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The Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 2007

S.S.I. 2007/252 · Made 14 March 2007

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HOUSING

Made 14th March 2007

Coming into force 1st April 2007

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 in accordance with section 191(3) and 192(1) of that Act and having taken into consideration the matters specified in section 191(3), hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has together with a report of the considerations leading to the provisions of the Order been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 191(9) of that Act:

Annotations to the whole text

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 2007–2008
  3. 3Grants for 2007–2008
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule: ASSESSMENT OF ESTIMATED NET EXPENDITURE FOR 2007 2008 FOR APPORTIONMENT OF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF THE HOUSING SUPPORT GRANTS FOR THE YEAR 2007–2008
  6. 1Paragraph 1
  7. 2Expenditure
  8. 3Expenditure
  9. 4Expenditure
  10. 5Expenditure
  11. 6Expenditure
  12. 7Income
  13. 8Income
  14. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st April 2007.

(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 a local authority, at 30th September 2007, 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.

2Aggregate amount of grants for 2007–2008

The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 2007–2008 shall be £1,800,909.

3Grants for 2007–2008

Housing support grants for the year 2007–2008 shall be paid to Shetland Islands Council according to its estimated net expenditure for the year 2007–2008 assessed in the manner provided for in the Schedule.

Signature

RHONA BRANKIN

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

14th March 2007

1

The estimated net expenditure for the purposes of apportionment of the housing support grants shall be the amount arrived at by the 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 2007–2008 under paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 15 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

3Expenditure

For supervision and management–

(a)

£267.44 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority; and

(b)

for local authorities with stocks of houses not exceeding 3,000 a supplementary amount of £106.97 per house.

4Expenditure

For repairs and maintenance, £746.04 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 local authority’s housing revenue account.

7Income

£2,699.55 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority.

8Income

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

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order fixes for the year 2007–2008 the aggregate amount of the housing support grants payable under section 191 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (article 2). The Schedule provides the method of calculation of grants payable to a local authority. Shetland Islands Council is the only local authority to receive the grants for 2007–2008.