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The Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/547 · Made 11 March 1988

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HOUSING, SCOTLAND

Made 11th March 1988

Coming into force 1st April 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 191 and 192 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after such consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be concerned as is required by the said sections 191 and 192, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been approved by the House of Commons:

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f1

1987 c. 26

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Aggregate grant for 1988-89
  3. 3Apportionment of housing support grants for 1988-89
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule ASSESSMENT OF NET EXPENDITURE FOR APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL PORTION OF HOUSING SUPPORT GRANTS AMONG APPROPRIATE LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR 1988-89
  6. 1Paragraph 1
  7. 2Basic amount for supervision and management (SM).
  8. 3Additional SM factor for certain houses.
  9. 4Basic amount for repairs and maintenance (RM).
  10. 5Additional RM factors for certain urban expenditure.
  11. 6Additional RM factors for certain urban expenditure.
  12. 7Additional RM factors for certain urban expenditure.
  13. 8Basic income amount.
  14. 9Basic income amount.
  15. 10Basic income amount.
  16. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.

(2)

In this Order—

  • “the 1987 Act” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987;

  • “appropriate local authority” means a local authority other than an authority whose eligible expenditure and relevant income have been left out of account by virtue of section 191(5) of the 1987 Act;

  • “hostel” means a hostel as defined in section 2(5) of the 1987 Act;

  • “the number of houses of the authority” means the estimate of the number of houses to which the housing revenue account of the authority at 30th September 1988 relates.

(3)

Except where the context otherwise requires—

(a)

any reference to a numbered article or Schedule is a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order; and

(b)

any reference to an estimate is a reference to an estimate made by the Secretary of State.

2Aggregate grant for 1988-89

The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for 1988-1989 shall be £54,631,469.

3Apportionment of housing support grants for 1988-89

(1)

The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 1988-89 shall be divided into two portions hereinafter referred to as the “general portion” and the “hostel portion”.

(2)

The general portion shall amount to £53,847,393 and shall be apportioned among appropriate local authorities in proportion to their estimated net expenditures assessed in the manner provided in the Schedule to this Order.

(3)

The hostel portion shall amount to £784,076 and shall be apportioned among appropriate local authorities in proportion to their estimated net expenditures for the year 1988-89 on the provision of hostels and lodging houses.

Signature

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

New St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

We consent, 5th March 1988

Michael Neubert

Peter Lloyd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

11th March 1988

ASSESSMENT OF NET EXPENDITURE FOR APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL PORTION OF HOUSING SUPPORT GRANTS AMONG APPROPRIATE LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR 1988-89

The net expenditure of an appropriate local authority shall be the amount arrived at by addition of the amounts specified in items 1 to 7 below less the amounts specified in items 8 to 10 below.

1

Estimated loan charges due to be debited to the authority’s housing revenue account for the year 1988-89 under paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 15 to the 1987 Act (other than loan charges in respect of hostels and lodging houses).

2Basic amount for supervision and management (SM).

£76.691678 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority.

3Additional SM factor for certain houses.

(a)

£30.676671 in the case of an authority with not more than 3,000 houses, or

(b)

£15.338335 in the case of an authority with more than 3,000 but not more than 6,000 houses, or

(c)

£7.669168 in the case of an authority with more than 6,000 but not more than 9,000 houses, multiplied in each case by the number of houses of the authority.

4Basic amount for repairs and maintenance (RM).

£229.655638 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority.

5Additional RM factors for certain urban expenditure.

£355.966242 multiplied by the number of high-rise houses of the authority contained in blocks of flats which are of fifteen or more storeys.

6Additional RM factors for certain urban expenditure.

£160.758948 multiplied by the number of high-rise houses of the authority contained in blocks of flats which are of more than four but not more than fourteen storeys, with lifts.

7Additional RM factors for certain urban expenditure.

Estimated other miscellaneous expenditure which may properly be included in the authority’s housing revenue account.

8Basic income amount.

£907.51 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority excluding certain houses leased by the authority for short term occupation without, or with nominal, rental income.

9Basic income amount.

A figure, to represent rate fund contributions, calculated for each authority—

(a)

by multiplying £10 million by the most up to date estimate then available for that authority’s council house stock at 30 September 1988 and dividing by the estimated council house stock in Scotland, again at 30 September 1988;

(b)

by taking the lower of the figure thus derived and the 1987-88 rate fund contribution limit for the Council as specified in the Housing Revenue Account Rate Fund Contribution Limits (Scotland) Order 1987 f1.

10Basic income amount.

Estimated other miscellaneous income which may properly be included in the authority’s housing revenue account.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order in relation to the year 1988-89—

(i)

fixes the estimated aggregate amount of the housing support grants payable under section 191 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 to certain local authorities in Scotland; and

(ii)

prescribes the method of apportionment of housing support grants among those authorities.