Housing Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2017 and comes into force on 26th January 2018. Amendment of the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 2 1 The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 is amended as follows. 2 In article 4B(3A) (date on which a broad rental market area determination takes effect) , for sub-paragraph (b) substitute— b for all other purposes— i on the next 1st April following the day on which the determination is made; or ii where the next 1st April is within 11 months beginning with the day on which the determination is made, on the next 1st April after that. . 3 In paragraph 2 of Schedule 3B (broad rental market determinations and local housing allowance determinations) — a in sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “determined for that category of dwelling on 30th January 2015” substitute “last determined for that category of dwelling”; b in sub-paragraph (3A)– i in paragraph (a), for “determined for that category of dwelling on 30th January 2015” substitute “last determined for that category of dwelling”; ii for the table in paragraph (b), substitute— 1. Category of dwelling as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule 2. Maximum local housing allowance for that category of dwelling paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) £268.46 paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) £268.46 paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) £311.40 paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) £365.09 paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) £429.53 4 For the table in paragraph 5A of Schedule 3B, substitute— 1. Broad rental market area 2. Category of dwelling as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule Ashford paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Ashford paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Aylesbury paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Aylesbury paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Aylesbury paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Barrow-in-Furness paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Basingstoke paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Bath paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bath paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Bath paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Bath paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Bedford paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bedford paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Bedford paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Bedford paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Bedford paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Birmingham paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Bolton and Bury paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bolton and Bury paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Bridgend paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Brighton and Hove paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Bury St Edmunds paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bury St Edmunds paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Bury St Edmunds paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Bury St Edmunds paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Bury St Edmunds paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Caerphilly paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Cambridge paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Cambridge paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Cambridge paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Cambridge paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Central London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Central London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Central London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Central London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Central London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Chelmsford paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Chelmsford paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Chelmsford paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Chelmsford paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Cheltenham paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Cherwell Valley paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Cherwell Valley paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Chesterfield paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Chilterns paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Chilterns paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Coventry paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Crawley & Reigate paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Crawley & Reigate paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Crawley & Reigate paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Darlington paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) East Thames Valley paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) East Thames Valley paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Eastbourne paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Guildford paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Guildford paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Guildford paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Harlow & Stortford paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Harlow & Stortford paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Harlow & Stortford paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Harlow & Stortford paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Harlow & Stortford paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Herefordshire paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Herefordshire paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Huntingdon paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Huntingdon paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Huntingdon paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Inner East London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Inner East London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Inner East London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Inner East London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Inner East London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Inner North London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Inner North London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Inner North London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Inner North London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Inner North London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Inner South East London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Inner South East London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Inner South East London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Inner South West London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Inner South West London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Inner South West London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Inner South West London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Inner West London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Inner West London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Inner West London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Ipswich paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Ipswich paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Ipswich paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Leicester paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Luton paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Luton paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Luton paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Luton paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Luton paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Maidstone paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Maidstone paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Medway & Swale paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Medway & Swale paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Medway & Swale paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Mid & East Devon paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Milton Keynes paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Milton Keynes paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Milton Keynes paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Milton Keynes paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Neath Port Talbot paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Newbury paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Newbury paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Newbury paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Newbury paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) North Cheshire paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) North Clwyd paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) North Cornwall & Devon Borders paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) North West Kent paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) North West Kent paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) North West Kent paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) North West London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) North West London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) North West London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) North West London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) North West London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) North West Wales paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Northampton paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Northampton paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Northants Central paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Northants Central paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Northants Central paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Northants Central paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Northumberland paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Outer North East London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer North East London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer North East London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Outer North East London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Outer North East London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Outer North London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer South East London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer South East London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Outer South East London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Outer South London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer South London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer South London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Outer South London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Outer South West London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer South West London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer South West London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Outer West London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer West London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer West London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Outer West London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Outer West London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Oxford paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Reading paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Reading paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Rugby & East paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Rugby & East paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Rugby & East paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Rugby & East paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Rugby & East paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Salisbury paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Solihull paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) South East Herts paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) South East Herts paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) South East Herts paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) South West Essex paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) South West Essex paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) South West Essex paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) South West Herts paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) South West Herts paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) South West Herts paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) South West Herts paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Southend paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Southend paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Southern Greater Manchester paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) St Helens paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Staffordshire North paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Stevenage & North Herts paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Stevenage & North Herts paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Stevenage & North Herts paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Stevenage & North Herts paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Sunderland paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Swansea paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Thanet paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Thanet paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Thanet paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Thanet paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Vale of Glamorgan paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Walton paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Walton paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Warwickshire South paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Warwickshire South paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Warwickshire South paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) West Cumbria paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Winchester paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Worcester South paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Amendment of the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 3 1 The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 is amended as follows. 2 In article 4B(3A) (date on which a broad rental market area determination takes effect) , for sub-paragraph (b) substitute— b for all other purposes— i on the next 1st April following the day on which the determination is made; or ii where the next 1st April is within 11 months beginning with the day on which the determination is made, on the next 1st April after that. . 3 In paragraph 2 of Schedule 3B (local housing allowance determinations) — a in sub-paragraph (2A), after “Lothian” insert “and East Dunbartonshire”; b in sub-paragraph (2B)— i in paragraph (a), for “category” substitute “categories” and after “(one bedroom, exclusive use)” insert “or paragraph 1(1)(c) of this Schedule (two bedrooms)”; c after sub-paragraph (2B) insert— 2C For the East Dunbartonshire broad rental market area, the local housing allowance— a for the category of dwelling defined in paragraph 1(1)(a) of this Schedule (one bedroom, shared accommodation), is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3A)(a) and (b); b for all other categories of dwelling, is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b). ; d in sub-paragraph (3)— i in the words before paragraph (a), for “and (2B)(b)” substitute “, (2B)(b) and (2C)(b)”; ii in paragraph (a), for “determined for that category of dwelling on 30th January 2015” substitute “last determined for that category of dwelling”; e in sub-paragraph (3A)— i after “(2B)(a)” insert “and (2C)(a)”; ii in paragraph (a), for “determined for that category of dwelling on 30th January 2015” substitute “last determined for that category of dwelling”; and iii for paragraph (b) substitute— b the maximum local housing allowance listed in column 2 of the following table for the category of dwelling— 1. category of dwelling as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule 2. Maximum local housing allowance for that category of dwelling paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) £268.46 paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) £268.46 paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) £311.40 Amendment of the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013 4 1 The Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013 is amended as follows. 2 In article 3 (broad rental market area determinations) — a for paragraph (6)(b) (date on which a broad rental market area determination takes effect) substitute— b for all other purposes— i on the next relevant Monday following the day on which the determination is made; or ii where the next relevant Monday is within 11 months beginning with the day on which the determination is made, on the next relevant Monday after that. ; b after paragraph (7) insert— 8 “Relevant Monday” has the same meaning as in article 4(4). . 3 In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 (local housing allowance determinations) — a in sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “determined for that category of accommodation on 30th January 2015” substitute “last determined for that category of accommodation”; b in sub-paragraph (3A)— i in paragraph (a), for “determined for that category of accommodation on 30th January 2015” substitute “last determined for that category of accommodation”; and ii for the table in paragraph (b), substitute— 1. Category of accommodation as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule 2. Maximum local housing allowance for that category of accommodation paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) £1,163.30 paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) £1,163.30 paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) £1,349.43 paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) £1,582.09 paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) £1,861.28 4 For the table in paragraph 5A of Schedule 1, substitute— 1. Broad rental market area 2. Category of accommodation as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule Ashford paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Ashford paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Aylesbury paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Aylesbury paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Aylesbury paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Barrow-in-Furness paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Basingstoke paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Bath paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bath paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Bath paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Bath paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Bedford paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bedford paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Bedford paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Bedford paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Bedford paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Birmingham paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Bolton and Bury paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bolton and Bury paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Bridgend paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Brighton and Hove paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Bury St Edmunds paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bury St Edmunds paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Bury St Edmunds paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Bury St Edmunds paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Bury St Edmunds paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Caerphilly paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Cambridge paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Cambridge paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Cambridge paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Cambridge paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Central London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Central London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Central London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Central London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Central London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Chelmsford paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Chelmsford paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Chelmsford paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Chelmsford paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Cheltenham paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Cherwell Valley paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Cherwell Valley paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Chesterfield paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Chilterns paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Chilterns paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Coventry paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Crawley & Reigate paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Crawley & Reigate paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Crawley & Reigate paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Darlington paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) East Dunbartonshire paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) East Thames Valley paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) East Thames Valley paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Eastbourne paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Guildford paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Guildford paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Guildford paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Harlow & Stortford paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Harlow & Stortford paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Harlow & Stortford paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Harlow & Stortford paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Harlow & Stortford paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Herefordshire paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Herefordshire paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Huntingdon paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Huntingdon paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Huntingdon paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Inner East London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Inner East London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Inner East London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Inner East London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Inner East London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Inner North London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Inner North London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Inner North London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Inner North London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Inner North London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Inner South East London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Inner South East London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Inner South East London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Inner South West London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Inner South West London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Inner South West London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Inner South West London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Inner West London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Inner West London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Inner West London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Ipswich paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Ipswich paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Ipswich paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Leicester paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Lothian paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Lothian paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Luton paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Luton paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Luton paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Luton paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Luton paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Maidstone paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Maidstone paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Medway & Swale paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Medway & Swale paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Medway & Swale paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Mid & East Devon paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Milton Keynes paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Milton Keynes paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Milton Keynes paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Milton Keynes paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Neath Port Talbot paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Newbury paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Newbury paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Newbury paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Newbury paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) North Cheshire paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) North Clwyd paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) North Cornwall & Devon Borders paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) North West Kent paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) North West Kent paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) North West Kent paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) North West London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) North West London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) North West London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) North West London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) North West London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) North West Wales paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Northampton paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Northampton paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Northants Central paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Northants Central paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Northants Central paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Northants Central paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Northumberland paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Outer North East London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer North East London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer North East London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Outer North East London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Outer North East London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Outer North London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer South East London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer South East London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Outer South East London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Outer South London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer South London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer South London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Outer South London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Outer South West London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer South West London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer South West London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Outer West London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer West London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer West London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Outer West London paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Outer West London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Oxford paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Reading paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Reading paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Rugby & East paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Rugby & East paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Rugby & East paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Rugby & East paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Rugby & East paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Salisbury paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Solihull paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) South East Herts paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) South East Herts paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) South East Herts paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) South West Essex paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) South West Essex paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) South West Essex paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) South West Herts paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) South West Herts paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) South West Herts paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) South West Herts paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Southend paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Southend paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Southern Greater Manchester paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) St Helens paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Staffordshire North paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Stevenage & North Herts paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Stevenage & North Herts paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Stevenage & North Herts paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Stevenage & North Herts paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Sunderland paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Swansea paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Thanet paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Thanet paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Thanet paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Thanet paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Vale of Glamorgan paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Walton paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Walton paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Warwickshire South paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Warwickshire South paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Warwickshire South paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) West Cumbria paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Winchester paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Worcester South paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Caroline Dinenage Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Work and Pensions At 11.08 a.m. on 21st December 2017