uksi/2016/986 — The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2016

2016 No. 986 Social Security The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2016 Made 10th October 2016 Laid before Parliament 13th October 2016 Coming into force 18th November 2016 The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140B(1), (3), (4) and (4A), 140F(2) and 189(4) to (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 . In accordance with section 189(8) of that Act , the Secretary of State has obtained the consent of the Treasury. In accordance with section 176(1) of that Act , the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2016 and comes into force on 18th November 2016. 2 Article 2(2) and Schedule 1 have effect for the purpose of determining subsidy payable for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2015. 3 Articles 2(3) and 3, and Schedules 2, 3 and 4 have effect for the purpose of determining subsidy payable for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2016. 4 Article 4 has effect from 1st April 2016. 5 In this Order— “the 1998 Order ” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 ; “relevant year” means the period of a year beginning on 1st April in any calendar year in respect of which a claim for subsidy is made. The amount of an authority’s subsidy 2 1 The 1998 Order is amended as follows. 2 For Schedule 1 (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy) substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order. 3 For Schedule 1A (additional amount of subsidy: activities to reduce fraud and error) substitute the Schedule 1A set out in Schedule 2 to this Order. Rent rebate deductions from an authority’s subsidy 3 1 Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order (rent rebate limitation deductions (Housing Revenue Account Dwellings)) is amended as follows. 2 In Part 2 (England), in paragraph 3 (amount of deduction), for sub-paragraph (3) substitute— 3 The rebate proportion for 2016-17 is 0.752. . 3 For Part 3 (weekly rent limits for purposes of Part 2: authorities in England) , substitute the Part 3 set out in Schedule 3 to this Order. 4 For Part 5 (amounts for purposes of Part 4, paragraph 4: authorities in Wales) , substitute the Part 5 set out in Schedule 4 to this Order. Amendments relating to the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 4 1 The 1998 Order is amended as follows. 2 In article 17(1)(c) (subsidy in respect of non self-contained licensed accommodation etc. provided by an authority as temporary or short-term accommodation) — a in paragraph (i), after “Housing Act 1996” insert “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014”; b in paragraph (ii)— i for “or (in Scotland)” substitute, “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 or”; ii after “1987” insert “, as the case may be”. 3 In article 17A(1)(c) (subsidy in respect of self-contained licensed accommodation etc. provided by an authority as temporary or short-term accommodation) — a in paragraph (i), after “Housing Act 1996” insert “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014”; b in paragraph (ii)— i for “or (in Scotland)” substitute, “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 or”; ii after “1987” insert “, as the case may be”. 4 In article 17B(1)(c) (subsidy in respect of non self-contained licensed accommodation etc. made available by a registered housing association as temporary or short-term accommodation) — a in paragraph (i), after “Housing Act 1996” insert “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014”; b in paragraph (ii)— i for “or (in Scotland)” substitute, “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 or”; ii after “1987” insert “, as the case may be”. 5 In article 17C(1)(c) (subsidy in respect of self-contained licensed accommodation etc. made available by a registered housing association authority as temporary or short-term accommodation) — a in paragraph (i), after “Housing Act 1996” insert “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014”; b in paragraph (ii)— i for “or (in Scotland)” substitute, “, Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 or”; ii after “1987” insert “, as the case may be”. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Caroline Nokes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 10th October 2016 We consent. David Evennett Guy Opperman Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 10th October 2016 SCHEDULE 1 Schedule to be substituted for Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order Article 2(2) SCHEDULE 1 Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy Article 12(1)(b) RELEVANT YEAR 2015-2016 Local authority Administration subsidy (£) England Adur 280,003 Allerdale 440,716 Amber Valley 535,340 Arun 724,476 Ashfield 674,613 Ashford 545,396 Aylesbury Vale 613,196 Babergh 322,649 Barking and Dagenham 1,506,125 Barnet 2,418,387 Barnsley 1,408,476 Barrow in Furness 360,111 Basildon 1,078,409 Basingstoke and Deane 710,506 Bassetlaw 563,576 Bath and North East Somerset 769,034 Bedford 838,965 Bexley 1,058,826 Birmingham 7,392,503 Blaby 266,431 Blackburn with Darwen 858,859 Blackpool 1,408,191 Bolsover 418,611 Bolton 1,684,004 Boston 385,053 Bournemouth 1,256,143 Bracknell Forest 453,505 Bradford 3,208,653 Braintree 679,728 Breckland 597,097 Brent 2,809,151 Brentwood 256,434 Brighton and Hove 1,809,919 Bristol 2,878,572 Broadland 359,622 Bromley 1,464,979 Bromsgrove 269,804 Broxbourne 489,492 Broxtowe 435,338 Burnley 676,544 Bury 909,675 Calderdale 1,259,702 Cambridge 555,377 Camden 2,336,563 Cannock Chase 513,417 Canterbury 642,731 Carlisle 456,409 Castle Point 372,000 Central Bedfordshire 935,192 Charnwood 557,221 Chelmsford 623,301 Cheltenham 517,630 Cherwell 522,368 Cheshire East 1,441,218 Cheshire West and Chester 1,527,298 Chesterfield 660,548 Chichester 491,834 Chiltern 263,639 Chorley 434,080 Christchurch 204,184 City of London 114,000 Colchester 815,600 Copeland 340,179 Corby 437,376 Cornwall 2, 672,483 Cotswold 288,852 Coventry 1,895,430 Craven 185,225 Crawley 722,672 Croydon 2,647,451 Dacorum 680,305 Darlington 629,590 Dartford 428,262 Daventry 251,414 Derby 1,473,576 Derbyshire Dales 234,009 Doncaster 1,893,838 Dover 630,933 Dudley 1,568,960 Durham 3,462,583 Ealing 2,541,077 East Cambridgeshire 318,214 East Devon 498,549 East Dorset 275,771 East Hampshire 400,965 East Hertfordshire 491,657 East Lindsey 727,761 East Northamptonshire 297,184 East Riding of Yorkshire 1,405,701 East Staffordshire 493,261 Eastbourne 630,990 Eastleigh 405,112 Eden 179,445 Elmbridge 446,279 Enfield 2,521,581 Epping Forest 498,283 Epsom and Ewell 245,972 Erewash 505,296 Exeter 642,917 Fareham 297,894 Fenland 521,718 Forest Heath 279,351 Forest of Dean 381,908 Fylde 326,402 Gateshead 1,412,026 Gedling 486,176 Gloucester 726,321 Gosport 509,726 Gravesham 540,696 Great Yarmouth 744,187 Greenwich 2,481,711 Guildford 494,308 Hackney 3,330,468 Halton 933,097 Hambleton 305,283 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,664,377 Harborough 207,174 Haringey 2,762,678 Harlow 679,661 Harrogate 472,361 Harrow 1,371,534 Hart 194,884 Hartlepool 846,252 Hastings 714,532 Havant 524,766 Havering 1,134,406 Herefordshire 736,435 Hertsmere 531,321 High Peak 420,017 Hillingdon 1,604,114 Hinckley and Bosworth 343,649 Horsham 414,247 Hounslow 1,601,337 Huntingdonshire 669,981 Hyndburn 553,378 Ipswich 878,877 Isle of Wight 844,402 Isles of Scilly 2,522 Islington 2,650,412 Kensington and Chelsea 1,415,458 Kettering 406,506 King’s Lynn and West Norfolk 697,340 Kingston upon Hull 2,343,946 Kingston upon Thames 635,331 Kirklees 2,234,054 Knowsley 1,295,608 Lambeth 3,302,601 Lancaster 675,124 Leeds 4,533,552 Leicester 2,335,869 Lewes 392,854 Lewisham 3,421,141 Lichfield 317,141 Lincoln 607,502 Liverpool 4,651,182 Luton 1,243,161 Maidstone 655,887 Maldon 226,503 Malvern Hills 273,449 Manchester 4,862,750 Mansfield 630,201 Medway 1,409,696 Melton 162,371 Mendip 498,119 Merton 1,035,397 Mid Devon 312,899 Mid Suffolk 281,584 Mid Sussex 412,153 Middlesbrough 1,248,581 Milton Keynes 1,413,423 Mole Valley 279,423 New Forest 560,881 Newark and Sherwood 475,008 Newcastle under Lyme 561,630 Newcastle upon Tyne 2,018,395 Newham 2,865,022 North Devon 512,738 North Dorset 244,125 North East Derbyshire 437,592 North East Lincolnshire 1,124,950 North Hertfordshire 604,398 North Kesteven 337,794 North Lincolnshire 889,000 North Norfolk 464,516 North Somerset 1,045,252 North Tyneside 1,201,738 North Warwickshire 253,951 North West Leicestershire 351,936 Northampton 1,188,080 Northumberland 1,682,289 Norwich 1,196,895 Nottingham 2,593,838 Nuneaton and Bedworth 660,066 Oadby and Wigston 170,069 Oldham 1,350,632 Oxford 768,262 Pendle 546,849 Peterborough 1,203,533 Plymouth 1,783,310 Poole 649,011 Portsmouth 1,552,452 Preston 821,039 Purbeck 181,559 Reading 948,870 Redbridge 1,431,254 Redcar and Cleveland 930,425 Redditch 447,292 Reigate and Banstead 514,126 Ribble Valley 157,438 Richmond upon Thames 639,770 Richmondshire 223,335 Rochdale 1,366,578 Rochford 256,823 Rossendale 351,745 Rother 389,431 Rotherham 1,508,682 Rugby 421,315 Runnymede 288,425 Rushcliffe 305,356 Rushmoor 483,861 Rutland 114,863 Ryedale 208,132 Salford 2,084,075 Sandwell 2,347,861 Scarborough 710,435 Sedgemoor 619,340 Sefton 1,672,193 Selby 293,721 Sevenoaks 424,597 Sheffield 3,218,963 Shepway 633,867 Shropshire 1,230,362 Slough 881,639 Solihull 796,348 South Bucks 184,945 South Cambridgeshire 392,546 South Derbyshire 318,878 South Gloucestershire 1,015,645 South Hams 342,018 South Holland 342,602 South Kesteven 552,878 South Lakeland 348,455 South Norfolk 455,935 South Northamptonshire 189,541 South Oxfordshire 372,689 South Ribble 371,619 South Somerset 750,697 South Staffordshire 374,071 South Tyneside 1,161,219 Southampton 1,542,981 Southend-on-Sea 1,160,648 Southwark 3,296,845 Spelthorne 371,582 St.Albans 451,620 St.Edmundsbury 453,730 St.Helens 1,199,969 Stafford 484,372 Staffordshire Moorlands 328,878 Stevenage 534,409 Stockport 1,161,375 Stockton-on-Tees 1,243,988 Stoke-on-Trent 1,768,056 Stratford-on-Avon 456,049 Stroud 385,596 Suffolk Coastal 442,535 Sunderland 2,025,040 Surrey Heath 254,367 Sutton 982,406 Swale 761,420 Swindon 1,035,681 Tameside 1,418,884 Tamworth 373,399 Tandridge 285,212 Taunton Deane 528,115 Teignbridge 591,868 Telford and Wrekin 1,128,734 Tendring 888,599 Test Valley 431,641 Tewkesbury 293,426 Thanet 1,102,515 Three Rivers 344,544 Thurrock 902,300 Tonbridge and Malling 470,872 Torbay 1,057,573 Torridge 313,005 Tower Hamlets 3,539,581 Trafford 1,069,876 Tunbridge Wells 463,137 Uttlesford 235,771 Vale of White Horse 366,060 Wakefield 2,004,012 Walsall 1,938,992 Waltham Forest 1,913,048 Wandsworth 2,431,086 Warrington 937,681 Warwick 436,227 Watford 515,708 Waveney 683,706 Waverley 388,439 Wealden 413,771 Wellingborough 387,752 Welwyn Hatfield 588,086 West Berkshire 534,240 West Devon 236,841 West Dorset 408,109 West Lancashire 494,240 West Lindsey 389,854 West Oxfordshire 329,255 West Somerset 213,311 Westminster 2,147,504 Weymouth and Portland 411,611 Wigan 1,694,508 Wiltshire 1,864,188 Winchester 393,698 Windsor and Maidenhead 465,938 Wirral 2,153,890 Woking 348,201 Wokingham 299,278 Wolverhampton 1,966.315 Worcester 479,074 Worthing 451,127 Wychavon 406,888 Wycombe 614,292 Wyre 557,114 Wyre Forest 502,170 York 767,771 Wales Blaenau Gwent 531,765 Bridgend 821,349 Caerphilly 971,286 Cardiff 1,947,796 Carmarthenshire 918,363 Ceredigion 344,344 Conwy 581,710 Denbighshire 556,308 Flintshire 642,094 Gwynedd 598,702 Isle of Anglesey 317,411 Merthyr Tydfil 478,042 Monmouthshire 339,661 Neath Port Talbot 873,648 Newport 972,837 Pembrokeshire 622,578 Powys 583,518 Rhondda Cynon Taf 1,479,359 Swansea 1,474,168 Torfaen 600,932 Vale of Glamorgan 541,898 Wrexham 679,300 Scotland Aberdeen 977,933 Aberdeenshire 889,685 Angus 582,623 Argyll and Bute 509,556 Clackmannanshire 351,523 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 164,140 Dumfries and Galloway 903,857 Dundee 1,336,398 East Ayrshire 864,567 East Dunbartonshire 347,389 East Lothian 465,841 East Renfrewshire 265,115 Edinburgh 2,620,391 Falkirk 855,661 Fife 2,033,128 Glasgow 5,722,990 Highland 1,154,053 Inverclyde 688,469 Midlothian 508,255 Moray 396,173 North Ayrshire 1,047,408 North Lanarkshire 2,156,586 Orkney 100,577 Perth and Kinross 697,353 Renfrewshire 1,268,203 Scottish Borders 619,928 Shetland 92,569 South Ayrshire 677,692 South Lanarkshire 1,624,948 Stirling 375,833 West Dunbartonshire 871,501 West Lothian 1,028,022. SCHEDULE 2 Schedule to be substituted for Schedule 1A to the 1998 Order Article 2(3) SCHEDULE 1A Additional amount of subsidy: Activities to reduce fraud and error Article 12(1)(c) Interpretation 1 In this Schedule— “participating authority” means an authority which notified the Secretary of State on or before 29th February 2016 that it is participating in the Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme in the administration of housing benefit described in the Housing Benefit Circular HB A17/2014 and extended as described in the Housing Benefit Circular HB A2/2016 ; “performance”, in relation to any participating authority and any period, means the amount by which payments of housing benefit by the authority are reduced in that period as a result of relevant activities; “performance period” means the period of 3 months beginning with any of 1st April 2016, 1st July 2016, 1st October 2016 or 1st January 2017; “relevant activities” means activities carried out by a participating authority in order to reduce fraud and error in payments of housing benefit. Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2016 2 1 This paragraph and paragraphs 3 and 4 have effect for the purpose of determining the additional amount of subsidy, if any, payable to a participating authority under article 12(1)(c) for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2016. 2 The additional amount is determined as follows— Step 1 Calculate the percentage (“the out-performance percentage”), if any, by which the performance of the authority exceeds its baseline performance in the performance period beginning with 1st April 2016 (see paragraph 3 for the meaning of “baseline performance”). Step 2 Work out which band in column (1) of the following Table the authority falls into in accordance with paragraph 4. Step 3 Look up the percentage (“the additional amount percentage”) specified in column (2) of the following Table in the row applicable to the authority’s band. Step 4 Multiply the additional amount percentage by the administration subsidy for the authority. Step 5 Repeat Steps 1 to 4 for each of the other three performance periods. Step 6 Add the amounts determined for each performance period under Step 4. Table Band (1) Additional amount percentage (2) Band 1 0 per cent. Band 2 0.45 per cent. Band 3 0.59 per cent. Band 4 0.74 per cent. Band 5 0.90 per cent. Band 6 1.25 per cent. Band 7 1.65 per cent. Band 8 2.10 per cent. Band 9 2.60 per cent. Band 10 3.15 per cent. Band 11 3.75 per cent. 3 In this paragraph, “administration subsidy” in relation to an authority, means the amount specified in relation to that authority in— a the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S9/2015 for authorities in England b the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S10/2015 for authorities in Scotland ; c the Annex to HB Subsidy Circular S11/2015 for authorities in Wales . Baseline performance 3 1 For the purposes of paragraph 2, a reference to the “baseline performance” of a participating authority in a performance period is to the amount determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (5). 2 For the performance period beginning with 1st April 2016 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts— a the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st April 2014 were reduced as a result of relevant activities; and b the average of— i the amount specified in paragraph (a); and ii the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st April 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities. 3 For the performance period beginning with 1st July 2016 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts— a the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st July 2014 were reduced as a result of relevant activities; and b the average of— i the amount specified in paragraph (a); and ii the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st July 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities. 4 For the performance period beginning with 1st October 2016 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts— a the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st October 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities; and b the average of— i the amount specified in paragraph (a); and ii the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st October 2012 were reduced as a result of relevant activities. 5 For the performance period beginning with 1st January 2017 the baseline performance is the higher of the following amounts— a the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st January 2014 were reduced as a result of relevant activities; and b the average of— i the amount specified in paragraph (a); and ii the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, the total payments of housing benefit made by the authority in the period of 3 months beginning with 1st January 2013 were reduced as a result of relevant activities. Determination of out-performance percentages 4 1 A participating authority falls into the band set out in column (2) of the relevant Table in the row applicable to the authority’s out-performance percentage. 2 The “relevant Table” in relation to a participating authority means whichever of Tables 1 to 6 in sub-paragraphs (6) to (11) the Secretary of State determines applies to the authority in the relevant year. 3 The determination in sub-paragraph (2) is based on the caseload management information percentage relating to the authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2014 . 4 For the purpose of sub-paragraph (3), “caseload management information percentage” is calculated in accordance with the following formula— ( A B ) × 100 where— A is the amount by which payments of housing benefit made by the authority were reduced in that relevant year; B is the amount by which, in the Secretary of State’s opinion, payments of housing benefit made by the authority should have been reduced in that relevant year. 5 The Secretary of State’s opinion in sub-paragraph (4) is based on— a the size of the authority’s individual housing benefit caseload; b the types of housing benefit claimants in that caseload; and c the value of the housing benefit reductions that tend to occur in that caseload in the normal course of events, given the rent levels found in the authority’s area and other relevant factors. 6 Table 1 is as follows— Authority’s out-performance percentage (1) Band (2) Less than 2.5 per cent. Band 1 At least 2.5 per cent. but less than 3.5 per cent. Band 2 At least 3.5 per cent. but less than 4.5 per cent. Band 3 At least 4.5 per cent. but less than 5.5 per cent. Band 4 At least 5.5 per cent. but less than 7.5 per cent. Band 5 At least 7.5 per cent. but less than 9.5 per cent. Band 6 At least 9.5 per cent. but less than 11.5 per cent. Band 7 At least 11.5 per cent. but less than 13.5 per cent. Band 8 At least 13.5 per cent. but less than 15.5 per cent. Band 9 At least 15.5 per cent. but less than 17.5 per cent. Band 10 At least 17.5 per cent. Band 11 7 Table 2 is as follows— Authority’s out-performance percentage (1) Band (2) Less than 3 per cent. Band 1 At least 3 per cent. but less than 4 per cent. Band 2 At least 4 per cent. but less than 5 per cent. Band 3 At least 5 per cent. but less than 6 per cent. Band 4 At least 6 per cent. but less than 8 per cent. Band 5 At least 8 per cent. but less than 10 per cent. Band 6 At least 10 per cent. but less than 12 per cent. Band 7 At least 12 per cent. but less than 14 per cent. Band 8 At least 14 per cent. but less than 16 per cent. Band 9 At least 16 per cent. but less than 18 per cent. Band 10 At least 18 per cent. Band 11 8 Table 3 is as follows— Authority’s out-performance percentage (1) Band (2) Less than 3.5 per cent. Band 1 At least 3.5 per cent. but less than 4.5 per cent. Band 2 At least 4.5 per cent. but less than 5.5 per cent. Band 3 At least 5.5 per cent. but less than 6.5 per cent. Band 4 At least 6.5 per cent. but less than 8.5 per cent. Band 5 At least 8.5 per cent. but less than 10.5 per cent. Band 6 At least 10.5 per cent. but less than 12.5 per cent. Band 7 At least 12.5 per cent. but less than 14.5 per cent. Band 8 At least 14.5 per cent. but less than 16.5 per cent. Band 9 At least 16.5 per cent. but less than 18.5 per cent. Band 10 At least 18.5 per cent. Band 11 9 Table 4 is as follows— Authority’s out-performance percentage (1) Band (2) Less than 4 per cent. Band 1 At least 4 per cent. but less than 5 per cent. Band 2 At least 5 per cent. but less than 6 per cent. Band 3 At least 6 per cent. but less than 7 per cent. Band 4 At least 7 per cent. but less than 9 per cent. Band 5 At least 9 per cent. but less than 11 per cent. Band 6 At least 11 per cent. but less than 13 per cent. Band 7 At least 13 per cent. but less than 15 per cent. Band 8 At least 15 per cent. but less than 17 per cent. Band 9 At least 17 per cent. but less than 19 per cent. Band 10 At least 19 per cent. Band 11 10 Table 5 is as follows— Authority’s out-performance percentage (1) Band (2) Less than 4.5 per cent. Band 1 At least 4.5 per cent. but less than 5.5 per cent. Band 2 At least 5.5 per cent. but less than 6.5 per cent. Band 3 At least 6.5 per cent. but less than 7.5 per cent. Band 4 At least 7.5 per cent. but less than 9.5 per cent. Band 5 At least 9.5 per cent. but less than 11.5 per cent. Band 6 At least 11.5 per cent. but less than 13.5 per cent. Band 7 At least 13.5 per cent. but less than 15.5 per cent. Band 8 At least 17.5 per cent. but less than 19.5 per cent. Band 9 At least 17.5 per cent. but less than 19.5 per cent. Band 10 At least 19.5 per cent. Band 11 11 Table 6 is as follows— Authority’s out-performance percentage (1) Band (2) Less than 5 per cent. Band 1 At least 5 per cent. but less than 6 per cent. Band 2 At least 6 per cent. but less than 7 per cent. Band 3 At least 7 per cent. but less than 8 per cent. Band 4 At least 8 per cent. but less than 10 per cent. Band 5 At least 10 per cent. but less than 12 per cent. Band 6 At least 12 per cent. but less than 14 per cent. Band 7 At least 14 per cent. but less than 16 per cent. Band 8 At least 16 per cent. but less than 18 per cent. Band 9 At least 18 per cent. but less than 20 per cent. Band 10 At least 20 per cent. Band 11. SCHEDULE 3 Part to be substituted for Part 2 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order Article 3(3) PART 3 WEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND RELEVANT YEAR 2016-2017 Authority (1) Weekly rent limit (£) Adur 95.05 Arun 92.39 Ashfield 69.55 Ashford 90.66 Babergh 90.78 Barking and Dagenham 99.58 Barnet 109.13 Barnsley 76.19 Barrow in Furness 76.39 Basildon 88.60 Bassetlaw 73.68 Birmingham 84.26 Blackpool 72.86 Bolsover 83.34 Bournemouth 83.85 Brent 118.16 Brentwood 95.78 Brighton and Hove 85.89 Bristol 82.60 Broxtowe 75.86 Bury 78.07 Cambridge 104.82 Camden 123.43 Cannock Chase 76.79 Canterbury 89.85 Castle Point 90.04 Central Bedfordshire 103.86 Charnwood 75.75 Cheltenham 81.83 Cheshire West and Chester 83.96 Chesterfield 81.14 City of London 110.18 City of York 80.77 Colchester 89.06 Corby 80.28 Cornwall 72.19 Crawley 104.81 Croydon 108.02 Dacorum 110.54 Darlington 72.38 Dartford 91.40 Derby 80.21 Doncaster 74.53 Dover 85.81 Dudley 84.30 Ealing 103.37 East Devon 82.96 East Riding of Yorkshire 80.78 Eastbourne 81.00 Enfield 103.32 Epping Forest 101.12 Exeter 76.67 Fareham 92.75 Gateshead 77.99 Gosport 85.62 Gravesham 91.29 Great Yarmouth 76.33 Greenwich 105.03 Guildford 112.82 Hackney 102.47 Hammersmith and Fulham 118.12 Haringey 108.28 Harlow 94.17 Harrogate 82.14 Harrow 115.97 Havering 98.34 High Peak 74.50 Hillingdon 110.60 Hinckley and Bosworth 79.89 Hounslow 104.74 Ipswich 83.71 Islington 122.15 Kensington and Chelsea 130.53 Kettering 82.99 Kingston upon Hull 76.54 Kingston upon Thames 114.74 Kirklees 71.18 Lambeth 110.21 Lancaster 78.69 Leeds 75.29 Leicester City 73.33 Lewes 91.07 Lewisham 98.19 Lincoln 70.07 Luton 88.37 Manchester 74.57 Mansfield 74.45 Medway Towns 83.38 Melton 78.68 Mid Devon 80.00 Mid Suffolk 83.78 Milton Keynes 87.41 New Forest 101.17 Newark and Sherwood 79.75 Newcastle upon Tyne 76.70 Newham 98.69 North East Derbyshire 82.85 North Kesteven 77.98 North Tyneside 77.97 North Warwickshire 89.24 North West Leicestershire 80.28 Northampton 84.86 Northumberland 69.69 Norwich 80.87 Nottingham 76.49 Nuneaton and Bedworth 79.70 Oadby and Wigston 80.80 Oldham 74.74 Oxford City 111.21 Poole 86.87 Portsmouth 86.51 Reading 106.85 Redbridge 104.99 Redditch 80.03 Richmondshire 79.03 Rotherham 77.24 Rugby 88.45 Runnymede 111.95 Salford 76.32 Sandwell 83.01 Sedgemoor 79.01 Selby 79.70 Sheffield 73.30 Shepway 83.13 Shropshire 82.94 Slough 107.89 Solihull 83.70 South Cambridgeshire 109.20 South Derbyshire 81.19 South Holland 77.26 South Kesteven 80.30 South Tyneside 76.50 Southampton 86.69 Southend-on-Sea 87.66 Southwark 110.06 St.Albans 115.38 Stevenage 99.81 Stockport 76.17 Stoke-on-Trent 71.79 Stroud 83.93 Sutton 109.18 Swindon 84.53 Tamworth 81.85 Tandridge 100.09 Taunton Deane 83.97 Tendring 84.96 Thanet 82.46 Thurrock 87.48 Tower Hamlets 112.90 Utttlesford 101.05 Waltham Forest 104.13 Wandsworth 127.45 Warwick 95.80 Waveney 79.52 Waverley 115.80 Wealden 85.62 Welwyn Hatfield 108.07 West Lancashire 77.91 Westminster 126.30 Wigan 78.52 Wiltshire 89.50 Winchester 103.21 Woking 105.98 Wokingham 117.89 Wolverhampton 81.37. SCHEDULE 4 Part to be substituted for Part 5 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order Article 3(4) PART 5 AMOUNTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES RELEVANT YEAR 2016-2017 Local authority (1) Specified amount “O” (£) (2) Guideline rent increase “P” (£) Caerphilly 78.91 3.08 Cardiff 89.18 3.22 Carmarthenshire 78.52 3.07 Denbighshire 76.29 3.05 Flintshire 79.35 3.10 Isle of Anglesey 75.15 3.03 Pembrokeshire 80.09 2.97 Powys 80.35 3.09 Swansea 77.24 3.08 Vale of Glamorgan 86.21 3.19 Wrexham 78.53 3.08. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 ( S.I. 1998/562 ) (“the 1998 Order”) which provides for the calculation and payment of housing benefit subsidy to local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland which administer housing benefit. Section 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) authorises the making, revocation or varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates. Article 2(2) substitutes Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order with a new Schedule 1 prescribing the sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy for the year beginning 1st April 2015. Article 2(3) and Schedule 2 have effect for the purposes of determining additional amounts of subsidy payable for the year beginning with 1st April 2016. In particular, it prescribes a system for the making of additional payments of subsidy to be made in certain circumstances to local authorities who participate in the Fraud and Error Reduction Incentive Scheme (“the FERIS Scheme”), as notified by the Secretary of State to local authorities originally in November 2014 and again in February 2016. In that scheme, participating authorities are given funding to carry out activities with a view to reducing fraud and error in relation to the payment of housing benefit. The Secretary of State then sets a threshold for expected performance in reducing fraud and error in a specified period for each such authority based on the authority’s performance in making such reductions in a previous equivalent period. Additional payments are then made to the authority, the amounts depending on the extent to which the authority exceeds the threshold for reducing housing benefit payments in each such period by virtue of those activities. The substituted Schedule 1A to the 1998 Order, which is inserted by article 2(3), sets out how the additional payments of subsidy in respect of the FERIS Scheme are to be calculated for that year. Authorities are placed in groups based on their caseload management information percentage for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2014 and different amounts of the additional subsidy payments relate to each of those groups. Hard copies of the circulars setting out the scheme and the amounts of the administration subsidy on which payments are based are available from the Department for Work and Pensions, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NA. Article 3 has effect for the purposes of determining subsidy payable for the year beginning with 1st April 2016. Article 3(2) amends paragraph 3 of Schedule 4A to provide that the rebate proportion figure for 2016/2017 is 0.752. Article 3(3) substitutes Part 3 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order in respect of weekly rent limits for authorities in England. With respect to authorities in Wales, article 3(4) substitutes Part 5 of Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order which sets out the specified amount “O” and the guideline rent increase “P” used when calculating deductions from subsidy under paragraph 4 in Part 4 of that Schedule. Article 4 amends the provisions in the 1998 Order relating to subsidy in respect of certain temporary accommodation so as to deal with the fact that Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7) now covers homelessness responsibilities in Wales. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on business or civil society organisations.