{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-universal-credit-functions-order-2013/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-universal-credit-functions-order-2013/schedule-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/382",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-universal-credit-functions-order-2013",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Local housing allowance for category of accommodation in paragraph 1",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs 5 (anomalous local housing allowances and 7 (minimum local housing allowance)) the rent officer must determine a local housing allowance for each category of accommodation in paragraph 1 as follows.\n(2) The local housing allowance for any category of accommodation is the lower of—\n(a) the rent at the 30th percentile determined in accordance with paragraph 3; and\n(b) for a category of accommodation listed in column 1 of the following table, the amount listed in column 2 of that table (maximum local housing allowance)—\n1. Category of accommodation as specified in paragraph 1\n2. Maximum local housing allowance for that category of accommodation\nparagraph 1(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)\n£1,439.97\nParagraph 1(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)\n£1,439.97\nParagraph 1(c) (two bedrooms)\n£1,793.98\nParagraph 1(d) (three bedrooms)\n£2,160.02\nParagraph 1(e) (four bedrooms)\n£3,060.00\n(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Where the local housing allowance would otherwise not be a whole number of pence, it must be rounded to the nearest whole penny by disregarding any amount less than half a penny and treating any amount of half a penny or more as a whole penny.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2 substituted (13.1.2014) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2978), arts. 1, 4(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 para. 2(1) substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 4(2)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(1) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 4(2)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2(2) substituted (30.3.2020) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/371), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(b) table substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 4(2)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(b) table substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 4(2)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(b) table substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 4(2)(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(b) table substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 4(2)(b)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sum in Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(b) table substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 4(2)(b)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 2(2) substituted for Sch. 1 paras. 2(2A)-(3A) (30.1.2020) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/27), arts. 1, 4(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 modified (28.1.2021) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1519), arts. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 modified (31.1.2022) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment and Modification) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1380), arts. 1(1), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 modified (31.1.2023) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/6), arts. 1(1), 4"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:34.350504+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}