Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st April 1987.

(2) In this Order-

"the 1978 Act" means the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1978;

"appropriate local authority" means a local authority other than an authority whose eligible expenditure and relevant income have been left out of account by virtue of section 1(4A)(a) of the 1978 Act;

"hostel" means a hostel as defined in section 138(4) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1966((2));

"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 1987 relates.

(3) Except where the context otherwise requires-

(a)any reference to a numbered Article or Schedule is a reference to the Article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order; and

(b)any reference to an estimate is a reference to an estimate made by the Secretary of State.

Aggregate grant for 1987-88

2.  The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for 1987-88 shall be £46,489,693.

Apportionment of housing support grants for 1987-88

3.-(1) The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 1987-88 shall be divided into two portions hereinafter referred to as the general portion and the hostel portion.

(2) The general portion shall amount to £45,849,924 and shall be apportioned among appropriate local authorities in proportion to their estimated net expenditures assessed in the manner provided in the Schedule to this Order.

(3) The hostel portion shall amount to £639,769 and shall be apportioned among appropriate local authorities in proportion to their estimated net expenditures for the year 1987-88 on the provision of hostels and lodging houses.

Article 3(2)

SCHEDULEASSESSMENT OF NET EXPENDITURE FOR APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL PORTION OF HOUSING SUPPORT GRANTS AMONG APPROPRIATE LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR 1987-88

The net expenditure of an appropriate local authority shall be the amount arrived at by addition of the amounts specified in items 1 to 7 below less the amounts specified in items 8 to 10 below.

1.  Estimated loan charges due to be debited to the authority's housing revenue account for the year 1987-88 under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972((3)) (other than loan charges in respect of hostels and lodging houses).

2.  £69.592977 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority.

3.-(a) £27.837190 in the case of an authority with not more than 3,000 houses, or

(b)£13.918595 in the case of an authority with more than 3,000 but not more than 6,000 houses, or

(c)£6.959297 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.

4.  £209.336120 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority.

5.  £324.470989 multiplied by the number of high-rise houses of the authority contained in blocks of flats which are of fifteen or more storeys.

6.  £146.535285 multiplied by the number of high-rise houses of the authority contained in blocks of flats which are of more than four but not more than fourteen storeys, with lifts.

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

8.  £824.31 multiplied by the number of houses of the authority excluding certain houses leased by the authority for short term occupation without, or with nominal, rental income.

9.  A figure, to represent rate fund contributions, calculated for each authority-

i. by multiplying £30 million by the most up to date estimate then available for that authority's council house stock at 30 September 1987 and dividing by the estimated council house stock in Scotland, again at 30 September 1987;

ii. by taking the lower of the figure thus derived and the 1986/87 rate fund contribution limit for the Council as specified in the Housing Revenue Account Rate Fund Contribution Limits (Scotland) Order 1986((4)).

10.  Estimated other miscellaneous income which may properly be included in the authority's housing revenue account.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order in relation to the year 1987-88-

(i)fixes the estimated aggregate amount of the housing support grants payable under section 1 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1978 to certain local authorities in Scotland; and

(ii)prescribes the method of apportionment of housing support grants among those authorities.