The Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/874
• Sections: 10

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st April 1998.

(2) In this Order–

(a) “the number of houses of the authority” means the estimate of the number of houses to which the housing revenue account of the authority, at 30th September 1998, relates; and

(b) any reference to any type of expenditure, charge or income which is estimated is a reference to such an estimate made by the Secretary of State.

Section 2 Aggregate amount of grants for 1998-99

The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 1998-99 shall be £12,693,365.

Section 3 Apportionment of grants for 1998-99

(1) The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 1998-99 shall be divided into 2 portions, the “general portion” and the “hostel portion”.

(2) The general portion shall amount to £9,326,004 and shall be apportioned among the local authorities listed in Schedule 1 to this Order according to their respective estimated net expenditures for the year 1998-99 assessed in the manner provided for in Schedule 2 to this Order.

(3) The hostel portion shall amount to £3,367,361 and shall be apportioned among the local authorities listed in Schedule 3 to this Order according to their respective estimated net expenditures for the year 1998-99 on those buildings specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 15 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (which provides for lodging houses and hostels as buildings for the purposes of a local authority’s housing revenue account).

Section 1 Expenditure

Estimated loan charges due to be debited to the local authority’s housing revenue account for the year 1998-99 under paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 15 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 other than loan charges in respect of hostels and lodging houses.

Section 2 Expenditure

For supervision and management–

(a) £209.22 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority; and

(b) for authorities with stocks of houses not exceeding 9,000 a supplementary amount of–

(i) £83.69 in the case of an authority with not more than 3,000 houses;

(ii) £41.84 in the case of an authority with more than 3,000 but not more than 6,000 houses;

(iii) £20.92 in the case of an authority with more than 6,000 but not more than 9,000 houses,

multiplied in each case by the number of houses of the authority.

Section 3 Expenditure

For repairs and maintenance–

(a) £585.19 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority; and

(b) supplementary amounts of–

(i) £907.04 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority contained in blocks of flats of 15 or more storeys; and

(ii) £409.63 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority contained in blocks of flats of 5 or more but less than 15 storeys, with lifts.

Section 4 Expenditure

Estimated rents lost because of unlet houses.

Section 5 Expenditure

Estimated other miscellaneous expenditure which may properly be included in the authority’s housing revenue account.

Section 6 Income

£2,108.93 multiplied by the number of the authority’s houses other than houses leased by the authority for periods of 5 years or less.

Section 7 Income

Estimated income other than rental income which may properly be included in the authority’s housing revenue account.