# The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2013 S.I. 2013/2989 · made 26 November 2013 This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”) (S.I. 1998/562), which provides for the calculation and payment of housing benefit and council tax benefit subsidy to local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland which administer those benefits. Section 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) authorises the making or varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates. Made under: Social Security Administration Act 1992 (Section 140B, Section 140F, Section 189) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-amendment-no-2-order-2013/pdf/uksi_20132989_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-amendment-no-2-order-2013/pdf/uksiem_20132989_en.pdf ## Introductory text Social Security Made 26th November 2013 Laid before Parliament 2nd December 2013 Coming into force 28th January 2014 The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140B(1), (3) and (4), 140F(2) and 189(1), (4), (5) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992. In accordance with section 189(8) of that Act, the Secretary of State has obtained the consent of the Treasury. In accordance with 176(1) of that Act, consultation has taken place with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned. ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation (1) This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2013 and comes into force on 28th January 2014. (2) Article 2 and Schedule 1 have effect from 1st April 2012. (3) Article 3, Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 have effect from 1st April 2013. (4) In this Order the “1998 Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998. ## 2 Amendments to the 1998 Order having effect from 1st April 2012 (1) Article 18 (additions to subsidy) of the 1998 Order is amended as follows— (a) in paragraph (4) after “(4ZA)” insert “or (4ZB)”; (b) after paragraph (4ZA) insert— “(4ZB) This paragraph applies to an overpayment where— (a) during the period beginning on 9th April 2012 and ending on 19th April 2012 (the “specified period”) an authority received a notification through the Automated Transfers to Local Authority System used by the Department for Work and Pensions to provide award data to relevant authorities in respect of a claimant (“the notification”); (b) the notification received during the specified period was sufficient to require an authority to make a revision or supersession decision on a claimant’s award; (c) the authority failed to make a revision or supersession decision on the basis of the notification received during the specified period before the next day on which the claimant’s benefit was paid; (d) the authority’s failure to make a revision or supersession decision before the next day on which the claimant’s benefit was paid resulted in the overpayment; and (e) the authority made a revision or supersession decision on the claimant’s award, based on the notification received during the specified period, on or before 10th July 2012.”. (c) in paragraph (6ZA)— (i) omit “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b); (ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (c)(ii) insert “; and”; and (iii) after sub-paragraph (c) insert— “(d) paragraph (4ZB) is not applicable.”; (d) in paragraph (12) after “(4ZA)” insert “, (4ZB)”. (2) For Schedule 1 (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy) of the 1998 Order substitute Schedule 1 to this Order. ## 3 Amendments to the 1998 Order having effect from 1st April 2013 (1) Article 14 (backdated benefit) of the 1998 Order is amended as follows— (a) in paragraph (1) for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraphs (2) and (3)”; (b) after paragraph (2) insert— “(3) This article shall not apply in relation to expenditure in respect of council tax benefit on or after 1st April 2013, even if that expenditure is attributable to a period before that date.”. (2) For Part 3 of Schedule 4A (Weekly rent limits for purposes of Part 2: Authorities in England) to the 1998 Order substitute Part 3 as set out in Schedule 2 to this Order. (3) For Part 5 of Schedule 4A (Amounts for purposes of Part 4, paragraph 4: Authorities in Wales) to the 1998 Order substitute Part 5 as set out in Schedule 3 to this Order. ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Freud Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department for Work and Pensions 21st November 2013 We consent Mark Lancaster Karen Bradley Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 26th November 2013 ## Schedule 1 Schedule to be substituted for Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order “SCHEDULE Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy Article 12(1)(b) RELEVANT YEAR 2012-13 Local authority Administration subsidy Adur £418,125.57 Allerdale £684,954.57 Amber Valley £855,453.57 Arun £1,134,675.00 Ashfield £991,742.24 Ashford £766,304.00 Aylesbury Vale £977,422.00 Babergh £518,993.00 Barking & Dagenham £2,019,978.57 Barnet £2,964,918.24 Barnsley £2,121,539.57 Barrow in Furness £640,226.00 Basildon £1,523,988.24 Basingstoke and Deane £1,010,156.24 Bassetlaw £839,521.00 Bath & North East Somerset £1,177,084.00 Bedford £1,318,254.00 Bexley £1,626,486.57 Birmingham £12,191,046.00 Blaby £452,429.00 Blackburn with Darwen £1,510,862.00 Blackpool £2,005,754.57 Bolsover £599,880.57 Bolton £2,659,997.57 Boston £529,643.57 Bournemouth £1,886,623.24 Bracknell Forest £718,546.00 Bradford £5,107,492.00 Braintree £1,070,340.24 Breckland £927,872.57 Brent £3,962,405.00 Brentwood £376,826.00 Brighton and Hove £3,097,841.00 Bristol £4,345,390.00 Broadland £604,581.57 Bromley £1,985,878.57 Bromsgrove £429,502.57 Broxbourne £774,233.00 Broxtowe £689,612.24 Burnley £1,005,096.00 Bury £1,534,575.24 Calderdale £1,866,563.00 Cambridge £786,432.00 Camden £3,037,702.24 Cannock Chase £772,886.24 Canterbury £960,620.00 Carlisle £751,111.57 Castle Point £611,356.24 Central Bedfordshire £1,504,814.24 Charnwood £897,258.57 Chelmsford £928,536.57 Cheltenham £814,522.24 Cherwell £907,524.00 Cheshire East £2,142,483.00 Cheshire West and Chester £2,263,364.57 Chesterfield £936,219.57 Chichester £726,106.00 Chiltern £423,340.24 Chorley £659,480.57 Christchurch £330,404.57 City of London £154,857.24 Colchester £1,136,162.57 Copeland £533,658.57 Corby £605,267.00 Cornwall £4,334,521.57 Cotswold £486,437.00 Coventry £3,217,622.57 Craven £306,440.00 Crawley £955,639.00 Croydon £3,672,883.00 Dacorum £937,376.00 Darlington £989,752.00 Dartford £628,327.57 Daventry £408,834.57 Derby £2,076,112.57 Derbyshire Dales £338,950.57 Doncaster £2,898,858.00 Dover £910,397.24 Dudley £2,577,619.00 Durham £4,924,803.24 Ealing £3,466,213.00 East Cambridgeshire £476,040.57 East Devon £783,240.57 East Dorset £437,092.57 East Hampshire £587,252.24 East Hertfordshire £690,590.57 East Lindsey £1,291,745.57 East Northamptonshire £517,582.57 East Riding of Yorkshire £2,234,508.00 East Staffordshire £813,882.00 Eastbourne £1,030,072.00 Eastleigh £646,589.57 Eden £260,142.24 Elmbridge £640,118.57 Enfield £3,594,985.24 Epping Forest £737,879.57 Epsom and Ewell £370,150.57 Erewash £875,381.24 Exeter £871,957.57 Fareham £504,078.00 Fenland £842,465.57 Forest Heath £414,044.57 Forest of Dean £582,355.24 Fylde £462,265.57 Gateshead £1,886,655.57 Gedling £797,783.24 Gloucester £1,054,203.24 Gosport £719,272.00 Gravesham £789,397.00 Great Yarmouth £1,086,428.24 Greenwich £3,178,985.57 Guildford £750,873.24 Hackney £4,535,119.57 Halton £1,314,898.00 Hambleton £482,688.00 Hammersmith and Fulham £2,304,885.57 Harborough £348,787.57 Haringey £3,490,864.00 Harlow £803,969.24 Harrogate £862,366.00 Harrow £2,083,705.00 Hart £312,219.24 Hartlepool £1,213,525.00 Hastings £1,249,200.00 Havant £939,665.00 Havering £1,637,838.57 Herefordshire £1,198,123.57 Hertsmere £712,218.24 High Peak £628,970.24 Hillingdon £2,336,423.00 Hinckley and Bosworth £554,314.57 Horsham £577,903.57 Hounslow £2,342,022.00 Huntingdonshire £963,602.00 Hyndburn £873,545.57 Ipswich £1,112,545.00 Isle of Wight £1,397,715.00 Isles of Scilly £6,138.00 Islington £3,435,717.00 Kensington and Chelsea £2,147,503.24 Kettering £646,851.57 King’s Lynn & West Norfolk £1,133,580.00 Kingston upon Hull £3,048,339.24 Kingston upon Thames £1,068,849.00 Kirklees £3,445,050.00 Knowsley £1,925,567.00 Lambeth £4,534,466.57 Lancaster £1,045,765.57 Leeds £6,586,953.57 Leicester £3,268,108.24 Lewes £648,272.57 Lewisham £4,510,522.57 Lichfield £556,532.00 Lincoln £885,684.24 Liverpool £6,928,653.00 Luton £1,704,617.57 Maidstone £912,064.57 Maldon £364,987.57 Malvern Hills £437,263.57 Manchester £6,213,315.57 Mansfield £962,222.00 Medway £2,201,713.00 Melton £272,063.00 Mendip £761,135.57 Merton £1,601,617.24 Mid Devon £488,662.00 Mid Suffolk £448,243.00 Mid Sussex £608,331.57 Middlesbrough £1,860,846.00 Milton Keynes £2,113,256.00 Mole Valley £391,862.57 New Forest £969,787.00 Newark and Sherwood £744,215.24 Newcastle under Lyme £852,918.00 Newcastle upon Tyne £2,856,414.00 Newham £3,782,661.00 North Devon £787,305.24 North Dorset £370,445.57 North East Derbyshire £611,930.57 North East Lincolnshire £1,788,673.00 North Hertfordshire £863,439.00 North Kesteven £576,798.00 North Lincolnshire £1,416,135.00 North Norfolk £743,070.24 North Somerset £1,687,938.00 North Tyneside £1,816,995.00 North Warwickshire £400,863.57 North West Leicestershire £552,975.57 Northampton £1,780,680.00 Northumberland £2,494,577.00 Norwich £1,453,568.00 Nottingham £3,331,965.00 Nuneaton and Bedworth £982,002.24 Oadby and Wigston £279,725.57 Oldham £2,139,839.57 Oxford £1,059,203.57 Pendle £903,543.00 Peterborough £1,731,997.57 Plymouth £2,428,858.57 Poole £1,014,027.57 Portsmouth £2,155,242.00 Preston £1,199,661.57 Purbeck £286,295.57 Reading £1,383,219.57 Redbridge £1,971,315.00 Redcar and Cleveland £1,523,780.00 Redditch £693,314.24 Reigate and Banstead £760,224.00 Ribble Valley £250,458.00 Richmond upon Thames £1,142,075.00 Richmondshire £240,581.00 Rochdale £2,043,682.57 Rochford £429,741.57 Rossendale £598,004.00 Rother £661,239.57 Rotherham £2,190,440.00 Rugby £700,599.24 Runnymede £503,936.00 Rushcliffe £475,265.57 Rushmoor £693,666.00 Rutland £178,864.24 Ryedale £320,310.00 Salford £2,931,645.00 Sandwell £3,541,260.00 Scarborough £1,156,572.00 Sedgemoor £904,175.00 Sefton £2,413,653.00 Selby £468,232.00 Sevenoaks £607,605.57 Sheffield £4,539,900.57 Shepway £953,088.00 Shropshire £2,014,666.00 Slough £1,311,269.57 Solihull £1,375,232.00 South Bucks £297,049.57 South Cambridgeshire £584,154.24 South Derbyshire £473,662.57 South Gloucestershire £1,677,935.00 South Hams £555,638.00 South Holland £590,286.57 South Kesteven £834,421.00 South Lakeland £480,600.24 South Norfolk £733,702.24 South Northamptonshire £327,112.57 South Oxfordshire £560,254.57 South Ribble £647,902.57 South Somerset £1,113,498.00 South Staffordshire £590,633.57 South Tyneside £1,600,524.57 Southampton £2,203,791.57 Southend on Sea £1,690,843.00 Southwark £4,311,179.00 Spelthorne £548,392.57 St Albans £601,727.00 St Edmundsbury £661,601.57 St Helens £1,767,494.57 Stafford £665,362.24 Staffordshire Moorlands £511,721.24 Stevenage £692,570.57 Stockport £2,055,301.24 Stockton on Tees £1,809,108.24 Stoke on Trent £2,579,526.00 Stratford on Avon £708,550.24 Stroud £625,679.24 Suffolk Coastal £685,632.57 Sunderland £3,234,519.24 Surrey Heath £396,815.00 Sutton £1,444,997.00 Swale £1,099,662.57 Swindon £1,595,773.00 Tameside £2,232,389.57 Tamworth £525,399.57 Tandridge £395,014.57 Taunton Deane £761,212.24 Teignbridge £900,641.24 Telford and Wrekin £1,539,921.00 Tendring £1,469,910.00 Test Valley £642,044.00 Tewkesbury £477,066.00 Thanet £1,647,600.24 Three Rivers £487,169.57 Thurrock £1,296,916.00 Tonbridge and Malling £695,187.00 Torbay £1,685,629.24 Torridge £499,773.57 Tower Hamlets £4,760,463.00 Trafford £1,609,780.24 Tunbridge Wells £654,602.57 Uttlesford £348,506.00 Vale of White Horse £582,888.57 Wakefield £3,132,167.00 Walsall £3,182,472.00 Waltham Forest £2,755,678.57 Wandsworth £3,184,690.00 Warrington £1,400,073.57 Warwick £783,358.24 Watford £700,397.57 Waveney £1,063,491.24 Waverley £563,053.24 Wealden £720,434.57 Wellingborough £634,351.57 Welwyn Hatfield £725,134.57 West Berkshire £882,151.00 West Devon £343,867.57 West Dorset £615,079.57 West Lancashire £762,024.57 West Lindsey £663,875.00 West Oxfordshire £541,143.00 West Somerset £325,349.00 Westminster £3,531,256.57 Weymouth and Portland £622,536.57 Wigan £2,730,966.00 Wiltshire £2,626,471.00 Winchester £545,143.00 Windsor and Maidenhead £717,771.57 Wirral £3,138,950.57 Woking £531,313.57 Wokingham £546,433.00 Wolverhampton £2,914,059.00 Worcester £777,464.57 Worthing £802,266.57 Wychavon £643,004.57 Wycombe £968,185.00 Wyre £928,789.00 Wyre Forest £841,933.24 York £1,189,559.00 Aberdeen £1,402,291.57 Aberdeenshire £1,326,650.00 Angus £860,758.00 Argyll and Bute £729,253.00 Clackmannanshire £472,081.00 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar £255,057.00 Dumfries and Galloway £1,385,878.00 Dundee £1,820,906.00 East Ayrshire £1,206,289.24 East Dunbartonshire £551,347.00 East Lothian £697,329.57 East Renfrewshire £403,466.00 Edinburgh £4,043,273.00 Falkirk £1,297,457.24 Fife £2,968,375.00 Glasgow £8,688,007.57 Highland £1,721,418.00 Inverclyde £1,023,535.00 Midlothian £642,235.24 Moray £571,751.24 North Ayrshire £1,566,835.00 North Lanarkshire £3,186,553.24 Orkney £147,654.00 Perth and Kinross £1,011,048.00 Renfrewshire £1,785,584.00 Scottish Borders £946,125.00 Shetland £127,447.24 South Ayrshire £1,015,412.00 South Lanarkshire £2,638,095.00 Stirling £540,962.57 West Dunbartonshire £1,141,640.00 West Lothian £1,470,726.24 Blaenau Gwent £788,370.00 Bridgend £1,258,128.00 Caerphilly £1,506,713.57 Cardiff £3,084,977.00 Carmarthenshire £1,433,804.00 Ceredigion £507,345.57 Conwy £979,559.57 Denbighshire £826,295.57 Flintshire £1,024,350.24 Gwynedd £914,421.57 Isle of Anglesey £546,676.00 Merthyr Tydfil £626,547.00 Monmouthshire £558,253.00 Neath Port Talbot £1,380,595.57 Newport £1,319,727.57 Pembrokeshire £916,675.00 Powys £848,115.00 Rhondda Cynon Taf £2,227,225.57 Swansea £2,133,382.00 Torfaen £914,581.00 Vale of Glamorgan £909,449.57 Wrexham £982,121.00 ” ## Schedule 2 Part to be substituted for Part 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order “PART 3 WEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND RELEVANT YEAR 2013-14 Authority Weekly rent limit Adur £87.87 Arun £87.59 Ashfield £64.77 Ashford £85.37 Babergh £84.52 Barking & Dagenham £91.79 Barnet £101.53 Barnsley £70.50 Barrow in Furness £71.93 Basildon £82.21 Bassetlaw £68.87 Birmingham £78.63 Blackpool £67.16 Bolsover £76.37 Bournemouth £79.23 Brent £109.48 Brentwood £90.06 Brighton and Hove £80.24 Bristol £76.99 Broxtowe £70.37 Bury £73.15 Cambridge £96.50 Camden £114.81 Cannock Chase £71.93 Canterbury £84.59 Castle Point £85.44 Central Bedfordshire £96.01 Charnwood £70.52 Cheltenham £77.30 Cheshire West and Chester £77.18 Chesterfield £74.99 City of London £103.37 Colchester £82.96 Corby £74.14 Cornwall £68.06 Crawley £97.11 Croydon £101.92 Dacorum £101.77 Darlington £67.54 Dartford £85.40 Derby £74.54 Doncaster £69.06 Dover £81.22 Dudley £78.61 Durham £65.57 Ealing £99.49 East Devon £76.99 East Riding of Yorkshire £74.24 Eastbourne £73.96 Enfield £96.51 Epping Forest £94.09 Exeter £71.39 Fareham £85.70 Gateshead £72.13 Gloucester £74.87 Gosport £80.49 Gravesham £85.39 Great Yarmouth £71.01 Greenwich £97.45 Guildford £104.63 Hackney £96.19 Hammersmith and Fulham £109.59 Haringey £101.34 Harlow £88.05 Harrogate £77.41 Harrow £106.51 Havering £91.21 High Peak £69.98 Hillingdon £104.94 Hinckley and Bosworth £74.33 Hounslow £99.03 Ipswich £77.81 Isles of Scilly £76.77 Islington £109.49 Kensington and Chelsea £121.76 Kettering £77.25 Kingston upon Hull £70.89 Kingston upon Thames £107.59 Kirklees £66.83 Lambeth £104.01 Lancaster £73.44 Leeds £70.03 Leicester £69.14 Lewes £85.29 Lewisham £90.99 Lincoln £65.05 Luton £82.30 Manchester £70.70 Mansfield £69.36 Medway £78.12 Melton £72.82 Mid Devon £74.94 Mid Suffolk £78.35 Milton Keynes £80.89 New Forest £93.31 Newark and Sherwood £73.97 Newcastle upon Tyne £71.29 Newham £91.60 North East Derbyshire £76.04 North Kesteven £72.93 North Tyneside £71.89 North Warwickshire £83.13 North West Leicestershire £74.43 Northampton £78.71 Northumberland £64.56 Norwich £75.36 Nottingham £71.24 Nuneaton and Bedworth £73.45 Oadby and Wigston £74.95 Oldham £65.86 Oxford £102.10 Poole £81.34 Portsmouth £80.62 Reading £100.09 Redbridge £99.37 Redditch £74.29 Richmondshire £74.11 Rotherham £71.20 Rugby £81.52 Runnymede £104.89 Salford £71.99 Sandwell £78.06 Sedgemoor £74.54 Selby £74.67 Sheffield £68.08 Shepway £80.16 Shropshire £77.60 Slough £100.33 Solihull £78.31 South Cambridgeshire £99.87 South Derbyshire £75.83 South Holland £71.69 South Kesteven £74.38 South Tyneside £70.65 Southampton £80.25 Southend on Sea £82.22 Southwark £101.92 St Albans £106.26 Stevenage £93.40 Stockport £70.75 Stoke on Trent £67.62 Stroud £78.94 Sutton £100.94 Swindon £78.48 Tamworth £76.63 Tandridge £92.89 Taunton Deane £78.18 Tendring £79.63 Thanet £77.91 Thurrock £81.71 Tower Hamlets £104.21 Uttlesford £94.52 Waltham Forest £96.32 Wandsworth £118.21 Warwick £88.77 Waveney £75.13 Waverley £105.82 Wealden £81.05 Welwyn Hatfield £101.40 West Lancashire £72.36 Westminster £118.82 Wigan £73.64 Wiltshire £85.08 Winchester £96.00 Woking £99.24 Wokingham £107.22 Wolverhampton £75.55 York £75.61 ” ## Schedule 3 Part to be substituted for Part 5 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order “PART 5 AMOUNTS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES Table RELEVANT YEAR 2013-14 Authority (1) Specified Amount “O” (2) Guideline rent increase Caerphilly £69.10 £2.53 Cardiff £78.98 £3.01 Carmarthenshire £68.61 £3.15 Denbighshire £66.08 £3.62 Flintshire £68.56 £3.46 Isle of Anglesey £64.70 £3.08 Pembrokeshire £69.20 £3.90 Powys £70.63 £2.60 Swansea £67.71 £2.94 Vale of Glamorgan £75.92 £2.73 Wrexham £67.92 £3.49 ” ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”) (S.I. 1998/562), which provides for the calculation and payment of housing benefit and council tax benefit subsidy to local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland which administer those benefits. Section 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) authorises the making or varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates. Article 2 amends the 1998 Order with effect from 1st April 2012. It inserts a new paragraph (4ZB) into article 18 of the 1998 Order, which provides that certain overpayments that were made between 9th April 2012 and 19th April 2012 can be treated as departmental error overpayments rather than administrative delay overpayments. Local authorities are paid a full subsidy in respect of departmental error overpayments but the subsidy can potentially be reduced to nil in respect of administrative delay overpayments. It also makes consequential amendments to paragraphs (4), (6ZA) and (12) of article 18. Article 2(2) and Schedule 1 to this Order substitute Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order. It sets out new figures to be used in the calculation of subsidy for the year beginning on 1st April 2012. Article 3 amends the 1998 Order with effect from 1st April 2013. Paragraph 3(1) amends article 14 of the 1998 Order to provide that the subsidy in respect of council tax benefit will be nil on and after 1st April 2013 even if the claim relates to a period before that date. Paragraph 3(2) substitutes Part 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order. With respect to authorities in Wales, paragraph 3(3) substitutes Part 5 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order which sets out the specified amount “O” and the guideline rent increase used when calculating deductions from subsidy under paragraph 4 in Part 4 of that Schedule. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2989 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-amendment-no-2-order-2013 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.