,588
ARUN	335,545	83.18	110.90	65,186	445,378
ASHFIELD	263,379	54.95	73.26	19,996	165,712
ASHFORD	195,558	76.31	101.74	17,901	182,348
AYLESBURY VALE	208,362	69.11	92.14	23,339	160,315
BABERGH	154,448	66.92	89.22	15,813	129,095
BARKING AND DAGENHAM	610,258	137.83	165.39	55,242	440,441
BARNET	829,365	137.83	165.39	213,479	1,342,287
BARNSLEY	706,979	46.19	61.58	45,213	384,874
BARROW-IN-FURNESS	228,064	64.53	86.04	33,782	231,496
BASILDON	480,013	67.79	90.38	35,445	339,286
BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE	283,854	71.81	95.74	22,592	192,180
BASSETLAW	250,560	57.35	76.46	21,763	167,841
BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET	358,977	59.49	79.32	49,316	380,749
BEDFORD	390,056	55.26	73.68	38,128	339,213
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED	69,609	49.79	66.38	5,563	44,934
BEXLEY	527,998	137.83	165.39	78,350	510,890
BIRMINGHAM	3,701,019	62.37	83.16	344,851	3,303,532
BLABY	91,283	50.34	67.12	7,615	45,773
BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN	439,973	67.85	90.46	48,337	455,329
BLACKPOOL	594,958	51.90	69.20	171,196	899,731
BLYTH VALLEY	232,078	46.19	61.58	11,616	130,153
BOLSOVER	212,187	45.50	60.66	20,479	119,901
BOLTON	787,427	50.66	67.54	67,801	685,687
BOSTON	130,267	53.33	71.10	8,941	79,857
BOURNEMOUTH	579,913	67.50	90.00	166,530	819,590
BRACKNELL FOREST	179,673	68.78	91.70	24,053	154,755
BRADFORD	1,422,730	55.47	73.96	188,324	1,241,775
BRAINTREE	271,470	64.88	86.50	24,112	210,938
BRECKLAND	262,589	65.28	87.04	18,538	137,782
BRENT	1,250,384	137.83	165.39	313,533	2,314,741
BRENTWOOD	108,175	74.81	99.74	12,148	78,129
BRIDGNORTH	85,862	57.38	76.50	5,979	52,494
BRIGHTON AND HOVE	1,090,284	68.27	91.02	290,559	1,174,970
BRISTOL	1,204,698	59.06	78.74	160,790	1,175,493
BROADLAND	179,667	65.28	87.04	12,956	107,245
BROMLEY	744,497	137.83	165.39	82,490	594,119
BROMSGROVE	102,863	53.16	70.88	6,327	61,598
BROXBOURNE	159,608	80.76	107.68	22,298	132,890
BROXTOWE	204,255	49.73	66.30	18,184	135,302
BURNLEY	284,452	59.19	78.92	37,483	308,473
BURY	407,987	57.09	76.12	45,039	321,204
CALDERDALE	513,873	52.25	69.66	44,255	412,471
CAMBRIDGE	238,444	63.95	85.26	28,134	241,862
CAMDEN	1,263,195	137.83	165.39	231,014	1,869,679
CANNOCK CHASE	199,499	62.76	83.68	9,661	127,836
CANTERBURY	319,237	73.40	97.86	54,539	354,220
CARADON	187,735	61.83	82.44	29,895	224,340
CARLISLE	232,772	54.36	72.48	23,642	187,039
CARRICK	230,628	61.64	82.18	35,939	252,940
CASTLE MORPETH	83,804	52.50	70.00	4,435	46,523
CASTLE POINT	155,248	81.20	108.26	30,879	159,175
CHARNWOOD	214,363	50.79	67.72	28,660	125,322
CHELMSFORD	240,733	70.07	93.42	23,800	180,079
CHELTENHAM	242,323	70.19	93.58	41,409	277,745
CHERWELL	206,220	68.52	91.36	40,931	187,105
CHESTER	261,684	55.26	73.68	26,292	215,820
CHESTER-LE-STREET	133,024	50.58	67.44	8,698	77,024
CHESTERFIELD	300,957	47.85	63.80	23,306	205,729
CHICHESTER	192,040	67.98	90.64	25,922	186,791
CHILTERN	150,052	71.81	95.74	7,623	121,076
CHORLEY	190,706	45.42	60.56	13,757	131,237
CHRISTCHURCH	99,248	63.26	84.34	9,949	69,177
CITY OF LONDON	41,991	137.83	165.39	2,089	35,659
COLCHESTER	328,577	66.57	88.76	44,460	360,906
CONGLETON	112,607	55.62	74.16	7,694	71,279
COPELAND	208,834	54.50	72.66	18,313	145,813
CORBY	143,932	54.80	73.06	19,269	104,783
COTSWOLD	143,710	63.26	84.34	16,301	110,613
COVENTRY	991,963	57.30	76.40	116,422	817,192
CRAVEN	85,797	61.85	82.46	9,633	74,497
CRAWLEY	201,706	69.26	92.34	13,549	133,088
CREWE AND NANTWICH	214,947	55.05	73.40	19,042	174,811
CROYDON	959,854	137.83	165.39	234,056	1,570,268
DACORUM	257,483	65.24	86.98	23,371	158,511
DARLINGTON	245,783	53.06	70.74	33,681	218,065
DARTFORD	180,194	72.90	97.20	25,353	151,454
DAVENTRY	93,415	56.43	75.24	6,335	58,638
DERBY	675,479	54.08	72.10	71,711	555,916
DERBYSHIRE DALES	95,098	52.85	70.46	6,003	51,540
DERWENTSIDE	294,407	59.01	78.68	16,092	183,659
DONCASTER	858,645	47.28	63.04	61,516	502,620
DOVER	320,884	76.52	102.02	58,184	353,381
DUDLEY	747,328	59.63	79.50	31,614	390,585
DURHAM CITY	193,585	56.43	75.24	9,496	111,982
EALING	1,027,040	137.83	165.39	275,812	1,630,551
EASINGTON	365,950	58.02	77.36	15,844	236,237
EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE	137,020	65.28	87.04	10,806	73,655
EAST DEVON	230,101	57.24	76.32	31,411	248,962
EAST DORSET	126,116	63.26	84.34	10,980	83,625
EAST HAMPSHIRE	181,844	71.81	95.74	18,824	150,572
EAST HERTFORDSHIRE	179,520	72.66	96.88	17,362	125,416
EAST LINDSEY	317,308	56.34	75.12	46,592	266,575
EAST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE	126,907	57.18	76.24	11,907	75,277
EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE	575,553	51.44	68.58	83,321	474,028
EAST STAFFORDSHIRE	192,507	51.80	69.06	18,819	131,004
EASTBOURNE	303,867	68.03	90.70	66,907	447,270
EASTLEIGH	206,900	94.70	126.26	21,423	146,344
EDEN	83,773	74.93	99.90	7,377	68,993
ELLESMERE PORT AND NESTON	162,936	44.57	59.42	8,576	98,055
ELMBRIDGE	189,257	80.37	107.16	34,752	204,519
ENFIELD	857,320	137.83	165.39	158,776	1,250,925
EPPING FOREST	245,590	70.91	94.54	29,763	199,028
EPSOM AND EWELL	99,975	71.81	95.74	15,564	87,606
EREWASH	251,323	48.30	64.40	20,931	159,053
EXETER	290,756	55.82	74.42	61,712	305,636
FAREHAM	122,034	67.86	90.48	17,131	110,436
FENLAND	190,402	62.93	83.90	25,117	141,937
FOREST HEATH	89,894	58.86	78.48	8,919	59,451
FOREST OF DEAN	147,157	61.64	82.18	14,971	113,843
FYLDE	131,796	50.60	67.46	25,774	135,825
GATESHEAD	801,801	50.58	67.44	43,239	653,489
GEDLING	194,895	49.68	66.24	21,424	142,674
GLOUCESTER	278,600	68.48	91.30	61,838	334,196
GOSPORT	170,872	76.43	101.90	17,645	184,358
GRAVESHAM	232,594	72.69	96.92	33,605	203,491
GREAT YARMOUTH	317,068	53.46	71.28	61,880	312,603
GREENWICH	1,096,524	137.83	165.39	88,611	1,061,696
GUILDFORD	209,664	84.02	112.02	31,306	220,551
HACKNEY	1,650,779	137.83	165.39	277,977	2,823,921
HALTON	454,126	49.17	65.56	25,580	300,607
HAMBLETON	142,669	50.36	67.14	13,193	84,092
HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM	925,358	137.83	165.39	160,140	1,172,966
HARBOROUGH	80,714	62.63	83.50	6,522	54,503
HARINGEY	1,289,055	137.83	165.39	407,454	2,746,293

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Notes:

[1] See section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) as amended by the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52); Schedule 13, paragraph 3(5).back

[2] 1992 c. 5; sections 140B and 140F were inserted by the Housing Act 1996, section 121 and Schedule 12, paragraph 4; section 140B was amended by the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47) section 10 and Schedule 1, paragraph 7 and Schedule 2.back

[3] S.I. 1998/562; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1998/2865.back

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