64D.—[F2(1) A hardship payment is either—
(a)80% of the prescribed amount for a single claimant as set out in paragraph (1)(a) of Part 1 of Schedule 4 where—
(i)the claimant has an award of employment and support allowance which does not include entitlement to a work-related activity component under section 4(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as in force immediately before 3rd April 2017; and
(ii)the claimant or any other member of their family is either pregnant or seriously ill; or
(b)60% of the prescribed amount for a single claimant as set out in paragraph (1)(a) of Part 1 of Schedule 4 in any other case.]
(2) A payment calculated in accordance with paragraph (1) shall, if it is not a multiple of 5p, be rounded to the nearest such multiple or, if it is a multiple of 2.5p but not of 5p, to the next lower multiple of 5p.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 64A-64D inserted (3.12.2012) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2756), regs. 1(1), 6 (with reg. 1(2))
F2Reg. 64D(1) substituted (3.4.2017) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Exempt Work Hardship Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/205), regs. 1, 5