Does anyone know where I can find, or who publishes, a table of the ISMI standard rates for the last few years?

I've been browsing google for the last 45 minutes and tried ONS and DWP but so far I've come up empty handed - aside from the last couple.

Thanks,

I found these rates at the end of Appendix 6 to Ch 23 (Vol 4) of the DMG

( www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/dwp/dmg/index.asp )

Date SIR changed / Rate / SIR Effective from

15.12.96 6.89% 22.12.96
13.4.97 7.20% 20.4.97
21.9.97 7.57% 28.9.97
23.11.97 7.97% 30.11.97
24.5.98 8.34% 31.5.98
20.12.98 8.65% 27.12.98
21.2.99 8.24% 28.2.99
21.3.99 7.75% 28.3.99
18.4.99 7.39% 25.4.99
9.5.99 7.08% 16.5.99
20.6.99 6.66% 27.6.99
16.4.00 6.92% 23.4.00
18.6.00 7.44% 25.6.00
17.6.01 6.94% 24.6.01
19.8.01 6.65% 26.8.01
16.12.01 6.19% 23.12.01
17.2.02 5.74% 24.2.02
17.3.02 5.34% 24.3.02
16.11.03 5.07% 23.11.03
21.3.04 5.33% 28.3.04
18.7.04 5.59% 25.7.04
19.9.04 5.88% 26.9.04
28.11.04 6.33% 5.12.04
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Then Based on BOE Rate + 1.58%:-
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11.9.05 6.08% 11.9.05
3.8.06 6.33% 10.9.06
9.11.06 6.58% 17.12.06
11.1.07 6.83% 18.2.07
10.5.07 7.08% 17.6.07
5.7.07 7.33% 12.8.07
6.12.07 7.08% 13.1.08
2.2.08 6.83% 16.3.08
10.4.08 6.58% 18.5.08

then
6.08% effective from 17.11.08
(now disconnected from BoE rate )

A very nice man from a dwp mortgage interest section explained to me that some mortgage interest payments in December were cut in anticipation of an expected cut to 4.5% and then raised to 8.8% for a couple of weeks because the cut did not go ahead. (These may not be the exact amounts because I was so happy to get the explanation I did not listen properly). So some people may have received some very strange payments for December and Jan which should presumably average out to the 6.08% which eventually did apply for the period.

Thank you so much for replies. Jon you're a star!

Tony

.... there's some new DWP guidance that looks at what they're doing to compensate IS/PC claimants who lost out ... says they're increasing benefit for 5 weeks in February/March

see today's rightsnet news story for more info