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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/major-precepting-authorities-excessive-budget-requirementspayments-england-regulations-2000/schedule/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/214",
  "legislation_title": "The Major Precepting Authorities (Excessive Budget Requirements—Payments) (England) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/major-precepting-authorities-excessive-budget-requirementspayments-england-regulations-2000",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Rounding",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Schedule the following rounding conventions will apply:\n(a) the following amounts shall be rounded to the nearest thousand pounds—\nE (paragraph 1),\nG (paragraph 3(2)),\nK (paragraph 4(2)),\nL (paragraph 4(3)),\ngrant allocated under the Principal Formula (paragraph 7),\neach of the sums aggregated in the calculation of the amount of P (paragraph 5(3)) and hence the amount of P,\nin the case of the Greater London Authority each of the sums aggregated in the calculation of P1 and P2 referred to in paragraph 5(3)(a) and hence the amount of P,\nR (paragraph 2(2)(a));\n(b) T (paragraph 5(4)) shall be rounded to the nearest whole unit;\n(c) amounts of C and M (paragraphs 2(2) and 5(1), shall be rounded to the nearest penny. Items P and T used in the calculation of C shall be rounded in accordance with sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above. R (which in the case of major precepting authorities other than the Greater London Authority is defined in section 44 of the 1992 Act) and which is used in the calculation of C, shall be rounded to the nearest thousand pounds;\n(d) where the amount to be rounded is exactly one half of the relevant unit designated in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above for rounding purposes, the rounding shall be upwards to the next unit.\nTABLE A\nMAJOR PRECEPTING AUTHORITIES\nPrescribed proportion of council tax yield, guideline council taxand budget requirement in 1999–2000 and adjustment to SSA in 1999–2000\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nColumn 5\nGreater London Authority\n0.155\n£107.95\n£2,104,822,000\nNil\nReceiver of the Metropolitan Police District\n0.155\n£17.96\n£17,601,000\nNil\nCOUNTY COUNCILS\nBedfordshire\n0.105\n£665.80\n£273,913,000\nNil\nBuckinghamshire\n0.073\n£578.90\n£321,381,000\nNil\nCambridgeshire\n0.085\n£544.11\n£333,064,000\nNil\nCheshire\n0.097\n£696.15\n£480,213,000\nNil\nCornwall\n0.151\n£565.42\n£343,640,000\nNil\nCumbria\n0.134\n£662.23\n£361,266,000\nNil\nDerbyshire\n0.129\n£666.30\n£499,641,000\nNil\nDevon\n0.110\n£594.62\n£464,848,000\nNil\nDorset\n0.093\n£630.98\n£252,499,000\nNil\nDurham\n0.155\n£662.39\n£373,659,000\nNil\nEast Sussex\n0.122\n£601.45\n£338,240,000\nNil\nEssex\n0.116\n£583.50\n£909,632,000\n£34,000\nGloucestershire\n0.096\n£561.33\n£366,689,000\nNil\nHampshire\n0.082\n£584.49\n£771,027,000\nNil\nHertfordshire\n0.094\n£553.26\n£731,269,000\n£68,000\nKent\n0.120\n£577.64\n£966,887,000\nNil\nLancashire\n0.140\n£703.66\n£855,268,000\nNil\nLeicestershire\n0.088\n£621.87\n£391,688,000\nNil\nLincolnshire\n0.128\n£582.98\n£430,333,000\nNil\nNorfolk\n0.131\n£582.83\n£519,038,000\nNil\nNorth Yorkshire\n0.092\n£562.01\n£376,531,000\nNil\nNorthamptonshire\n0.113\n£564.26\n£429,719,000\nNil\nNorthumberland\n0.135\n£683.65\n£237,385,000\nNil\nNottinghamshire\n0.133\n£712.04\n£531,652,000\nNil\nOxfordshire\n0.082\n£563.67\n£371,522,000\nNil\nShropshire\n0.107\n£580.33\n£186,456,000\nNil\nSomerset\n0.115\n£580.99\n£318,589,000\nNil\nStaffordshire\n0.107\n£557.18\n£530,893,000\nNil\nSuffolk\n0.119\n£567.62\n£438,289,000\nNil\nSurrey\n0.062\n£564.60\n£650,102,000\n£128,000\nWarwickshire\n0.108\n£622.80\n£332,068,000\nNil\nWest Sussex\n0.091\n£570.60\n£478,883,000\nNil\nWiltshire\n0.082\n£586.20\n£270,146,000\nNil\nWorcestershire\n0.098\n£537.05\n£332,248,000\nNil\nPOLICE AUTHORITIES\nAvon and Somerset\n0.128\n£57.33\n£172,296,000\n£415,000\nBedfordshire\n0.122\n£58.36\n£63,111,000\n£175,000\nCambridgeshire\n0.098\n£50.40\n£74,968,000\n£159,000\nCheshire\n0.117\n£56.27\n£111,361,000\n£268,000\nCleveland\n0.155\n£50.93\n£81,925,000\n£177,000\nCumbria\n0.134\n£75.61\n£64,305,000\n£157,000\nDerbyshire\n0.139\n£59.88\n£105,226,000\n£260,000\nDevon and Cornwall\n0.135\n£50.47\n£174,873,000\n£412,000\nDorset\n0.106\n£73.79\n£76,746,000\n£162,000\nDurham\n0.155\n£50.78\n£81,509,000\n£178,000\nEssex\n0.125\n£65.06\n£177,123,000\n£7,264,000\nGloucestershire\n0.096\n£60.34\n£64,581,000\n£156,000\nGreater Manchester Police\n0.155\n£58.79\n£382,227,000\n£663,000\nHampshire\n0.105\n£52.39\n£196,197,000\n£528,000\nHertfordshire\n0.094\n£61.89\n£116,347,000\n£14,614,000\nHumberside\n0.155\n£54.82\n£114,569,000\n£259,000\nKent\n0.122\n£50.59\n£183,786,000\n£508,000\nLancashire\n0.154\n£55.81\n£181,049,000\n£419,000\nLeicestershire\n0.126\n£63.96\n£106,603,000\n£273,000\nLincolnshire\n0.128\n£82.90\n£70,022,000\n£135,000\nMerseyside Police\n0.155\n£74.98\n£246,573,000\n£429,000\nNorfolk\n0.131\n£56.04\n£85,161,000\n£181,000\nNorth Yorkshire\n0.098\n£50.64\n£77,843,000\n£184,000\nNorthamptonshire\n0.113\n£72.41\n£69,968,000\n£173,000\nNorthumbria Police\n0.155\n£50.79\n£213,360,000\n£361,000\nNottinghamshire\n0.155\n£56.75\n£128,693,000\n£277,000\nSouth Yorkshire Police\n0.155\n£56.71\n£173,699,000\n£369,000\nStaffordshire\n0.127\n£75.68\n£121,577,000\n£310,000\nSuffolk\n0.119\n£54.74\n£69,810,000\n£167,000\nSurrey\n0.062\n£66.42\n£114,366,000\n£21,561,000\nSussex\n0.116\n£53.22\n£168,374,000\n£389,000\nThames Valley\n0.083\n£53.04\n£227,166,000\n£585,000\nWarwickshire\n0.108\n£64.89\n£55,000,000\n£144,000\nWest Mercia\n0.111\n£56.05\n£115,742,000\n£281,000\nWest Midlands Police\n0.155\n£51.24\n£381,838,000\n£887,000\nWest Yorkshire Police\n0.155\n£54.76\n£289,690,000\n£619,000\nWiltshire\n0.088\n£65.59\n£68,421,000\n£163,000\nFIRE AUTHORITIES\nGreater Manchester Fire\n0.155\n£28.52\n£86,756,000\nNil\nMerseyside Fire\n0.155\n£37.83\n£60,467,000\nNil\nSouth Yorkshire Fire\n0.155\n£27.69\n£39,766,000\nNil\nTyne and Wear Fire\n0.155\n£30.61\n£41,009,000\nNil\nWest Midlands Fire\n0.155\n£26.77\n£84,648,000\nNil\nWest Yorkshire Fire\n0.155\n£24.38\n£65,405,000\nNil\nTABLE B\nLocal authority contribution factor to council tax benefit costs\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nAmount of N\nZ\nNot exceeding 0.5\n0.125\nExceeding 0.5 and not exceeding 1\n0.25\nExceeding 1 and not exceeding 1.5\n0.375\nExceeding 1.5 and not exceeding 2\n0.5\nExceeding 2 and not exceeding 2.5\n0.625\nExceeding 2.5 and not exceeding 3\n0.75\nExceeding 3 and not exceeding 3.5\n0.875\nExceeding 3.5\n1",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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