# The Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 2002 S.S.I. 2002/171 · made 27 March 2002 This Order fixes for the year 2002–2003 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 provisions. 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. Made under: Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (Section 191, Section 192) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/housing-support-grant-scotland-order-2002/pdf/ssi_20020171_en.pdf ## Introductory text HOUSING Made 27th March 2002 Coming into force 1st April 2002 The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 191 and 192 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 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. ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation (1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002. (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 2002, 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 Scottish Ministers. ## 2 Aggregate amount of grants for 2002–2003 The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 2002–2003 shall be £9,221,875. ## 3 Apportionment of grants for 2002–2003 (1) The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 2002–2003 shall be divided into 2 portions, the “general portion” and the “hostel portion”. (2) The general portion shall amount to £5,764,890 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 2002–2003 assessed in the manner provided for in Schedule 2 to this Order. (3) The hostel portion shall amount to £3,456,985 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 2002–2003 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 2002 ## Schedule 1 LOCAL AUTHORITIES RECEIVING PROPORTION OF GENERAL PORTION FOR 2002–2003 Councils Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Shetland Islands ## Schedule 2: ASSESSMENT OF ESTIMATED NET EXPENDITURE OF SCHEDULE 1 LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR 2002–2003 FOR APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL PORTION ## 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. ## 2 Expenditure Estimated loan charges due to be debited to the local authority’s housing revenue account for the year 2002–2003 under paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 15 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, other than loan charges in respect of hostels and lodging houses. ## 3 Expenditure For supervision and management– (a) £230.61 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. ## 4 Expenditure For repairs and maintenance, £643.31 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority. ## 5 Expenditure Estimated rents lost because of unlet houses. ## 6 Expenditure Estimated other miscellaneous expenditure which may properly be included in the authority’s housing revenue account. ## 7 Income £2,327.81 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority. ## 8 Income Estimated income other than rental income which may properly be included in the authority’s housing revenue account. ## Schedule 3 LOCAL AUTHORITIES RECEIVING PROPORTION OF HOSTEL PORTION FOR 2002–2003 Councils Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Argyll and Bute Dumfries and Galloway Dundee City East Ayrshire East Renfrewshire City of Edinburgh Falkirk Fife City of Glasgow Highland Moray North Ayrshire Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Shetland Islands South Lanarkshire Stirling ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order fixes for the year 2002–2003 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 provisions. 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/171 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-support-grant-scotland-order-2002 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.