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The Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 2001

S.S.I. 2001/129 · Made 27 March 2001

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HOUSING

Made 27th March 2001

Coming into force 1st April 2001

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 191 and 192 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be concerned, hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 191(9) of that Act, been laid before, and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

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Footnotes

f1

1987 c. 26; sections 191(10) and 192(6) were amended by the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43), Schedule 8, paragraphs 4 and 5 respectively. See section 192(7) of the 1987 Act for the definition of “prescribed”. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of that Act

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Aggregate amount of grants for 2001-2002
  3. 3Apportionment of grants for 2001-2002
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule 1LOCAL AUTHORITIES RECEIVING PROPORTION OF GENERAL PORTION FOR 2001-2002
  6. Schedule 2: ASSESSMENT OF ESTIMATED NET EXPENDITURE OF SCHEDULE 1 LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR 2001-2002 FOR APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL PORTION
  7. 1Paragraph 1
  8. 2Expenditure
  9. 3Expenditure
  10. 4Expenditure
  11. 5Expenditure
  12. 6Expenditure
  13. 7Income
  14. 8Income
  15. Schedule 3LOCAL AUTHORITIES RECEIVING PROPORTION OF HOSTEL PORTION FOR 2001-2002
  16. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

(2)

In this Order–

(a)

“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 2001, relates; and

(b)

any reference to any type of expenditure, charge or income which is estimated is a reference to such an estimate made by the Scottish Ministers.

2Aggregate amount of grants for 2001-2002

The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 2001-2002 shall be £9,029,612.

3Apportionment of grants for 2001-2002

(1)

The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 2001-2002 shall be divided into 2 portions, the “general portion” and the “hostel portion”.

(2)

The general portion shall amount to £5,984,513 and shall be apportioned among the local authorities listed in Schedule 1 to this Order according to their respective estimated net expenditures for the year 2001-2002 assessed in the manner provided for in Schedule 2 to this Order.

(3)

The hostel portion shall amount to £3,045,099 and shall be apportioned among the local authorities listed in Schedule 3 to this Order according to their respective estimated net expenditures for the year 2001-2002 on those buildings specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 15 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (which provides for lodging houses and hostels as buildings for the purposes of a local authority’s housing revenue account).

Signature

MARGARET CURRAN

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

27th March 2001

Schedule 1LOCAL AUTHORITIES RECEIVING PROPORTION OF GENERAL PORTION FOR 2001-2002

Councils
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Shetland Islands

1

The estimated net expenditure of a local authority listed in Schedule 1 to this Order for the purposes of apportionment of the general portion shall be the amount arrived at by addition of the amounts specified in items 2 to 6 below less the amounts specified in items 7 and 8 below.

2Expenditure

Estimated loan charges due to be debited to the local authority’s housing revenue account for the year 2001-2002 under paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 15 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, other than loan charges in respect of hostels and lodging houses.

3Expenditure

For supervision and management–

(a)

£224.99 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority; and

(b)

for authorities with stocks of houses not exceeding 3,000 a supplementary amount of £90.00 per house.

4Expenditure

For repairs and maintenance, £627.62 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority.

5Expenditure

Estimated rents lost because of unlet houses.

6Expenditure

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

7Income

£2,271.03 multiplied by the number of the authority’s houses other than houses leased by the authority for periods of 5 years or less.

8Income

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

Schedule 3LOCAL AUTHORITIES RECEIVING PROPORTION OF HOSTEL PORTION FOR 2001-2002

Councils
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Renfrewshire
City of Edinburgh
Falkirk
Fife
City of Glasgow
Highland
Inverclyde
Moray
North Ayrshire
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order fixes for the year 2001-2002 the aggregate amount of the housing support grants payable to some local authorities under section 191 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (article 2). The Order provides (article 3(1)) for the aggregate amount to be divided into general and hostel portions. Article 3(2) and Schedule 1 prescribe the local authorities among whom the grants for the general portion will be apportioned. Schedule 2 provides the method of calculation. Article 3(3) and Schedule 3 prescribe the local authorities among whom the grants for the hostel portion will be apportioned and the method of calculation.