The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2017
S.I. 2017/900 · Made 6 September 2017
Social Security
Made 6th September 2017
Laid before Parliament 12th September 2017
Coming into force 26th October 2017
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), 140C(1) and (3), 140F(2) and 189(4) to (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992f1.
In accordance with section 189(8) of that Actf2, the Secretary of State has obtained the consent of the Treasury.
In accordance with section 176(1) of that Actf3, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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1992 c.5. Sections 140B, 140C and 140F were inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act 1996 (c.52). Section 140B was amended by section 10 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c.47) (“the Fraud Act”). Section 189(1) and (4) was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14). Section 189(4) was amended by S.I. 2013/252. Section 189(7) was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14) and paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Fraud Act. Sections 140B, 140F and 189 were repealed, to the extent they relate to council tax benefit, by section 147 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5) with effect from 1st April 2013 and subject to savings and transitional provisions in articles 9 and 10 of S.I. 2013/358.
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Section 189(8) was amended by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996, paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c.27), paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21), paragraph 29 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act 2007 (c.22) and paragraph 57(3) of Schedule 3 to the Transfer of Functions Act.
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Section 176(1)(b) was amended by paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996 and was repealed, to the extent it relates to council tax benefit, by section 147 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 with effect from 1st April 2013 and subject to savings and transitional provisions in articles 9 and 10 of S.I. 2013/358.
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
- 2The amount of an authority’s subsidy
- 3Rent rebate deductions from an authority’s subsidy
- 4Amendment relating to requirement of audit
- 5Amendments relating to the removal of the temporary accommodation management fee
- Signature
- Schedule 1Schedule to be substituted for Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order
- Schedule 2New Schedule 1ZA to the 1998 Order
- Schedule 3Substitution of Part 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order
- Schedule 4Substitution of Part 5 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2017 and comes into force on 26th October 2017.
Article 2(3) and Schedule 1 have effect for the purpose of determining subsidy payable for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2016.
Articles 2(2)(a) and (4) 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 2017.
Articles 2(2)(b) and (5), 4 and 5 have effect from 1st April 2017.
In this Order—
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“the 1998 Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998f1;
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“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.
2The amount of an authority’s subsidy
The 1998 Order is amended as follows.
In article 12(1) (amount of subsidy)f1—
after sub-paragraph (b), insert—
“(ba)for an authority which is a participating authority for the purposes of Schedule 1ZA (additional amount of subsidy: right benefit initiative), the additional amount specified by that Schedule; and”.
omit sub-paragraph (c).
For Schedule 1 (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy)f2 substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.
After the substituted Schedule 1 insert the Schedule 1ZA set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
Omit Schedule 1A (additional amount of subsidy: activities to reduce fraud and error)f3.
3Rent rebate deductions from an authority’s subsidy
Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order (rent rebate limitation deductions (Housing Revenue Account Dwellings))f1 is amended as follows.
In Part 2 (England), in paragraph 3 (amount of deduction), for sub-paragraph (3)f2 substitute—
“(3)The rebate proportion for 2017-18 is 0.739.”.
For Part 3 (weekly rent limits for purposes of Part 2: authorities in England)f3, substitute the Part 3 set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.
For Part 5 (amounts for purposes of Part 4, paragraph 4: authorities in Wales)f4, substitute the Part 5 set out in Schedule 4 to this Order.
4Amendment relating to requirement of audit
In article 6(1) of the 1998 Order (requirement of audit), before sub-paragraph (ia)f1 insert—
“(iza)shall, in the case of an authority in England, inform the Secretary of State in writing of the identity of the authority’s auditor by 1st March in the year before the relevant year;”.
5Amendments relating to the removal of the temporary accommodation management fee
In article 17A of the 1998 Order (subsidy in respect of self-contained licensed accommodation, and leased accommodation, provided by an authority as temporary or short term accommodation)f1, for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3)The maximum amount referred to in paragraph (2) is 90% of the local housing allowance for January 2011 for the category specified in paragraphs 1(1)(b) to (f) of Schedule 3B to the Rent Officers Order (as in force on 1st January 2011) which applies to the accommodation and is applicable to the broad rental market area in which the accommodation is situated.”.
In article 17C of the 1998 Order (subsidy in respect of self-contained accommodation, or owned or leased accommodation, made available by a registered housing association as temporary or short-term accommodation) f2, for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3)The maximum amount referred to in paragraph (2) is 90% of the local housing allowance for January 2011 for the category specified in paragraphs 1(1)(b) to (f) of Schedule 3B to the Rent Officers Order (as in force on 1st January 2011) which applies to the accommodation and is applicable to the broad rental market area in which the accommodation is situated.”.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Caroline Dinenage
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
3.00 p.m. on 6th September 2017
We consent.
Guto Bebb
Heather Wheeler
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
4.30 p.m. on 6th September 2017
Schedule 1Schedule 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 2016-2017
Local authority Administration subsidy (£) England Adur 239,361 Allerdale 388,617 Amber Valley 436,268 Arun 594,152 Ashfield 568,445 Ashford 456,560 Aylesbury Vale 554,905 Babergh 270,772 Barking and Dagenham 1,487,728 Barnet 1,983,571 Barnsley 1,200,666 Barrow in Furness 314,070 Basildon 860,228 Basingstoke and Deane 570,840 Bassetlaw 452,184 Bath and North East Somerset 657,627 Bedford 697,134 Bexley 921,470 Birmingham 6,967,023 Blaby 234,242 Blackburn with Darwen 728,947 Blackpool 1,132,344 Bolsover 336,288 Bolton 1,437,004 Boston 317,754 Bournemouth 1,011,463 Bracknell Forest 407,212 Bradford 2,508,702 Braintree 533,398 Breckland 466,381 Brent 2,570,544 Brentwood 211,522 Brighton and Hove 1,598,023 Bristol 2,331,174 Broadland 303,472 Bromley 1,166,348 Bromsgrove 227,442 Broxbourne 401,944 Broxtowe 355,545 Burnley 518,704 Bury 800,499 Calderdale 971,253 Cambridge 458,426 Camden 1,889,807 Cannock Chase 405,344 Canterbury 547,372 Carlisle 419,173 Castle Point 317,074 Central Bedfordshire 770,267 Charnwood 452,903 Chelmsford 517,186 Cheltenham 420,437 Cherwell 478,755 Cheshire East 1,110,396 Cheshire West and Chester 1,186,465 Chesterfield 536,945 Chichester 428,924 Chiltern 262,400 Chorley 348,649 Christchurch 174,890 City of London 115,379 Colchester 665,298 Copeland 296,444 Corby 371,894 Cornwall 2,358,177 Cotswold 266,221 Coventry 1,852,761 Craven 150,798 Crawley 591,482 Croydon 2,857,228 Dacorum 595,269 Darlington 560,601 Dartford 357,119 Daventry 220,237 Derby 1,194,714 Derbyshire Dales 190,626 Doncaster 1,491,236 Dover 524,625 Dudley 1,363,579 Durham 2,773,983 Ealing 2,349,180 East Cambridgeshire 257,413 East Devon 415,612 East Dorset 229,725 East Hampshire 310,948 East Hertfordshire 411,362 East Lindsey 640,428 East Northamptonshire 263,138 East Riding of Yorkshire 1,077,319 East Staffordshire 399,793 Eastbourne 575,919 Eastleigh 361,984 Eden 151,583 Elmbridge 375,486 Enfield 2,190,716 Epping Forest 449,809 Epsom and Ewell 217,599 Erewash 459,482 Exeter 523,324 Fareham 261,623 Fenland 425,415 Forest Heath 225,549 Forest of Dean 310,180 Fylde 269,558 Gateshead 1,213,703 Gedling 405,509 Gloucester 585,074 Gosport 404,626 Gravesham 457,288 Great Yarmouth 645,301 Greenwich 1,986,246 Guildford 416,193 Hackney 2,911,058 Halton 740,355 Hambleton 256,327 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,574,353 Harborough 171,182 Haringey 2,201,015 Harlow 538,766 Harrogate 424,664 Harrow 1,146,635 Hart 179,695 Hartlepool 691,229 Hastings 642,567 Havant 448,017 Havering 947,838 Herefordshire 653,012 Hertsmere 429,087 High Peak 341,955 Hillingdon 1,387,006 Hinckley and Bosworth 277,818 Horsham 335,787 Hounslow 1,745,677 Huntingdonshire 516,717 Hyndburn 437,706 Ipswich 718,461 Isle of Wight 670,562 Isles of Scilly 2,337 Islington 2,133,342 Kensington and Chelsea 1,328,602 Kettering 362,173 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 558,631 Kingston upon Hull 1,889,654 Kingston upon Thames 616,677 Kirklees 1,806,991 Knowsley 1,066,461 Lambeth 2,757,394 Lancaster 558,474 Leeds 4,294,079 Leicester 1,965,729 Lewes 388,017 Lewisham 2,763,366 Lichfield 271,527 Lincoln 540,282 Liverpool 3,504,956 Luton 1,181,434 Maidstone 544,898 Maldon 184,029 Malvern Hills 243,139 Manchester 3,793,429 Mansfield 532,350 Medway 1,209,030 Melton 154,934 Mendip 397,774 Merton 899,375 Mid Devon 272,459 Mid Suffolk 245,962 Mid Sussex 332,703 Middlesbrough 1,122,064 Milton Keynes 1,241,963 Mole Valley 237,577 New Forest 502,464 Newark and Sherwood 407,555 Newcastle under Lyme 448,046 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,787,851 Newham 2,382,073 North Devon 402,184 North Dorset 213,865 North East Derbyshire 359,714 North East Lincolnshire 894,989 North Hertfordshire 469,654 North Kesteven 309,099 North Lincolnshire 701,060 North Norfolk 386,702 North Somerset 815,151 North Tyneside 1,125,820 North Warwickshire 207,413 North West Leicestershire 305,353 Northampton 1,005,968 Northumberland 1,371,480 Norwich 979,686 Nottingham 2,092,335 Nuneaton and Bedworth 535,310 Oadby and Wigston 139,504 Oldham 1,275,259 Oxford 672,867 Pendle 437,721 Peterborough 1,027,312 Plymouth 1,413,589 Poole 559,843 Portsmouth 1,296,083 Preston 675,675 Purbeck 163,000 Reading 941,363 Redbridge 1,170,598 Redcar and Cleveland 817,915 Redditch 360,526 Reigate and Banstead 440,927 Ribble Valley 139,744 Richmond upon Thames 140,525 Richmondshire 651,675 Rochdale 1,178,780 Rochford 215,893 Rossendale 287,704 Rother 344,409 Rotherham 1,313,811 Rugby 384,474 Runnymede 261,632 Rushcliffe 248,294 Rushmoor 409,789 Rutland 104,340 Ryedale 191,803 Salford 1,642,643 Sandwell 1,888,987 Scarborough 554,874 Sedgemoor 563,555 Sefton 1,332,950 Selby 243,819 Sevenoaks 359,500 Sheffield 2,788,177 Shepway 546,844 Shropshire 982,519 Slough 836,685 Solihull 731,363 South Bucks 179,332 South Cambridgeshire 349,687 South Derbyshire 256,779 South Gloucestershire 827,404 South Hams 280,564 South Holland 295,303 South Kesteven 450,302 South Lakeland 279,085 South Norfolk 368,657 South Northamptonshire 174,168 South Oxfordshire 336,217 South Ribble 316,288 South Somerset 586,063 South Staffordshire 299,298 South Tyneside 1,088,147 Southampton 1,414,345 Southend on Sea 1,004,099 Southwark 2,758,245 Spelthorne 329,957 St Albans 397,053 St Edmundsbury 377,332 St Helens 1,022,238 Stafford 375,936 Staffordshire Moorlands 264,964 Stevenage 465,247 Stockport 1,079,989 Stockton on Tees 1,010,110 Stoke on Trent 1,456,598 Stratford on Avon 373,496 Stroud 351,255 Suffolk Coastal 365,182 Sunderland 1,752,448 Surrey Heath 217,064 Sutton 993,329 Swale 629,396 Swindon 855,297 Tameside 1,239,209 Tamworth 304,562 Tandridge 255,514 Taunton Deane 459,996 Teignbridge 491,611 Telford and Wrekin 920,868 Tendring 745,283 Test Valley 358,141 Tewkesbury 265,222 Thanet 884,535 Three Rivers 293,520 Thurrock 773,144 Tonbridge and Malling 399,819 Torbay 851,069 Torridge 260,011 Tower Hamlets 2,742,695 Trafford 840,911 Tunbridge Wells 384,553 Uttlesford 209,704 Vale of White Horse 325,436 Wakefield 1,688,987 Walsall 1,568,366 Waltham Forest 1,629,008 Wandsworth 1,879,672 Warrington 753,186 Warwick 407,519 Watford 476,934 Waveney 573,438 Waverley 350,416 Wealden 375,204 Wellingborough 337,150 Welwyn Hatfield 491,392 West Berkshire 476,317 West Devon 195,677 West Dorset 347,000 West Lancashire 406,156 West Lindsey 360,095 West Oxfordshire 299,591 West Somerset 180,912 Westminster 1,804,699 Weymouth and Portland 361,269 Wigan 1,471,328 Wiltshire 1,488,627 Winchester 339,645 Windsor and Maidenhead 406,741 Wirral 1,725,916 Woking 307,992 Wokingham 279,147 Wolverhampton 1,611,622 Worcester 416,977 Worthing 431,290 Wychavon 368,291 Wycombe 536,149 Wyre 446,079 Wyre Forest 447,563 York 598,756 Wales Blaenau Gwent 460,983 Bridgend 696,958 Caerphilly 868,954 Cardiff 1,824,139 Carmarthenshire 745,106 Ceredigion 270,528 Conwy 509,391 Denbighshire 482,915 Flintshire 565,130 Gwynedd 486,341 Isle of Anglesey 300,713 Merthyr Tydfil 355,472 Monmouthshire 305,814 Neath Port Talbot 774,659 Newport 843,100 Pembrokeshire 513,001 Powys 467,640 Rhondda Cynon Taf 1,204,137 Swansea 1,209,499 Torfaen 517,772 Vale of Glamorgan 504,769 Wrexham 637,981 Scotland Aberdeen 844,323 Aberdeenshire 739,441 Angus 487,793 Argyll and Bute 416,487 Clackmannanshire 311,443 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 145,696 Dumfries and Galloway 778,669 Dundee 1,100,795 East Ayrshire 733,063 East Dunbartonshire 328,887 East Lothian 528,446 East Renfrewshire 237,514 Edinburgh 2,326,444 Falkirk 755,921 Fife 1,770,126 Glasgow 5,119,458 Highland 1,000,060 Inverclyde 582,297 Midlothian 420,756 Moray 343,032 North Ayrshire 931,281 North Lanarkshire 1,890,470 Orkney 97,067 Perth and Kinross 580,505 Renfrewshire 1,000,087 Scottish Borders 551,960 Shetland 86,142 South Ayrshire 608,306 South Lanarkshire 1,498,740 Stirling 329,244 West Dunbartonshire 697,543 West Lothian 877,747. ”
Schedule 2New Schedule 1ZA to the 1998 Order
“SCHEDULE 1ZA
Additional amount of subsidy: Right Benefit Initiative
Article 12(1)(ba)
Interpretation
1.In this Schedule—
“participating authority” means an authority which notified the Secretary of State on or before 21st April 2017 that it is participating in the Right Benefit Initiative in the administration of housing benefit described in the Housing Benefit Circular HB A7/2017f1 (“the Right Benefit Initiative”) ;
“relevant activities” means activities carried out by a participating authority under the Right Benefit Initiative in order to reduce fraud and error in payments of housing benefit.
Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2017
2.The additional amount of subsidy for a participating authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2017 is the amount specified for that authority in the Housing Benefit Circular HB S6/2017 published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 30th March 2017f2.
Use and recovery of amount paid under paragraph 2
3.(1)A participating authority must use the additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities.
(2)The Secretary of State may recover some or all of the additional amount paid to a participating authority under paragraph 2 where satisfied that that authority has not used that amount in connection with relevant activities.”
Schedule 3Substitution of Part 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order
“PART 3
WEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND
Relevant Year 2017-2018
Authority Weekly rent limit (£) Adur 94.57 Arun 91.39 Ashfield 68.78 Ashford 89.54 Babergh 90.00 Barking and Dagenham 98.74 Barnet 108.99 Barnsley 75.32 Barrow in Furness 75.65 Basildon 88.48 Bassetlaw 73.03 Birmingham 83.47 Blackpool 71.79 Bolsover 82.49 Bournemouth 84.06 Brent 117.02 Brentwood 95.31 Brighton and Hove 85.00 Bristol 81.73 Broxtowe 75.02 Bury 77.26 Cambridge 103.75 Camden 122.33 Cannock Chase 76.21 Canterbury 89.02 Castle Point 89.11 Central Bedfordshire 102.73 Charnwood 74.97 Cheltenham 80.98 Cheshire West and Chester 83.10 Chesterfield 80.30 City of London 107.14 City of York 79.95 Colchester 88.24 Corby 79.46 Cornwall 71.60 Crawley 104.01 Croydon 106.91 Dacorum 109.31 Darlington 71.41 Dartford 90.72 Derby 79.36 Doncaster 73.82 Dover 84.93 Dudley 83.42 Ealing 102.38 East Devon 82.35 East Riding of Yorkshire 79.92 Eastbourne 80.19 Enfield 102.07 Epping Forest 100.18 Exeter 75.86 Fareham 91.74 Gateshead 77.05 Gosport 84.48 Gravesham 90.35 Great Yarmouth 75.49 Greenwich 104.07 Guildford 111.58 Hackney 101.74 Hammersmith and Fulham 116.96 Haringey 107.17 Harlow 92.92 Harrogate 81.31 Harrow 114.72 Hartlepool 101.64 Havering 97.30 High Peak 73.79 Hillingdon 110.12 Hinckley and Bosworth 79.19 Hounslow 103.52 Ipswich 82.91 Islington 121.51 Kensington and Chelsea 129.15 Kettering 82.14 Kingston upon Hull 75.77 Kingston upon Thames 113.11 Kirklees 70.39 Lambeth 109.89 Lancaster 77.93 Leeds 74.66 Leicester 72.52 Lewes 90.24 Lewisham 97.23 Lincoln 69.37 Luton 87.41 Manchester 74.29 Mansfield 73.78 Medway Towns 82.70 Melton 77.88 Mid Devon 79.31 Mid Suffolk 83.14 Milton Keynes 86.52 New Forest 100.20 Newark and Sherwood 78.78 Newcastle upon Tyne 75.82 Newham 98.07 North East Derbyshire 82.07 North Kesteven 77.37 North Tyneside 77.32 North Warwickshire 88.68 North West Leicestershire 79.73 Northampton 83.94 Northumberland 68.96 Norwich 80.04 Nottingham 75.67 Nuneaton and Bedworth 78.89 Oadby and Wigston 80.01 Oldham 76.32 Oxford City 109.99 Poole 85.94 Portsmouth 85.81 Reading 105.76 Redbridge 103.67 Redditch 78.80 Richmondshire 78.39 Rotherham 76.56 Rugby 87.49 Runnymede 111.32 Salford 77.13 Sandwell 82.13 Sedgemoor 78.41 Selby 79.04 Sheffield 72.54 Shepway 84.92 Shropshire 82.31 Slough 107.22 Solihull 83.02 South Cambridgeshire 108.00 South Derbyshire 80.64 South Holland 76.40 South Kesteven 79.50 South Tyneside 75.98 Southampton 85.66 Southend-on-Sea 87.15 Southwark 108.95 St Albans 114.77 Stevenage 98.81 Stockport 75.39 Stoke-on-Trent 71.11 Stroud 83.25 Sutton 108.03 Swindon 83.66 Tamworth 81.10 Tandridge 99.11 Taunton Deane 83.09 Tendring 84.70 Thanet 81.68 Thurrock 86.76 Tower Hamlets 111.77 Uttlesford 99.15 Waltham Forest 102.92 Wandsworth 126.00 Warwick 94.70 Waveney 80.82 Waverley 115.62 Wealden 85.11 Welwyn Hatfield 109.01 West Lancashire 76.90 Westminster 126.13 Wigan 77.71 Wiltshire 88.96 Winchester 102.19 Woking 105.23 Wokingham 116.34 Wolverhampton 80.53. ”
Schedule 4Substitution of Part 5 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order
“PART 5
AMOUNTS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES
Relevant Year 2017-2018
Local authority (1) Specified amount “O”(£) (2) Guideline rent increase “P” (£) Caerphilly 82.00 4.00 Cardiff 92.41 4.28 Carmarthenshire 81.59 3.97 Denbighshire 79.33 3.95 Flintshire 82.46 4.04 Isle of Anglesey 78.18 4.20 Pembrokeshire 83.06 3.77 Powys 83.45 3.97 Swansea 80.32 4.00 Vale of Glamorgan 89.40 4.20 Wrexham 81.62 4.00. ”
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(3) 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 2016.
Article 2(2)(a) and (4) and Schedule 2 have effect for the purposes of determining additional amounts of subsidy payable for the year beginning with 1st April 2017. In particular, it prescribes a system for the making of additional payments of subsidy to be made to local authorities which participate in the Right Benefit Initiative Scheme (“the RBI Scheme”), as notified by the Secretary of State to local authorities on 30th March 2017.
In the RBI 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 based on its use of real time information. Some or all of the funding may be recovered if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the funding is not being used in connection with those activities. The amendments at article 2(2)(b) and (5) revoke provisions relating to the previous incentive scheme.
Hard copies of the circulars referenced in new Schedule 1ZA to the 1998 Order which set out details of the RBI Scheme and the amounts of the payment, 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 2017. Paragraph (2) amends paragraph 3 of Schedule 4A to provide that the rebate proportion figure for 2017/2018 is 0.739. Paragraph (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, paragraph (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.
The amendment in article 4 requires local authorities in England to inform the Secretary of State of the identity of their auditor before 1st March in the year before the year for which subsidy is payable.
The amendments in article 5 relate to the fact that the Secretary of State no longer subsidises the temporary accommodation management fee through the subsidy.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations.