Benefit Rates, Applicable Amounts and Disregards etc
| Arrangements 2006/7 | Arrangements 2007/8 | Remarks | ||
| Basic Rates of subsidy | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 100% | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 100% | No change | |
| Other rates of subsidy | ||||
| 1 | Backdated awards | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 100% | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 100% | No change |
| 2 | Overpayments | No change | ||
| i) | caused by LA error | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 100% 40% or nil | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 100% 40% or nil | No change |
| ii) | caused by claimant fraud | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 40% | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 40% | No change |
| iii) | rebate credited in advance of entitlement (when overpayment arises from change of circs) | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit Nil | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit Nil | No change |
| iv) | rebate credited in advance of entitlement (when overpayment arises from other than change of circs andf is recoverable) | All rent rebate and Council Tax Benefit Nil | All rent rebate and Council Tax Benefit Nil | No change |
| v) | caused by DWP local office error | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 100% | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 100% | No change |
| vi) | caused by delayed award of transitional relief or budget substitution claimant (capping) | Council Tax Benefit Nil | Council Tax Benefit Nil | No change |
| vii) | claimant error/other overpayments not covered by i) to vi) above | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 40% | All Housing and Council Tax Benefit 40% | No change |
| 3 | Duplicate payments alleged to have been lost/stolen/not received and are later found to have been cashed | Rent allowance 25% | Rent allowance 25% | No change |
| 4 | Disproportionate increase in LA rents - HB attributable to increase in rents of HB Tenants which exceed those of non-HB tenants |
Scotland Rent Rebate Nil Wales HRA rent rebate Nil |
Scotland Rent Rebate Nil Wales HRA rent rebate Nil |
No change |
| 5 | Unreasonable rents - deregulated private sector tenancies (cases not affected by the January 1996 changes only) | Rent allowances (subsidy on HB attributable to rent above rent officer determination) 60% or Nil | Rent allowances (subsidy on HB attributable to rent above rent officer determination) 60% or Nil | No change |
| 6 | Homeless people in board and lodging accommodation |
Rent rebates in Board & Lodge (subsidy on HB attributable to rent above rebate threshold up to level of cap) 10% Above cap Nil |
Rent rebates in Board & Lodge (subsidy on HB attributable to rent above rebate threshold up to level of cap) 10% Above cap Nil |
No change |
| 7 | Homeless people in accomodation held on license by LAs |
Subsidy on HB attributable to rent above rent rebate threshold up to level of cap 100% Above cap Nil |
Subsidy on HB attributable to rent above rent rebate threshold up to level of cap 100% Above cap Nil |
No change |
| 8 | Short term leased accommodation |
For short term leased accommodation in GB (subsidy on HB attributable to rent above rent rebate threshold up to level of cap) 100% Above cap Nil |
For short term leased accommodation in GB (subsidy on HB attributable to rent above rent rebate threshold up to level of cap) 100% Above cap Nil |
No change |
| 9 | Modular Improvements Rule | HRA rent rebates in England and Wales Nil | HRA rent rebates in England and Wales Nil | No change |
| 10 | Extended payments | Rent allowance Non-HRA rent rebate Council Tax Benefit HRA rent rebate 100% | Rent allowance Non-HRA rent rebate Council Tax Benefit HRA rent rebate 100% | No change |
| 11 | Discretionary Local Schemes | 0.2% addition to their annual benefit subsidy, capped at 75% of the total benefit cost of the local scheme to the LA. | 0.2% addition to their annual benefit subsidy, capped at 75% of the total benefit cost of the local scheme to the LA. | No change |