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The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2023

S.I. 2023/1040 · Made 22 September 2023

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 22nd September 2023

Laid before Parliament 25th September 2023

Coming into force 6th November 2023

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140B(1), (3), (4) and (4A), 140C(1), (1A), (2) and (4), 140F(2) and 189(1), (4), (5), (6) and (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)(b) 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

f1

1992 c. 5 (“the Administration Act”). Sections 140B, 140C and 140F were inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52). Section 140B(1) was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47) (“the Fraud Act”). Section 140B(4) was substituted and section 140B(4A) was inserted by section 10 of the Fraud Act. Section 140C(1A) was inserted by paragraph 37 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26). There are amendments to section 189(1), (4), (5) and (6) which are not relevant to this Order. Section 189(7) was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) and by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Fraud Act.

f2

Relevant amendments were made by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21).

f3

Section 176(1)(b) was amended by paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment of the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 and effect of amendments
  3. 3Housing Benefit Assurance Process
  4. 4The amount of an authority’s subsidy
  5. 5Additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service
  6. 6Additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative
  7. 7High rents and rent allowances
  8. 8Rent rebate deductions from the subsidy of an authority in Wales
  9. Signature
  10. Schedule 1Substitution of Schedule 1 to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998
  11. Schedule 2Substitution of Schedule 1ZB to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998
  12. Schedule 3Substitution of Schedule 1ZC to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998
  13. Schedule 4Substitution of Schedule 4A to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998
  14. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2023 and comes into force on 6th November 2023.

(2)

Any amendment made by this Order has the same extent as the provision amended.

2Amendment of the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 and effect of amendments

(1)

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998f1 is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 8.

(2)

Articles 3 and 4 and Schedule 1 have effect for the purpose of determining subsidy payable for the relevant yearf2 beginning with 1st April 2022.

(3)

In paragraph (2), “relevant year” means the year in respect of which a claim for subsidy is made.

3Housing Benefit Assurance Process

In article 2 (interpretation of Parts 2 and 4), in the definition of “HBAP”, for “31st March 2022” substitute “17th April 2023”f1.

4The amount of an authority’s subsidy

For Schedule 1 (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy) substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

5Additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service

For Schedule 1ZB (additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service) substitute the Schedule 1ZB set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

6Additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative

For Schedule 1ZC (additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative) substitute the Schedule 1ZC set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.

7High rents and rent allowances

In Schedule 4 (high rents and rent allowances), omit Part 5.

8Rent rebate deductions from the subsidy of an authority in Wales

For Schedule 4A (rent rebate limitation deductions (housing revenue account dwellings): authorities in Wales) substitute the Schedule 4A set out in Schedule 4 to this Order.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Mims Davies

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Work and Pensions

22nd September 2023

We consent.

Scott Mann

Stuart Anderson

Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury

19th September 2023

Schedule 1Substitution of Schedule 1 to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

“Schedule 1

Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy

Article 12(1)(b)

Relevant Year 2022-2023

Local authorityAdministration subsidy (£)
England
Adur District Council155,260
Allerdale Borough Council291,366
Amber Valley Borough Council314,518
Arun District Council396,117
Ashfield District Council369,270
Ashford Borough Council327,221
Babergh District Council186,692
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham883,626
London Borough of Barnet1,381,355
Barnsley Borough Council860,032
Barrow Borough Council214,897
Basildon District Council578,884
Basingstoke and Deane District Council378,794
Bassetlaw District Council316,286
Bath and North East Somerset Council433,805
Bedford Borough Council484,034
London Borough of Bexley628,705
Birmingham City Council5,299,607
Blaby District Council154,008
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council522,497
Blackpool Borough Council763,704
Bolsover District Council236,927
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council1,018,205
Boston Borough Council194,537
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council1,190,342
Bracknell Forest Borough Council261,686
Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council1,663,599
Braintree District Council358,729
Breckland District Council312,113
London Borough of Brent1,559,304
Brentwood District Council130,706
Brighton and Hove Council1,069,586
Bristol City Council1,559,279
Broadland District Council204,868
London Borough of Bromley804,237
Bromsgrove District Council164,764
Broxbourne Borough Council261,756
Broxtowe Council237,940
Buckinghamshire Council978,818
Burnley Borough Council377,975
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council549,099
Calderdale Borough Council685,971
Cambridge City Council319,687
London Borough of Camden1,330,141
Cannock Chase District Council259,710
Canterbury City Council393,432
City of Carlisle District Council298,073
Castle Point District Council180,170
Central Bedfordshire Council524,247
Charnwood Borough Council325,448
Chelmsford Borough Council353,218
Cheltenham Borough Council279,901
Cherwell District Council307,473
Cheshire East Council776,941
Cheshire West and Chester Council903,516
Chesterfield Borough Council382,396
Chichester District Council278,324
Chorley Borough Council262,116
City of London54,054
Colchester Borough Council447,657
Copeland Borough Council218,646
Cornwall Council1,672,446
Cotswold District Council174,005
Coventry City Council1,070,102
Craven District Council110,413
Crawley Borough Council371,582
London Borough of Croydon1,590,871
Dacorum Borough Council404,422
Darlington Borough Council386,010
Dartford Borough Council246,219
Derby City Council810,432
Derbyshire Dales District Council131,787
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council1,044,406
Dorset Council884,643
Dover District Council368,913
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council953,670
Durham County Council2,011,966
London Borough of Ealing1,477,289
East Cambridgeshire District Council167,606
East Devon District Council297,550
East Hampshire District Council190,721
East Hertfordshire District Council273,942
East Lindsey District Council466,991
East Riding of Yorkshire Council697,878
East Staffordshire Borough Council253,637
East Suffolk Council660,021
Eastbourne Borough Council395,234
Eastleigh Borough Council254,237
Eden District Council96,394
Elmbridge Borough Council256,365
London Borough of Enfield1,646,586
Epping Forest District Council279,025
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council144,819
Erewash Borough Council312,178
Exeter City Council348,897
Fareham Borough Council171,817
Fenland District Council275,588
Folkestone and Hythe District Council355,564
Forest of Dean District Council211,506
Fylde Borough Council194,866
Gateshead Borough Council854,280
Gedling Borough Council251,565
Gloucester City Council382,527
Gosport Borough Council247,242
Gravesham Borough Council285,617
Great Yarmouth Council423,863
Royal Borough of Greenwich1,369,639
Guildford Borough Council248,029
London Borough of Hackney2,028,921
Halton Borough Council543,418
Hambleton District Council191,991
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham1,006,388
Harborough District Council127,266
London Borough of Haringey1,437,265
Harlow District Council345,862
Harrogate Borough Council297,732
Harrow Council747,709
Hart District Council115,588
Hartlepool Borough Council490,637
Hastings Borough Council453,589
Havant Borough Council260,943
London Borough of Havering627,513
Herefordshire Council433,811
Hertsmere Borough Council278,288
High Peak Borough Council219,139
London Borough of Hillingdon877,829
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council203,534
Horsham District Council243,151
London Borough of Hounslow1,000,420
Huntingdonshire District Council325,083
Hyndburn Borough Council301,650
Ipswich Borough Council480,546
Isle of Wight County Council455,910
Isles of Scilly Council1,640
London Borough of Islington1,497,485
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea914,611
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council367,964
Hull City Council1,284,037
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames433,156
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council1,271,497
Knowsley Borough Council728,171
London Borough of Lambeth1,825,479
Lancaster City Council412,448
Leeds City Council2,514,090
Leicester City Council1,177,299
Lewes District Council260,074
London Borough of Lewisham1,654,588
Lichfield District Council195,101
City of Lincoln Council365,729
Liverpool City Council2,481,751
Luton Borough Council652,486
Maidstone Borough Council372,876
Maldon District Council124,054
Malvern Hills District Council168,002
Manchester City Council2,580,189
Mansfield District Council362,508
Medway Council765,468
Melton Borough Council107,354
Mendip District Council281,777
London Borough of Merton571,268
Mid Devon District Council182,849
Mid Suffolk District Council176,011
Mid Sussex District Council240,463
Middlesbrough Council687,811
Milton Keynes Borough Council804,206
Mole Valley District Council165,890
New Forest District Council357,603
Newark and Sherwood District Council286,707
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council316,785
Newcastle City Council1,283,745
London Borough of Newham1,586,677
North Devon District Council259,987
North East Derbyshire District Council267,258
North East Lincolnshire Council577,726
North Hertfordshire District Council291,247
North Kesteven District Council210,243
North Lincolnshire Council469,211
North Norfolk District Council260,846
North Northamptonshire Council837,818
North Somerset Council555,299
North Tyneside Borough Council735,318
North Warwickshire District Council148,542
North West Leicestershire District Council198,704
Northumberland County Council941,021
Norwich City Council611,937
Nottingham City Council1,362,091
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council378,367
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council94,713
Oldham Borough Council859,869
Oxford City Council421,230
Pendle Borough Council266,318
Peterborough City Council649,437
Plymouth City Council969,134
Portsmouth City Council869,783
Preston Borough Council478,688
Reading Borough Council537,658
London Borough of Redbridge859,524
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council553,740
Redditch Borough Council247,959
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council289,320
Ribble Valley Borough Council86,684
Richmondshire District Council100,906
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames446,592
Rochdale Borough Council871,847
Rochford District Council139,437
Rossendale Borough Council202,551
Rother District Council243,151
Rotherham Borough Council910,717
Rugby Borough Council240,402
Runnymede Borough Council176,745
Rushcliffe Borough Council167,403
Rushmoor Borough Council280,571
Rutland County Council64,993
Ryedale District Council128,368
Salford City Council1,121,387
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council1,217,007
Scarborough Borough Council382,101
Sedgemoor District Council468,554
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council990,126
Selby District Council167,385
Sevenoaks District Council240,285
Sheffield City Council1,927,636
Shropshire Council687,073
Slough Borough Council484,029
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council527,104
Somerset West and Taunton Council436,898
South Cambridgeshire District Council243,282
South Derbyshire District Council180,358
South Gloucestershire Council496,463
South Hams District Council201,118
South Holland District Council188,403
South Kesteven District Council314,153
South Lakeland District Council169,917
South Norfolk District Council252,696
South Oxfordshire District Council234,944
South Ribble Borough Council210,421
South Somerset District Council418,414
South Staffordshire District Council217,661
South Tyneside Council758,243
Southampton City Council947,450
Southend-on-Sea City Council650,545
London Borough of Southwark1,777,461
Spelthorne Borough Council218,797
St Albans District Council266,685
St Helens Borough Council662,578
Stafford Borough Council253,961
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council158,011
Stevenage Borough Council280,953
Stockport Borough Council730,845
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council661,242
Stoke-on-Trent City Council947,639
Stratford-on-Avon District Council256,450
Stroud District Council242,118
Sunderland City Council1,268,190
Surrey Heath Borough Council136,729
London Borough of Sutton611,276
Swale Borough Council434,827
Swindon Borough Council588,379
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council869,561
Tamworth Borough Council206,615
Tandridge District Council178,884
Teignbridge District Council316,705
Telford and Wrekin Council612,269
Tendring District Council505,444
Test Valley Borough Council248,655
Tewkesbury Borough Council188,104
Thanet District Council571,920
Three Rivers Council190,490
Thurrock Borough Council477,682
Tonbridge and Malling District Council279,233
Torbay Council534,037
Torridge District Council170,756
London Borough of Tower Hamlets1,863,709
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council581,798
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council249,320
Uttlesford District Council146,475
Vale of White Horse District Council237,730
Wakefield Council1,152,480
Walsall Borough Council1,027,770
London Borough of Waltham Forest997,078
London Borough of Wandsworth1,294,763
Warrington Borough Council535,677
Warwick District Council275,828
Watford Borough Council280,410
Waverley Borough Council223,592
Wealden District Council260,367
Welwyn Hatfield District Council336,375
West Berkshire Council324,924
West Devon Borough Council126,822
West Lancashire District Council292,289
West Lindsey District Council248,446
West Northamptonshire Council874,601
West Oxfordshire District Council202,841
West Suffolk Council389,606
City of Westminster1,294,989
Wigan Council1,016,817
Wiltshire Council1,029,349
Winchester City Council238,915
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead268,262
Wirral Borough Council1,241,841
Woking Borough Council202,879
Wokingham District Council200,194
Wolverhampton City Council1,047,981
Worcester City Council271,919
Worthing Borough Council290,107
Wychavon District Council268,669
Wyre Borough Council299,317
Wyre Forest District Council294,191
City of York Council395,430
Wales
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council318,962
Bridgend County Borough Council477,573
Caerphilly County Borough Council636,859
Cardiff City Council1,262,108
Carmarthenshire County Council540,118
Ceredigion Council187,368
Conwy County Borough Council379,349
Denbighshire County Council349,113
Flintshire County Council411,534
Gwynedd Council323,966
Isle of Anglesey County Council211,568
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council236,961
Monmouthshire County Council220,909
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council591,884
Newport City Council576,113
Pembrokeshire County Council385,804
Powys County Council327,717
Rhondda-Cynon-Taff County Borough Council797,265
Swansea City Council911,084
Torfaen Borough Council390,255
Vale of Glamorgan Council359,861
Wrexham County Borough Council462,998
Scotland
Aberdeen City Council652,154
Aberdeenshire Council470,681
Angus Council368,081
Argyll and Bute Council271,451
Clackmannanshire Council232,389
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar Council62,405
Dumfries and Galloway Council538,578
Dundee City Council786,906
East Ayrshire Council527,112
East Dunbartonshire Council207,488
East Lothian District Council326,547
East Renfrewshire Council175,099
City of Edinburgh Council1,515,282
Falkirk District Council557,578
Fife Council1,334,156
Glasgow City Council3,641,774
Highland Council674,465
Inverclyde District Council403,506
Midlothian Council295,008
Moray Council243,621
North Ayrshire Council677,929
North Lanarkshire Council1,397,861
Orkney Islands Council56,904
Perth and Kinross Council368,564
Renfrewshire Council707,391
Scottish Borders Council360,545
Shetland Islands Council51,479
South Ayrshire Council433,924
South Lanarkshire Council1,134,646
Stirling Council254,796
West Dunbartonshire Council495,052
West Lothian Council661,233

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Schedule 2Substitution of Schedule 1ZB to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

“Schedule 1ZB

Additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service

Article 12(1)(bza)

Interpretation

1

In this Schedule—

  • “relevant activities” means activities carried out by authorities receiving VEP alerts to administer those alerts;

  • “VEP alerts” means alerts given by the Secretary of State enabling authorities to identify changes in earnings and pensions so as to help prevent fraud and error relating to housing benefit.

Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023

2

The additional amount of subsidy for an authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023 is the amount specified for that authority in the Housing Benefit Circular HB S7/2023 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 9th May 2023f1.

Use of amount paid under paragraph 2

3

An authority must use the additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities.”.

Schedule 3Substitution of Schedule 1ZC to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

“Schedule 1ZC

Additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative

Article 12(1)(bzb)

Interpretation

1

In this Schedule—

  • “HBAAI” means the Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative set out in Housing Benefit Circular HB A5/2022 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 5th May 2022f1;

  • “relevant activities” means activities carried out by authorities in connection with administering the HBAAI.

Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2022

2

The additional amount of subsidy for an authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2022 is the amount (if any) specified for that authority in the following Housing Benefit Circulars published by the Department for Work and Pensions—

(a)

HB S7/2022, first published on 29th April 2022f2;

(b)

HB S10/2022, first published on 18th November 2022f3.

Use of amount paid under paragraph 2

3

An authority must use any additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities.”.

Schedule 4Substitution of Schedule 4A to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

“Schedule 4A

Rent Rebate Limitation Deductions (Housing Revenue Account Dwellings): Authorities in Wales

Article 20A

Interpretation

1

In this Schedule—

  • “HRA” means the Housing Revenue Account of the authority the amount of whose subsidy is under consideration;

  • “rent”, in relation to a dwelling, means the total of the payments in respect of the dwelling specified in regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations, other than a payment specified in regulation 12(1)(e).

Liability to deduction

2
(1)

This paragraph applies in relation to the relevant year if—

(a)

the authority is specified in the Table in paragraph 4 for that year, and

(b)

O + P is less than Q where—

  • “O” is the amount specified in column 1 of that Table for the authority;

  • “P” is the guideline rent increase specified in column 2 of that Table for the authority;

  • “Q” is the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year.

(2)

For the purposes of determining Q in sub-paragraph (1)(b), the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year is calculated by dividing the total rent charged for all dwellings in the HRA in that year by the total number of weeks for which rent was charged for all dwellings in the HRA, disregarding any unoccupied dwelling.

Amount of deduction

3
(1)

The amount of the deduction from subsidy referred to in article 20A(2) is to be calculated as follows—

  • Step 1

    Divide the amount of rebates granted by the authority in the relevant year in respect of dwellings in the HRA by the income of the authority for that year from rent (including rent remitted by way of rebate) in respect of such dwellings.

  • Step 2

    If the result of Step 1—

    1. (a)

      does not exceed the rebate proportion for the relevant year (see sub-paragraph (2))—

      1. (i)

        deduct (O + P) from Q (see paragraph 2);

      2. (ii)

        divide the result of paragraph (a)(i) by Q;

      3. (iii)

        multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (a)(ii));

    2. (b)

      exceeds the rebate proportion for the relevant year—

      1. (i)

        deduct (O + P) from Q (see paragraph 2);

      2. (ii)

        divide the result of paragraph (b)(i) by Q;

      3. (iii)

        divide the rebate proportion (see sub-paragraph (2)) by the result of Step 1;

      4. (iv)

        multiply the result of paragraph (b)(ii) by the result of paragraph (b)(iii);

      5. (v)

        multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (b)(iv).

(2)

The rebate proportion for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023 is 0.44.

Amounts for the purposes of paragraph 2

4

The amounts for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023 for the purposes of paragraph 2 are as follows—

Local authority(1) Specified amount “O”(£)(2) Guideline rent increase “P” (£)
Caerphilly County Borough Council104.568.10
Cardiff City Council117.789.23
Carmarthenshire County Council103.728.12
Denbighshire County Council104.478.31
Flintshire County Council109.568.50
Isle of Anglesey County Council105.098.34
Pembrokeshire County Council107.027.87
Powys County Council107.428.28
Swansea City Council104.778.42
Vale of Glamorgan Council117.248.79
Wrexham County Borough Council>107.828.41

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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 3 updates the definition of “HBAP” in article 2 of the 1998 Order to refer to the appropriate version of the Housing Benefit Assurance Process, published on 17th April 2023.

Article 4 and Schedule 1 substitute Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order, which prescribes the sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy for the year beginning with 1st April 2022.

Article 5 and Schedule 2 substitute Schedule 1ZB to the 1998 Order, which prescribes a system for the making of additional payments of subsidy to authorities administering alerts relating to the earnings and pension entitlement of claimants for housing benefit. The substituted Schedule 1ZB has effect for the purposes of determining additional amounts of subsidy payable for the year beginning with 1st April 2023. The amounts were notified by the Secretary of State to local authorities on 9th April 2023.

Article 6 and Schedule 3 substitute Schedule 1ZC to the 1998 Order. The definition of “HBAAI” in paragraph 1 of that Schedule is updated to refer to the most recent version of the Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative, published on 5th May 2022. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1ZC prescribes a system for the making of additional payments of subsidy to authorities verifying the accuracy of information held in respect of the household, income and capital, and general financial circumstances of claimants for housing benefit. The substituted Schedule 1ZC has effect for the purposes of determining additional amounts of subsidy payable for the year beginning with 1st April 2022. The amounts were notified by the Secretary of State to local authorities on 18th November 2022.

Article 7 omits Part 5 of Schedule 4 to the 1998 Order. Paragraph 1 of that Schedule, which referred to the table in Part 5, was previously omitted by the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/54). This Order is therefore being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Article 8 and Schedule 4 substitute Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order, to update the rebate proportion figure for 2023/2024 to 0.44, and to set out revised specified amounts “O” and guideline rent increases “P” used when calculating deductions from subsidy under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4A. The substituted Schedule 4A has effect for the purposes of determining subsidy payable for the year beginning with 1st April 2023 for authorities in Wales.

Hard copies of the circulars referenced in this Order are available by writing to the Department for Work and Pensions, Local Authority Partnership, Engagement and Delivery Division, Peel Park Phase 2, First Floor Blue Zone, Brunel Way, Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 5ES or by emailing [email protected].

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.