The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2004

Article 3(1)

SCHEDULE 1 PROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

SCHEDULE 4 RATES OF BENEFITS, ETC.

PART I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS

Description of benefit	Weekly rate
2.   Short-term incapacity benefit.(1)	(a) lower rate (b) higher rate	£55.90 £66.15
2A.   Long-term incapacity benefit.		£74.15
5.   Category B retirement pension where section 48A(3) applies.		£47.65
6.   Child’s special allowance.		£11.35

PART II BEREAVEMENT PAYMENT

Bereavement payment.(2)

£2,000.00

PART III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS

Description of benefit	Weekly rate
1.   Attendance allowance.	(a) higher rate (b) lower rate	£58.80 £39.35
	(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 65(3)).
2.   Severe disablement allowance.		£44.80
3.   Age related addition.	(a) higher rate (b) middle rate (c) lower rate	£15.55 £10.00 £5.00
	(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 69(1)).
4.   Carer’s allowance.(3)		£44.35
6.   Category C retirement pension.	(a) lower rate (b) higher rate	£28.50 £47.65
	(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 78(5)).
7.   Category D retirement pension.	The higher rate for Category C retirement pensions under paragraph 6 above.
8.   Age addition (to a pension of any category, and otherwise under section 79).		£0.25

PART IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS

Benefit to which increase applies (1)(4)	Increase for qualifying child (2)	Increase for adult dependant (3)
	£	£
1A.   Short-term incapacity benefit— (a) where the beneficiary is under pensionable age (b) where the beneficiary is over pensionable age	11.35 11.35	34.60 42.65
2.   Long-term incapacity benefit	11.35	44.35
3.   Maternity allowance	—	34.60
4.   Widowed mother’s allowance	11.35	—
4A.   Widowed parent’s allowance	11.35	—
5.   Category A or B retirement pension	11.35	47.65
6.   Category C retirement pension	11.35	28.50
7.   Child’s special allowance	11.35	—
8.   Severe disablement allowance	11.35	26.65
9.   Carer’s allowance	11.35	26.50

PART V RATES OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT

Description of benefit, etc.	Rate
1.   Disablement pension (weekly rates).	For the several degrees of disablement set out in column (1) of the following Table, the respective amounts in that Table, using— (a) column (2) for any period during which the beneficiary is over the age of 18 or is entitled to an increase of benefit in respect of a child or adult dependant; (b) column (3) for any period during which the beneficiary is not over the age of 18 and not so entitled; TABLE Degree of Disablement Amount (1) (2) (3) Per cent. £ £ 100 120.10 73.55 90 108.09 66.20 80 96.08 58.84 70 84.07 51.49 60 72.06 44.13 50 60.05 36.78 40 48.04 29.42 30 36.03 22.07 20 24.02 14.71
2.   Maximum increase of weekly rate of disablement pension where constant attendance needed.	(a) except in cases of exceptionally severe disablement £48.10 (b) in any case £96.20
3.   Increase of weekly rate of disablement pension (exceptionally severe disablement).	£48.10
4.   Maximum of aggregate of weekly benefit payable for successive accidents.	(a) for any period during which the beneficiary is over the age of 18 or is entitled to an increase in benefit in respect of a child or adult dependant £120.10 (b) for any period during which the beneficiary is not over the age of 18 and not so entitled £73.55
5.   Unemployability supplement under paragraph 2 of Schedule 7.	£74.15
6.   Increase under paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 of weekly rate of unemployability supplement.	(a) if on the qualifying date the beneficiary was under the age of 35 or if that date fell before5th July 1948 £15.55 (b) if head (a) above does not apply and on the qualifying date the beneficiary was under the age of 40 and he had not attained pensionable age before 6th April 1979 £15.55 (c) if heads (a) and (b) above do not apply and on the qualifying date the beneficiary was under the age of 45 £10.00 (d) if heads (a), (b) and (c) above do not apply and on the qualifying date the beneficiary was under the age of 50 and had not attained pensionable age before 6th April 1979 £10.00 (e) in any other case £5.00
7.   Increase under paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 of weekly rate of disablement pension.	£11.35
8.   Increase under paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 of weekly rate of disablement pension.	£44.35
9.   Maximum disablement gratuity under paragraph 9 of Schedule 7.	£7,980.00
10.   Widow’s pension (weekly rates).	(a) initial rate(5) £57.65 (b) higher permanent rate £79.60 (c) lower permanent rate 30 per cent. of the first sum specified in section 44(4) (Category A basic retirement pension) (the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with paragraph 16 of Schedule 7).
11.   Widower’s pension (weekly rate).	£79.60
12.   Weekly rate of allowance in respect of children under paragraph 18 of Schedule 7.	In respect of each qualifying child £11.35

(1)

Paragraph 1 was repealed by section 41(5) of, and Schedule 3 to, the 1995 Act. Paragraph 2 was substituted, and paragraph 2A was inserted, by section 2(2) of the 1994 Act; paragraph 3 was repealed by section 11(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act. Paragraph 5 was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995.

(2)

Part II was substituted by section 54(2) of the 1999 Act.

(3)

Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2002/1457.

(4)

The entries relating to widowed mother’s allowance, widowed parent’s allowance and child’s special allowance in column (1) and the increases for a qualifying child in column (2) were repealed by section 60 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Tax Credits Act 2002. Articles 3 and 4 of S.I. 2003/938 save the repealed provisions in certain circumstances.

(5)

Widow’s pension is payable in relation only to deaths occurring before 11th April 1988 (paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 7 to the Contributions and Benefits Act). The initial rate relates only to the period of 26 weeks following the date of the deceased’s death (paragraph 16(1) of that Schedule). The rate stated is therefore the rate applicable for the 26 weeks following 10th April 1988.