The Housing Benefit and Council tax Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1995

• “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 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 authority shall be that percentage in column 2 of the Table in paragraph 5, opposite the percentage calculated for that authority in column I of that Table.

4

The percentage referred to in article 16(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 TABLES

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 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 ISPAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCESTABLE

(1)	(2)
Area	Threshold (Weekly Sum)
	£
>ENGLAND
Avon	88.48
Barking	97.98
Barnet	145.67
Bedfordshire	83.98
Berkshire	109.89
Bexley	117.94
Brent	117.41
Bromley	121.90
Buckinghamshire	97.32
Cambridgeshire	71.43
Camden	154.25
Cheshire	84.05
City of London	301.89
Cleveland	73.95
Cornwall	88.41
Croydon	142.79
Cumbria	48.47
Derbyshire	64.87
Devon	86.59
Dorset	83.35
Durham	63.32
Baling	129.52
Enfield	108.46
Essex	110.99
Gloucestershire	75.47
Greater Manchester	89.50
Greenwich	126.28
Hackney	112.08
Hammersmith and Fulham	126.79
Hampshire	104.85
Haringey	125.48
Harrow	134.31
Havering	108.73
Hereford and Worcester	72.81
Hertfordshire	94.44
Hillingdon	121.71
Hounslow	129.31
Humberside	63.71
Isle of Wight	94.10
Islington	125.21
Kensington and Chelsea	149.29
Kent	119.44
Kingston Upon Thames	129.64
Lambeth	107.92
Lancashire	99.30
Leicestershire	61.44
Lewisham	102.65
Lincolnshire	59.78
Merseyside	75.87
Metton	124.08
Midlands (West)	63.38
Newham	95.05
Norfolk	75.70
Northamptonshire	64.70
Northurn-berland	60.74
Nottinghamshire	69.39
Oxfordshire	121.89
Redbridge	124.10
Richmond upon Thames	144.18
Shropshire	68.64
Somerset	77.21
Southwark	119.92
Staffordshire	60.75
Suffolk	72.20
Surrey	122.08
Sussex (East)	121.69
Sussex (West)	113.68
Sutton	123.69
Tower Hamlets	125.49
Tyne and Wear	62.00
Waltham Forest	97.56
Wandsworth	128.64
Warwickshire	61.05
Westminster	178.70
Wiltshire	83.80
Yorkshire (North)	67.09
Yorkshire (South)	58.87
Yorkshire (West)	62.62
WALES
Clwyd	59.76
Dyfed	68.48
Glamorgan (Mid)	64.99
Glamorgan (South)	75.81
Glamorgan (West)	62.75
Gwent	70.60
Gwynedd	55.44
Powys	69.55
SCOTLAND
Borders Region	106.46
Central	105.45
Dumfries	95.43
Fife	99.36
Grampian	90.47
Highlands and Western Islands	78.14
Lothian	91.49
Other Islands	76.72
Strathclyde	93.60
Tayside	99.29

SCHEDULE 6 — RENT OFFICERS' DETERMINATIONS

Calculation of the appropriate amount

1

Subject to paragraph 6, the appropriate amount, in a case to which paragraph (2), (3) or (4) of article 8 applies, shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 2, 3 or 4 as appropriate.

Rent officers' determination

2

Where the rent officer determines a property-specific rent and does not make a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order, and the amount of eligible rent does not exceed the property-specific 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 eligible rent.

3

Where the rent officer determines a property-specific rent, and does not make a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order, and the amount of eligible rent exceeds the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts, in respect of the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date—

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

• (i) except in a case to which paragraph 5 applies, paragraph 6 shall apply to any such allowance;

• (ii) where paragraph 5 applies, the appropriate amount shall be 60 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

• (b) where the allowance granted is greater than the excess the appropriate amount shall be—

• (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, 60 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 offkers' property-specific and size-related rents

4

• (1) Where the rent officer makes a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order that the dwelling exceeds the size criteria for its occupiers and he determines both a property-specific rent for that dwelling and a size-related rent, 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) Where the eligible rent does not exceed the relevant rent, less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the eligible rent.

• (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 does not exceed the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of that part of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to the eligible rent.

• (4) 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 property-specific rent less ineligible amounts—

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

• (i) except in a case to which paragraph 5 applies, paragraph 6 shall apply to any such allowance;

• (ii) where paragraph 5 applies, the appropriate amount shall be 60 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

• (b) where the allowance granted is greater than the excess the appropriate amount shall be—

• (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, 60 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.

• (5) For the period after the end of that 13 week period, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the relevant rent less ineligible amounts—

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

• (i) except in a case to which paragraph 5 applies, paragraph 6 shall apply to any such allowance;

• (ii) where paragraph 5 applies, the appropriate amount shall be 60 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

• (b) where the allowance granted is greater than the excess the appropriate amount shall be—

• (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, 60 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 been unable to treat a person’s eligible rent as reduced by reason of regulation 11(3), (3A)(a), (4) or 12(2)(b) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (restrictions on unreasonable rents or on rent increases).

Deductions in respect of allowances

6

Subject to article 11(4), in a case to which this paragraph applies any such allowance shah be deducted from housing benefit qualifying expenditure, pursuant to article 2(2)(b).

Relevant date

7

For the purposes of this Schedule—

• (a) in a case where a claim for rent allowance is made on or after 1st April 1994, the relevant ' date is the date on which entitlement to benefit commences;

• (b) in a case where—

• (i) on 1st April 1994 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 1994; 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 1994, the relevant date will be 13 weeks after the relevant date determined under the 1994 Order[^f00048];

• (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[^f00049] 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 Regulation[^f00050] (date on which change of circumstances is to take effect) 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 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 relevant 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 relevant 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;

• (e) in a case where the rent officer has made a re-determination under paragraph I of Schedule 3 to the Rent Offtcers Order, the relevant date is—

• (i) if the relevant rent 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 relevant rent 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

8

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

• (a) 31st March 1995; 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 paragraph 7(a); or

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

whichever is earlier.

Apportionment

9

For the purposes of this Schedule where more than one person is liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling the relevant rent, shall be apportioned on the same basis as such payments are apportioned under regulation 10(S) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (rent).

Interpretation

10

In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “ineligible amounts” means— where— the rent determination was made before 1st April 1994 or, in the case of a re-determination, the original rent determination was made before 1st April 1994 any amount which the rent officer determines under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Offtcers Order[^f00051] 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 1994, 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 l[^f00052] to the Housing Benefit Regulations (amount ineligible for meals); where the dwelling is a hostel within the meaning of regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (requirement to refer to rent offtcers), any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations[^f00053] (ineligible service charges), other than under sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph;

• “property-specific rent” means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph l(2) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order, except in a case where a rent officer has made a rent determination under paragraph 2A(3)[^f00054] of that Schedule, when it shall be the latter determination;

• “relevant rent” means— in a case where the rent officer has determined both a property-specific rent and a size-related rent, whichever is the lower of the two, or in a case where the rent oficer has determined only a property-specific rent or a size-related rent, as the case may be, that rent;

• “size-related rent” means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Offkers Order, and other expressions used in this Schedule and in the Rent Offkers Order have be same meanings in this Schedule as they have in that Order.

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

(1)	(2)
Area	Threshold (Weekly Sum)
	£
ENGLAND
Adur	60.57
Allerdale	43.89
Alnwick	41.99
Amber Valley	41.36
Arun	67.83
Ashfield	36.44
Ashford	75.26
Aylesbury Vale	59.12
Babergh	61.17
Barking and Dagenham	120.95
Barnet	120.95
Barnsley	37.47
Barrow-in-Fumess	52.62
Basildon	59.49
Basingstoke and Deane	68.40
Bassetlaw	41.55
Bath	57.95
Bedford	46.37
Berwick-upon-Tweed	33.50
Beverley	38.75
Bexley	120.95
Birmingham	52.52
Blaby	38.18
Blackburn	55.22
Blackpool	44.78
Blyth Valley	39.75
Bolsover	38.25
Bolton	43.37
Boothferry	37.58
Boston	46.62
Bournemouth	63.79
Bracknell Forest	55.31
Bradford	45.81
Braintree	60.03
Breckland	56.81
Brent	120.95
Brentwood	67.64
Bridgnorth	51.45
Brighton	62.84
Bristol	52.61
Broadland	34.08
Bromley	120.95
Bromsgrove	45.66
Broxboume	72.90
Broxtowe	44.12
Bumley	50.73
Bury	42.06
Calderdale	44.07
Cambridge	56.43
Camden	120.95
Cannock Chase	49.7 1
Canterbury	67.67
Caradon	52.73
Carlisle	46.35
Canick	47.69
Castle Morpeth	41.49
Castle Point	75.12
Charnwood	45.11
Chelmsford	61.20
Cheltenham	61.37
Cherwell	60.30
Chester	42.5 1
Chesterfield	38.17
Chester-le-Street	43.68
Chichester	61.53
Chiltern	56.81
Chorley	38.37
Christchurch	55.56
City of London	120.95
Cleethorpes	42.5 1
Colchester	59.00
Congleton	42.5 1
Copeland	43.64
Corby	43.53
Cotswold	63.81
Coventry	47.49
Craven	51.77
Crawley	58.46
Crewe and Nantwich	43.64
Croydon	120.95
Dacorum	56.87
Darlington	42.45
Dartford	65.64
Daventry	47.06
Derby	45.53
Derbyshire Dales	44.22
Derwentside	50.87
Doncaster	37.68
Dover	73.25
Dudley	48.74
Durham	44.06
Ealing	120.95
Easington	50.70
East Cambridgeshire	56.81
East Devon	49.73
East Dorset	71.64
Fast Hampshire	59.67
East Hertfordshire	64.26
East Lindsey	48.42
Fast Northamptonshire	50.16
East Staffordshire	41.67
East Yorkshire	44.01
Eastbourne	56.11
Eastleigh	58.76
Eden	51.18
Ellesmere Port and Neston	33.74
Elmbridge	70.88
Enfield	120.95
Epping Forest	64.08
Epsom and Ewe11	67.94
Erewash	41.37
Exeter	48.60
Fareham	59.33
Fenland	52.18
Forest Heath	54.24
Forest of Dean	55.14
Fylde	41.54
Gateshead	45.23
Gedling	40.76
Gillingham	58.68
Glanford	38.28
Gloucester	60.40
Gosport	63.02
Gravesham	64.04
Great Grimsby	41.06
Great Yarmouth	44.15
Greenwich	120.95
Guildford	70.35
Hackney	120.95
Halton	42.53
Hambleton	44.33
Hammersmith and Fulham	120.95
Harborough	55.88
Haringey	120.95
Harlow	54.00
Harrogate	52.62
Harrow	120.95
Hart	59.01
Hartlepool	48.63
Hastings	58.18
Havant	65.86
Havering	120.95
Hereford	45.77
Hertsmere	65.10
High Peak	43.88
Hillingdon	120.95
Hinckley and Bosworth	48.33
Holdemess	41.86
Horsham	73.53
Hounslow	120.95
Hove	58.04
Huntingdonshire	52.47
Hyndbum	52.77
Ipswich	48.24
Isles of Scilly	63.96
Islington	120.95
Kennet	63.84
Kensington and Chelsea	120.95
Kenier	50.87
Kettering	47.79
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	46.93
Kingston upon Hull	42.48
Kingston upon Thames	120.95
Kingswood	50.07
Kirklees	48.42
Knowsley	51.96
Lambeth	120.95
Lancaster	45.20
Langbaurgh-on-Tees	54.39
Leeds	37.50
Leicester	45.98
Leominster	54.21
Lewes	60.68
Lewisham	120.95
Lichfield	48.05
Lincoln	41.49
Liverpool	41.84
Luton	53.90
Macclesfield	46.85
Maidstone	58.62
Maldon	68.63
Malvern Hills	56.67
Manchester	55.68
Mansfield	44.70
Medina	49.50
Melton	44.45
Mendip	59.12
Merton	120.95
Mid Bedfordshire	50.96
Mid Devon	52.50
Mid Suffolk	55.77
Mid Sussex	48.20
Middlesbrough	54.90
Milton Keynes	53.48
Mole Valley	56.91
New Forest	63.68
Newark and Sherwood	43.11
Newbury	56.91
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	48.47
Newcastle-under-Lyme	37.13
Newham	120.95
North Cornwall	54.84
North Devon	66.78
North Dorset	57.62
North East Derbyshire	38.22
North Hertfordshire	62.78
North Kesteven	49.24
North Norfolk	50.88
North Shropshire	45.99
North Tyneside	36.72
North Warwickshire	42.68
North West Leicestershire	43.05
North Wiltshire	55.11
Northampton	51.68
Northavon	67.14
Norwich	48.69
Nottingham	47.07
Nuneaton and Bedworth	40.10
Oadby and Wigston	41.10
Oldham	44.30
Oswestry	43.43
Oxford	57.00
Pendle	49.19
Penwith	57.48
Peterborough	50.95
Plymouth	47.75
Poole	59.16
Portsmouth	54.47
Preston	51.90
Purbeck	62.66
Reading	71.42
Redbridge	120.95
Redditch	50.39
Reigate and Banstead	77.24
Restormel	52.78
Ribble Valley	40.16
Richmond upon Thames	120.95
Richmondshire	56.10
Rochdale	49.08
Rochester upon Medway	62.49
Rochford	56.82
Rossendale	46.56
Rother	62.24
Rotherham	32.9 1
Rugby	49.38
Runnymede	74.39
Rushcliffe	47.19
Rushmoor	62.57
RutIand	56.70
Ryedale	41.07
Salford	48.53
Salisbury	65.94
Sandwell	54.65
Scarborough	49.17
Scunthorpe	42.87
Sedgefield	43.29
Sedgemoor	59.57
Sefton	48.87
Selby	45.45
Sevenoaks	62.49
Sheffield	42.14
Shepway	56.30
Shrewsbury and Atcham	45.99
Slough	65.79
Solihull	52.70
South Bedfordshire	59.16
South Bucks	50.00
South Cambridgeshire	55.62
South Derbyshire	44.93
South Hams	65.87
South Herefordshire	50.85
South Holland	47.48
South Kesteven	46.57
South Lakeland	48.93
South Norfolk	54.65
South Northamptonshire	53.25
South Oxfordshire	62.43
South Ribble	46.35
South Shropshire	49.34
South Somerset	58.01
South staffordshire	50.85
South Tyneside	36.09
South Wight	62.49
Southampton	55.02
Southend-on-Sea	69.05
Southwark	120.95
Spelthorne	77.73
St Albans	62.12
St Edmundsbury	52.98
St Helens	49.62
Stafford	43.07
Staffordshire Moorlands	43.01
Stevenage	57.62
Stockport	41.88
Stockton-on-Tees	41.48
Stoke-on-Trent	46.11
Stratford-on-Avon	51.83
Stroud	53.73
Suffolk Coastal	55.94
Sunderland	37.83
Surrey Heath	62.49
Sutton	120.95
Swale	51.79
Tameside	49.22
Tamworth	54.99
Tandridge	60.69
Taunton Deane	49.71
Teesdale	40.02
Teignbridge	54.90
Tendring	60.60
Test Valley	64.35
Tewkesbury	53.05
Thamesdown	50.09
Thanet	56.85
The Wrekin	54.53
Three Rivers	61.76
Thurrock	61.56
Tonbridge and Malling	50.66
Torbay	62.46
Torridge	47.21
Tower Hamlets	120.95
Trafford	45.19
Tunbridge Wells	89.10
Tynedale	44.46
Uttlesford	63.29
Vale of White Horse	54.86
Vale Royal	45.35
Wakefield	39.23
Walsall	47.04
Waltham Forest	120.95
Wandsworth	120.95
Wansbeck	39.98
Wansdyke	54.89
Warrington	39.95
Warwick	55.50
Watford	57.95
Waveney	48.44
Waverley	68.85
Wealden	50.22
Wear Valley	48.29
Wellingborough	44.64
Welwyn Hatfield	56.94
West Devon	52.95
West Dorset	60.00
West Lancashire	42.56
West Lindsey	43.17
West Oxfordshire	53.82
West Somerset	56.5 1
west Wiltshire	61.95
Westminster	120.95
Weymouth and Portland	49.19
Wigan	40.22
Winchester	62.82
Windsor and Maidenhead	72.98
Wirral	49.71
Woking	71.90
Wokingham	70.97
Wolverhampton	47.81
Woodspring	64.05
Worcester	49.50
Wortbing	61.30
Wychavon	52.49
Wycombe	65.55
Wyre	42.48
Wyre forest	50.69
York	48.63
WALES
Aberconway	46.59
Alyn and Deeside	42.44
Arfon	48.92
Blaenau Gwent	51.47
Brecknock	45.70
Cardiff	56.30
Carmarthen	50.29
Ceredigion	51.20
Colwyn	45.80
Cynon Valley	46.47
Delyn	47.43
Dinefwr	39.11
Dwyfor	43.92
Glyndwr	42.45
Islwyn	54.12
Llanelli	54.23
Lliw Valle;y; 45.00
Meirionnydd	47.83
Merthyr Tydfil	48.53
Monmouth	57.93
Montgomeryshire	50.39
Neath	49.44
Newport	56.62
Ogwr	50.83
Port Talbot	51.37
Preseli Pembrokeshire	46.43
Radnorshire	54.57
Rhondda	50.82
Rhuddlan	44.18
Rhymney Vally	54.38
South Pembrokeshire	50.30
Swansea	48.90
Taff Ely	52.04
Torfaen	63.23
Vale of Glamorgan	57.95
Wrexham Maelor	42.67
Ynys Mon	46.41
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen	33.95
Angus	29.73
Annandale and Eskdale	44.26
Argyll and Bute	46.26
Badenock and Strathspey	42.21
Banff and Buchan	36.49
Bearsden and Milagavie	45.05
Berwickshire	37.17
Caithness	42.74
Clackmannan	39.74
Clydebank	44.19
Clydesdale	37.14
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	40.37
Cumnock and Doon Valley	38.35
Cunninghame	38.28
Dumbarton	47.09
Dundee	50.49
Dunfermline	39.24
East Kilbride	39.65
East Lothian	36.21
Eastwood	34.22
Edinburgh	50.60
Ettrick and Lauderdale	33.22
Falkirk	36.06
Glasgow	48.48
Gordon	42.60
Hamilton	39.99
Inverclyde	40.85
Inverness	45.82
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	32.81
Kincardine and Deeside	40.37
Kirkcaldy	41.30
Kyle and Carrick	41.39
Lochaber	46.98
Midlothian	28.55
Monklands	40.42
Moray	38.43
Motherwell	36.90
Naim	42.87
Nithsdale	40.42
North East Fife	38.59
Orkney Islands	43.46
Perth and Kinross	36.13
Renfrew	38.45
Ross and Cromarty	48.81
Roxburgh	43.50
Shetland Islands	46.88
Skye and Lochalsh	50.03
Stewartry	44.73
Stirling	45.89
Strathkelvin	39.54
Sutherland	47.39
Tweeddale	35.34
West Lothian	33.50
Western Isles	52.57
Wigtown	46.20

SCHEDULE 8 — BENEFIT SAVINGS

PART I — GENERAL INTERPRETATION

1

• (1) The additions to or deductions from, as the case may be, housing benefit subsidy or council tax subsidy referred to in articles 13 and 21 shall be calculated in accordance with this Schedule.

• (2) In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

• A is equal to (B + C) × 32;

• B is the total sum of housing benefit savings made by a relevant authority;

• C is the total sum of housing benefit related savings made by a relevant authority;

• D is equal to (E + F) × 32;

• E is the total sum of council tax benefit savings made by a relevant authority;

• F is the total sum of council tax benefit related savings made by a relevant authority;

• G, in the case of a relevant authority, is the figure prescribed in column (2) of the Table in Part IV for that authority;

• H is 0.75 of the value of G;

• I is 0.5 of the value of G;

• J is 0.25 of the value of G:

• “authorised person” means an officer of a relevant authority; or an employee of a relevant authority’s contractor, where that individual has been designated by that authority for the investigation of fraud;

• “council tax benefit savings” means any amount which would have been allowed by way of council tax benefit to a claimant during a benefit week, but for the investigation and intervention of one or more authorised persons, and which would, had that amount been allowed as council tax benefit, have been fraudulent excess benefit, within the meaning of article 18(7), or in a case where only a proportion of that non-allowance was due to that investigation and intervention the amount shall be that proportion;

• “council tax benefit related savings” means— where council tax benefit savings have been established and that investigation has also led to a determination by an adjudication officer that no relevant benefit, or less relevant benefit is payable, any amount of relevant benefit is payable, that would, but for that investigation and consequent determination, have been paid to that claimant in a payment week; and in a case where the council tax benefit savings were less than the total council tax benefit not allowed, the council tax benefit related savings shall be an amount determined by applying to the total of relevant benefit not paid a percentage equal to the percentage which those council tax benefit savings bear to the total council tax benefit not allowed. except that in neither case shall it include any amount which has been included in the housing benefit related savings for that authority;

• “housing benefit savings” means any amount which would have been paid by way of housing benefit to a claimant during a benefit week, but for the investigation and intervention of one or more authorised persons, and which would, had that amount been paid as housing benefit, have been a fraudulent overpayment, within the meaning of article 10(S), or, in a case where only a proportion of that non-payment was due to that investigation and intervention, the amount shall be that proportion;

• “housing benefit related savings” means— where housing benefit savings under this Schedule have been established and that investigation has also led to a determination by an adjudication officer that no relevant benefit or less relevant benefit is payable, any amount of relevant benefit that would, but for that investigation and consequent determination, have been paid to that claimant in a payment week; and in a case where the housing benefit savings were less than the total housing benefit not paid, the housing benefit related savings shall be an amount determined by applying to the total of relevant benefit not paid a percentage equal to the percentage which those housing benefit savings bear to the total housing benefit not paid;

• “a payment week” means— in the case of income support, a benefit week within the meaning prescribed therefor in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987[^f00055]; in the case of invalidity benefit, severe disablement allowance or sickness benefit, the week in advance in which such benefit is to be paid pursuant to regulation 24(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987[^f00056] or, in a case where that regulation does not apply, would be so paid if that regulation did apply; in the case of retirement pension, the week in arrears in which such benefit is to be paid pursuant to regulation 22(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987[^f00057] or, in a case where that regulation does not apply, would be so paid if that regulation did apply; “a relevant authority” is an authority identified in column (1) of the Table in Part IV, and

• “relevant benefit” means income support, invalidity benefit, retirement pension, severe disablement allowance or sickness benefit, in a case where a claimant who is in receipt of housing benefit or council tax benefit, as the case may be, is also in receipt of income support.

PART II — HOUSING BENEFIT SAVINGS

Addition to housing benefit subsidy

2

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, in the case of a relevant authority where the savings which are the sum of (A + D) are greater than H, the addition for that authority shall be 10 per cent. of the sum calculated by applying the following formula—

${ ( A + D ) - H } × A ( A + D )$

.

• (2) In the case of an authority where the savings which are the sum of (A + D) are greater than G, the addition for that authority shall be the sum calculated for that authority in sub-paragraph (1) above plus 10 per cent. of the sum calculated by applying the following formula—

${ ( A + D ) - G } × A ( A + D )$

.

3

In the case of a relevant authority where the savings which are the sum of (A + D) do not exceed H, but do exceed I, there shall be no addition or deduction under this Part for that authority.

Deduction from housing benefit subsidy

4

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, in the case of a relevant authority where the savings which are the sum of (A + D) are less than I, the deduction for that authority shall be 20 per cent. of the sum calculated by applying the following formula—

${ ( A + D ) - I } × A A + D )$

.

• (2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, in the case of an authority where the savings which are the sum of (A + D) are less than J, the deduction for that authority shall be the sum calculated for that authority in sub-paragraph (1) above together with a further amount of 30 per cent. of the sum calculated by applying the following formula—

${ ( A + D ) - J } × A A + D )$

.

• (3) In a case where the value of G for a relevant authority is less than E60,000, there shall be no deduction for that authority.

PART III — COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT SAVINGS

Council tax benefit savings

5

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, in the case of an authority where the savings which are the sum of (A + D) are greater than H, the addition for that authority shall be 10 per cent. of the sum calculated by applying the following formula—

${ ( A + D ) - H } × D ( A + D )$

.

• (2) In the case of an authority where the savings which are the sum of (A + D) are greater than G, the addition for that authority shall be the sum calculated for that authority in sub-paragraph (1) above plus 10 per cent. of the sum calculated by applying the following formula—

${ ( A + D ) - G } × D ( A + D )$

.

6

In the case of an authority where the savings which are the sum of (A + D) do not exceed H, but do exceed I, there shall be no addition or deduction under this Part for that authority.

Deduction from council tax benefit subsidy

7

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, in the case of an authority where the savings which are the sum of (A + D) are less than I. the deduction for that authority shall be 20 per cent. of the sum calculated by applying the following formula—

${ ( A + D ) - I } × D ( A + D )$

.

• (2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, in the case of an authority where the savings which are the sum of (A + D) are less than J, the deduction for that authority shall be the amount calculated for that authority in sub-paragraph (1) above, together with a further amount of 30 per cent. of the sum calculated by applying the following formula—

${ ( A + D ) - J } × D ( A + D )$

.

• (3) In a case where the value of G for a relevant authority is less than £60,000, there shall be no deduction for that authority.

PART IV — TABLE

8

The Table referred to in this Schedule is as follows:

Authority	Prescribed Figure (£)
ENGLAND	ENGLAND
Adur	97,802
Allerdale	113,789
Alnwick	38,906
Amber Valley	115,075
Arun	212,055
Ashfield	81,786
Ashford	120,242
Aylesbury Vale	104,908
Babergh	89,192
Barking and Dagenham	216,822
Bamet	532,090
Barnsley	309,524
Barrow-in-Fumess	117,541
Basildon	141,740
Basingstoke and Deane	209,955
Bassetlaw	118,232
Bath	218,950
Bedford	183,118
Berwick-upon-Tweed	19,384
Beverley	57,438
Bexley	297,263
Birmingham	2,268,814
Blaby	29,076
Blackburn	233,934
Blackpool	429,863
Blyth Valley	129,418
Bolsover	80,837
Bolton	375,760
Boothfeny	69,986
Boston	66,102
Bournemouth	499,623
Bracknell Forest	134,693
Bradford	915,452
Braintree	172,410
Breckland	127,097
Brent	1,063,596
Brentwood	61,494
Bridgnorth	33.98 1
Brighton	414,194
Bristol	769,979
Broadland	102,648
Bromley	372,388
Bromsgrove	56,186
Broxboume	78,439
Broxtowe	122,403
Bumley	160,079
Bury	168,768
Calderdale	302,508
Cambridge	212,493
Camden	1,044,989
Cannock Chase	90,959
Canterbury	211,160
Caradon	120,106
Carlisle	139,904
Carrick	172,911
Castle Morpeth	37,523
Castle Point	64,824
Charnwood	121,238
Chelmsford	168,041
Cheltenham	133,684
Cherwell	182,318
Chester	163,644
Chester-le-Street	57,260
Chesterfield	158,374
Chichester	156,945
Chiltern	91,370
Chorley	83,246
Christchurch	44,411
City of London	24,727
Cleethorpes	102,815
Colchester	197,811
Congleton	56,942
Copeland	76,034
Corby	64,938
Cotswold	116,570
Coventry	552,053
Craven	51,365
Crawley	148,919
Crewe and Nantwich	112,007
Croydon	861,293
Dacomm	188,159
Darlington	177,210
Dartford	126,518
Daventry	57,275
Derby	430,25 1
Derbyshire Dales	35,685
Derwentside	155,376
Doncaster	404,045
Dover	218,561
Dudley	464,55 1
Durham	102,920
Ealing	954,749
Easington	148,211
East Cambridgeshire	47,873
East Devon	170,789
East Dorset	89,383
East Hampshire	124,635
East Hertfordshire	77,776
East Lindsey	173,672
East Northamptonshire	73,456
East Staffordshire	94,007
East Yorkshire	173,163
Eastbourne	170,883
Eastleigh	85,115
Eden	40,782
Ellesmere Port and Elmbridge	68,960
Elmbridge	183,812
Enfield	622,37 1
Epping Forest	171,443
Epsom and Ewe11 67,534
Erewash	98.85 1
Exeter	238,539
Fareham	58,020
Fenland	132,185
Forest Heath	65,409
Forest of Dean	64,266
Fylde	58,251
Gateshead	421,322
Gedling	90,813
Gillingham	178,991
Glanford	58,544
Gloucester	166,044
Gosport	120,675
Gravesham	120,326
Great Grimsby	200,394
Great Yarmouth	199,865
Greenwich	623,716
Guildford	185,412
Hackney	1,366,545
Halton	190,315
Hambleton	53,353
Hammersmith and Fulham	958,547
Harborough	57,777
Haringey	1444,949
Harlow	176,988
Harrogate	182,232
Harrow	323,518
Hart	62,699
Hartlepool	257,127
Hastings	229,936
Havant	164,525
Havering	274,548
Hereford	111,669
Hertsmere	81,971
High Peak	108,357
Hillingdon	356,486
Hinckley and Bosworth	73,382
Holdemess	52,401
Horsham	137,784
Hounslow	47 1,472
Hove	317,128
Huntingdonshire	156,857
Hyndbum	136,399
Ipswich	282,911
Isles of Scilly	1,076
Islington	894,037
Kennet	76,605
Kensington and Chelsea	743,840
Kerrier	162,501
Kettering	103,387
Kingston upon Hull	638,702
Kingston upon Thames	239,604
Kingswcod	93,743
Kirklees	493,658
Knowsley	383,205
Lambeth	1,214,512
Lancaster	271,141
Langbaurgh-on-Tees	268,456
Leeds	1,268,991
Leicester	636,255
Leominster	28,307
Lewes	152,570
Lewisham	857.951
Lichfield	78,870
Lincoln	156,255
Liverpool	1,611.694
Luton	275,088
Macclesfield	95,453
Maidstone	110,802
Maldon	42,470
Malvern Hills	80,455
Manchester	2,149,231
Mansfield	190,625
Medina	165,190
Melton	27,364
Mendip	132,644
Merton	350,537
Mid Bedfordshire	97,673
Mid Devon	95,493
Mid Suffolk	76,590
Mid Sussex	114,180
Middlesbrough	399,407
Milton Keynes	257,300
Mole Valley	55,087
New Forest	205,161
Newark and Sherwood	126,121
Newbury	161,774
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	921,788
Newcastle-under-Lyme	113,084
Newham	1,000,649
North Cornwall	115,142
North Devon	192,390
North Dorset	39,307
North East Derbyshire	74,519
North Hertfordshire	202,467
North Kesteven	65,891
North Norfolk	116,926
North Shropshire	58,384
North Tyneside	314,297
North Warwickshire	43,727
North West Leicestershire	58,522
North Wiltshire	114,974
Northampton	311,715
Notthavon	124,503
Norwich	309,956
Nottingham	734,623
Nuneaton and Bedworth	157,283
Oadby and Wigston	24,923
Oldham	442,231
Oswestry	32,678
Oxford	333,677
Pendle	118,943
Penwith	164,886
Peterborough	257,255
Plymouth	526,926
Poole	225,310
Portsmouth	575,546
Preston	244,710
Purbeck	54,132
Reading	372,932
Redbridge	589,683
Redditch	112,962
Reigate and Banstead	156,644
Restormel	161,643
Ribble Valley	19,724
Richmond upon Thames	342,874
Richmondshire	37,481
Rochdale	332,026
Rochester upon Medway	276,869
Rochford	87,206
Rossendale	86,755
Rother	127,071
Rotherham	367,215
Rugby	109,576
Runnymede	99,248
Rushcliffe	69,362
Rushmoor	125,898
Rutland	25,247
Ryedale	89,231
Salford	561,959
Salisbury	175,131
Sandwell	681,180
Scarborough	178,303
Scunthorpe	119,462
Sedgefield	127,281
Sedgemoor	174,628
Sefton	394.981
Selby	47,161
Sevenoaks	151,949
Sheffield	1,150,043
Shepway	147,967
Shrewsbury and Atcham	105,534
Slough	229,166
Solihull	235,660
South Bedfordshire	145,106
South Bucks	62,079
South Cambridgeshire	68,568
South Derbyshire	48,531
South Hams	112,350
South Herefordshire	34,463
South Holland	60,143
South Kesteven	130,769
South Lakeland	98,169
South Norfolk	92,343
South Northamptonshire	46,059
South Oxfordshire	106,758
South Ribble	82,801
South Shropshire	39,073
South Somerset	181,854
South Staffordshire	80,957
South Tyneside	290,495
South Wight	134,951
Southampton	480,072
Southend-on-Sea	415,819
Southwark	845,988
Spelthome	79,068
St Albans	159,435
St Edmundsbury	111,648
St Helens	279,635
Stafford	72,308
Staffordshire Moorlands	54,679
Stevenage	126,093
Stockport	281,760
Stockton-on-Tees	311,547
Stoke-on-Trent	387,275
Stratford-on-Avon	102,948
Stroud	100,316
Suffolk Coastal	84,688
Sunderland	474,891
Surrey Heath	84,062
Sutton	273,114
Swale	163,494
Tameside	424,579
Tamworth	77,205
Tandridge	64,336
Taunton Deane	158,787
Teesdale	15,063
Teignbridge	180,986
Tendring	225,189
Test Valley	84,189
Tewkesbury	53,87 1
Thamesdown	248,216
Thanet	334,002
The Wrekin	197,213
Three Rivers	66,131
Thurrock	220,53 1
Tonbridge and Malling	102,024
Tot-bay	335,420
Tot-ridge	109,468
Tower Hamlets	744,136
Trafford	288,357
Tunbridge Wells	187,365
Tynedale	34,013
Uttlesford	71,267
Vale of White Horse	71,351
Vale Royal	71,005
Wakefield	413,849
Walsall	430,564
Waltham Forest	807,166
Wandsworth	927.7 16
Wansbeck	67,100
Wansdyke	83,583
Warrington	200,498
Warwick	170,943
Watford	105,954
Waveney	248,840
Waverley	145,061
Wealden	87,293
Wear Valley	119,709
Wellingborough	88,123
Welwyn Hatfield	140,161
West Devon	43,757
West Dorset	85,662
West Lancashire	133,105
West Lindsey	51,978
West Norfolk	117,853
West Oxfordshire	111,467
West Somerset	77,88 1
West Wiltshire	113,512
Westminster	1,184.162
Weymouth and Portland	169,174
Wigan	387,006
Winchester	137,065
Windsor and Maidenhead	156,601
Wirral	652,171
Woking	70,876
Wokingham	115,039
Wolverhampton	537,909
Woodspring	3 19,723
Worcester	95,479
Worthing	221,780
Wychavon	103,039
Wycombe	186,135
Wyre	104,019
Wyre Forest	115,405
York	168,103
WALES	WALES
Aberconwy	97,395
Alyn and Deeside	53,388
Arfon	60,187
Blaenau Gwent	108,808
Brecknock	44,437
Cardiff	659,647
Carmarthen	75,718
Ceredigion	99,512
Colwyn	102,314
Cynon Valley	108,280
Delyn	83,848
Dinefwr	43,5 10
Dwyfor	30,43 1
Glyndwr	30,517
Islwyn	64,420
Llanelli	94,574
Lliw Valley	87,88 1
Meirionnydd	25,940
Merthyr Tydfil	89,74 1
Monmouth	79,173
Montgomeryshire	35,456
Neath	97,623
Newport	278,669
Ogwr	165,326
Port Talbot	67,794
Preseli Pembrokeshire	101,051
Radnorshire	19,496
Rhondda	139,982
Rhuddlan	82,604
Rhymney Valley	160,911
South Pembrokeshire	64,568
Swansea	401,294
Taff-Ely	121,499
Torfaen	151,606
Vale of Glamorgan	196,850
Wrexham Maelor	121,729
Ynys Mon	124.049
SCOTLAND	SCOTLAND
Aberdeen	165,996
Angus	73,380
Annandale and Eskdale	26,171
Argyll and Bute	64,453
Badenoch and Strathspey	13,487
Banff and Buchan	55,796
Bearsden and Milngavie	10,175
Berwickshire	19,874
Borders	12,203
Caithness	19,778
Central	58,359
Clackmannan	46,069
Clydebank	69,401
Clydesdale	42,444
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	43,516
Cumnock and Doon Valley	41,618
Cunninghame	123,905
Dumbarton	74,782
Dumfries and Galloway	21,303
Dundee	346,847
Dunfermline	135,419
East Kilbride	14.310
East Lothian	91,863
Eastwood	21,587
Edinburgh	761,813
Ettrick and Lauderdale	23,955
Falkirk	133,527
Fife	68,197
Glasgow	2JO4.993
Gordon	29,522
Grampian	43,412
Hamilton	95,510
Highland	30,594
Inverclyde	110,061
Inverness	50,519
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	88,052
Kincardine and Deeside	14,524
Kirkcaldy	190,740
Kyle and Carrick	95,042
Lochaber	22,123
Lothian	133,849
Midlothian	42,188
Monklands	115,054
Moray	47,879
Motherwell	144,087
Naim	6,747
Nitbsdale	43,883
North East Fife	54,317
Orkney Islands	18,898
Perth and Kinross	112,152
Renfrew	195,419
Ross and Cromarty	45,398
Roxburgh	43,760
Shetland Islands	12,034
Skye and Lochalsh	14,538
Stewartry	15,297
Stirling	87,435
Strathclyde	629,557
Strathkelvin	41,194
Sutherland	9,462
Tayside	74,952
Tweedale	10,240
West Lothian	84,707
Western Isles	23,625
Wigtown	39,002
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS	DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS
Cumbernauld (DC)	26,629
East Kilbride (DC)	44,276
Glenrotbes (DC)	28,965
Irvine (DC)	17,231
Livingston (DC)	33,559
Rural Wales	4,256
Scottish Homes	315,889

SCHEDULE 9 — PRESCRIBED CASELOAD AND CLAIMS FIGURES