# The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment (No.2) Order 2009 S.I. 2009/2564 · made 21 September 2009 This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (“the 1998 Order”), which provides for the calculation and payment of housing benefit subsidy to local authorities in England and Wales. Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order concerns rent rebates for dwellings within the authorities’ Housing Revenue Accounts. The Schedule to this Order amends Schedule 4A. Sections 140C(4) and 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 authorise the making, revocation or varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates. The amendments made by this Order have effect from 1st April 2009. Made under: Social Security Administration Act 1992 (Section 140B, Section 140C, Section 140F, Section 189) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-amendment-no2-order-2009/pdf/uksi_20092564_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-amendment-no2-order-2009/pdf/uksiem_20092564_en.pdf ## Introductory text Social Security Made 21 September 2009 Laid before Parliament 25 September 2009 Coming into force 30th October 2009 The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140B, 140C(1) 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 sought the consent of the Treasury. In accordance with section 176(1) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to her to be representative of the authorities concerned. ## 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent (1) This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment (No.2) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 30th October 2009. (2) Article 2 shall have effect from 1st April 2009. (3) In this Order “the 1998 Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998. (4) This Order extends to England and Wales. ## 2 Amendment of the 1998 Order Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order (Rent rebate limitation deductions (Housing Revenue Account dwellings)) is amended in accordance with the Schedule to this Order. ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Helen Goodman Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 10th September 2009 We consent Steve McCabe Bob Blizzard Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 21st September 2009 ## Schedule THE: AMENDMENTS TO SCHEDULE 4A TO THE 1998 ORDER ## 1 Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order is amended as follows. ## 2 In paragraph 1 (Interpretation) in the definition of “rent”, for “regulation 10(1)(e)” substitute “regulation 12(1)(e)”. ## 3 In paragraph 2 (Liability to deduction), for sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) substitute— “(6) The RPI figure for the period beginning with September 2001 and ending with September of the year prior to the relevant year is 1.2729. (7) The annual factor for 2009-10 is 0.2.”. ## 4 In paragraph 3 (Amount of deduction), for sub-paragraph (3) substitute— “(3) The rebate proportion for each year commencing with 2009-10 is 0.793.”. ## 5 For Part 3 substitute— “PART 3 WEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND TABLE RELEVANT YEAR 2009-10 Authority Weekly rent limit Adur £72.45 Arun £75.59 Ashfield £52.95 Ashford £72.49 Babergh £69.33 Barking and Dagenham £73.01 Barnet £83.77 Barnsley £56.69 Barrow in Furness £61.18 Basildon £67.41 Bassetlaw £57.31 Birmingham £64.73 Blackpool £55.23 Bolsover £60.02 Bolton £57.05 Bournemouth £66.08 Brent £90.49 Brentwood £75.53 Brighton and Hove £67.29 Bristol £63.16 Broxtowe £57.23 Bury £61.03 Cambridge £77.10 Camden £94.66 Cannock Chase £60.50 Canterbury £71.20 Castle Point £73.62 Central Bedfordshire £77.46 Charnwood £57.64 Cheltenham £65.99 Cheshire West and Chester £60.96 Chesterfield £60.36 City of London £86.17 City of York £63.03 Colchester £68.90 Corby £59.90 Cornwall £57.72 Crawley £77.80 Croydon £87.29 Dacorum £80.59 Darlington £56.31 Dartford £71.46 Derby £61.23 Doncaster £56.10 Dover £69.67 Dudley £64.58 Durham £55.27 Ealing £85.52 East Devon £62.87 East Riding £60.38 Eastbourne £62.19 Enfield £80.51 Epping Forest £77.14 Exeter £59.06 Fareham £71.08 Gateshead £58.40 Gloucester £63.78 Gosport £68.00 Gravesham £71.37 Great Yarmouth £57.87 Greenwich £79.27 Guildford £85.38 Hackney £81.99 Hammersmith and Fulham £89.86 Haringey £85.04 Harlow £73.43 Harrogate £65.74 Harrow £91.38 Havering £74.33 High Peak £58.74 Hillingdon £90.32 Hinckley and Bosworth £60.77 Hounslow £82.09 Ipswich £63.38 Isles of Scilly £65.02 Islington £90.97 Kensington and Chelsea £100.95 Kettering £62.95 Kingston upon Hull £57.75 Kingston upon Thames £91.01 Kirklees £56.84 Lambeth £84.40 Lancaster £60.59 Leeds £57.43 Leicester £58.18 Lewes £70.89 Lewisham £75.22 Lincoln £52.97 Luton £67.27 Manchester £62.50 Mansfield £57.39 Medway Towns £65.35 Melton £59.07 Merton £83.88 Mid Devon £62.74 Mid Suffolk £65.31 Milton Keynes £65.39 New Forest £77.80 Newark and Sherwood £60.55 Newcastle upon Tyne £58.33 Newham £74.83 North East Derbyshire £60.32 North Kesteven £60.80 North Tyneside £57.69 North Warwickshire £66.27 North West Leicestershire £60.68 Northampton £64.09 Northumberland £52.59 Norwich £61.76 Nottingham £58.10 Nuneaton and Bedworth £60.40 Oadby and Wigston £60.67 Oldham £56.69 Oxford City £80.36 Plymouth £53.04 Poole £67.67 Portsmouth £66.50 Reading £84.60 Redbridge £86.91 Redditch £61.43 Richmondshire £61.72 Rochdale £57.50 Rotherham £56.64 Rugby £66.10 Runnymede £86.17 Rutland £65.25 Salford £61.27 Sandwell £65.85 Sedgemoor £63.71 Selby £62.20 Sheffield £55.38 Shepway £66.89 Shropshire £63.80 Slough £82.57 Solihull £65.02 South Cambridgeshire £79.25 South Derbyshire £61.87 South Holland £58.33 South Kesteven £60.02 South Lakeland £68.16 South Tyneside £56.75 Southampton £66.11 Southend-on-Sea £68.88 Southwark £82.79 St Albans £85.47 Stevenage £77.37 Stockport £57.69 Stockton on Tees £61.43 Stoke-on-Trent £57.22 Stroud £66.23 Sutton £81.53 Swindon £63.73 Tamworth £63.80 Tandridge £75.64 Taunton Deane £64.11 Tendring £65.63 Thanet £66.27 Thurrock £67.27 Tower Hamlets £83.35 Uttlesford £78.11 Waltham Forest £77.67 Wandsworth £96.80 Warrington £60.50 Warwick £71.85 Waveney £61.94 Waverley £84.90 Wealden £66.78 Welwyn Hatfield £80.37 West Lancashire £59.97 Westminster £98.72 Wigan £59.54 Wiltshire £73.01 Winchester £78.46 Woking £84.14 Wokingham £85.61 Wolverhampton £61.63 Wycombe £84.08 ” ## 6 For Part 5 substitute— “PART 5 AMOUNTS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES TABLE RELEVANT YEAR 2009-10 Authority (1) Specified Amount “O” (2) Guideline rent increase Blaenau Gwent 52.21 1.90 Caerphilly 59.83 2.74 Cardiff 66.51 3.53 Carmarthenshire 56.89 3.25 Ceredigion 59.33 3.20 Denbighshire 54.90 2.91 Flintshire 58.28 3.02 Gwynedd 57.80 2.95 Isle of Anglesey 54.96 2.66 Merthyr Tydfil 52.71 2.40 Neath Port Talbot 54.41 2.51 Newport 61.79 3.22 Pembrokeshire 57.08 3.37 Powys 59.24 3.32 Swansea 57.79 2.88 Vale of Glamorgan 63.63 3.44 Wrexham 56.43 3.28 ” ## 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”), which provides for the calculation and payment of housing benefit subsidy to local authorities in England and Wales. Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order concerns rent rebates for dwellings within the authorities’ Housing Revenue Accounts. The Schedule to this Order amends Schedule 4A. Sections 140C(4) and 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 authorise the making, revocation or varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates. The amendments made by this Order have effect from 1st April 2009. Paragraph 2 of the Schedule corrects an incorrect reference in the definition of rent in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4A. With respect to authorities in England, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the Schedule amend Schedule 4A to substitute the RPI figure, the annual factor, the rebate proportion and the weekly rent limit for the purposes of determining whether or not an authority is liable to a deduction from subsidy payable for 2009-10. With respect to authorities in Wales, paragraph 6 of the Schedule amends Schedule 4A to substitute the specified amount “O” and the guideline rent increase for the purposes of determining whether or not an authority is liable to a deduction from subsidy payable for 2009-10. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2564 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-amendment-no2-order-2009 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.