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The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2023

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Title and introductory text

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2006/54 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. 2023 No. 1040 SOCIAL SECURITY The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2023 Made 22nd September 2023 Laid before Parliament 25th September 2023 Coming into force 6th November 2023 The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140B(1), (3), (4) and (4A), 140C(1), (1A), (2) and (4), 140F(2) and 189(1), (4), (5), (6) and (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)(b) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned.

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1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2023 and comes into force on 6th November 2023. (2) Any amendment made by this Order has the same extent as the provision amended.

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2 Amendment of the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 and effect of amendments

(1) The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 8. (2) Articles 3 and 4 and Schedule 1 have effect for the purpose of determining subsidy payable for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2022. (3) In paragraph (2), “relevant year” means the year in respect of which a claim for subsidy is made.

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3 Housing Benefit Assurance Process

In article 2 (interpretation of Parts 2 and 4), in the definition of “HBAP”, for “31st March 2022” substitute “17th April 2023”.

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4 The amount of an authority’s subsidy

For Schedule 1 (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy) substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

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5 Additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service

For Schedule 1ZB (additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service) substitute the Schedule 1ZB set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

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6 Additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative

For Schedule 1ZC (additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative) substitute the Schedule 1ZC set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.

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7 High rents and rent allowances

In Schedule 4 (high rents and rent allowances), omit Part 5.

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8 Rent rebate deductions from the subsidy of an authority in Wales

For Schedule 4A (rent rebate limitation deductions (housing revenue account dwellings): authorities in Wales) substitute the Schedule 4A set out in Schedule 4 to this Order.

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Schedule 1 Substitution of Schedule 1 to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

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Schedule 2 Substitution of Schedule 1ZB to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

Article 5 Schedule 1ZB Additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service Article 12(1)(bza) Interpretation 1 In this Schedule— “relevant activities” means activities carried out by authorities receiving VEP alerts to administer those alerts; “VEP alerts” means alerts given by the Secretary of State enabling authorities to identify changes in earnings and pensions so as to help prevent fraud and error relating to housing benefit. Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023 2 The additional amount of subsidy for an authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023 is the amount specified for that authority in the Housing Benefit Circular HB S7/2023 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 9th May 2023. Use of amount paid under paragraph 2 3 An authority must use the additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities. .

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Schedule 3 Substitution of Schedule 1ZC to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

Article 6 Schedule 1ZC Additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative Article 12(1)(bzb) Interpretation 1 In this Schedule— “HBAAI” means the Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative set out in Housing Benefit Circular HB A5/2022 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 5th May 2022; “relevant activities” means activities carried out by authorities in connection with administering the HBAAI. Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2022 2 The additional amount of subsidy for an authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2022 is the amount (if any) specified for that authority in the following Housing Benefit Circulars published by the Department for Work and Pensions— (a) HB S7/2022, first published on 29th April 2022; (b) HB S10/2022, first published on 18th November 2022. Use of amount paid under paragraph 2 3 An authority must use any additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities. .

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Schedule 4 Substitution of Schedule 4A to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

Article 8 Schedule 4A Rent Rebate Limitation Deductions (Housing Revenue Account Dwellings): Authorities in Wales Article 20A Interpretation 1 In this Schedule— “HRA” means the Housing Revenue Account of the authority the amount of whose subsidy is under consideration; “rent”, in relation to a dwelling, means the total of the payments in respect of the dwelling specified in regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations, other than a payment specified in regulation 12(1)(e). Liability to deduction 2 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to the relevant year if— (a) the authority is specified in the Table in paragraph 4 for that year, and (b) O + P is less than Q where— “O” is the amount specified in column 1 of that Table for the authority; “P” is the guideline rent increase specified in column 2 of that Table for the authority; “Q” is the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year. (2) For the purposes of determining Q in sub-paragraph (1)(b), the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year is calculated by dividing the total rent charged for all dwellings in the HRA in that year by the total number of weeks for which rent was charged for all dwellings in the HRA, disregarding any unoccupied dwelling. Amount of deduction 3 (1) The amount of the deduction from subsidy referred to in article 20A(2) is to be calculated as follows— Step 1 Divide the amount of rebates granted by the authority in the relevant year in respect of dwellings in the HRA by the income of the authority for that year from rent (including rent remitted by way of rebate) in respect of such dwellings. Step 2 If the result of Step 1— does not exceed the rebate proportion for the relevant year (see sub-paragraph (2))— deduct (O + P) from Q (see paragraph 2); divide the result of paragraph (a)(i) by Q; multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (a)(ii)); exceeds the rebate proportion for the relevant year— deduct (O + P) from Q (see paragraph 2); divide the result of paragraph (b)(i) by Q; divide the rebate proportion (see sub-paragraph (2)) by the result of Step 1; multiply the result of paragraph (b)(ii) by the result of paragraph (b)(iii); multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (b)(iv). (2) The rebate proportion for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023 is 0.44. Amounts for the purposes of paragraph 2 4 The amounts for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023 for the purposes of paragraph 2 are as follows— Local authority | (1) Specified amount “O”(£) | (2) Guideline rent increase “P” (£) Caerphilly County Borough Council | 104.56 | 8.10 Cardiff City Council | 117.78 | 9.23 Carmarthenshire County Council | 103.72 | 8.12 Denbighshire County Council | 104.47 | 8.31 Flintshire County Council | 109.56 | 8.50 Isle of Anglesey County Council | 105.09 | 8.34 Pembrokeshire County Council | 107.02 | 7.87 Powys County Council | 107.42 | 8.28 Swansea City Council | 104.77 | 8.42 Vale of Glamorgan Council | 117.24 | 8.79 Wrexham County Borough Council | >107.82 | 8.41 .

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