Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 535
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2005
Made
3rd March 2005
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2005
Coming into force
1st April 2005
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 140B, 140F(2) and 189(1) and (4),(5) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 1 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury( 2 ) and after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned ( 3 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
(2) In this Order, “the 1998 Order” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998( 4 ).
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.
Amendment of the 1998 Order
2. Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order (rent rebate limitation deductions) is amended in accordance with the Schedule to this Order.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Malcolm Wicks
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
3 March 2005
We consent
Jim Murphy
John Heppell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
3 March 2005
Article 2
SCHEDULE AMENDMENTS TO SCHEDULE 4A TO THE 1998 ORDER
1. In paragraph 2 (England – liability to deduction), for sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) there shall be substituted—
“ (6) The GDP deflator for the period beginning with the year 2001-02 and ending with the year 2005-06 is 1.1010.
(7) The annual factor for 2005-06 is 0.6. ” .
2. In paragraph 3 (amount of deduction), for sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted —
“ (3) The rebate proportion in England for 2005—6 is 0.61 ” .
3. For Part 3 there shall be substituted—
“ PART 3 WEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND
TABLE
RELEVANT YEAR 2005-06
| Authority | Weekly rent limit |
|---|---|
| Adur | £58.56 |
| Alnwick | £44.75 |
| Arun | £65.08 |
| Ashfield | £42.58 |
| Ashford | £61.33 |
| Aylesbury Vale | £61.25 |
| Babergh | £55.97 |
| Barking and Dagenham | £55.42 |
| Barnet | £68.44 |
| Barnsley | £44.13 |
| Barrow in Furness | £51.30 |
| Basildon | £54.10 |
| Bassetlaw | £46.59 |
| Berwick upon Tweed | £42.49 |
| Birmingham | £51.95 |
| Blaby | £47.05 |
| Blackpool | £44.55 |
| Blyth Valley | £41.01 |
| Bolsover | £45.18 |
| Bolton | £45.03 |
| Bournemouth | £55.37 |
| Bracknell Forest | £62.14 |
| Braintree | £56.82 |
| Brent | £75.77 |
| Brentwood | £62.77 |
| Bridgnorth | £52.84 |
| Brighton and Hove | £55.74 |
| Bristol | £49.00 |
| Broxbourne | £63.14 |
| Broxtowe | £45.24 |
| Bury | £50.24 |
| Cambridge | £60.05 |
| Camden | £77.27 |
| Cannock Chase | £51.22 |
| Canterbury | £59.48 |
| Caradon | £49.00 |
| Carrick | £46.84 |
| Castle Morpeth | £45.53 |
| Castle Point | £63.42 |
| Charnwood | £45.86 |
| Cheltenham | £55.83 |
| Chester-le-Street | £44.89 |
| Chesterfield | £46.98 |
| Chorley | £44.52 |
| City of London | £71.39 |
| City of York | £51.84 |
| Colchester | £56.13 |
| Corby | £46.13 |
| Crawley | £61.01 |
| Croydon | £74.66 |
| Dacorum | £61.37 |
| Darlington | £46.02 |
| Dartford | £56.98 |
| Daventry | £52.20 |
| Derby | £48.91 |
| Derwentside | £47.66 |
| Doncaster | £44.18 |
| Dover | £59.99 |
| Dudley | £51.86 |
| Durham | £46.50 |
| Ealing | £73.25 |
| Easington | £45.66 |
| East Devon | £50.50 |
| East Riding | £47.77 |
| Eastbourne | £51.39 |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | £45.87 |
| Enfield | £66.47 |
| Epping Forest | £62.45 |
| Exeter | £48.00 |
| Fareham | £56.66 |
| Fenland | £53.70 |
| Gateshead | £46.11 |
| Gedling | £45.83 |
| Gloucester | £53.16 |
| Gosport | £57.42 |
| Gravesham | £59.19 |
| Great Yarmouth | £45.93 |
| Greenwich | £64.00 |
| Guildford | £69.15 |
| Hackney | £69.55 |
| Halton | £47.82 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £70.86 |
| Harborough | £52.60 |
| Haringey | £71.31 |
| Harlow | £57.19 |
| Harrogate | £55.73 |
| Harrow | £78.80 |
| Havering | £58.44 |
| High Peak | £48.29 |
| Hillingdon | £78.50 |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £47.73 |
| Hounslow | £67.47 |
| Hyndburn | £47.77 |
| Ipswich | £50.42 |
| Isles of Scilly | £56.99 |
| Islington | £74.69 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £83.53 |
| Kettering | £49.89 |
| Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | £50.63 |
| Kingston upon Hull | £45.51 |
| Kingston upon Thames | £77.19 |
| Kirklees | £47.79 |
| Lambeth | £67.99 |
| Lancaster | £49.05 |
| Leeds | £45.58 |
| Leicester | £47.89 |
| Lewes | £57.75 |
| Lewisham | £59.89 |
| Lincoln | £41.94 |
| Liverpool | £49.80 |
| Luton | £53.59 |
| Macclesfield | £52.86 |
| Manchester | £54.84 |
| Mansfield | £45.31 |
| Medway Towns | £54.02 |
| Melton | £46.61 |
| Merton | £68.09 |
| Mid Devon | £52.05 |
| Mid Suffolk | £53.62 |
| Milton Keynes | £51.39 |
| Mole Valley | £65.39 |
| New Forest | £63.32 |
| Newark and Sherwood | £48.24 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £46.58 |
| Newham | £60.30 |
| Northampton | £50.89 |
| North Cornwall | £50.38 |
| North East Derbyshire | £45.87 |
| North East Lincolnshire | £46.56 |
| North Kesteven | £48.16 |
| North Lincolnshire | £45.59 |
| North Norfolk | £50.62 |
| North Shropshire | £49.02 |
| North Somerset | £60.58 |
| North Tyneside | £44.75 |
| North Warwickshire | £51.18 |
| North West Leicestershire | £48.10 |
| Norwich | £49.40 |
| Nottingham | £46.16 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £47.61 |
| Oadby and Wigston | £47.75 |
| Oldham | £44.91 |
| Oswestry | £49.48 |
| Oxford | £63.38 |
| Pendle | £46.17 |
| Plymouth | £43.37 |
| Poole | £55.68 |
| Portsmouth | £53.39 |
| Preston | £49.72 |
| Reading | £70.57 |
| Redbridge | £77.21 |
| Redditch | £49.97 |
| Ribble Valley | £48.20 |
| Richmondshire | £50.96 |
| Rochdale | £46.79 |
| Rochford | £56.86 |
| Rossendale | £46.55 |
| Rotherham | £43.30 |
| Rugby | £52.28 |
| Runnymede | £70.46 |
| Rutland | £53.48 |
| Salford | £50.90 |
| Salisbury | £61.70 |
| Sandwell | £54.66 |
| Sedgefield | £43.94 |
| Sedgemoor | £54.01 |
| Sefton | £51.86 |
| Selby | £51.01 |
| Sheffield | £43.78 |
| Shepway | £55.50 |
| Slough | £67.20 |
| Solihull | £53.29 |
| South Bedfordshire | £60.48 |
| South Cambridgeshire | £61.26 |
| South Derbyshire | £49.27 |
| South Gloucestershire | £55.86 |
| South Holland | £46.98 |
| South Kesteven | £47.08 |
| South Lakeland | £54.09 |
| South Northants | £59.16 |
| South Tyneside | £43.98 |
| Southampton | £53.31 |
| Southend-on-Sea | £54.83 |
| Southwark | £66.02 |
| St Albans | £67.04 |
| Stafford | £45.74 |
| Stevenage | £63.18 |
| Stockport | £45.30 |
| Stockton on Tees | £48.03 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £47.59 |
| Stroud | £54.95 |
| Sutton | £64.63 |
| Swindon | £50.49 |
| Tamworth | £52.39 |
| Tandridge | £60.77 |
| Taunton Deane | £51.84 |
| Teesdale | £47.07 |
| Tendring | £53.05 |
| Thanet | £55.73 |
| Three Rivers | £64.64 |
| Thurrock | £54.35 |
| Torridge | £46.29 |
| Tower Hamlets | £65.32 |
| Trafford | £51.82 |
| Uttlesford | £63.83 |
| Wakefield | £46.07 |
| Waltham Forest | £61.77 |
| Wandsworth | £77.99 |
| Wansbeck | £40.64 |
| Warrington | £47.07 |
| Warwick | £56.88 |
| Watford | £62.75 |
| Waveney | £50.10 |
| Waverley | £66.78 |
| Wealden | £54.62 |
| Wear Valley | £45.99 |
| Wellingborough | £47.59 |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £61.53 |
| West Lancashire | £48.50 |
| Westminster | £82.14 |
| Wigan | £46.32 |
| Winchester | £64.53 |
| Wirral | £54.68 |
| Woking | £71.10 |
| Wokingham | £67.95 |
| Wolverhampton | £47.79 |
| Wycombe | £69.95 ” |
4. In paragraph 5 (Wales – amount of deduction), for sub-paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—
“ (2) The rebate proportion for Wales for each relevant year commencing with 2005-06 is 0.66. ” .
5. For Part 5 there shall be substituted—
“ PART 5 AMOUNTS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES
TABLE
RELEVANT YEAR 2005-06
| Authority | (1) | (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Specified amount “O” | Guideline rent increase | |
| Blaenau Gwent | 45.90 | 1.22 |
| Caerphilly | 50.13 | 1.92 |
| Cardiff | 54.86 | 2.50 |
| Carmarthenshire | 46.16 | 2.08 |
| Ceredigion | 50.39 | 1.76 |
| Conwy | 47.54 | 2.66 |
| Denbighshire | 45.16 | 1.99 |
| Flintshire | 46.75 | 2.29 |
| Gwynedd | 46.50 | 2.30 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 45.74 | 1.98 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 43.99 | 1.45 |
| Monmouthshire | 54.40 | 1.89 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 46.29 | 1.60 |
| Newport | 51.07 | 2.15 |
| Pembrokeshire | 46.27 | 2.31 |
| Powys | 49.07 | 2.59 |
| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff | 46.14 | 1.83 |
| Swansea | 48.02 | 1.93 |
| Torfaen | 52.28 | 1.97 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 54.03 | 1.89 |
| Wrexham | 44.43 | 2.36 ” |
1992 c. 5 . Sections 140B and 140F were inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) . Section 140B was amended by section 10 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47) and paragraph 36 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26) . Section 189(1) and (4) to (6) was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14) ; section 189(1) was amended by paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 (c. 2) and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) ; section 189(7) was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) and paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997.
See section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, as amended by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996, paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27) , paragraph 57(3) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) .
See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; a relevant amendment is made by paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996.