The Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Variation Order 1995

Made: 23rd February 1995

Coming into force: 23rd February 1995

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 193(4) and (5) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf— after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be concerned; since it appears to him that after the time when the aggregate amount mentioned in section 191(2)(a) of that Act was estimated for the year 1994-95 the eligible expenditure of local authorities for that year has been substantially decreased by means of changes which have taken place in the level of the matters specified in section 191(3)(b) of that Act, and that inadequate account was taken of those changes when that aggregate amount was estimated; and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been approved by the House of Commons:

after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be concerned;

since it appears to him that after the time when the aggregate amount mentioned in section 191(2)(a) of that Act was estimated for the year 1994-95 the eligible expenditure of local authorities for that year has been substantially decreased by means of changes which have taken place in the level of the matters specified in section 191(3)(b) of that Act, and that inadequate account was taken of those changes when that aggregate amount was estimated; and

with the consent of the Treasury,

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Variation Order 1995 and shall come into force forthwith.

Variation of Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1994

2

In the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1994[^f00002]—

• (a) in article 2 (aggregate amount of housing support grants for 1994-95) for “£25,685,644” there shall be substituted “£24,172,768”;

• (b) in article 3(2) (general portion) for “£23,619,305” there shall be substituted “£22,117,030”; and

• (c) in article 3(3) (hostel portion) for “£2,066,339” there shall be substituted “£2,055,738”.

Signed

James Douglas-Hamilton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 20th February 1995

WE consent,

A J B Mitchell — T J R Wood — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 23rd February 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1994 by reducing the aggregate amount of housing support grant originally fixed for the year 1994-95 and both its general and hostel portions. The reductions are as follows—

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1987 c. 26.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1994/430.