Article 6 Additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative

In Schedule 1ZC (additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative)—

(a)

in paragraph 1 (interpretation), in the definition of “HBAAI”, for “Housing Benefit Circular HB A5/2024” to the end of that definition substitute “Housing Benefit Circular HB A7/2025 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 24th April 2025”^f1;

(b)

in paragraph 2 (additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2024)—

(i)

in the heading, for “1st April 2024”, substitute “1st April 2025”;

(ii)

for “1st April 2024”, substitute “1st April 2025”;

(iii)

for “Housing Benefit Circular” to the end substitute “Housing Benefit Circular HB S4/2025 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 24th April 2025”^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-adjudication-circulars-2025/a72025-housing-benefit-award-accuracy-initiative-for-the-financial-year-ending-march-2026.
f2: See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-subsidy-circulars-2025/s42025-housing-benefit-award-accuracy-initiative-funding-for-the-financial-year-ending-march-2026-for-local-authorities-participating-from-1-april-2.