Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2350

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2001

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" Rent officers' property-specific rent and claim-related rent
     7. Where the rent officer either - 


(a) determines a property-specific rent but not a size-related rent and the amount of eligible rent does not exceed the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts, or

(b) determines a claim-related rent and the amount of eligible rent does not exceed the aggregate of the claim-related rent and those service charges which the authority has determined as eligible to be met by housing benefit under sub-paragraphs (a)(iv)(cc), (c) and (f) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (ineligible service charges) and Schedule 1B (service charges for claimants in supported accommodation) to the Housing Benefit Regulations, less ineligible amounts,



the appropriate amount in respect of the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date shall be 95 per cent of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the eligible rent.".

    (3) For sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 8 of Part II of Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph - 

    " (1) Where the rent officer either - 


(a) determines a property-specific rent but not a size-related rent and the amount of eligible rent exceeds the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts, or

(b) determines a claim-related rent and the amount of eligible rent exceeds the aggregate of the claim-related rent and those service charges which the authority has determined as eligible to be met by housing benefit under sub-paragraphs (a)(iv)(cc), (c) and (f) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (ineligible service charges) and Schedule 1B (service charges for claimants in supported accommodation) to the Housing Benefit Regulations, less ineligible amounts,



then, for the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date, the appropriate amount shall be determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) or (3), as the case may be.".

    (4) The following sub-paragraph shall be added to paragraph 9 of Part II of Schedule 4 - 

    " (6) This paragraph does not apply where a rent officer determines a claim-related rent.".

    (5) For sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph 12 of Part II of Schedule 4 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph - 

" (e) in a case where the rent officer has made a re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination, the relevant date is - 


(i) if the designated rent determination under the re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination is higher than or equal to the amount determined under the original determination, the date determined under the foregoing sub-paragraphs of this paragraph as appropriate;

(ii) if the designated rent determination under the re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination is lower than the amount determined under the original determination, the Monday following the date on which the re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination is made by the rent officer.".

    (6) Paragraph 17 of Part IV of Schedule 4 shall be amended by - 

(a) omitting from the definition of "appropriate indicative rent level" the words "or Part II" and "and fuel";

(b) inserting, in the appropriate place, the following definition - 

" "claim-related rent" means the rent notified by the rent officer under paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997[8] or, as the case may be, the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997[9];";

(c) adding the following paragraph to the definition of "designated rent" - 


" (c) in a case where a rent officer has determined a claim-related rent, that rent;" and



(d) substituting for the definition of "ineligible amounts" the following definition - 

" "ineligible amounts" means - 
(a) in a case where the rent officer has determined a claim-related rent - 


(i) any amount in respect of amounts ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1A of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (amounts ineligible for meals)[10];

(ii) where the dwelling is in a hostel as defined in regulation 2[11] of the Housing Benefit Regulations (interpretation), any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations (ineligible service charges), other than sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph;



(b) in any other case, except as provided in the definition of "property-specific rent less ineligible amounts" below, - 



(i) any amount which the rent officer determines is attributable to the provision of services ineligible to be met by housing benefit, plus the amount in respect of fuel charges ineligible to be met under Part II of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (payments in respect of fuel charges);

(ii) any amount in respect of amounts ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1A of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (amounts ineligible for meals);

(iii) where the dwelling is in a hostel as defined in regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (interpretation), any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations (ineligible service charges), other than sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph.".

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


Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions

26th June 2001



We consent,


Anne McGuire

Nick Ainger
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

28th June 2001

" SCHEDULE 1Articles 11(1), 12(b), 13(1), 17(1),18(1)(b) and (d), 21 and paragraph1(2) of Schedule 5


SUMS AND PERCENTAGES TO BE USED IN THE CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY



(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
Authority	Administration Subsidy	Homeless Threshold	Homeless Cap	Additional Subsidy	Benefit Savings Threshold	X per cent.
	(£)	(£)	(£)	(£)	(£)
ENGLAND
Adur	138,387	79.11	105.48	17,717	117,886	93.66
Allerdale	327,887	63.48	84.64	22,402	200,728	93.80
Alnwick	81,646	54.56	72.74	4,532	49,912	90.19
Amber Valley	255,669	61.77	82.36	19,777	162,220	90.08
Arun	351,181	87.08	116.10	66,242	405,560	93.62
Ashfield	290,270	59.60	79.46	19,877	171,435	89.76
Ashford	209,660	80.41	107.21	19,379	167,321	89.16
Aylesbury Vale	215,532	76.10	101.46	21,459	153,467	89.86
Babergh	161,066	72.97	97.29	16,070	116,109	90.32
Barking and Dagenham	675,773	150.00	180.00	60,904	475,184	94.20
Barnet	855,145	150.00	180.00	213,399	1,293,404	94.23
Barnsley	753,109	51.44	68.59	49,848	394,441	92.88
Barrow-in-Furness	234,090	67.83	90.44	37,245	214,351	93.84
Basildon	512,094	75.26	100.34	34,521	373,859	90.30
Basingstoke and Deane	289,352	78.24	104.32	20,771	260,808	91.21
Bassetlaw	279,144	63.85	85.13	22,421	173,283	89.78
Bath and North East Somerset	441,325	67.59	90.12	50,116	356,620	90.92
Bedford	412,512	61.98	82.64	41,116	442,278	90.92
Berwick-upon-Tweed	78,855	57.89	77.18	6,133	42,916	90.14
Bexley	584,584	150.00	180.00	79,621	497,424	91.82
Birmingham	4,108,887	66.68	88.90	317,065	3,544,728	94.70
Blaby	92,430	55.61	74.14	7,001	44,494	93.34
Blackburn with Darwen	502,935	74.24	98.98	53,292	495,357	94.38
Blackpool	625,213	55.23	73.64	188,744	841,772	93.83
Blyth Valley	257,602	50.01	66.68	12,807	138,357	90.10
Bolsover	228,254	50.38	67.17	20,811	156,442	90.52
Bolton	868,370	54.77	73.03	73,820	666,893	94.95
Boston	137,971	57.45	76.60	8,221	76,899	92.05
Bournemouth	565,063	71.06	94.74	153,113	722,751	94.09
Bracknell Forest	180,491	81.81	109.08	22,115	135,861	94.37
Bradford	1,490,784	59.03	78.71	198,004	1,196,929	94.92
Braintree	289,181	68.95	91.94	23,094	206,837	90.93
Breckland	281,094	71.13	94.84	20,438	202,031	88.48
Brent	1,243,211	150.00	180.00	309,431	2,183,695	91.56
Brentwood	114,930	78.47	104.62	11,340	74,660	90.90
Bridgnorth	94,644	58.53	78.05	6,592	54,989	89.76
Brighton and Hove	1,117,934	72.03	96.04	289,371	1,889,328	90.72
Bristol	1,274,650	63.23	84.30	153,821	1,213,515	94.27
Broadland	200,005	71.13	94.84	14,284	142,847	88.61
Bromley	725,514	150.00	180.00	81,585	707,566	89.10
Bromsgrove	110,049	58.27	77.70	6,975	56,416	87.15
Broxbourne	168,754	86.78	115.70	21,216	122,489	89.48
Broxtowe	219,214	54.20	72.26	18,079	130,135	89.04
Burnley	294,370	65.04	86.72	41,325	295,707	91.45
Bury	434,977	62.15	82.87	47,741	313,832	92.22
Calderdale	562,995	56.43	75.24	44,973	422,185	94.92
Cambridge	237,957	69.50	92.66	25,867	233,279	88.17
Camden	1,307,539	150.00	180.00	212,401	1,686,538	94.31
Cannock Chase	214,855	67.84	90.45	10,651	118,331	91.52
Canterbury	330,229	77.08	102.77	53,318	335,069	89.26
Caradon	195,463	64.42	85.89	32,959	202,386	90.46
Carlisle	258,036	59.56	79.41	22,223	169,326	93.82
Carrick	234,869	69.95	93.26	39,623	243,619	91.23
Castle Morpeth	92,175	60.76	81.02	4,890	46,960	89.83
Castle Point	163,703	84.84	113.12	34,044	153,406	90.19
Charnwood	245,459	51.64	68.85	28,588	155,873	93.39
Chelmsford	253,042	77.61	103.48	23,740	182,253	90.51
Cheltenham	246,026	80.45	107.27	38,648	263,746	88.24
Cherwell	213,641	78.24	104.32	37,633	184,140	87.23
Chester	270,781	60.29	80.38	26,719	209,773	93.83
Chester-le-Street	150,862	55.00	73.34	8,839	78,771	95.00
Chesterfield	340,099	52.25	69.66	23,684	219,098	90.23
Chichester	209,761	78.20	104.26	24,586	176,946	93.58
Chiltern	155,912	78.24	104.32	7,746	143,707	89.91
Chorley	207,534	48.82	65.09	15,167	142,829	91.21
Christchurch	107,701	67.59	90.12	10,109	92,236	91.24
City of London	48,851	150.00	180.00	2,303	39,617	95.00
Colchester	333,361	74.19	98.92	45,181	334,790	90.56
Congleton	151,929	63.48	84.64	7,819	90,523	94.20
Copeland	226,968	59.73	79.64	19,509	155,133	93.81
Corby	140,311	59.49	79.32	19,221	80,869	90.38
Cotswold	159,002	67.59	90.12	14,988	143,616	88.23
Coventry	1,069,417	60.51	80.69	107,461	848,413	93.84
Craven	92,696	66.60	88.80	9,789	73,471	90.95
Crawley	213,525	78.04	104.06	12,458	136,156	93.59
Crewe and Nantwich	234,453	59.88	79.85	20,994	171,168	94.21
Croydon	1,051,969	150.00	180.00	233,471	1,554,876	90.43
Dacorum	266,445	71.35	95.13	21,487	161,153	89.60
Darlington	282,018	58.19	77.58	30,967	233,119	93.89
Dartford	188,425	78.38	104.50	25,144	138,984	89.32
Daventry	97,816	61.09	81.46	6,985	58,947	90.06
Derby	715,136	59.29	79.05	77,573	583,268	92.86
Derbyshire Dales	105,941	58.32	77.76	6,100	54,764	90.37
Derwentside	323,421	61.17	81.55	16,353	185,793	95.00
Doncaster	898,837	52.55	70.07	62,513	476,281	94.64
Dover	343,269	81.05	108.06	59,127	364,323	89.34
Dudley	823,914	62.34	83.12	34,855	422,737	93.25
Durham City	215,736	61.26	81.68	9,499	116,239	95.00
Ealing	982,100	150.00	180.00	253,589	1,416,695	93.14
Easington	402,776	59.99	79.98	16,101	237,978	95.00
East Cambridgeshire	147,246	71.13	94.84	11,242	99,521	87.92
East Devon	233,622	60.77	81.02	28,880	252,283	90.74
East Dorset	133,792	67.59	90.12	11,158	114,700	91.36
East Hampshire	188,272	78.24	104.32	19,129	196,148	91.40
East Hertfordshire	178,782	77.27	103.02	16,058	114,204	88.97
East Lindsey	371,806	59.21	78.94	51,368	261,949	92.00
East Northamptonshire	134,787	59.50	79.33	13,127	73,668	90.42
East Riding of Yorkshire	654,266	56.97	75.96	91,861	521,912	94.63
East Staffordshire	211,180	56.89	75.85	20,748	133,384	91.38
Eastbourne	327,290	72.06	96.08	67,991	434,873	89.82
Eastleigh	220,411	78.24	104.32	19,697	191,100	91.37
Eden	93,497	63.48	84.64	8,133	85,782	93.80
Ellesmere Port and Neston	180,953	46.25	61.67	9,455	95,730	94.21
Elmbridge	196,981	89.24	118.98	35,316	206,314	91.04
Enfield	931,667	150.00	180.00	175,051	1,216,769	91.11
Epping Forest	259,608	75.74	100.98	32,814	188,842	90.98
Epsom and Ewell	102,823	78.24	104.32	15,816	102,204	89.53
Erewash	280,499	53.56	71.41	21,271	171,394	89.82
Exeter	296,559	59.32	79.09	56,739	290,031	90.14
Fareham	128,629	71.87	95.82	15,750	98,878	91.23
Fenland	207,958	67.81	90.42	27,692	129,093	87.96
Forest Heath	93,081	63.67	84.89	9,833	54,676	90.45
Forest of Dean	157,574	63.81	85.08	16,506	110,948	88.48
Fylde	137,083	55.88	74.50	28,416	134,309	91.19
Gateshead	864,399	55.68	74.24	43,940	627,268	94.17
Gedling	211,224	55.01	73.35	20,663	141,523	89.73
Gloucester	290,176	71.99	95.99	62,115	318,094	88.09
Gosport	184,388	71.48	95.31	17,931	179,774	90.73
Gravesham	252,315	76.20	101.60	34,150	196,079	88.66
Great Yarmouth	342,739	54.98	73.30	64,278	297,291	88.65
Greenwich	1,230,616	150.00	180.00	90,048	1,026,065	94.30
Guildford	212,947	90.30	120.40	28,784	185,445	91.01
Hackney	1,689,842	150.00	180.00	255,580	2,658,192	94.25
Halton	489,686	54.60	72.80	28,202	358,083	92.92
Hambleton	149,888	55.41	73.88	13,407	113,609	89.98
Hammersmith and Fulham	939,836	150.00	180.00	147,237	1,040,184	94.29
Harborough	85,774	69.18	92.24	6,506	45,223	93.39
Haringey	1,310,653	150.00	180.00	406,435	2,586,870	94.33
Harlow	257,483	72.29	96.38	16,769	149,931	91.37
Harrogate	244,286	71.07	94.76	39,909	226,875	90.15
Harrow	496,012	150.00	180.00	119,952	778,166	90.96
Hart	87,417	78.24	104.32	10,613	73,002	91.20
Hartlepool	414,168	58.80	78.40	32,253	332,387	94.25
Hastings	464,012	78.24	104.32	112,112	622,313	89.96
Havant	265,077	78.24	104.32	25,570	231,365	91.30
Havering	514,709	150.00	180.00	58,709	345,024	89.41
Herefordshire	390,100	60.43	80.57	49,656	359,331	88.99
Hertsmere	230,343	71.13	94.84	16,831	184,201	89.74
High Peak	182,040	64.58	86.11	18,533	142,903	89.61
Hillingdon	617,952	150.00	180.00	76,829	664,593	91.03
Hinckley and Bosworth	146,265	62.37	83.16	10,982	70,325	92.76
Horsham	170,219	90.35	120.46	18,210	139,582	93.57
Hounslow	644,018	150.00	180.00	131,036	685,288	92.44
Huntingdonshire	212,790	77.06	102.74	19,860	145,373	85.99
Hyndburn	255,551	61.27	81.69	36,976	254,939	91.39
Ipswich	393,562	66.78	89.03	37,518	303,187	90.68
Isle of Wight	486,466	78.24	104.32	77,908	567,325	93.20
Isles of Scilly	5,306	72.13	96.17	178	2,031	93.94
Islington	1,373,934	150.00	180.00	120,861	1,316,632	94.30
Kennet	159,826	67.59	90.12	10,485	135,424	90.78
Kensington and Chelsea	744,270	150.00	180.00	152,017	1,051,236	93.99
Kerrier	314,475	67.59	90.12	37,717	328,977	91.22
Kettering	163,939	60.57	80.76	18,138	98,880	90.40
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	329,419	58.02	77.36	31,117	204,150	88.63
Kingston-upon-Hull	1,253,174	56.14	74.85	97,889	898,198	94.68
Kingston-upon-Thames	246,265	150.00	180.00	36,832	286,045	86.16
Kirklees	1,105,569	63.00	84.00	98,533	858,729	94.92
Knowsley	808,237	69.95	93.27	39,506	526,592	94.88
Lambeth	1,526,219	150.00	180.00	267,067	1,676,477	94.04
Lancaster	391,678	61.14	81.52	83,332	390,788	91.23
Leeds	2,395,846	47.44	63.25	257,726	1,633,648	94.91
Leicester	1,065,025	66.65	88.87	82,813	912,728	94.96
Lewes	205,891	78.96	105.28	39,032	200,621	89.98
Lewisham	1,445,124	150.00	180.00	189,573	1,296,766	92.88
Lichfield	164,407	62.16	82.88	5,679	105,776	91.43
Lincoln	301,279	54.34	72.45	32,919	232,723	91.91
Liverpool	2,944,266	65.48	87.30	322,438	2,425,582	94.89
Luton	498,078	77.20	102.94	101,988	467,665	90.86
Macclesfield	240,851	63.09	84.12	25,776	174,745	94.19
Maidstone	265,250	78.61	104.81	28,646	204,007	89.54
Maldon	130,002	71.13	94.84	30,274	124,384	90.92
Malvern Hills	151,003	62.16	82.88	11,240	121,110	87.25
Manchester	2,710,646	63.48	84.64	313,078	2,875,059	94.95
Mansfield	327,598	60.73	80.98	23,834	225,538	89.14
Medway Towns	668,662	78.24	104.32	173,599	747,003	94.61
Melton	72,540	55.58	74.11	4,975	39,498	93.37
Mendip	227,542	67.46	89.95	34,550	204,802	90.88
Merton	463,521	150.00	180.00	91,510	538,518	90.96
Mid Bedfordshire	188,113	78.24	104.32	13,225	107,913	89.55
Mid Devon	148,126	63.99	85.32	19,302	129,683	90.92
Mid Suffolk	134,934	66.78	89.04	10,890	75,617	90.49
Mid Sussex	197,367	78.24	104.32	20,972	211,411	93.60
Middlesbrough	641,792	67.12	89.50	48,620	524,564	94.09
Milton Keynes	509,712	62.03	82.71	48,942	429,027	88.73
Mole Valley	113,658	74.99	99.98	10,337	76,778	90.69
New Forest	317,363	81.89	109.18	31,790	282,876	91.40
Newark and Sherwood	246,612	59.11	78.82	20,440	163,856	90.06
Newcastle-under-Lyme	242,451	52.71	70.27	13,308	129,653	91.45
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1,288,777	57.44	76.59	121,086	1,039,142	94.17
Newham	1,513,465	150.00	180.00	378,329	2,618,766	94.18
North Cornwall	266,104	65.05	86.74	35,324	208,761	91.25
North Devon	245,157	73.79	98.39	54,300	285,008	90.91
North Dorset	110,551	67.59	90.12	9,035	84,773	91.21
North East Derbyshire	223,968	50.57	67.43	9,353	90,891	90.18
North East Lincolnshire	547,132	57.58	76.77	67,517	472,975	94.47
North Hertfordshire	237,792	74.17	98.90	25,316	168,121	89.82
North Kesteven	142,940	52.56	70.08	10,269	76,490	91.99
North Lincolnshire	375,367	54.70	72.93	33,130	238,901	94.75
North Norfolk	238,281	62.25	83.00	30,554	179,270	88.71
North Shropshire	112,773	56.67	75.55	10,212	66,524	89.98
North Somerset	417,914	77.76	103.68	92,945	459,784	93.24
North Tyneside	741,540	50.59	67.45	78,479	476,491	93.29
North Warwickshire	138,831	58.01	77.34	6,082	76,927	91.03
North West Leicestershire	162,418	58.12	77.49	8,815	77,556	93.43
North Wiltshire	228,755	67.59	90.12	15,132	174,555	90.68
Northampton	441,813	67.59	90.12	51,460	309,356	89.70
Norwich	522,741	60.24	80.32	43,177	363,217	88.31
Nottingham	1,237,496	59.21	78.94	94,449	961,535	94.44
Nuneaton and Bedworth	291,739	62.22	82.96	23,370	184,467	91.17
Oadby and Wigston	76,791	56.26	75.01	7,408	42,370	91.73
Oldham	724,524	54.17	72.23	54,640	522,283	94.39
Oswestry	85,383	58.29	77.71	7,616	54,190	88.11
Oxford	371,958	75.08	100.10	76,925	481,185	87.73
Pendle	233,102	59.27	79.03	31,545	201,675	91.44
Penwith	259,588	63.48	84.64	37,188	300,747	91.12
Peterborough	470,595	73.54	98.05	65,742	401,090	88.34
Plymouth	864,563	62.73	83.64	153,088	852,564	89.80
Poole	300,740	69.64	92.85	46,667	294,941	88.51
Portsmouth	667,046	75.60	100.80	107,288	734,088	94.99
Preston	428,335	64.21	85.62	37,167	386,327	91.49
Purbeck	96,117	80.95	107.93	12,165	91,596	91.31
Reading	391,844	93.78	125.04	82,848	496,372	94.36
Redbridge	674,256	150.00	180.00	227,718	1,174,309	87.78
Redcar and Cleveland	481,396	63.60	84.80	35,942	381,713	94.28
Redditch	182,035	64.96	86.61	9,316	117,298	87.51
Reigate and Banstead	178,244	88.10	117.46	21,858	137,275	90.78
Restormel	276,621	72.59	96.78	51,511	301,281	91.13
Ribble Valley	70,089	53.16	70.88	8,040	48,840	91.24
Richmond-upon-Thames	358,444	150.00	180.00	55,869	367,811	89.11
Richmondshire	71,465	64.63	86.18	6,430	60,882	89.85
Rochdale	728,757	58.90	78.53	69,167	607,404	94.95
Rochford	132,526	70.31	93.74	16,998	100,951	91.03
Rossendale	181,881	61.72	82.29	19,177	143,633	91.44
Rother	253,304	78.24	104.32	35,696	298,401	89.72
Rotherham	797,720	48.06	64.08	37,754	403,900	93.48
Rugby	166,753	63.84	85.13	12,037	102,727	91.12
Runnymede	120,263	93.53	124.70	14,672	90,328	90.55
Rushcliffe	136,270	62.51	83.34	15,390	79,130	89.68
Rushmoor	172,211	78.24	104.32	17,802	169,742	91.32
Rutland	49,216	70.31	93.75	3,178	27,477	87.77
Ryedale	109,556	55.41	73.88	8,220	91,218	91.04
Salford	1,033,731	66.67	88.90	123,355	778,785	93.90
Salisbury	208,341	77.93	103.90	31,220	192,973	90.84
Sandwell	1,185,124	70.94	94.58	49,952	676,423	94.70
Scarborough	327,639	65.15	86.86	59,701	354,776	90.14
Sedgefield	326,391	57.03	76.04	11,543	163,034	95.00
Sedgemoor	245,073	70.90	94.54	34,140	223,043	90.78
Sefton	912,878	64.95	86.60	132,827	676,883	94.87
Selby	123,491	61.52	82.03	10,495	83,611	91.01
Sevenoaks	234,030	78.24	104.32	16,154	195,795	89.40
Sheffield	1,973,887	53.60	71.47	83,556	1,020,461	93.90
Shepway	334,410	71.16	94.88	82,526	380,438	89.46
Shrewsbury and Atcham	194,660	62.05	82.74	19,966	125,849	89.74
Slough	307,958	82.29	109.71	58,030	285,068	94.35
Solihull	395,265	67.55	90.07	18,106	230,252	93.69
South Bedfordshire	208,363	74.72	99.62	16,917	127,848	91.16
South Bucks	115,466	78.24	104.32	5,738	82,263	89.85
South Cambridgeshire	148,437	76.95	102.60	14,177	90,472	82.84
South Derbyshire	144,994	58.43	77.90	17,770	92,887	89.74
South Gloucestershire	336,516	68.82	91.76	32,363	242,960	87.25
South Hams	205,464	67.59	90.12	30,816	197,160	90.82
South Holland	136,055	63.77	85.03	8,072	56,452	92.06
South Kesteven	215,623	61.26	81.68	21,765	137,890	91.97
South Lakeland	175,917	56.94	75.92	25,336	150,613	93.80
South Norfolk	193,115	65.21	86.94	15,150	113,492	88.21
South Northamptonshire	90,144	71.74	95.65	8,489	49,659	90.52
South Oxfordshire	206,293	78.24	104.32	30,570	171,433	87.38
South Ribble	186,414	63.48	84.64	9,855	133,719	91.22
South Shropshire	98,987	62.16	82.88	9,869	88,289	89.91
South Somerset	375,421	67.59	90.12	35,707	241,134	90.90
South Staffordshire	204,302	62.16	82.88	7,141	118,118	91.04
South Tyneside	713,805	49.96	66.62	51,925	344,442	94.09
Southampton	776,134	65.96	87.94	117,749	762,422	93.63
Southend-on-Sea	617,788	73.92	98.56	155,737	814,397	94.38
Southwark	1,519,593	150.00	180.00	144,012	1,466,215	94.26
Spelthorne	185,485	78.24	104.32	17,309	145,177	90.95
St Albans	186,632	71.13	94.84	15,925	136,434	89.87
St Edmundsbury	181,859	70.01	93.34	13,736	110,351	90.43
St Helens	628,601	67.64	90.19	37,611	409,662	94.88
Stafford	194,607	58.33	77.77	11,924	110,691	91.43
Staffordshire Moorlands	141,737	56.72	75.63	11,210	72,528	91.54
Stevenage	230,668	74.19	98.92	15,002	170,610	89.78
Stockport	680,698	55.25	73.67	83,015	489,827	94.95
Stockton-on-Tees	561,868	61.34	81.78	44,833	401,101	93.81
Stoke-on-Trent	832,458	61.80	82.40	54,728	682,986	94.48
Stratford-on-Avon	209,754	62.16	82.88	17,684	143,661	90.92
Stroud	202,217	72.74	96.98	23,091	160,000	88.67
Suffolk Coastal	251,827	64.56	86.08	28,563	220,052	90.45
Sunderland	1,113,987	60.35	80.46	85,189	899,745	94.02
Surrey Heath	100,713	78.24	104.32	11,471	78,305	90.96
Sutton	403,199	150.00	180.00	55,887	391,552	94.21
Swale	374,688	78.24	104.32	66,798	397,579	89.17
Swindon	372,530	60.48	80.64	37,954	241,215	93.74
Tameside	729,571	66.67	88.89	58,091	519,054	94.95
Tamworth	174,559	66.65	88.86	14,675	103,729	90.99
Tandridge	98,512	75.92	101.22	11,348	72,471	91.02
Taunton Deane	253,923	62.73	83.64	34,282	238,788	90.72
Teesdale	60,676	57.63	76.84	4,584	36,305	94.68
Teignbridge	277,046	73.04	97.38	47,782	288,701	90.86
Telford and Wrekin	513,199	62.16	82.88	28,878	305,736	90.80
Tendring	415,627	68.01	90.68	70,834	368,717	90.93
Test Valley	153,482	76.05	101.40	10,908	97,469	91.20
Tewkesbury	137,662	62.33	83.10	12,960	95,195	85.55
Thanet	594,885	78.24	104.32	141,946	718,195	89.43
Three Rivers	154,355	78.92	105.23	13,005	105,718	89.86
Thurrock	378,684	76.11	101.48	39,495	261,160	94.29
Tonbridge and Malling	223,339	78.24	104.32	15,274	169,624	89.35
Torbay	466,188	70.25	93.66	136,900	675,669	85.17
Torridge	155,349	67.76	90.34	30,159	192,273	90.80
Tower Hamlets	1,424,607	150.00	180.00	72,005	1,297,965	94.14
Trafford	500,734	63.06	84.08	56,666	415,825	94.93
Tunbridge Wells	247,476	78.24	104.32	22,730	281,807	89.25
Tynedale	109,426	62.39	83.18	6,081	62,723	90.20
Uttlesford	98,635	74.79	99.72	9,930	66,327	91.01
Vale of White Horse	177,562	78.24	104.32	15,594	131,467	87.04
Vale Royal	219,098	62.48	83.31	11,685	127,464	94.21
Wakefield	899,360	54.50	72.67	43,772	480,715	94.91
Walsall	844,578	59.03	78.70	30,311	461,151	91.70
Waltham Forest	983,911	150.00	180.00	253,081	1,390,221	94.28
Wandsworth	1,070,361	150.00	180.00	193,623	1,198,723	93.43
Wansbeck	221,392	48.55	64.74	10,950	114,103	90.19
Warrington	444,010	60.47	80.62	22,257	278,820	94.72
Warwick	238,313	66.50	88.66	24,560	182,881	90.95
Watford	183,352	72.63	96.84	26,173	167,531	90.20
Waveney	401,736	62.37	83.16	82,717	390,191	90.10
Waverley	184,636	78.51	104.68	20,993	136,502	91.09
Wealden	220,478	67.95	90.60	34,414	204,801	89.67
Wear Valley	238,972	56.95	75.93	12,011	140,459	95.00
Wellingborough	145,003	56.91	75.88	16,712	82,582	88.17
Welwyn Hatfield	217,392	69.86	93.15	15,541	121,655	89.89
West Berkshire	242,818	78.24	104.32	17,562	214,130	94.47
West Devon	113,879	67.59	90.12	20,439	118,147	91.09
West Dorset	224,883	67.59	90.12	18,888	223,263	91.34
West Lancashire	303,371	59.27	79.03	20,815	192,046	90.98
West Lindsey	185,752	58.46	77.95	15,251	101,212	92.11
West Oxfordshire	133,444	67.91	90.54	18,986	102,244	86.82
West Somerset	119,378	67.59	90.12	17,439	139,704	90.87
West Wiltshire	223,631	67.59	90.12	33,275	192,409	90.95
Westminster	962,224	150.00	180.00	302,610	1,590,873	93.36
Weymouth and Portland	173,029	69.99	93.32	37,025	192,032	91.11
Wigan	858,735	56.35	75.13	43,093	469,109	92.59
Winchester	167,081	77.50	103.34	13,819	140,293	91.30
Windsor and Maidenhead	248,991	78.24	104.32	27,923	231,036	94.40
Wirral	1,296,908	71.97	95.96	167,124	1,169,243	94.88
Woking	137,743	98.45	131.26	17,020	123,904	88.55
Wokingham	123,713	78.53	104.71	18,949	97,714	94.48
Wolverhampton	963,517	57.11	76.14	46,273	696,590	94.90
Worcester	213,470	57.30	76.40	38,769	160,444	87.19
Worthing	265,319	78.24	104.32	54,330	276,657	93.59
Wychavon	214,693	78.24	104.32	10,736	149,625	87.21
Wycombe	242,145	83.04	110.72	20,487	181,829	89.90
Wyre	239,774	63.48	84.64	35,477	221,939	91.24
Wyre Forest	204,162	64.92	86.56	19,129	127,223	86.70
York	377,953	65.59	87.46	46,937	314,415	94.12
WALES
Blaenau Gwent	272,817	62.01	82.68	17,205	156,430	95.00
Bridgend	361,803	62.91	83.88	41,263	248,804	95.00
Caerphilly	539,441	66.06	88.08	39,030	315,480	95.00
Cardiff	920,321	70.95	94.60	96,007	872,955	95.00
Carmarthenshire	494,127	59.87	79.82	52,115	349,195	95.00
Ceredigion	165,995	65.51	87.34	29,923	162,066	95.00
Conwy	318,135	59.81	79.74	59,277	324,476	95.00
Denbighshire	266,982	57.68	76.90	48,556	272,488	95.00
Flintshire	314,111	59.28	79.04	26,241	188,024	95.00
Gwynedd	356,394	59.61	79.48	50,275	290,839	95.00
Isle of Anglesey	204,416	57.60	76.80	30,332	163,837	95.00
Merthyr Tydfil	238,943	59.64	79.52	15,087	138,747	95.00
Monmouthshire	155,420	69.45	92.60	15,144	126,878	95.00
Neath Port Talbot	470,039	60.23	80.30	33,297	284,132	95.00
Newport	426,684	67.31	89.74	36,776	293,037	95.00
Pembrokeshire	340,500	58.58	78.10	43,109	321,732	95.00
Powys	268,631	60.80	81.06	26,538	207,164	95.00
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	739,173	60.62	80.82	61,858	443,581	95.00
Swansea	743,878	62.69	83.58	83,750	564,157	95.00
Torfaen	268,116	70.44	93.92	12,367	156,230	95.00
Vale of Glamorgan	265,290	70.71	94.28	49,053	239,553	95.00
Wrexham	347,356	55.92	74.56	23,200	179,316	95.00
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen City	500,903	51.57	68.76	27,389	257,790	95.00
Aberdeenshire	343,741	49.61	66.14	25,296	174,287	93.54
Angus	298,486	44.77	59.70	16,532	158,426	94.98
Argyll and Bute	250,852	56.86	75.82	27,896	189,738	95.00
Clackmannanshire	173,844	49.23	65.64	4,907	79,870	95.00
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	80,891	59.72	79.62	3,598	33,790	95.00
Dumfries and Galloway	420,450	53.63	71.51	31,754	274,033	95.00
Dundee City	806,375	60.29	80.39	37,017	624,636	95.00
East Ayrshire	452,779	47.52	63.36	13,006	219,737	95.00
East Dunbartonshire	163,816	53.51	71.34	9,299	82,220	95.00
East Lothian	251,446	49.51	66.02	19,423	158,900	95.00
East Renfrewshire	145,702	50.87	67.83	9,050	97,470	94.58
Edinburgh City	1,399,026	71.28	95.04	186,492	1,329,949	95.00
Falkirk	495,716	50.04	66.73	13,878	211,502	95.00
Fife	1,249,341	51.23	68.31	68,927	625,429	95.00
Glasgow City	3,905,135	68.80	91.73	195,647	2,535,971	95.00
Highland	560,661	64.24	85.65	30,255	377,852	95.00
Inverclyde	354,601	62.52	83.37	15,828	197,855	95.00
Midlothian	228,395	42.48	56.64	8,677	123,238	95.00
Moray	211,650	46.02	61.36	15,179	132,009	95.00
North Ayrshire	507,117	48.52	64.69	28,227	282,964	95.00
North Lanarkshire	1,301,523	54.10	72.13	19,266	588,644	95.00
Orkney	45,798	53.37	71.16	4,572	31,753	95.00
Perthshire and Kinross	323,681	48.05	64.06	33,824	189,868	95.00
Renfrewshire	649,207	56.07	74.76	22,620	386,401	95.00
Scottish Borders	287,670	49.47	65.96	11,760	142,021	95.00
Shetland	40,737	66.89	89.19	1,240	18,780	95.00
South Ayrshire	326,301	51.21	68.29	35,231	231,996	94.98
South Lanarkshire	1,085,713	59.48	79.31	28,485	505,732	95.00
Stirling	213,968	54.38	72.51	11,664	111,390	95.00
West Dunbartonshire	427,924	53.15	70.87	8,700	190,719	95.00
West Lothian	517,357	53.54	71.39	20,188	311,446	95.00
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS
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[2] 1992 c. 5; sections 140B and 140F were inserted by the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), Schedule 12, paragraph 4 and section 140B(1) was amended by the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47), Schedule 1, paragraph 7.back

[3] S.I. 1998/562, amended by S.I. 1998/2865, 1999/550, 2000/1091 and 2000/2340.back

[4] Article 13(2)(a) was amended by S.I. 1999/550 and 2000/1091.back

[5] S.I. 1998/562; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/550 and 2000/1091.back

[6] S.I. 1998/562; Part V was substituted by S.I. 1999/550 and the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2000/1091 and 2000/2340.back

[7] S.I. 1998/562; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/550 and 2000/1091.back

[8] S.I. 1997/1984, the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/1.back

[9] S.I. 1997/1995 (S. 144), the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/3.back

[10] Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 1988/1444 and amended by S.I. 1989/416, 1997/65 and 1999/264.back

[11] "Hostel" was transferred to regulation 2 from regulation 12A(8) by regulation 4 of the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2401).back