# The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1996, Paragraph 2: Housing benefit applicable amount


For the purposes of Part I, the housing benefit applicable amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula—
A×BC where—
A is—
(a) in the case of development corporations, the Development Board for Rural Wales or the Scottish Homes, £1,543,186;
(b) in the case of authorities other than those specified in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph—
(i) in England, £78,626,279;
(ii) in Wales, £3,266,787;
(iii) in Scotland, £10,078,507;
B—
(a) except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority identified in column (1) of Schedule 10, is the aggregate of the amounts obtained by multiplying each figure prescribed in column (2)(a)(i) to (2)(b)(iv) of that Schedule for that authority by the figure appropriate to that category and authority prescribed in column (2)(a) or (b), as the case may be, of Schedule 11;
(b) in the case of an authority identified in column (1) of Schedule 12, is the aggregate amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above further multiplied by the figure specified for that ,authority in column (2) of that Schedule; and
C is, in the case of an authority referred to in—
(a) subparagraph (a) of the definition of A, 7,057,742.75;
(b) sub-paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of A, 818,444,793.69;
(c) sub-paragraph (b)(ii) of the definition of A, 45,650,645.97;
(d) sub-paragraph (b)(iii) of the definition of A, 85,585,837.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1217/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1996/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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