The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

PART 1 Personal allowances

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 modified (1.4.2007 for specified purposes, 2.4.2007 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/688), arts. 1(2)(j), 20(6), Sch. 8

C2 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 modified (1.4.2008 for specified purposes, 7.4.2008 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/632), arts. 1(2)(j), 20(7), Sch. 8

C3 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 modified (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with art. 1(3)(a) 6 of the amending S.I., in force in so far as not already in force and with effect in accordance with art. 1(3)(a) 6 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/497), arts. 1(2)(i), 20(7), Sch. 7

C4 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 modified (1.4.2010 for specified purposes, 5.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/793), arts. 1(2)(j), 20(6), Sch. 7

1.  The amount specified in column (2) below in respect of each person or couple specified in column (1) shall be the amount specified for the purposes of regulation 22—

Column (1)	Column (2)
Person, couple or polygamous marriage	Amount
(1) Single claimant or lone parent—
(a) aged under 65;	(a) [F1 £137.35];
(b) aged 65 or over.	(b) [F1 £157.90].
(2) Couple—
(a) both members aged under 65;	(a) [F1 £209.70];
(b) one member or both members aged 65 or over.	(b) [F1 £236.80].
(3) If the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage and none of the members of the marriage have attained the age of 65—
(a) for the claimant and the other party to the marriage;	(a) [F1 £209.70];
(b) for each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant.	(b) [F1 £72.35].
(4) If the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage and one or more members of the marriage are aged 65 or over—
(a) for the claimant and the other party to the marriage;	(a) [F1 £236.80];
(b) for each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant.	(b) [F1 £78.90].

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 sums substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(j) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/821), arts. 1(2)(j), 21(6), Sch. 7

2.—(1) The amounts specified in column (2) below in respect of each person specified in column (1) shall, for the relevant period specified in column (1), be the amounts specified for the purposes of regulation 22—

Column (1)	Column (2)
Child or young person	Amount
Person in respect of the period—
(a) beginning on that person's date of birth and ending on the day preceding the first Monday in September following that person's sixteenth birthday;	[F1 £62.33];
(b) beginning on the first Monday in September following that persons 16th birthday and ending on the day preceding that person's [F2 twentieth] birthday.	[F1 £62.33].

(2) In column (1) of the Table above, “the first Monday in September” means the Monday which first occurs in the month of September in any year.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 sums substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(j) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/821), arts. 1(2)(j), 21(6), Sch. 7

F2 Word in Sch. 3 para. 2(1) substituted (10.4.2006) by Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/718), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(4)