The Transfer List: How points are awarded- A Summary*

SECTION CATEGORY	NUMBER OF POINTS
Overcrowding	10 points for each additional bedroom the household needs
Excess bedrooms	10 points for each excess bedroom
Children in flats	5 points per child under 14
Length of Council tenancy	1 point for each year of tenancy
Medical points	See section 'Medical Points'
Waiting time	2 points for every 6 months on the waiting list

* For detailed rules refer to relevant section.

OVERCROWDING

See Section 'Overcrowding'

AN EXCESS NUMBER OF BEDROOMS (UNDER- OCCUPATION)

The applicant shall be awarded points for under-occupation if they are living in a property with more bedrooms than he/she needs and wishes to move to a smaller property.

Points shall be awarded at a rate of 10 points for each extra bedroom not required by the applicant in meeting his/her accommodation needs as set out in 'What size of accommodation can be chosen' of this policy.

CHILDREN LIVING IN BLOCKS OF FLATS WITH A COMMON ENTRANCE

Applicants who currently live in a property where their main entrance door is accessed through an enclosed common entrance shall be awarded 5 points for each child under 14 who is part of the applicant's household at the date of application or subsequently becomes part of the household.

Where a child for whom points were originally awarded leaves the applicants household or applies for housing the points shall be deducted. If the child subsequently returns to the family home the points shall not be reinstated.

Points shall be awarded even where the applicant wishes to transfer to a similar property.

LENGTH OF CURRENT COUNCIL TENANCY

Applicants shall be awarded 1 point for each complete year of their current tenancy up to the date they applied to transfer. No more tenancy points shall be awarded unless the applicant cancels their application and reapplies at a later date.

An applicant who has succeeded to a tenancy shall receive tenancy points for their tenancy only. However, if a spouse or cohabitee has succeeded to the tenancy from their partner, tenancy points shall be awarded from the date the succeeding spouse or cohabitee moved into the property.

Tenancy points shall not be awarded to applications lodged after 17 June 1996 for sheltered or ground level.

MEDICAL POINTS

See 'Medical Points'

WAITING TIME

See 'Waiting Time'