The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1993

Until the community charge benefit amounts under this Part as calculated under paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 equal the amount specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 as subsidy in respect of the costs of administering community charge benefit for appropriate authorities in England, Wales or unitary authorities, as the case may be, the formula set out in paragraph 5 and paragraph 6 shall, subject to the modifications specified below, continue to apply to calculate the community charge benefit amounts under this Part for those appropriate authorities to whom neither paragraph 4 nor paragraph 6 has applied; and for that purpose–

• (a) G shall apply as if the total of the community charge benefit amounts under this Part were the amount calculated under paragraph 5, or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last amount calculated under that paragraph in respect of the appropriate authority;

• (b) H shall apply as if the total of the community charge benefit amounts under this Part were the total of the community charge benefit amounts calculated under paragraph 5, or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last calculated under that paragraph in respect of all appropriate authorities to which paragraph 6 did not apply in that calculation; and

• (c) J shall apply as if the amount to be deducted to determine the balance of the total amount available were the housing benefit amounts as calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the community charge benefit amounts as calculated under this Part for appropriate authorities to whom, in the calculation under paragraphs 5 and 6, or, if there has been more than one calculation under those paragraphs, the last such calculation, paragraph 6 applied.

PART III — APPLICABLE AND FURTHER AMOUNTS FOR SCOTTISH AUTHORITIES WHO ONLY ADMINISTER COMMUNITY CHARGE BENEFIT

Community charge benefit applicable amount

8

In the case of a sole authority, for the purposes of Part I but subject to paragraphs 10 to 13, the community charge benefit applicable amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula–

$$L×MN$ where– L is £5,571,262; M– except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority identified in column (1) of Schedule 8, is the aggregate of the amounts obtained by multiplying each figure prescribed in column (3)(a) to (c) of that Schedule for that authority by the figure appropriate to that category and authority prescribed in column (3)(a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, of Schedule 9; in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 10, is the aggregate amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above further multiplied by the figure specified for that authority in column (2) of that Schedule; and N is the total of the amounts for all sole authorities.$

Further amount

9

In the case of a sole authority in Scotland who administers only community charge benefit, for the purposes of Part I, but subject to paragraphs 10 to 11, the further amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula–

$$O×PQ$ where– O is £293,224; P– except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority identified in column (1) of Schedule 8, is the figure specified in column (4)(b) of that Schedule for that authority; in the case of an authority identified in column (1) of Schedule 10, is the amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above multiplied by the figure specified for that authority in column (3) of Schedule 10; and Q is the total of the amounts for all sole authorities.$

Calculation of Applicable and Further Amounts

10

• (1) Subject to paragraphs 11 to 13, where, in the case of a sole authority, Θ (being the total of the community charge benefit amounts as calculated under paragraphs 8 and 9 in respect of that appropriate authority) is less than δ (being 75 per cent. of the relevant amount) the community charge benefit additional sum for that appropriate authority shall be the aggregate of the amount as calculated under paragraphs 8 and 9 plus an amount equal to the difference between Θ and δ and any supplementary amount under Part IV.

• (2) The relevant amount for the purposes of paragraphs 10 and 12 is the aggregate of the community charge benefit amounts payable to that sole authority for the financial year ending 31st March 1992 calculated in accordance with Schedule 2 to the 1992 Order (calculation of subsidy in respect of administration costs).

11

Where the total of the community charge benefit amounts as calculated under paragraphs 8 and 9 is other than £5,864,486, the total of the amounts under this Part for a sole authority to whom paragraph 10 does not apply shall be calculated, subject to paragraphs 12 and 13, by applying the following formula–

$$R×ST$ where– R is the total of the community charge benefit amounts as calculated under paragraphs 8 and 9 in respect of that appropriate authority; S is the total of the community charge benefit amounts as calculated under paragraphs 8 and 9 in respect of all sole authorities to whom paragraph 10 does not apply; and T is the balance of the total of the community charge benefit amounts as calculated under paragraphs 8 and 9 for sole authorities after deduction of the community charge benefit amounts as calculated under paragraphs 8 and 9 for such sole authorities to whom paragraph 10 applies.$

12

Where, in the case of the appropriate authority, Ω (being the amount calculated under paragraph 11) is less than δ (being 75 per cent. of the relevant amount) the amounts calculated under this Part for that appropriate authority shall be the amount as calculated under paragraph 11 plus an amount equal to the difference between Ω and δ.

13

Until the community charge benefit amounts under this Part as calculated under paragraphs 8, 9 and 12 equal the amounts specified in paragraphs 8 and 9 as subsidy in respect of the costs of administering community charge benefit for sole authorities, the formula set out in paragraph 11 and paragraph 12 shall, subject to the modifications specified below, continue to apply to calculate the community charge benefit amounts under this Part for those sole authorities to whom neither paragraph 10 nor paragraph 12 has applied; and for that purpose–

• (a) R shall apply as if the total of the community charge benefit amounts under this Part were the amount calculated under paragraph 11, or if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last amount calculated under that paragraph in respect of the appropriate authority;

• (b) T shall apply as if the total of the community charge benefit amounts under this Part were the total of the amounts calculated under paragraph 11, or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last calculated under that paragraph in respect of all sole authorities to whom paragraph 12 did not apply in that calculation; and

• (c) S shall apply as if the amount to be deducted to determine the balance of the total amount available where the community charge benefit amounts under this Part for those sole authorities to whom, in the calculation under paragraphs 11 and 12, or, if there has been more than one calculation under those paragraphs, the last such calculation, paragraph 12 applied.

PART IV — SUPPLEMENTARY AMOUNT

14

Subject to paragraphs 15 to 18, for the purposes of Part I the supplementary amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula–

$$U×VW$ where– U is in the case of appropriate authorities– in England, £507,064; in Wales, £29,503; in Scotland, £58,433; V– except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority identified in column (1) of Schedule 8 is the aggregate of the amounts obtained by multiplying each figure prescribed in column (3)(a) to (c) of that Schedule for that authority by the figure appropriate to that category and authority prescribed in column (3)(a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, of Schedule 9; in the case of an authority identified in column (1) of Schedule 10, is the aggregate amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above further multiplied by the figure specified for that authority in column (2) of that Schedule; and W is the total of the amounts for all appropriate authorities in the case to which the particular appropriate authority belongs specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, of the definition of U.$

15

Where the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority as calculated in accordance with paragraph 14 is less than £150 for that authority, it shall be £150.

16

Where the total of the supplementary amounts calculated in accordance with paragraphs 14 and 15 exceeds in the case of appropriate authorities–

• (i) in England, £507,064;

• (ii) in Wales, £29,503;

• (iii) in Scotland, £58,433;

the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority to which paragraph 15 does not apply shall be further calculated, subject to paragraph 17, by applying the following formula–

$$X×YZ$ where– X is the supplementary amount calculated under paragraph 14; Y is the amount which remains after deducting the aggregate of the amounts for appropriate authorities to whom paragraph 15 applies from the total of supplementary amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), as the case may be, of the definition of L in paragraph 14; and Z is the aggregate of all the supplementary amounts calculated under paragraph 14 for all the appropriate authorities except those appropriate authorities to whom paragraph 15 applies.$

17

Where the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority as further calculated in accordance with paragraph 16 is less than £150 for that authority, it shall be £150.

18

Until such time as the aggregate of the authorities' supplementary amounts calculated under paragraphs 15, 16 and 17 equals the aggregate of the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the definition of U in paragraph 14, the calculations set out in paragraphs 16 and 17 shall, subject to the modifications set out below, continue to apply to calculate the supplementary amount for those appropriate authorities to whom neither paragraph 15 nor 17 has applied; and for that purpose–

• (a) X shall apply as if the supplementary amount were the amount calculated under paragraph 16 or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last amount calculated under that paragraph in respect of that appropriate authority;

• (b) Y shall apply as if the amount to be deducted to determine the balance of the total amount available were the aggregate of the supplementary amounts for appropriate authorities to whom, in the calculation under paragraphs 16 and 17 or, if there has been more than one calculation under those paragraphs, the last such calculation, paragraph 17 applied; and

• (c) Z shall apply as if the total of the supplementary amounts were the total of all the supplementary amounts calculated under paragraph 16 or, if by virtue of this paragraph there has been more than one calculation, the last calculated under that paragraph in respect of all appropriate authorities to whom paragraph 17 did not apply in that calculation.

SCHEDULE 3 — MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES IN SCOTLAND

(1) Authority granting rebates	(2) Maximum amount of subsidy £
Scottish Homes	2,620,695
Cumbernauld (DC)	243,320
East Kilbride (DC)	354,970
Glenrothes	228,305
Irvine	129,745
Livingston	272,965

SCHEDULE 4 — CALCULATION OF DEDUCTIONS FROM HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY AND COMMUNITY CHARGE BENEFIT SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF PERIOD OVERRUNS

PART I — GENERAL AND INTERPRETATION

1

In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires–

• “period overrun” means any period, in the relevant year, on or after 5th October 1992– which follows a benefit period in that year; in respect of which the authority makes a payment to a claimant without making a further award under regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations[^f00048]or regulation 54[^f00049]of the Community Charge Benefit Regulations, as the case may be;

• “benefit period” has the same meaning as in regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or regulation 54 of the Community Charge Benefit Regulations, as the case may be, save that where an appropriate authority makes an award under that regulation for a specified period of less than 60 benefit weeks, it means 60 benefit weeks commencing with the benefit week when that specified period began; and

• “overrun week” means any week forming part of a period overrun.

PART II — DEDUCTIONS

2

The percentage referred to in article 4(3)(a) for an appropriate authority shall be that percentage in column 2 of the Table in paragraph 5, opposite the percentage calculated for that authority in column 1 of that Table.

3

The percentage referred to in article 4(3)(b) for an appropriate authority shall be that percentage in column 2 of the Table in paragraph 5, opposite the percentage calculated for that authority in column 1 of that Table.

4

The percentage referred to in article 18(2) for an appropriate authority shall be that percentage in column 2 of the Table in paragraph 5, opposite the percentage calculated for that authority in column 1 of that Table.

PART III — CALCULATIONS AND TABLE

5

• (1) In the heading to column 1 in the Table in sub-paragraph (2) below, “total benefit weeks” means the total of all benefit weeks and overrun weeks for all claimants in the appropriate category as described in paragraph 2, 3 or 4, as the case may be, granted benefit by the appropriate authority in the relevant year.

• (2) The Table referred to in this Schedule is as follows:

1 Overrun weeks in the relevant year as a percentage of the total benefit weeks in that year:	2 Percentage reduction for the purpose of paragraph 2, 3 or 4, as the case may be:
81 to 100%	5%
61 to 80.99%	4%
41 to 60.99%	3%
21 to 40.99%	2%
5 to 20.99%	1%
less than 5%	nil per cent.

SCHEDULE 5 — THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES

Area	Threshold (Weekly Sum) £
ENGLAND
Avon	73.52
Barking	94.35
Barnet	135.10
Bedfordshire	56.02
Berkshire	67.32
Bexley	117.94
Brent	104.72
Bromley	116.43
Buckinghamshire	59.72
Cambridgeshire	61.16
Camden	149.82
Cheshire	77.56
City of London	186.44
Cleveland	64.83
Cornwall	79.81
Croydon	125.04
Cumbria	41.28
Derbyshire	55.40
Devon	73.17
Dorset	69.68
Durham	55.84
Ealing	118.15
Enfield	100.27
Essex	64.26
Gloucestershire	65.66
Greater Manchester	82.19
Greenwich	107.63
Hackney	101.41
Hammersmith	110.03
Hampshire	69.33
Haringey	107.88
Harrow	118.71
Havering	104.87
Hereford and Worcester	62.91
Hertfordshire	64.83
Hillingdon	109.03
Hounslow	112.98
Humberside	56.62
Isle of Wight	66.93
Islington	116.50
Kensington and Chelsea	130.86
Kent	75.00
Kingston	112.91
Lambeth	93.87
Lancashire	90.67
Leicestershire	56.14
Lewisham	88.34
Lincolnshire	54.40
Merseyside	70.80
Merton	113.91
Midlands (West)	54.18
Newham	86.40
Norfolk	63.70
Northamptonshire	64.22
Northumberland	53.74
Nottinghamshire	59.55
Oxfordshire	71.95
Redbridge	107.09
Richmond upon Thames	124.47
Shropshire	63.13
Somerset	66.27
Southwark	102.49
Staffordshire	54.53
Suffolk	61.95
Surrey	71.69
Sussex (East)	75.35
Sussex (West)	69.85
Sutton	111.61
Tower Hamlets	115.28
Tyne and Wear	51.17
Waltham Forest	83.17
Wandsworth	117.86
Warwickshire	52.39
Westminster	166.99
Wiltshire	74.00
Yorkshire (North)	58.98
Yorkshire (South)	51.47
Yorkshire (West)	54.31
SCOTLAND
Borders Region	98.57
Central	101.78
Dumfries and Galloway	95.43
Fife	76.38
Grampian	72.62
Highlands and Western Islands	74.83
Lothian	91.49
Other Islands	65.67
Strathclyde	93.60
Tayside	87.45
WALES
Clwyd	51.52
Dyfed	53.48
Glamorgan (Mid)	54.26
Glamorgan (South)	68.80
Glamorgan (West)	50.52
Gwent	61.16
Gwynedd	48.55
Powys	62.39

SCHEDULE 6 — RENT OFFICERS'DETERMINATIONS

Calculation of the appropriate amount

1

The appropriate amount–

• (a) in a case to which paragraph (2), (4) or (5) of article 8 applies, shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 2, 3 or 4 as appropriate;

• (b) in a case to which paragraph (3) of that article applies, shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 7.

Rent officers' reasonable market rent determination

2

Subject to paragraph 6, where the rent officer determines a reasonable market rent, and does not make a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 of the Rent Officers Order, and the amount of eligible rent does not exceed the reasonable market rent 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 housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts.

3

Subject to paragraph 6, where the rent officer determines a reasonable market rent, and does not make a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 of the Rent Officers Order, and the amount of eligible rent exceeds the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount in respect of the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date shall be–

• (a) where the allowance granted is the same as or is less than the excess–

• (i) except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance,

• (ii) where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

• (b) where the allowance granted is greater than the excess–

• (i) except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

• (ii) where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

and in either case 95 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

Rent officers' reasonable market rent and size determination

4

• (1) Subject to paragraph 6, where the rent officer makes a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 of the Rent Officers Order that the dwelling exceeds the size criteria for its occupiers and he determines a reasonable market rent for that dwelling and a comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation, the appropriate amount in respect of the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on the termination date shall be the appropriate amounts determined in accordance with the relevant sub-paragraphs of this paragraph.

• (2) For the period of 13 weeks beginning on the relevant date or, if shorter, for the period beginning on that date and ending on the termination date, if the amount of the eligible rent does not exceed the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts.

• (3) For the period of 13 weeks beginning on the relevant date or, if shorter, for the period beginning on that date and ending on the termination date, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts the appropriate amount shall be–

• (a) where the allowance granted is the same as or is less than the excess–

• (i) except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance,

• (ii) where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

• (b) where the allowance granted is greater than the excess–

• (i) except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

• (ii) where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

and in either case 95 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

• (4) For the period after the end of that 13 week period, if the amount of the eligible rent does not exceed the comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the comparable market rent for suitably sized accommodation less ineligible amounts.

• (5) For the period after the end of that period, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation less ineligible amounts the appropriate amount shall be–

• (a) where the allowance granted is the same as or is less than the excess–

• (i) except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance,

• (ii) where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

• (b) where the allowance granted is greater than the excess–

• (i) except where paragraph 5 applies, nil per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

• (ii) where paragraph 5 applies, 50 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

and in either case 95 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

No restriction on unreasonable rents or on rent increases

5

This paragraph applies where an authority has not considered it appropriate to treat a person’s eligible rent as reduced under regulation 11 or 12 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (restrictions on unreasonable rents or on rent increases).

Modification where rent is inclusive of domestic rates

6

Where–

• (a) before 1st April 1990 the rent officer had determined a reasonable market rent or a comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation, as the case may be; and

• (b) an amount was deducted from the eligible rent under regulation 10(3)(a) and (6) of the Housing Benefit Regulations as in force immediately before 1st April 1990 in respect of domestic rates, the reasonable market rent or, as the case may be, the comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation used as the basis of the calculation in paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Schedule, as the case may be, shall be increased by an amount equivalent to the amounts so deducted from the eligible rent in respect of domestic rates in respect of the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on the termination date.

Failure to apply for a rent officer’s determination

7

For any period in respect of which article 8(3) applies, the appropriate amount shall be nil per cent. of so much of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure as is attributable to any allowances granted.

Relevant date

8

For the purposes of this Schedule–

• (a) in a case where a claim for rent allowance is made on or after 1st April 1992, the relevant date is the date on which entitlement to benefit commences;

• (b) in a case where–

• (i) on 1st April 1992 there is current on that date a claim for an allowance in relation to the dwelling; and

• (ii) there is also current on that date a rent officer’s determination in relation to the dwelling, the relevant date is 1st April 1992; and for the purposes of this head, a rent officer’s determination includes a determination, interim determination, further determination or re-determination made under the Rent Officers Order, save that where a determination made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order had not taken effect by 31st March 1992, the relevant date will be 13 weeks after the relevant date determined under the 1992 Order[^f00050];

• (c) in a case where–

• (i) during the relevant year there has been a relevant change relating to a rent allowance within the meaning of regulation 12A(8) of the Housing Benefit Regulations[^f00051]; and

• (ii) by virtue of regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officer) an application for a determination in respect of that dwelling is required;

the relevant date is the date on which the relevant change of circumstances takes effect for the purposes of regulation 68 of the Housing Benefit Regulations^f00052 or, if the relevant change of circumstances does not affect entitlement to an allowance, the Monday following the date on which the relevant change occurred;

• (d) in a case where–

• (i) the tenancy is not an excluded tenancy within the meaning of Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit Regulations^f00053; and

• (ii) by virtue of regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officers) an application for a determination in respect of that dwelling is not required; but nevertheless

• (iii) the authority applies for a rent officer’s determination in respect of that dwelling,

the relevant date is the Monday following the date on or after 1st April 1992 on which the authority applied to the rent officer for the determination;

• (e) in a case where a rent officer makes both an interim determination and a further determination in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order, the relevant date is–

• (i) if the reasonable market rent determined under the further determination is higher than or equal to the amount determined under the interim determination, the date determined under the foregoing sub-paragraphs of this paragraph as appropriate;

• (ii) if the reasonable market rent determined under the further determination is lower than the amount determined under the interim determination, the Monday following the date on which the further determination is made by the rent officer;

• (f) in a case where the rent officer has made a re-determination under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Rent Officers Order, the relevant date is–

• (i) if the reasonable market rent or, as the case may be, comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation determined under the 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 reasonable market rent or, as the case may be, comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation determined under the re-determination is lower than the amount determined under the original determination, the Monday following the date on which the re-determination is made by the rent officer.

Termination date

9

For the purposes of this Schedule “termination date” means–

• (a) 31st March 1993; or

• (b) where the rent officer’s determination replaces a determination made in relation to the same dwelling, the relevant date of the new determination by the rent officer in relation to the same dwelling as defined by paragraphs 8(a) or (d); or

• (c) the date on which the allowance ceases to be paid in respect of the tenancy,

whichever is earlier.

Apportionment

10

For the purposes of this Schedule where more than one person is liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling the “comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation” or “reasonable market rent” shall be apportioned on the same basis as such payments are apportioned under regulation 10(5) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (rent).

Interpretation

11

In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires–

• “comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation” means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order;

• “ineligible amounts” means– where– the rent determination was made before 1st April 1992 or in the case of a re- determination the original rent determination was made before 1st April 1992, any amount which the rent officer determines under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order[^f00054]is attributable to the provision of services ineligible to be met by housing benefit, except to the extent that it relates to fuel charges, plus the amount in respect of such charges ineligible to be met under Part II of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (payments in respect of fuel charges); the rent determination was made on or after 1st April 1992, any amount which the rent officer determines under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order 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); any amount in respect of amounts ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1A of Schedule 1[^f00055]to the Housing Benefit Regulations (amount ineligible for meals); where the dwelling is a hostel within the meaning of regulation 12A of the Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officers), any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (ineligible service charges), other than under sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph,

• “reasonable market rent” means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order;

and other expressions used in this Schedule and in the Rent Officers Order have the same meanings in this Schedule as they have in that Order.

SCHEDULE 7 — AMOUNT BY REFERENCE TO WHICH APPROPRIATE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS DETERMINED

(1) Area	(2) Threshold (Weekly Sum) £
Adur	52.84
Allerdale	38.03
Alnwick	35.79
Amber Valley	31.70
Arun	57.88
Ashfield	30.71
Ashford	62.23
Aylesbury Vale	48.57
Babergh	55.60
Barking	100.28
Barnet	100.28
Barnsley	32.46
Barrow-in-Furness	46.47
Basildon	51.67
Basingstoke and Deane	51.57
Bassetlaw	32.03
Bath	46.33
Berwick-upon-Tweed	27.89
Beverley	32.04
Bexley	100.28
Birmingham	43.88
Blaby	27.83
Blackburn	49.08
Blackpool	38.75
BlythValley	34.46
Bolsover	32.88
Bolton	36.14
Boothferry	34.52
Boston	36.94
Bournemouth	61.86
Bracknell Forest	47.52
Bradford	40.77
Braintree	48.95
Breckland	44.53
Brent	100.28
Brentwood	64.03
Bridgnorth	41.55
Brighton	52.42
Bristol	42.70
Broadland	34.65
Bromley	100.28
Bromsgrove	35.66
Broxbourne	61.76
Broxtowe	39.20
Burnley	38.57
Bury	32.88
Calderdale	39.20
Cambridge	46.59
Camden	100.28
Cannock Chase	38.22
Canterbury	64.04
Caradon	41.66
Carlisle	38.63
Carrick	42.11
Castle Morpeth	39.92
Castle Point	54.99
Charnwood	34.47
Chelmsford	47.96
Cheltenham	47.37
Cherwell	47.07
Chester	35.22
Chesterfield	32.37
Chester-le-Street	38.03
Chichester	55.28
Chiltern	52.67
Chorley	32.66
Christchurch	45.57
City of London	100.28
Cleethorpes	35.85
Colchester	46.40
Congleton	31.16
Copeland	40.77
Corby	34.15
Cotswold	58.48
Coventry	42.02
Craven	41.19
Crawley	52.08
Crewe and Nantwich	33.33
Croydon	100.28
Dacorum	46.20
Darlington	32.27
Dartford	55.56
Daventry	39.04
Derby	35.48
Derbyshire Dales	34.63
Derwentside	42.80
Doncaster	32.36
Dover	62.47
Dudley	38.70
Durham	35.15
Ealing	100.28
Easington	37.97
East Cambridgeshire	45.45
East Devon	40.50
East Dorset	67.06
East Hampshire	51.50
East Hertfordshire	57.32
East Lindsey	42.93
East Northamptonshire	39.69
East Staffordshire	38.31
East Yorkshire	36.53
Eastbourne	47.92
Eastleigh	47.34
Eden	38.70
Ellesmere Port and Neston	25.43
Elmbridge	61.25
Enfield	100.28
Epping Forest	54.83
Epsom and Ewell	56.43
Erewash	33.99
Exeter	39.06
Fareham	47.37
Fenland	40.40
Forest Heath	45.80
Forest of Dean	45.20
Fylde	37.80
Gateshead	37.50
Gedling	33.65
Gillingham	47.63
Glanford	27.95
Gloucester	50.53
Gosport	49.29
Gravesham	55.18
Great Grimsby	36.62
Great Yarmouth	39.55
Greenwich	100.28
Guildford	59.25
Hackney	100.28
Halton	38.04
Hambleton	39.21
Hammersmith	100.28
Harborough	43.80
Haringey	100.28
Harlow	45.23
Harrogate	41.53
Harrow	100.28
Hart	52.49
Hartlepool	40.47
Hastings	45.50
Havant	55.40
Havering	100.28
Hereford	36.66
Hertsmere	55.82
High Peak	38.28
Hillingdon	100.28
Hinckley and Bosworth	39.66
Holderness	35.78
Horsham	59.76
Hounslow	100.28
Hove	47.20
Huntingdonshire	43.62
Hyndburn	46.82
Ipswich	45.43
Isles of Scilly	50.54
Islington	100.28
Kennet	47.57
Kensington and Chelsea	100.28
Kerrier	42.60
Kettering	40.84
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	39.20
Kingston upon Hull	36.30
Kingston upon Thames	100.28
Kingswood	41.38
Kirklees	38.34
Knowsley	45.39
Lambeth	100.28
Lancaster	38.42
Langbaurgh-on-Tees	39.98
Leeds	29.85
Leicester	45.53
Leominster	38.13
Lewes	47.30
Lewisham	100.28
Lichfield	32.54
Lincoln	36.60
Liverpool	40.94
Luton	48.87
Macclesfield	32.80
Maidstone	47.57
Maldon	50.55
Malvern Hills	47.80
Manchester	44.66
Mansfield	36.18
Medina	52.80
Melton	36.44
Mendip	46.02
Merton	100.28
Mid Bedfordshire	43.17
Mid Devon	43.49
Mid Suffolk	44.07
Mid Sussex	52.80
Middlesbrough	46.65
Milton Keynes	40.84
Mole Valley	46.86
New Forest	61.34
Newark and Sherwood	34.84
Newbury	45.13
Newcastle upon Tyne	41.24
Newcastle-under-Lyme	28.28
Newham	100.28
North Bedfordshire	55.37
North Cornwall	43.96
North Devon	45.93
North Dorset	49.20
North East Derbyshire	32.93
North Hertfordshire	53.91
North Kesteven	42.37
North Norfolk	40.74
North Shropshire	35.42
North Tyneside	31.19
North Warwickshire	34.54
North West Leicestershire	35.69
North Wiltshire	46.50
Northampton	41.07
Northavon	57.75
Northwich	42.24
Nottingham	39.99
Nuneaton and Bedworth	36.96
Oadby and Wigston	38.20
Oldham	38.72
Oswestry	35.90
Oxford	47.85
Pendle	41.93
Penwith	43.23
Peterborough	42.51
Plymouth	38.74
Poole	51.94
Portsmouth	49.04
Preston	44.88
Purbeck	52.45
Reading	53.31
Redbridge	100.28
Redditch	38.80
Reigate and Banstead	62.13
Restormel	38.41
Ribble Valley	36.51
Richmond upon Thames	100.28
Richmondshire	43.24
Rochdale	40.16
Rochester upon Medway	52.80
Rochford	52.04
Rossendale	42.59
Rother	49.70
Rotherham	24.84
Rugby	41.58
Runnymede	64.44
Rushcliffe	37.24
Rushmoor	51.74
Rutland	43.32
Ryedale	34.37
Salford	38.67
Salisbury	51.51
Sandwell	46.35
Scarborough	38.34
Scunthorpe	34.89
Sedgefield	35.94
Sedgemoor	42.68
Sefton	39.42
Selby	37.73
Sevenoaks	34.10
Sheffield	38.24
Shepway	48.96
Shrewsbury and Atcham	36.82
Slough	53.43
Solihull	44.42
South Bedfordshire	50.97
South Bucks	47.66
South Cambridgeshire	49.77
South Derbyshire	37.03
South Hams	55.61
South Herefordshire	40.11
South Holland	38.24
South Kesteven	40.94
South Lakeland	42.36
South Norfolk	45.68
South Northamptonshire	45.24
South Oxfordshire	59.55
South Ribble	36.36
South Shropshire	41.32
South Somerset	42.65
South Staffordshire	39.54
South Tyneside	30.36
South Wight	59.69
Southampton	45.88
Southend-on-Sea	58.96
Southwark	100.28
Spelthorne	68.20
St Albans	59.85
St Edmundsbury	41.85
St Helens	39.77
Stafford	37.05
Staffordshire Moorlands	31.71
Stevenage	47.06
Stockport	37.44
Stockton-on-Tees	39.60
Stoke-on-Trent	37.77
Stratford-on-Avon	45.44
Stroud	45.81
Suffolk Coastal	42.39
Sunderland	29.00
Surrey Heath	49.25
Sutton	100.28
Swale	43.47
Tameside	37.26
Tamworth	47.21
Tandridge	47.33
Taunton Deane	39.58
Teesdale	30.86
Teignbridge	47.80
Tendring	47.49
Test Valley	54.52
Tewkesbury	48.46
Thamesdown	38.99
Thanet	46.66
The Wrekin	42.72
Three Rivers	51.56
Thurrock	51.07
Tonbridge and Malling	46.76
Torbay	56.42
Torridge	44.08
Tower Hamlets	100.28
Trafford	36.75
Tunbridge Wells	57.95
Tynedale	29.49
Uttlesford	51.06
Vale of White Horse	45.71
Vale Royal	32.23
Wakefield	32.13
Walsall	37.83
Waltham Forest	100.28
Wandsworth	100.28
Wansbeck	34.67
Wansdyke	45.57
Warrington	31.65
Warwick	43.62
Watford	47.07
Waveney	38.02
Waverley	58.79
Wealden	50.39
Wear Valley	39.45
Wellingborough	38.44
Welwyn Hatfield	46.91
West Devon	41.46
West Dorset	51.27
West Lancashire	37.49
West Lindsey	35.43
West Oxfordshire	46.79
West Somerset	44.74
West Wiltshire	50.18
Westminster	100.28
Weymouth and Portland	45.09
Wigan	34.32
Winchester	52.41
Windsor and Maidenhead	51.81
Wirral	41.51
Woking	59.25
Wokingham	57.18
Wolverhampton	40.70
Woodspring	45.64
Worcester	40.54
Worthing	53.41
Wychavon	42.69
Wycombe	48.30
Wyre	36.09
Wyre Forest	40.90
York	39.27
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen	34.21
Angus	29.06
Annandale and Eskdale	39.30
Argyll and Bute	38.93
Badenoch and Strathspey	31.06
Banff and Buchan	35.20
Bearsden and Milngavie	40.63
Berwickshire	34.52
Caithness	36.61
Clackmannan	39.22
Clydebank	45.01
Clydesdale	34.24
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	34.68
Cumnock and Doon Valley	33.52
Cunninghame	33.33
Dumbarton	42.66
Dundee City	47.53
Dunfermline	34.71
East Kilbride	37.32
East Lothian	36.37
Eastwood	30.42
Edinburgh	47.39
Ettrick and Lauderdale	31.22
Falkirk	32.55
Glasgow City	44.75
Gordon	38.78
Hamilton	35.37
Inverclyde	36.65
Inverness	39.56
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	31.62
Kincardine and Deeside	31.40
Kirkcaldy	37.24
Kyle and Carrick	33.26
Lochaber	38.84
Midlothian	26.33
Monklands	36.94
Moray	34.53
Motherwell	32.58
Nairn	39.36
Nithsdale	34.68
North East Fife	37.78
Orkney Islands	41.30
Perth and Kinross	32.42
Renfrew	33.78
Ross and Cromarty	41.36
Roxburgh	41.39
Shetland Islands	39.79
Skye and Lochalsh	39.63
Stewartry	40.26
Stirling	38.05
Strathkelvin	35.50
Sutherland	38.46
Tweeddale	29.57
West Lothian	31.63
Western Isles	48.02
Wigtown	38.70
WALES
Aberconwy	41.25
Alyn and Deeside	36.18
Arfon	38.91
Blaenau Gwent	45.50
Brecknock	40.31
Cardiff	46.85
Carmarthen	41.67
Ceredigion	43.38
Colwyn	39.11
Cynon Valley	41.42
Delyn	39.69
Dinefwr	35.31
Dwyfor	39.78
Glyndwr	38.37
Islwyn	44.49
Llanelli	43.19
Lliw Valley	41.24
Meirionnydd	40.88
Merthyr Tydfil	37.58
Monmouth	47.09
Montgomeryshire	44.34
Neath	42.53
Newport	48.51
Ogwr	40.76
Port Talbot	45.95
Preseli Pembrokeshire	40.52
Radnorshire	46.01
Rhondda	45.12
Rhuddlan	36.05
Rhymney Valley	47.04
South Pembrokeshire	43.14
Swansea	44.76
Taff Ely	42.66
Torfaen	51.59
Vale of Glamorgan	42.74
Wrexham Maelor	35.25
Ynys Mon	41.75

SCHEDULE 8 — PRESCRIBED CASELOAD AND CLAIMS FIGURES