# The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2016

S.I. 2016/986 · made 10 October 2016

This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/562) (“the 1998 Order”) which provides for the calculation and payment of housing benefit subsidy to local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland which administer housing benefit. Section 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) authorises the making, revocation 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-order-2016/pdf/uksi_20160986_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-amendment-order-2016/pdf/uksiem_20160986_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Social Security
Made 10th October 2016
Laid before Parliament 13th October 2016
Coming into force 18th November 2016
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140B(1), (3), (4) and (4A), 140F(2) and 189(4) to (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 section 176(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted 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 Order 2016 and comes into force on 18th November 2016.
(2) Article 2(2) and Schedule 1 have effect for the purpose of determining subsidy payable for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2015.
(3) Articles 2(3) and 3, and Schedules 2, 3 and 4 have effect for the purpose of determining subsidy payable for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2016.
(4) Article 4 has effect from 1st April 2016.
(5) In this Order—
“the 1998 Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998;
“relevant year” means the period of a year beginning on 1st April in any calendar year in respect of which a claim for subsidy is made.

## 2 The amount of an authority’s subsidy

(1) The 1998 Order is amended as follows.
(2) For Schedule 1 (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy) substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.
(3) For Schedule 1A (additional amount of subsidy: activities to reduce fraud and error) substitute the Schedule 1A set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

## 3 Rent rebate deductions from an authority’s subsidy

(1) Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order (rent rebate limitation deductions (Housing Revenue Account Dwellings)) is amended as follows.
(2) In Part 2 (England), in paragraph 3 (amount of deduction), for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) The rebate proportion for 2016-17 is 0.752.”.
(3) For Part 3 (weekly rent limits for purposes of Part 2: authorities in England), substitute the Part 3 set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.
(4) For Part 5 (amounts for purposes of Part 4, paragraph 4: authorities in Wales), substitute the Part 5 set out in Schedule 4 to this Order.

## 4 Amendments relating to the Housing (Wales) Act 2014

(1) The 1998 Order is amended as follows.
(2) In article 17(1)(c) (subsidy in respect of non self-contained licensed accommodation etc. provided by an authority as temporary or short-term accommodation)—
(a) in paragraph (i), after “Housing Act 1996” insert “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014”;
(b) in paragraph (ii)—
(i) for “or (in Scotland)” substitute, “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 or”;
(ii) after “1987” insert “, as the case may be”.
(3) In article 17A(1)(c) (subsidy in respect of self-contained licensed accommodation etc. provided by an authority as temporary or short-term accommodation)—
(a) in paragraph (i), after “Housing Act 1996” insert “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014”;
(b) in paragraph (ii)—
(i) for “or (in Scotland)” substitute, “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 or”;
(ii) after “1987” insert “, as the case may be”.
(4) In article 17B(1)(c) (subsidy in respect of non self-contained licensed accommodation etc. made available by a registered housing association as temporary or short-term accommodation)—
(a) in paragraph (i), after “Housing Act 1996” insert “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014”;
(b) in paragraph (ii)—
(i) for “or (in Scotland)” substitute, “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 or”;
(ii) after “1987” insert “, as the case may be”.
(5) In article 17C(1)(c) (subsidy in respect of self-contained licensed accommodation etc. made available by a registered housing association authority as temporary or short-term accommodation)—
(a) in paragraph (i), after “Housing Act 1996” insert “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014”;
(b) in paragraph (ii)—
(i) for “or (in Scotland)” substitute, “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 or”;
(ii) after “1987” insert “, as the case may be”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Caroline Nokes
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
10th October 2016
We consent.
David Evennett
Guy Opperman
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
10th October 2016

## Schedule 1 Schedule to be substituted for Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order

“SCHEDULE 1
Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy
Article 12(1)(b)
RELEVANT YEAR 2015-2016
Local authority
Administration subsidy (£)
England
Adur
280,003
Allerdale
440,716
Amber Valley
535,340
Arun
724,476
Ashfield
674,613
Ashford
545,396
Aylesbury Vale
613,196
Babergh
322,649
Barking and Dagenham
1,506,125
Barnet
2,418,387
Barnsley
1,408,476
Barrow in Furness
360,111
Basildon
1,078,409
Basingstoke and Deane
710,506
Bassetlaw
563,576
Bath and North East Somerset
769,034
Bedford
838,965
Bexley
1,058,826
Birmingham
7,392,503
Blaby
266,431
Blackburn with Darwen
858,859
Blackpool
1,408,191
Bolsover
418,611
Bolton
1,684,004
Boston
385,053
Bournemouth
1,256,143
Bracknell Forest
453,505
Bradford
3,208,653
Braintree
679,728
Breckland
597,097
Brent
2,809,151
Brentwood
256,434
Brighton and Hove
1,809,919
Bristol
2,878,572
Broadland
359,622
Bromley
1,464,979
Bromsgrove
269,804
Broxbourne
489,492
Broxtowe
435,338
Burnley
676,544
Bury
909,675
Calderdale
1,259,702
Cambridge
555,377
Camden
2,336,563
Cannock Chase
513,417
Canterbury
642,731
Carlisle
456,409
Castle Point
372,000
Central Bedfordshire
935,192
Charnwood
557,221
Chelmsford
623,301
Cheltenham
517,630
Cherwell
522,368
Cheshire East
1,441,218
Cheshire West and Chester
1,527,298
Chesterfield
660,548
Chichester
491,834
Chiltern
263,639
Chorley
434,080
Christchurch
204,184
City of London
114,000
Colchester
815,600
Copeland
340,179
Corby
437,376
Cornwall
2, 672,483
Cotswold
288,852
Coventry
1,895,430
Craven
185,225
Crawley
722,672
Croydon
2,647,451
Dacorum
680,305
Darlington
629,590
Dartford
428,262
Daventry
251,414
Derby
1,473,576
Derbyshire Dales
234,009
Doncaster
1,893,838
Dover
630,933
Dudley
1,568,960
Durham
3,462,583
Ealing
2,541,077
East Cambridgeshire
318,214
East Devon
498,549
East Dorset
275,771
East Hampshire
400,965
East Hertfordshire
491,657
East Lindsey
727,761
East Northamptonshire
297,184
East Riding of Yorkshire
1,405,701
East Staffordshire
493,261
Eastbourne
630,990
Eastleigh
405,112
Eden
179,445
Elmbridge
446,279
Enfield
2,521,581
Epping Forest
498,283
Epsom and Ewell
245,972
Erewash
505,296
Exeter
642,917
Fareham
297,894
Fenland
521,718
Forest Heath
279,351
Forest of Dean
381,908
Fylde
326,402
Gateshead
1,412,026
Gedling
486,176
Gloucester
726,321
Gosport
509,726
Gravesham
540,696
Great Yarmouth
744,187
Greenwich
2,481,711
Guildford
494,308
Hackney
3,330,468
Halton
933,097
Hambleton
305,283
Hammersmith and Fulham
1,664,377
Harborough
207,174
Haringey
2,762,678
Harlow
679,661
Harrogate
472,361
Harrow
1,371,534
Hart
194,884
Hartlepool
846,252
Hastings
714,532
Havant
524,766
Havering
1,134,406
Herefordshire
736,435
Hertsmere
531,321
High Peak
420,017
Hillingdon
1,604,114
Hinckley and Bosworth
343,649
Horsham
414,247
Hounslow
1,601,337
Huntingdonshire
669,981
Hyndburn
553,378
Ipswich
878,877
Isle of Wight
844,402
Isles of Scilly
2,522
Islington
2,650,412
Kensington and Chelsea
1,415,458
Kettering
406,506
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
697,340
Kingston upon Hull
2,343,946
Kingston upon Thames
635,331
Kirklees
2,234,054
Knowsley
1,295,608
Lambeth
3,302,601
Lancaster
675,124
Leeds
4,533,552
Leicester
2,335,869
Lewes
392,854
Lewisham
3,421,141
Lichfield
317,141
Lincoln
607,502
Liverpool
4,651,182
Luton
1,243,161
Maidstone
655,887
Maldon
226,503
Malvern Hills
273,449
Manchester
4,862,750
Mansfield
630,201
Medway
1,409,696
Melton
162,371
Mendip
498,119
Merton
1,035,397
Mid Devon
312,899
Mid Suffolk
281,584
Mid Sussex
412,153
Middlesbrough
1,248,581
Milton Keynes
1,413,423
Mole Valley
279,423
New Forest
560,881
Newark and Sherwood
475,008
Newcastle under Lyme
561,630
Newcastle upon Tyne
2,018,395
Newham
2,865,022
North Devon
512,738
North Dorset
244,125
North East Derbyshire
437,592
North East Lincolnshire
1,124,950
North Hertfordshire
604,398
North Kesteven
337,794
North Lincolnshire
889,000
North Norfolk
464,516
North Somerset
1,045,252
North Tyneside
1,201,738
North Warwickshire
253,951
North West Leicestershire
351,936
Northampton
1,188,080
Northumberland
1,682,289
Norwich
1,196,895
Nottingham
2,593,838
Nuneaton and Bedworth
660,066
Oadby and Wigston
170,069
Oldham
1,350,632
Oxford
768,262
Pendle
546,849
Peterborough
1,203,533
Plymouth
1,783,310
Poole
649,011
Portsmouth
1,552,452
Preston
821,039
Purbeck
181,559
Reading
948,870
Redbridge
1,431,254
Redcar and Cleveland
930,425
Redditch
447,292
Reigate and Banstead
514,126
Ribble Valley
157,438
Richmond upon Thames
639,770
Richmondshire
223,335
Rochdale
1,366,578
Rochford
256,823
Rossendale
351,745
Rother
389,431
Rotherham
1,508,682
Rugby
421,315
Runnymede
288,425
Rushcliffe
305,356
Rushmoor
483,861
Rutland
114,863
Ryedale
208,132
Salford
2,084,075
Sandwell
2,347,861
Scarborough
710,435
Sedgemoor
619,340
Sefton
1,672,193
Selby
293,721
Sevenoaks
424,597
Sheffield
3,218,963
Shepway
633,867
Shropshire
1,230,362
Slough
881,639
Solihull
796,348
South Bucks
184,945
South Cambridgeshire
392,546
South Derbyshire
318,878
South Gloucestershire
1,015,645
South Hams
342,018
South Holland
342,602
South Kesteven
552,878
South Lakeland
348,455
South Norfolk
455,935
South Northamptonshire
189,541
South Oxfordshire
372,689
South Ribble
371,619
South Somerset
750,697
South Staffordshire
374,071
South Tyneside
1,161,219
Southampton
1,542,981
Southend-on-Sea
1,160,648
Southwark
3,296,845
Spelthorne
371,582
St.Albans
451,620
St.Edmundsbury
453,730
St.Helens
1,199,969
Stafford
484,372
Staffordshire Moorlands
328,878
Stevenage
534,409
Stockport
1,161,375
Stockton-on-Tees
1,243,988
Stoke-on-Trent
1,768,056
Stratford-on-Avon
456,049
Stroud
385,596
Suffolk Coastal
442,535
Sunderland
2,025,040
Surrey Heath
254,367
Sutton
982,406
Swale
761,420
Swindon
1,035,681
Tameside
1,418,884
Tamworth
373,399
Tandridge
285,212
Taunton Deane
528,115
Teignbridge
591,868
Telford and Wrekin
1,128,734
Tendring
888,599
Test Valley
431,641
Tewkesbury
293,426
Thanet
1,102,515
Three Rivers
344,544
Thurrock
902,300
Tonbridge and Malling
470,872
Torbay
1,057,573
Torridge
313,005
Tower Hamlets
3,539,581
Trafford
1,069,876
Tunbridge Wells
463,137
Uttlesford
235,771
Vale of White Horse
366,060
Wakefield
2,004,012
Walsall
1,938,992
Waltham Forest
1,913,048
Wandsworth
2,431,086
Warrington
937,681
Warwick
436,227
Watford
515,708
Waveney
683,706
Waverley
388,439
Wealden
413,771
Wellingborough
387,752
Welwyn Hatfield
588,086
West Berkshire
534,240
West Devon
236,841
West Dorset
408,109
West Lancashire
494,240
West Lindsey
389,854
West Oxfordshire
329,255
West Somerset
213,311
Westminster
2,147,504
Weymouth and Portland
411,611
Wigan
1,694,508
Wiltshire
1,864,188
Winchester
393,698
Windsor and Maidenhead
465,938
Wirral
2,153,890
Woking
348,201
Wokingham
299,278
Wolverhampton
1,966.315
Worcester
479,074
Worthing
451,127
Wychavon
406,888
Wycombe
614,292
Wyre
557,114
Wyre Forest
502,170
York
767,771
Wales
Blaenau Gwent
531,765
Bridgend
821,349
Caerphilly
971,286
Cardiff
1,947,796
Carmarthenshire
918,363
Ceredigion
344,344
Conwy
581,710
Denbighshire
556,308
Flintshire
642,094
Gwynedd
598,702
Isle of Anglesey
317,411
Merthyr Tydfil
478,042
Monmouthshire
339,661
Neath Port Talbot
873,648
Newport
972,837
Pembrokeshire
622,578
Powys
583,518
Rhondda Cynon Taf
1,479,359
Swansea
1,474,168
Torfaen
600,932
Vale of Glamorgan
541,898
Wrexham
679,300
Scotland
Aberdeen
977,933
Aberdeenshire
889,685
Angus
582,623
Argyll and Bute
509,556
Clackmannanshire
351,523
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
164,140
Dumfries and Galloway
903,857
Dundee
1,336,398
East Ayrshire
864,567
East Dunbartonshire
347,389
East Lothian
465,841
East Renfrewshire
265,115
Edinburgh
2,620,391
Falkirk
855,661
Fife
2,033,128
Glasgow
5,722,990
Highland
1,154,053
Inverclyde
688,469
Midlothian
508,255
Moray
396,173
North Ayrshire
1,047,408
North Lanarkshire
2,156,586
Orkney
100,577
Perth and Kinross
697,353
Renfrewshire
1,268,203
Scottish Borders
619,928
Shetland
92,569
South Ayrshire
677,692
South Lanarkshire
1,624,948
Stirling
375,833
West Dunbartonshire
871,501
West Lothian
1,028,022.
”

## Schedule 2 Schedule to be substituted for Schedule 1A to the 1998 Order

“SCHEDULE 1A
Additional amount of subsidy: Activities to reduce fraud and error
Article 12(1)(c)
Interpretation
1. In this Schedule—
“participating authority” means an authority which notified the Secretary of State on or before 29th February 2016 that it is participating in the Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme in the administration of housing benefit described in the Housing Benefit Circular HB A17/2014 and extended as described in the Housing Benefit Circular HB A2/2016;
“performance”, in relation to any participating authority and any period, means the amount by which payments of housing benefit by the authority are reduced in that period as a result of relevant activities;
“performance period” means the period of 3 months beginning with any of 1st April 2016, 1st July 2016, 1st October 2016 or 1st January 2017;
“relevant activities” means activities carried out by a participating authority in order to reduce fraud and error in payments of housing benefit.
Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2016
2. (1) This paragraph and paragraphs 3 and 4 have effect for the purpose of determining the additional amount of subsidy, if any, payable to a participating authority under article 12(1)(c) for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2016.
(2) The additional amount is determined as follows—
Step 1
Calculate the percentage (“the out-performance percentage”), if any, by which the performance of the authority exceeds its baseline performance in the performance period beginning with 1st April 2016 (see paragraph 3 for the meaning of “baseline performance”).
Step 2
Work out which band in column (1) of the following Table the authority falls into in accordance with paragraph 4.
Step 3
Look up the percentage (“the additional amount percentage”) specified in column (2) of the following Table in the row applicable to the authority’s band.
Step 4
Multiply the additional amount percentage by the administration subsidy for the authority.
Step 5
Repeat Steps 1 to 4 for each of the other three performance periods.
Step 6
Add the amounts determined for each performance period under Step 4.
Table
Band (1)
Additional amount percentage (2)
Band 1
0 per cent.
Band 2
0.45 per cent.
Band 3
0.59 per cent.
Band 4
0.74 per cent.
Band 5
0.90 per cent.
Band 6
1.25 per cent.
Band 7
1.65 per cent.
Band 8
2.10 per cent.
Band 9
2.60 per cent.
Band 10
3.15 per cent.
Band 11
3.75 per cent.
(3) In this paragraph, “administration subsidy” in relation to an authority, means the amount specified in relation to that authority in—
(a) the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S9/2015 for authorities in England
(b) the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S10/2015 for authorities in Scotland;
(c) the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S11/2015 for authorities in Wales.
Baseline performance
3. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 2, a reference to the “baseline performance” of a participating authority in a performance period is to the amount determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) For the performance period beginning with 1st April 2016 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts—
(a) the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st April 2014 were reduced as a result of relevant activities; and
(b) the average of—
(i) the amount specified in paragraph (a); and
(ii) the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st April 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities.
(3) For the performance period beginning with 1st July 2016 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts—
(a) the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st July 2014 were reduced as a result of relevant activities; and
(b) the average of—
(i) the amount specified in paragraph (a); and
(ii) the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st July 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities.
(4) For the performance period beginning with 1st October 2016 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts—
(a) the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st October 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities; and
(b) the average of—
(i) the amount specified in paragraph (a); and
(ii) the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st October 2012 were reduced as a result of relevant activities.
(5) For the performance period beginning with 1st January 2017 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts—
(a) the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st January 2014 were reduced as a result of relevant activities; and
(b) the average of—
(i) the amount specified in paragraph (a); and
(ii) the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st January 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities.
Determination of out-performance percentages
4. (1) A participating authority falls into the band set out in column (2) of the relevant Table in the row applicable to the authority’s out-performance percentage.
(2) The “relevant Table” in relation to a participating authority means whichever of Tables 1 to 6 in sub-paragraphs (6) to (11) the Secretary of State determines applies to the authority in the relevant year.
(3) The determination in sub-paragraph (2) is based on the caseload management information percentage relating to the authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2014 .
(4) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (3), “caseload management information percentage” is calculated in accordance with the following formula—
( A B )×100 where—
A is the amount by which payments of housing benefit made by the authority were reduced in that relevant year;
B is the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, payments of housing benefit made by the authority should have been reduced in that relevant year.
(5) The Secretary of State’s opinion in sub-paragraph (4) is based on—
(a) the size of the authority’s individual housing benefit caseload;
(b) the types of housing benefit claimants in that caseload; and
(c) the value of the housing benefit reductions that tend to occur in that caseload in the normal course of events, given the rent levels found in the authority’s area and other relevant factors.
(6) Table 1 is as follows—
Authority’s out-performance percentage (1)
Band (2)
Less than 2.5 per cent.
Band 1
At least 2.5 per cent. but less than 3.5 per cent.
Band 2
At least 3.5 per cent. but less than 4.5 per cent.
Band 3
At least 4.5 per cent. but less than 5.5 per cent.
Band 4
At least 5.5 per cent. but less than 7.5 per cent.
Band 5
At least 7.5 per cent. but less than 9.5 per cent.
Band 6
At least 9.5 per cent. but less than 11.5 per cent.
Band 7
At least 11.5 per cent. but less than 13.5 per cent.
Band 8
At least 13.5 per cent. but less than 15.5 per cent.
Band 9
At least 15.5 per cent. but less than 17.5 per cent.
Band 10
At least 17.5 per cent.
Band 11
(7) Table 2 is as follows—
Authority’s out-performance percentage (1)
Band (2)
Less than 3 per cent.
Band 1
At least 3 per cent. but less than 4 per cent.
Band 2
At least 4 per cent. but less than 5 per cent.
Band 3
At least 5 per cent. but less than 6 per cent.
Band 4
At least 6 per cent. but less than 8 per cent.
Band 5
At least 8 per cent. but less than 10 per cent.
Band 6
At least 10 per cent. but less than 12 per cent.
Band 7
At least 12 per cent. but less than 14 per cent.
Band 8
At least 14 per cent. but less than 16 per cent.
Band 9
At least 16 per cent. but less than 18 per cent.
Band 10
At least 18 per cent.
Band 11
(8) Table 3 is as follows—
Authority’s out-performance percentage (1)
Band (2)
Less than 3.5 per cent.
Band 1
At least 3.5 per cent. but less than 4.5 per cent.
Band 2
At least 4.5 per cent. but less than 5.5 per cent.
Band 3
At least 5.5 per cent. but less than 6.5 per cent.
Band 4
At least 6.5 per cent. but less than 8.5 per cent.
Band 5
At least 8.5 per cent. but less than 10.5 per cent.
Band 6
At least 10.5 per cent. but less than 12.5 per cent.
Band 7
At least 12.5 per cent. but less than 14.5 per cent.
Band 8
At least 14.5 per cent. but less than 16.5 per cent.
Band 9
At least 16.5 per cent. but less than 18.5 per cent.
Band 10
At least 18.5 per cent.
Band 11
(9) Table 4 is as follows—
Authority’s out-performance percentage (1)
Band (2)
Less than 4 per cent.
Band 1
At least 4 per cent. but less than 5 per cent.
Band 2
At least 5 per cent. but less than 6 per cent.
Band 3
At least 6 per cent. but less than 7 per cent.
Band 4
At least 7 per cent. but less than 9 per cent.
Band 5
At least 9 per cent. but less than 11 per cent.
Band 6
At least 11 per cent. but less than 13 per cent.
Band 7
At least 13 per cent. but less than 15 per cent.
Band 8
At least 15 per cent. but less than 17 per cent.
Band 9
At least 17 per cent. but less than 19 per cent.
Band 10
At least 19 per cent.
Band 11
(10) Table 5 is as follows—
Authority’s out-performance percentage (1)
Band (2)
Less than 4.5 per cent.
Band 1
At least 4.5 per cent. but less than 5.5 per cent.
Band 2
At least 5.5 per cent. but less than 6.5 per cent.
Band 3
At least 6.5 per cent. but less than 7.5 per cent.
Band 4
At least 7.5 per cent. but less than 9.5 per cent.
Band 5
At least 9.5 per cent. but less than 11.5 per cent.
Band 6
At least 11.5 per cent. but less than 13.5 per cent.
Band 7
At least 13.5 per cent. but less than 15.5 per cent.
Band 8
At least 17.5 per cent. but less than 19.5 per cent.
Band 9
At least 17.5 per cent. but less than 19.5 per cent.
Band 10
At least 19.5 per cent.
Band 11
(11) Table 6 is as follows—
Authority’s out-performance percentage (1)
Band (2)
Less than 5 per cent.
Band 1
At least 5 per cent. but less than 6 per cent.
Band 2
At least 6 per cent. but less than 7 per cent.
Band 3
At least 7 per cent. but less than 8 per cent.
Band 4
At least 8 per cent. but less than 10 per cent.
Band 5
At least 10 per cent. but less than 12 per cent.
Band 6
At least 12 per cent. but less than 14 per cent.
Band 7
At least 14 per cent. but less than 16 per cent.
Band 8
At least 16 per cent. but less than 18 per cent.
Band 9
At least 18 per cent. but less than 20 per cent.
Band 10
At least 20 per cent.
Band 11.
”

## Schedule 3 Part to be substituted for Part 2 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order

“PART 3
WEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND
RELEVANT YEAR 2016-2017
Authority (1)
Weekly rent limit (£)
Adur
95.05
Arun
92.39
Ashfield
69.55
Ashford
90.66
Babergh
90.78
Barking and Dagenham
99.58
Barnet
109.13
Barnsley
76.19
Barrow in Furness
76.39
Basildon
88.60
Bassetlaw
73.68
Birmingham
84.26
Blackpool
72.86
Bolsover
83.34
Bournemouth
83.85
Brent
118.16
Brentwood
95.78
Brighton and Hove
85.89
Bristol
82.60
Broxtowe
75.86
Bury
78.07
Cambridge
104.82
Camden
123.43
Cannock Chase
76.79
Canterbury
89.85
Castle Point
90.04
Central Bedfordshire
103.86
Charnwood
75.75
Cheltenham
81.83
Cheshire West and Chester
83.96
Chesterfield
81.14
City of London
110.18
City of York
80.77
Colchester
89.06
Corby
80.28
Cornwall
72.19
Crawley
104.81
Croydon
108.02
Dacorum
110.54
Darlington
72.38
Dartford
91.40
Derby
80.21
Doncaster
74.53
Dover
85.81
Dudley
84.30
Ealing
103.37
East Devon
82.96
East Riding of Yorkshire
80.78
Eastbourne
81.00
Enfield
103.32
Epping Forest
101.12
Exeter
76.67
Fareham
92.75
Gateshead
77.99
Gosport
85.62
Gravesham
91.29
Great Yarmouth
76.33
Greenwich
105.03
Guildford
112.82
Hackney
102.47
Hammersmith and Fulham
118.12
Haringey
108.28
Harlow
94.17
Harrogate
82.14
Harrow
115.97
Havering
98.34
High Peak
74.50
Hillingdon
110.60
Hinckley and Bosworth
79.89
Hounslow
104.74
Ipswich
83.71
Islington
122.15
Kensington and Chelsea
130.53
Kettering
82.99
Kingston upon Hull
76.54
Kingston upon Thames
114.74
Kirklees
71.18
Lambeth
110.21
Lancaster
78.69
Leeds
75.29
Leicester City
73.33
Lewes
91.07
Lewisham
98.19
Lincoln
70.07
Luton
88.37
Manchester
74.57
Mansfield
74.45
Medway Towns
83.38
Melton
78.68
Mid Devon
80.00
Mid Suffolk
83.78
Milton Keynes
87.41
New Forest
101.17
Newark and Sherwood
79.75
Newcastle upon Tyne
76.70
Newham
98.69
North East Derbyshire
82.85
North Kesteven
77.98
North Tyneside
77.97
North Warwickshire
89.24
North West Leicestershire
80.28
Northampton
84.86
Northumberland
69.69
Norwich
80.87
Nottingham
76.49
Nuneaton and Bedworth
79.70
Oadby and Wigston
80.80
Oldham
74.74
Oxford City
111.21
Poole
86.87
Portsmouth
86.51
Reading
106.85
Redbridge
104.99
Redditch
80.03
Richmondshire
79.03
Rotherham
77.24
Rugby
88.45
Runnymede
111.95
Salford
76.32
Sandwell
83.01
Sedgemoor
79.01
Selby
79.70
Sheffield
73.30
Shepway
83.13
Shropshire
82.94
Slough
107.89
Solihull
83.70
South Cambridgeshire
109.20
South Derbyshire
81.19
South Holland
77.26
South Kesteven
80.30
South Tyneside
76.50
Southampton
86.69
Southend-on-Sea
87.66
Southwark
110.06
St.Albans
115.38
Stevenage
99.81
Stockport
76.17
Stoke-on-Trent
71.79
Stroud
83.93
Sutton
109.18
Swindon
84.53
Tamworth
81.85
Tandridge
100.09
Taunton Deane
83.97
Tendring
84.96
Thanet
82.46
Thurrock
87.48
Tower Hamlets
112.90
Utttlesford
101.05
Waltham Forest
104.13
Wandsworth
127.45
Warwick
95.80
Waveney
79.52
Waverley
115.80
Wealden
85.62
Welwyn Hatfield
108.07
West Lancashire
77.91
Westminster
126.30
Wigan
78.52
Wiltshire
89.50
Winchester
103.21
Woking
105.98
Wokingham
117.89
Wolverhampton
81.37.
”

## Schedule 4 Part to be substituted for Part 5 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order

“PART 5
AMOUNTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES
RELEVANT YEAR 2016-2017
Local authority
(1) Specified amount “O” (£)
(2) Guideline rent increase “P” (£)
Caerphilly
78.91
3.08
Cardiff
89.18
3.22
Carmarthenshire
78.52
3.07
Denbighshire
76.29
3.05
Flintshire
79.35
3.10
Isle of Anglesey
75.15
3.03
Pembrokeshire
80.09
2.97
Powys
80.35
3.09
Swansea
77.24
3.08
Vale of Glamorgan
86.21
3.19
Wrexham
78.53
3.08.
”

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/562) (“the 1998 Order”) which provides for the calculation and payment of housing benefit subsidy to local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland which administer housing benefit. Section 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) authorises the making, revocation or varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates.
Article 2(2) substitutes Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order with a new Schedule 1 prescribing the sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy for the year beginning 1st April 2015.
Article 2(3) and Schedule 2 have effect for the purposes of determining additional amounts of subsidy payable for the year beginning with 1st April 2016. In particular, it prescribes a system for the making of additional payments of subsidy to be made in certain circumstances to local authorities who participate in the Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme (“the FERIS Scheme”), as notified by the Secretary of State to local authorities originally in November 2014 and again in February 2016.
In that scheme, participating authorities are given funding to carry out activities with a view to reducing fraud and error in relation to the payment of housing benefit. The Secretary of State then sets a threshold for expected performance in reducing fraud and error in a specified period for each such authority based on the authority’s performance in making such reductions in a previous equivalent period. Additional payments are then made to the authority, the amounts depending on the extent to which the authority exceeds the threshold for reducing housing benefit payments in each such period by virtue of those activities. The substituted Schedule 1A to the 1998 Order, which is inserted by article 2(3), sets out how the additional payments of subsidy in respect of the FERIS Scheme are to be calculated for that year. Authorities are placed in groups based on their caseload management information percentage for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2014 and different amounts of the additional subsidy payments relate to each of those groups.
Hard copies of the circulars setting out the scheme and the amounts of the administration subsidy on which payments are based are available from the Department for Work and Pensions, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NA.
Article 3 has effect for the purposes of determining subsidy payable for the year beginning with 1st April 2016. Article 3(2) amends paragraph 3 of Schedule 4A to provide that the rebate proportion figure for 2016/2017 is 0.752. Article 3(3) substitutes Part 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order in respect of weekly rent limits for authorities in England. With respect to authorities in Wales, article 3(4) substitutes Part 5 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order which sets out the specified amount “O” and the guideline rent increase “P” used when calculating deductions from subsidy under paragraph 4 in Part 4 of that Schedule.
Article 4 amends the provisions in the 1998 Order relating to subsidy in respect of certain temporary accommodation so as to deal with the fact that Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7) now covers homelessness responsibilities in Wales.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on business or civil society organisations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/986 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-amendment-order-2016
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