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Regulation 104(2)
1. Any amount paid by way of tax on income which is taken into account under regulation 104 (calculation of income other than earnings).E+W+S
[F11A. Any payment in respect of any travel of other expenses incurred, or to be incurred, by the claimant in respect of that claimant’s participation in [F2a scheme prescribed in regulation 3 of the Jobseeker's Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) Regulations 2013] or the Mandatory Work Activity Scheme.]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 8 para. 1A inserted (5.8.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1707), regs. 1, 4(8)(9)
F2Words in Sch. 8 para. 1A substituted (12.2.2013) by The Jobseeker s Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/276), regs. 1, 15(b)
2. Any payment in respect of any expenses incurred, or to be incurred, by a claimant who is—E+W+S
(a)engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation; or
(b)a volunteer,
if the claimant otherwise derives no remuneration or profit from the employment and is not to be treated as possessing any earnings under regulation 108(3) (notional income).
[F32A. Any payment in respect of expenses arising out of the [F4claimant participating as a service user].]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 8 para. 2A inserted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2655), regs. 1(2)(d), 11(19)(a)
F4Words in Sch. 8 para. 2A substituted (29.10.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2536), regs. 1(1), 13(37)
3. In the case of employment as an employed earner, any payment in respect of expenses wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred in the performance of the duties of the employment.E+W+S
4. In the case of a payment under Parts 11 to 12ZB [F5or 12ZD] of the Contributions and Benefits Act F6 or any remuneration paid by or on behalf of an employer to the claimant who for the time being is unable to work due to illness or maternity or who is taking paternity leave [F7shared parental leave][F8, parental bereavement leave] or adoption leave—E+W+S
(a)any amount deducted by way of primary Class 1 contributions under the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(b)one-half of any sum paid by the claimant by way of a contribution towards an occupational or personal pension scheme.
Textual Amendments
F5Words in Sch. 8 para. 4 inserted (6.4.2020) by The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/354), regs. 1, 19(6)(a)(i)
F6Part 12ZB was inserted by the Employment Act 2002, section 4 and amended by the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), section 722 and paragraphs 169 and 184 of Schedule 6, the Work and Families Act 2006, sections 2 and 11(1) and paragraph 21 of Schedule 1, the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), section 2 and paragraphs 142, 149 and 150, the Act section 67 and Schedule 8, S.I. 2006/1031 and S.I. 2006/2012.
F7Words in Sch. 8 para. 4 inserted (31.12.2014) by The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3255), arts. 1(2), 20(9)(a)
F8Words in Sch. 8 para. 4 inserted (6.4.2020) by The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/354), regs. 1, 19(6)(a)(ii)
5. In Northern Ireland, in the case of a payment under Parts 11 to 12ZB of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 F9, or any remuneration paid by or on behalf of an employer to the claimant who for the time being is unable to work due to illness or maternity or who is taking paternity leave [F10shared parental leave][F11, parental bereavement leave] or adoption leave—E+W+S
(a)any amount deducted by way of primary Class 1 contributions under that Act;
(b)one-half of any sum paid by way of a contribution towards an occupational or personal pension scheme.
Textual Amendments
F10Words in Sch. 8 para. 5 inserted (31.12.2014) by The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3255), arts. 1(2), 20(9)(b)
F11Words in Sch. 8 para. 5 inserted (6.4.2020) by The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/354), regs. 1, 19(6)(b)
6. Any guardian's allowance.E+W+S
7.—(1) Any child tax credit.E+W+S
(2) Any child benefit.
[F12(3) Any increase in respect of a dependent child or dependent young person under section 80 or 90 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.]
Textual Amendments
F12Sch. 8 para. 7(3) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/674), reg. 16(13)
8. Any mobility component of disability living allowance [F13, the mobility component of adult disability payment] [F14or the mobility component of personal independence payment].E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F13Words in Sch. 8 para. 8 inserted (21.3.2022) by The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/177), arts. 1(2), 11(7)(a)
F14Words in Sch. 8 para. 8 inserted (8.4.2013) by The Personal Independence Payment (Supplementary Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/388), reg. 2, Sch. para. 40(7)(a)
9. Any concessionary payment made to compensate for the non-payment of—E+W+S
(a)any payment specified in paragraph 8 or 11;
(b)an [F15income-related] employment and support allowance, income support[F16, universal credit] or [F17an income-based jobseeker’s allowance].
Textual Amendments
F15Words in Sch. 8 para. 9(b) inserted (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2428), regs. 1(2), 18(a)(i)
F16Words in Sch. 8 para. 9(b) inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 37(8)
F17Words in Sch. 8 para. 9(b) substituted (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2428), regs. 1(2), 18(a)(ii)
10. Any mobility supplement or any payment intended to compensate for the non-payment of such a supplement.E+W+S
11. Any attendance allowance[F18, the care component of disability living allowance [F19,] the daily living component] [F20or the daily living component of adult disability payment].E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F18Words in Sch. 8 para. 11 substituted (8.4.2013) by The Personal Independence Payment (Supplementary Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/388), reg. 2, Sch. para. 40(7)(b)
F19Sch. 8 para. 11: comma substituted for word (21.3.2022) by The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/177), arts. 1(2), 11(7)(b)(i)
12. Any payment to the claimant as holder of the Victoria Cross or George Cross or any analogous payment.E+W+S
13.—(1) Any payment—E+W+S
(a)by way of an education maintenance allowance made pursuant to—
(i)regulations made under section 518 of the Education Act 1996 F21;
(ii)regulations made under section 49 or 73(f) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 F22; or
(iii)directions made under section 73ZA of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 F23 and paid under section 12(2)(c) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 F24; F25...
(b)corresponding to such an education maintenance allowance, made pursuant to—
(i)section 14 or section 181 of the Education Act 2002 F26; or
(ii)regulations made under section 181 of that Act[F27; or]
[F27(c)in England, by way of financial assistance made pursuant to section 14 of the Education Act 2002.]
(2) Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph (1) applies, made pursuant to—
(a)regulations made under section 518 of the Education Act 1996;
(b)regulations made under section 49 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980; or
(c)directions made under section 73ZA of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and paid under section 12(2)(c) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992;
in respect of a course of study attended by a child or a young person or a person who is in receipt of an education maintenance allowance [F28or other payment] made pursuant to any provision specified in sub-paragraph (1).
Textual Amendments
F211996 c. 56. Section 518 was substituted by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31), section 129.
F23Section 73ZA was inserted by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 asp. 6, section 19.
F25Word in Sch. 8 para. 13(1)(a)(iii) omitted (31.10.2011) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 23(16)(a)
F262002 c. 32. Section 14 was amended by the Children Act 2004 (c. 31), section 59 and the Education Act 2005 (c. 18), Schedule 14, paragraph 23(1) to (3).
F27Sch. 8 para. 13(1)(c) and word added (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 23(16)(b)
F28Words in Sch. 8 para. 13(2) inserted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 23(16)(c)
14. Any payment made to the claimant by way of a repayment under regulation 11(2) of the Education (Teacher Student Loans) (Repayment etc.) Regulations 2002 F29.E+W+S
Textual Amendments
15.—(1) Any payment made pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 F30 (functions of the Secretary of State) or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 F31 (functions in relation to training for employment etc.) except a payment—E+W+S
(a)made as a substitute for an employment and support allowance [F32or a jobseeker’s allowance];
(b)of an allowance referred to in section 2(3) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 or section 2(5) of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;
(c)intended to meet the cost of living expenses which relate to any one or more of the items specified in sub-paragraph (2) whilst a claimant is participating in an education, training or other scheme to help the claimant enhance that claimant's employment prospects unless the payment is a Career Development Loan paid pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 and the period of education or training or the scheme, which is supported by that loan, has been completed; or
(d)made in respect of the cost of living away from home to the extent that the payment relates to rent for which housing benefit is payable in respect of accommodation which is not normally occupied by the claimant as that claimant's home.
(2) The items specified in this sub-paragraph for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c) are food, ordinary clothing or footwear, household fuel, rent for which housing benefit is payable, or any housing costs to the extent that they are met under regulation 67(1)(c) or 68(1)(d) (housing costs), of the claimant or, where the claimant is a member of a family, any other member of the claimant's family, or any council tax or water charges for which that claimant or member is liable.
Textual Amendments
F32Words in Sch. 8 para. 15(1)(a) inserted (28.6.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/840), regs. 1, 9(20)(b)
[F3315A. Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any travel or other expenses incurred, or to be incurred, in complying with a requirement to undertake work-related activity.]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F33Sch. 8 para. 15A inserted (1.6.2011) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1349), regs. 1, 19
16.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraph 41, any relevant payment made or due to be made at regular intervals.E+W+S
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) is not to apply to a payment which is made by a person for the maintenance of any member of that person's family or of that person's former partner or of that person's children.
(3) In this paragraph, “relevant payment” means—
(a)a charitable payment;
(b)a voluntary payment;
(c)a payment (not falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above) from a trust whose funds are derived from a payment made in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant;
(d)a payment under an annuity purchased—
(i)pursuant to any agreement or court order to make payments to the claimant; or
(ii)from funds derived from a payment made,
in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant; or
(e)a payment (not falling within sub-paragraph (a) to (d) above) received by virtue of any agreement or court order to make payments to the claimant in consequence of any personal injury to the claimant.
17. Subject to paragraphs 39 and 40, £10 of any of the following, namely—E+W+S
(a)a war disablement pension (except insofar as such a pension falls to be disregarded under paragraph 10 or 11);
(b)a war widow's pension or war widower's pension;
(c)a pension payable to a person as a widow, widower or surviving civil partner under any power of Her Majesty otherwise than under an enactment to make provision about pensions for or in respect of persons who have been disabled or have died in consequence of service as members of the armed forces of the Crown;
[F34(d) in paragraph 17(d), after “payment” insert “and, if the amount of that payment has been abated to less than £10 by a [F35pension or payment falling within article 31(1)(a) or (b) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005], so much of [F36that pension or payment] as would not, in aggregate with the amount of [F37any] guaranteed income payment disregarded, exceed £10”;]
(e)a payment made to compensate for the non-payment of such a pension or payment as is mentioned in any of the preceding sub-paragraphs;
(f)a pension paid by the government of a country outside Great Britain which is analogous to any of the pensions or payments mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) above;
[F38(g)a pension paid by a government to victims of National Socialist persecution;]
(h)any widowed mother's allowance paid pursuant to section 37 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(i)any widowed parent's allowance paid pursuant to section 39A of the Contributions and Benefits Act F39.
Textual Amendments
F34Words in Sch. 8 para. 17(d) inserted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(2), 11(3)(a)
F35Words in Sch. 8 para. 17(d) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2655), regs. 1(2)(d), 11(19)(b)(i)
F36Words in Sch. 8 para. 17(d) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2655), regs. 1(2)(d), 11(19)(b)(ii)
F37Word in Sch. 8 para. 17(d) substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2655), regs. 1(2)(d), 11(19)(b)(iii)
F38Sch. 8 para. 17(g) substituted (20.3.2017) by The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/174), regs. 1, 7
F39Section 39A was inserted by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), section 55(2).
18. Where a claimant receives income under an annuity purchased with a loan which satisfies the following conditions—E+W+S
(a)that the loan was made as part of a scheme under which not less than 90% of the proceeds of the loan were applied to the purchase by the person to whom it was made of an annuity ending with that person's life or with the life of the survivor of two or more persons (in this paragraph referred to as “the annuitants”) who include the person to whom the loan was made;
(b)that the interest on the loan is payable by the person to whom it was made or by one of the annuitants;
(c)that at the time the loan was made the person to whom it was made or each of the annuitants had attained the age of 65 [F40or, if it was higher at that time, pensionable age];
(d)that the loan was secured on a dwelling in Great Britain and the person to whom the loan was made or one of the annuitants owns an estate or interest in that dwelling; and
(e)that the person to whom the loan was made or one of the annuitants occupies the accommodation on which it was secured as that person's home at the time the interest is paid,
the amount, calculated on a weekly basis equal to—
(i)where, or insofar as, section 369 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 F41 (mortgage interest payable under deduction of tax) applies to the payments of interest on the loan, the interest which is payable after deduction of a sum equal to income tax on such payments at the applicable percentage of income tax within the meaning of section 369(1A) of that Act F42;
(ii)in any other case the interest which is payable on the loan without deduction of such a sum.
Textual Amendments
F40Words in Sch. 8 para. 18(c) inserted (6.12.2018) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 5) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1187), regs. 1(2)(b), 8
F42Subsection (1A) of section 369 was inserted by the Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), Schedule 4, paragraph 4.
19. Any payment made to the claimant by a person who normally resides with the claimant, which is a contribution towards that person's living and accommodation costs, except where that person is residing with the claimant in circumstances to which paragraph 20 or 21 refers.E+W+S
20. Where the claimant occupies a dwelling as the claimant's home and the dwelling is also occupied by another person and there is a contractual liability to make payments to the claimant in respect of the occupation of the dwelling by that person or a member of that person's family—E+W+S
(a)where the aggregate of any payments made in respect of any one week in respect of the occupation of the dwelling by that person or a member of that person's family, or by that person and a member of that person's family, is less than £20, the whole of that amount; or
(b)where the aggregate of such payments is £20 or more per week, £20.
21. Where the claimant occupies a dwelling as the claimant's home and the claimant provides in that dwelling board and lodging accommodation, an amount, in respect of each person for whom such accommodation is provided for the whole or any part of a week, equal to—E+W+S
(a)where the aggregate of any payments made in respect of any one week in respect of such accommodation provided to such person does not exceed £20, 100% of such payments; or
(b)where the aggregate of any such payments exceeds £20, £20 and 50% of the excess over £20.
22.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), except where regulation 104(8)(b) (provision of support under section 95 or 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act including support provided by virtue of regulations made under Schedule 9 to that Act in the calculation of income other than earnings) or regulation 107(3)(a) (notional income) applies, any income in kind;E+W+S
(2) The exception under sub-paragraph (1) will not apply where the income in kind [F43is a Grenfell Tower payment[F44, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment] or] is received from the Macfarlane Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) (No.2) Trust, the Fund, the Eileen Trust[F45, MFET Limited][F46, the Skipton Fund, the Caxton Foundation][F47, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme][F48, an approved blood scheme][F49, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund[F50, the National Emergencies Trust]] or [F51the Independent Living Fund (2006)].
(3) The first exception under sub-paragraph (1) will not apply where the claimant is the partner of a person subject to immigration control and whose partner is receiving support provided under section 95 or 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act including support provided by virtue of regulations made under Schedule 9 to that Act and the income in kind is support provided in respect of essential living needs of the partner of the claimant and the claimant's dependants (if any) as is specified in regulations made under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the Immigration and Asylum Act.
(4) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to “income in kind” does not include a payment to a third party made in respect of the claimant which is used by the third party to provide benefits in kind to the claimant.
Textual Amendments
F43Words in Sch. 8 para. 22(2) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/618), regs. 1, 7(11)(a)(i)
F44Words in Sch. 8 para. 22(2) inserted (1.1.2022) by The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1405), regs. 1, 7(7)(a)
F45Words in Sch. 8 para. 22(2) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/641), regs. 1(1), 12(3)(f)
F46Words in Sch. 8 para. 22(2) inserted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 23(8)
F47Words in Sch. 8 para. 22(2) inserted (3.4.2017) by The Social Security (Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/329), regs. 1, 8(3)(e)
F48Words in Sch. 8 para. 22(2) inserted (23.10.2017) by The Social Security (Infected Blood and Thalidomide) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/870), regs. 1, 8(3)(e)
F49Words in Sch. 8 para. 22(2) inserted (19.6.2017) by The Social Security (Emergency Funds) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/689), regs. 1, 8(3)(e)
F50Words in Sch. 8 para. 22(2) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/618), regs. 1, 7(11)(a)(ii)
F51Words in Sch. 8 para. 22(2) substituted (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2428), regs. 1(2), 18(b)
23.—(1) Any income derived from capital to which the claimant is or is treated under regulation 117 (capital jointly held) as beneficially entitled but, subject to sub-paragraph (2), not income derived from capital disregarded under paragraph 1, 2, 4 to 8, 10 or 16 of Schedule 9.E+W+S
(2) Income derived from capital disregarded under paragraph 2 or 4 to 8 of Schedule 9 but only to the extent of—
(a)any mortgage repayments made in respect of the dwelling or premises in the period during which that income accrued; or
(b)any council tax or water charges which the claimant is liable to pay in respect of the dwelling or premises and which are paid in the period during which that income accrued.
(3) The definition of “water charges” in regulation 2(1) is to apply to sub-paragraph (2) with the omission of the words “in so far as such charges are in respect of the dwelling which a person occupies as the home”.
24. Any income which is payable in a country outside the United Kingdom for such period during which there is prohibition against the transfer to the United Kingdom of that income.E+W+S
25. Where a payment of income is made in a currency other than sterling, any banking charge or commission payable in converting that payment into sterling.E+W+S
26.—(1) Any payment made to the claimant in respect of a child or young person who is a member of the claimant's family—E+W+S
(a)pursuant to regulations under section 2(6)(b), 3 or 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 F52 or in accordance with a scheme approved by the Scottish Ministers under section 51A of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 F53 (schemes for payment of allowances to adopters) [F54or in accordance with an adoption allowance scheme made under section 71 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (adoption allowances schemes)];
(b)which is a payment made by a local authority in pursuance of section 15(1) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Children Act 1989 F55 (local authority contribution to a child's maintenance where the child is living with a person as a result of a [F56child arrangements] order)[F57, or in Scotland section 50 of the Children Act 1975 (payments towards maintenance of children)];
(c)which is a payment made by an authority, as defined in Article 2 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 F58, in pursuance of Article 15 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to, that Order (contributions by an authority to child's maintenance);
(d)in accordance with regulations made pursuant to section 14F of the Children Act 1989 F59 (special guardianship support services).
(2) Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies, made to the claimant pursuant to regulations under section 2(6)(b), 3 or 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 F60.
Textual Amendments
F54Words in Sch. 8 para. 26(1)(a) inserted (15.7.2011) by The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1740), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 47(4)
F551989 c. 41. Section 15(1) was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), section 116 and Schedule 16, paragraph 10 and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 was amended by the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), section 78(1) and (3).
F56Words in Sch. 8 para. 26(1)(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Child Arrangements Order (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/852), arts. 1, 16
F57Words in Sch. 8 para. 26(1)(b) inserted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2655), regs. 1(2)(d), 11(19)(c)
F59Section 14F was inserted by the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), section 115(1).
27. In the case of a claimant who has a child or young person—E+W+S
(a)who is a member of the claimant's family; and
(b)who is residing at an educational establishment at which that child or young person is receiving relevant education,
any payment made to that educational establishment, in respect of that child or young person's maintenance by or on behalf of a person who is not a member of the family or by a member of the family out of funds contributed for that purpose by a person who is not a member of the family.
[F6128. Any payment made to the claimant with whom a person is accommodated by virtue of arrangements made—E+W+S
(a)by a local authority under—
(i)[F62section 22C(2) of the Children Act 1989 (ways in which looked after children are to be accommodated and maintained),]
[F63(ia)section 81(2) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (ways in which looked after children are to be accommodated and maintained),]
(ii)section 26 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (manner of provision of accommodation to child looked after by local authority), or
(iii)regulations 33 or 51 of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (fostering and kinship care allowances and fostering allowances); or
(b)by a voluntary organisation under section 59(1)(a) of the 1989 Act (provision of accommodation by voluntary organisations).]
Textual Amendments
F61Sch. 8 para. 28 substituted (1.11.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2429), regs. 1(2), 11(4)(a)
F62Sch. 8 para. 28(a)(i) substituted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 27(3)
F63Sch. 8 para. 28(a)(ia) inserted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 13(4)(a)
29. Any payment made to the claimant or the claimant's partner for a person (“the person concerned”), who is not normally a member of the claimant's household but is temporarily in the claimant's care, by—E+W+S
(a)a health authority;
(b)a local authority but excluding payments of housing benefit made in respect of the person concerned;
(c)a voluntary organisation;
(d)the person concerned pursuant to section 26(3A) of the National Assistance Act 1948 F64;
[F65(da)a clinical commissioning group;
(db)the National Health Service Commissioning Board; F66...]
F67(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f)a Local Health Board established under section 16BA of the National Health Service Act 1977 or by an order made under section 11 of the Health Service (Wales) Act; [F68or]
(g)[F68the person concerned where the payment is for the provision of accommodation in respect of the meeting of that person’s needs under section 18 or 19 of the Care Act 2014 (duty and power to meet needs for care and support) [F69or under section 35 or 36 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (duty and powers to meet care and support needs of an adult)].]
Textual Amendments
F641948 c. 29. Section 26(3A) was inserted by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 42(4).
F65Sch. 8 para. 29(da)(db) inserted (1.4.2013) by The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 116(3)(a)
F66Word in Sch. 8 para. 29(db) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 29(3)(a)(i) (with art. 4)
F67Sch. 8 para. 29(e) and word omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/235), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 116(3)(b)
F68Sch. 8 para. 29(g) and word inserted (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 29(3)(a)(ii) (with art. 4)
F69Words in Sch. 8 para. 29(g) inserted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 13(4)(b)
[F7029A. Any payment made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance).]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F70Sch. 8 para. 29A inserted (7.11.2017) by The Social Security and Child Support (Care Payments and Tenant Incentive Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/995), regs. 1, 7(4)
30.—(1) Any payment made by a local authority in accordance with—E+W+S
(a)section 17, 23B, 23C or 24A of the Children Act 1989 F71;
(b)section 12 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 F72; F73...
[F74(c)section 22, 26A, 29 or 30 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (local authorities’ duty to promote welfare of children, duty to provide continuing care and provision of advice and assistance to certain] [F75young persons); or]
[F75(d)the following sections of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014—
(aa)section 37 or 38, but excluding any direct payment made in accordance with regulations made under section 51 of that Act, or
(bb)section 109, 110, 114 or 115.]
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), any payment (or part of a payment) made by a local authority in accordance with section 23C of the Children Act 1989 [F76or section 22, 26A or 29 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (local authorities’ duty to promote welfare of children, duty to provide continuing care and provision of advice and assistance for certain young persons)] to a person (“A”) which A passes on to the claimant.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) applies only where A—
(a)was formerly in the claimant's care; and
[F77(b)is aged 18 or over or, in the case of a payment or part of a payment made in accordance with section 26A of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, aged 16 or over, and]
(c)continues to live with the claimant.
Textual Amendments
F711989 c. 41. Sections 23B, 23C and 24A were substituted by the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c. 35), sections 2 and 4.
F73Words in Sch. 8 para. 30(1)(b) omitted (3.11.2017) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 13(4)(c)(i)
F74Sch. 8 para. 30(1)(c) substituted (5.8.2016) by The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/732), arts. 1(1), 8(2)(a)
F75Sch. 8 para. 30(1)(d) and words inserted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 13(4)(c)(ii)
F76Words in Sch. 8 para. 30(2) substituted (5.8.2016) by The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/732), arts. 1(1), 8(2)(b)
F77Sch. 8 para. 30(3)(b) substituted (5.8.2016) by The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/732), arts. 1(1), 8(2)(c)
31.—[F78(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) any payment received under an insurance policy, taken out to insure against the risk of being unable to maintain repayments on a loan which qualifies under paragraph 16 or 17 of Schedule 6 (housing costs – loans to acquire an interest in a dwelling, or for repairs and improvements to the dwelling, occupied as the home) and used to meet such repayments, to the extent that it does not exceed the aggregate of—E+W+S
(a)the amount, calculated on a weekly basis, of any interest on that loan which is in excess of the amount met in accordance with Schedule 6;
(b)the amount of any payment, calculated on a weekly basis, due on the loan attributable to the repayment of capital; and
(c)any amount due by way of premiums on—
(i)that policy; or
(ii)a policy of insurance taken out to insure against loss or damage to any building or part of a building which is occupied by the claimant as the claimant's home.
(2) This paragraph does not apply to any payment which is treated as possessed by the claimant by virtue of regulation 107(3)(c) (notional income – income due to be paid or income paid to or in respect of a third party).]
[F78Any payment received under an insurance policy taken out to insure against the risk of being unable to maintain repayments on a loan which qualifies under Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 (legacy benefit claimants and SPC claimants) and used to meet such repayments.]
Textual Amendments
F78Sch. 8 para. 31 substituted (6.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/307), regs. 1(2), 2(18)(b)
32.—(1) Except where paragraph 31 (or 33) applies, and subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment made to the claimant which is intended to be used and is used as a contribution towards—E+W+S
(a)any payment due on a loan if secured on the dwelling occupied as the home which does not qualify [F79under Schedule 6] [F79under Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations];
(b)[F80any interest payment or charge which qualifies in accordance with paragraphs 16 to 18 of Schedule 6 to the extent that the payment or charge is not met;]
[F80any charge which qualifies in accordance with paragraph 18 of Schedule 6 (housing costs) to these Regulations or any interest payment on a loan which qualifies under Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations, to the extent that the charge or payment is not met under these Regulations or by loan payments (as the case may be);]
(c)any payment due on a loan which qualifies [F81under paragraph 16 or 17 of Schedule 6] [F81under Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations] attributable to the payment of capital;
(d)any amount due by way of premiums on—
(i)an insurance policy taken out to insure against the risk of being unable to make the payments referred to in (a) to (c) above; or
(ii)a policy of insurance taken out to insure against loss or damage to any building or part of a building which is occupied by the claimant as the claimant's home;
(e)the claimant's rent in respect of the dwelling occupied by the claimant as the home but only to the extent that it is not met by housing benefit; or the claimant's accommodation charge but only to the extent that the actual charge exceeds the amount payable by a local authority in accordance with Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948 [F82or Part 1 of the Care Act 2014 (care and support) [F83or Part 4 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (meeting needs) other than any direct payment made in accordance with regulations made under section 50 or 52 of that Act].]
(2) This paragraph does not apply to any payment which is treated as possessed by the claimant by virtue of regulation 107(3)(c).
[F84(3) In this paragraph—
(a)“Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations” means the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017;
(b)“loan payments” has the meaning given in the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations.]
Textual Amendments
F79Words in Sch. 8 para. 32(1)(a) substituted by S.I. 2017/725, Sch. 5 para. 1(d)(ii)(aa) (as inserted) (6.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/307), regs. 1(2), 2(18)(b)
F80Sch. 8 para. 32(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/307), regs. 1(2), 2(18)(b)
F81Words in Sch. 8 para. 32(1)(c) substituted by S.I. 2017/725, Sch. 5 para. 1(d)(ii)(cc) (as inserted) (6.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/307), regs. 1(2), 2(18)(b)
F82Words in Sch. 8 para. 32(1)(e) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 29(3)(b) (with art. 4)
F83Words in Sch. 8 para. 32(1)(e) inserted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 13(4)(d)
F84Sch. 8 para. 32(3) inserted by S.I. 2017/725, Sch. 5 para. 1(d)(ii)(dd) (as inserted) (6.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/307), regs. 1(2), 2(18)(b)
33.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment received under an insurance policy, other than an insurance policy referred to in paragraph 31, taken out to insure against the risk of being unable to maintain repayments under a regulated agreement as defined for the purposes of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 F85 or under a hire-purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement as defined for the purposes of Part 3 of the Hire-Purchase Act 1964 F86.E+W+S
(2) A payment referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is to only be disregarded to the extent that the payment received under that policy does not exceed the amounts, calculated on a weekly basis which are used to—
(a)maintain the repayments referred to in sub-paragraph (1); and
(b)meet any amount due by way of premiums on that policy.
34.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), in the case of a claimant residing in a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital, any payment, except a charitable or voluntary payment disregarded under paragraph 16 made to the claimant which is intended to be used and is used to meet the cost of maintaining the claimant in that home or hospital.E+W+S
(2) This paragraph does not apply to a claimant for whom accommodation in a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital is provided by—
[F87(a)]a local authority under section 26 of the National Assistance Act 1948; [F88or]
[F88(b)a person other than a local authority under arrangements made with the person by a local authority in the exercise of the local authority’s functions under section 18 or 19 of the Care Act 2014 (duty and power to meet needs for care and support) [F89or under section 35 or 36 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (duty and power to meet care and support needs of an adult)].]
(3) The amount to be disregarded under this paragraph is not to exceed the difference between—
(a)the claimant's applicable amount; and
(b)the weekly charge for the accommodation.
Textual Amendments
F87Words in Sch. 8 para. 34(2)(a) renumbered as. Sch. 8 para. 34(2)(a) (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 29(3)(c)(i) (with art. 4)
F88Sch. 8 para. 34(2)(b) and word inserted (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 29(3)(c)(ii) (with art. 4)
F89Words in Sch. 8 para. 34(2)(b) inserted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 13(4)(e)
35. Any social fund payment made pursuant to Part 8 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.E+W+S
[F9035A. Any local welfare provision.]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F90Sch. 8 para. 35A inserted (2.4.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/443), regs. 1, 9(5)(a)
36. Any payment of income which under regulation 112 (income treated as capital) is to be treated as capital.E+W+S
37. Any payment under Part 10 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (pensioner's Christmas bonus).E+W+S
38. Any payment which is due to be paid before the date of claim which would otherwise fall to be taken into account in the same benefit week as a payment of the same kind and from the same source.E+W+S
39. The total of a claimant's income or, if the claimant is a member of a family, the family's income and the income of any person which the claimant is treated as possessing under regulation 83(3) (calculation of income and capital of members of claimant's family and of a polygamous marriage) to be disregarded under regulation 133(2)(b) and 134(1)(c) (calculation of covenant income), regulation 137(1) and (2) (treatment of student loans), regulation 138(3) (treatment of payments from access funds) and paragraph 17 is in no case to exceed £20 per week.E+W+S
40. Notwithstanding paragraph 39 where two or more payments of the same kind and from the same source are to be taken into account in the same benefit week, there is to be disregarded from each payment the sum which would otherwise fall to be disregarded under this Schedule; but this paragraph is to apply only in the case of a payment which it has not been practicable to treat under regulation 93(1)(b) (date on which income is treated as paid) as paid on the first day of the benefit week in which it is due to be paid.E+W+S
41.—(1) Any payment made under [F91or by] the Macfarlane Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust, the Macfarlane (Special Payments) (No. 2) Trust (“the Trusts”), the Fund, the Eileen Trust[F92, MFET Limited][F93, the Skipton Fund, the Caxton Foundation][F94, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme][F95, an approved blood scheme][F96, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund[F97, the National Emergencies Trust]] or [F98the Independent Living Fund (2006)].E+W+S
[F99(1A) Any—
(a)Grenfell Tower payment;
(b)child abuse payment;
(c)Windrush payment.]
(2) Any payment by or on behalf of a person who is suffering or who suffered from haemophilia, or who is or was a qualifying person which derives from a payment made under [F91or by] any of the Trusts to which sub-paragraph (1) refers[F100, or from a Grenfell Tower payment[F101, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment],] and which is made to or for the benefit of—
(a)that person's partner or former partner from whom that person is not, or where that person has died was not, estranged or divorced or with whom that person has formed a civil partnership that has not been dissolved or, where that person has died, had not been dissolved at the time of that person's death;
(b)any child who is a member of that person's family or who was such a member and who is a member of the claimant's family; or
(c)any young person who is a member of that person's family or who was such a member and who is a member of the claimant's family.
(3) Any payment by or on behalf of the partner or former partner of a person who is suffering or who suffered from haemophilia or who is or was a qualifying person provided that the partner or former partner and that person are not, or if either of them has died were not, estranged or divorced or, where the partner or former partner and that person have formed a civil partnership, the civil partnership has not been dissolved or, if either of them has died, had not been dissolved at the time of the death, which derives from a payment made under [F91or by] any of the Trusts to which sub-paragraph (1) refers[F102, or from a Grenfell Tower payment[F101, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment],] and which is made to or for the benefit of—
(a)the person who is suffering from haemophilia or who is a qualifying person;
(b)any child who is a member of that person's family or who was such a member and who is a member of the claimant's family; or
(c)any young person who is a member of that person's family or who was such a member and who is a member of the claimant's family.
(4) Any payment by a person who is suffering from haemophilia or who is a qualifying person, which derives from a payment under [F91or by] any of the Trusts to which sub-paragraph (1) refers, [F103or from a Grenfell Tower payment[F101, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment],] where—
(a)that person has no partner or former partner from whom that person is not estranged or divorced or with whom that person has formed a civil partnership that has not been dissolved, nor any child or young person who is or had been a member of that person's family; and
(b)the payment is made either—
(i)to that person's parent or step-parent; or
(ii)where that person at the date of the payment is a child, a young person or a full-time student who has not completed full-time education and had no parent or step-parent, to that person's guardian,
but only for a period from the date of the payment until the end of two years from that person's death.
(5) Any payment out of the estate of a person who suffered from haemophilia or who was a qualifying person, which derives from a payment under [F91or by] any of the Trusts to which sub-paragraph (1) refers, [F104or from a Grenfell Tower payment[F101, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment],] where—
(a)that person at the date of that person's death (the relevant date) had no partner or former partner from whom that person was not estranged or divorced or with whom that person had formed a civil partnership that had not been dissolved, nor any child or young person who was or had been a member of that person's family; and
(b)the payment is made either—
(i)to that person's parent or step-parent; or
(ii)where that person at the relevant date was a child, a young person or a full-time student who had not completed full-time education and had no parent or step-parent, to that person's guardian,
but only for a period of two years from the relevant date.
(6) In the case of a person to whom or for whose benefit a payment referred to in this paragraph is made, any income which derives from any payment of income or capital made under or deriving from any of the Trusts [F105or from a Grenfell Tower payment[F101, a child abuse payment or a Windrush payment]].
(7) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), any reference to the Trusts is to be construed as including a reference to the Fund, the Eileen Trust[F106, MFET Limited], the Skipton Fund[F107, the Caxton Foundation][F108, the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme][F109, an approved blood scheme][F110, the London Emergencies Trust, the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund[F111, the National Emergencies Trust]] and the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund.
Textual Amendments
F91Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(1)-(5) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/641), regs. 1(1), 12(5)(r)
F92Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(1) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/641), regs. 1(1), 12(3)(f)
F93Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(1) inserted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 23(8)
F94Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(1) inserted (3.4.2017) by The Social Security (Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/329), regs. 1, 8(3)(e)
F95Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(1) inserted (23.10.2017) by The Social Security (Infected Blood and Thalidomide) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/870), regs. 1, 8(3)(e)
F96Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(1) inserted (19.6.2017) by The Social Security (Emergency Funds) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/689), regs. 1, 8(3)(e)
F97Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(1) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/618), regs. 1, 7(11)(b)(i)
F98Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(1) substituted (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2428), regs. 1(2), 18(b)
F99Sch. 8 para. 41(1A) substituted (1.1.2022) by The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1405), regs. 1, 7(7)(b)(i)
F100Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(2) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/618), regs. 1, 7(11)(b)(iii)
F101Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(2)-(6) inserted (1.1.2022) by The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1405), regs. 1, 7(7)(c)
F102Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(3) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/618), regs. 1, 7(11)(b)(iii)
F103Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(4) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/618), regs. 1, 7(11)(b)(iv)
F104Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(5) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/618), regs. 1, 7(11)(b)(iv)
F105Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(6) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/618), regs. 1, 7(11)(b)(v)
F106Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(7) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/641), regs. 1(1), 12(3)(f)
F107Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(7) inserted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 23(9)
F108Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(7) inserted (3.4.2017) by The Social Security (Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/329), regs. 1, 8(3)(e)
F109Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(7) inserted (23.10.2017) by The Social Security (Infected Blood and Thalidomide) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/870), regs. 1, 8(3)(e)
F110Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(7) inserted (19.6.2017) by The Social Security (Emergency Funds) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/689), regs. 1, 8(3)(e)
F111Words in Sch. 8 para. 41(7) inserted (15.7.2020) by The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/618), regs. 1, 7(11)(b)(vi)
42. Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate for the loss (in whole or in part) of entitlement to housing benefit.E+W+S
43. Any payment made to a juror or a witness in respect of attendance at a court other than compensation for loss of earnings or for the loss of a benefit payable under the benefit Acts.E+W+S
44. Any payment in consequence of a reduction of council tax under section 13[F112, section 13A] or section 80 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 F113 (reduction of liability for council tax).E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F112Words in Sch. 8 para. 44 inserted (2.4.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/443), regs. 1, 9(5)(b)
45.—(1) Any payment or repayment made—E+W+S
(a)as respects England, under regulation 5, 6 or 12 of the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003 F114 (travelling expenses and health service supplies);
(b)as respects Wales, under regulation 5, 6 or 11 of the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2007 F115;
(c)as respects Scotland, under regulation 3, 5 or 11 of the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 F116 (travelling expenses and health service supplies).
(2) Any payment or repayment made by the Secretary of State for Health [F117and Social Care], the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers which is analogous to a payment or repayment mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).
Textual Amendments
F114S.I. 2003/2382, the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2004/663, S.I. 2004/696, S.I. 2004/936, S.I. 2005/26, S.I. 2005/578, S.I. 2006/562 and S.I. 2006/675.
F115S.I. 2007/1104 (W. 116).
F117Words in Sch. 8 para. 45(2) inserted (11.4.2018) by The Secretaries of State for Health and Social Care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Transfer of Functions (Commonhold Land) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/378), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 21(o) (with art. 14)
46. Any payment made to such persons entitled to receive benefits as may be determined by or under a scheme made pursuant to section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988 F118 in lieu of vouchers or similar arrangements in connection with the provision of those benefits (including payments made in place of healthy start vouchers, milk tokens or the supply of vitamins).E+W+S
47. Any payment made either by the Secretary of State for Justice or by the Scottish Ministers under a scheme established to assist relatives and other persons to visit persons in custody.E+W+S
48. Any payment (other than a training allowance) made, whether by the Secretary of State or by any other person, under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 F119 to assist disabled persons to obtain or retain employment despite their disability.E+W+S
Textual Amendments
49. Any supplementary pension under article 23(2) of the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006 F120 (pensions to widows, widowers or surviving civil partners) and any analogous payment made by the Secretary of State for Defence to any person who is not a person entitled under that Order.E+W+S
Textual Amendments
[F12150.—(1) ) If the claimant is in receipt of any benefit under Part 2, 3 or 5 of the Contributions and Benefits Act, any increase in the rate of that benefit arising under Part 4 (increases for dependants) or section 106(a) (unemployability supplement) of that Act, where the dependant in respect of whom the increase is paid is not a member of the claimant’s family.
(2) If the claimant is in receipt of any pension or allowance under Part 2 or 3 of the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006, any increase in the rate of that pension or allowance under that Order, where the dependant in respect of whom the increase is paid is not a member of the claimant’s family.]
Textual Amendments
F121Sch. 8 para. 50 substituted (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(1), 11(3)(b)
51. In the case of a pension awarded at the supplementary rate under article 27(3) of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 F122 (pensions to widows, widowers or surviving civil partners), the sum specified in paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 4 to that scheme.E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F122S.I. 1983/686, the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1994/2021.
52.—(1) Any payment which is—E+W+S
(a)made under any of the Dispensing Instruments to a widow, [F123widower or surviving civil partner] of a person—
(i)whose death was attributable to service in a capacity analogous to service as a member of the armed forces of the Crown; and
(ii)whose service in such capacity terminated before 31st March 1973; and
(b)equal to the amount specified in article 23(2) of the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006.
(2) In this paragraph “the Dispensing Instruments” means the Order in Council of 19th December 1881, the Royal Warrant of 27th October 1884 and the Order by His Majesty of 14th January 1922 (exceptional grants of pay, non-effective pay and allowances).
Textual Amendments
F123Words in Sch. 8 para. 52(1)(a) substituted (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2428), regs. 1(2), 18(c)
53. Any payment made F124... [F125as a direct payment as defined in section 4(2) of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013][F126, or under sections 12A to 12D of the National Health Service Act 2006 (direct payments for health care)] [F127or under sections 31 to 33 of the Care Act 2014 (direct payments)] or under regulations made under section 57 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 F128 (direct payments) [F129, or in accordance with regulations made under section 50 or 52 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (direct payments)].E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F124Words in Sch. 8 para. 53 omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/583), regs. 1(2), 10(9)
F125Words in Sch. 8 para. 53 substituted (1.4.2014) by The Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/513), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(a) (with art. 3)
F126Words in Sch. 8 para. 53 inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/641), regs. 1(1), 12(7)
F127Words in Sch. 8 para. 53 inserted (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 29(3)(d) (with art. 4)
F129Words in Sch. 8 para. 53 inserted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 13(4)(f)
54.—(1) Any payment specified in sub-paragraph (2) to a claimant who was formerly a student and who has completed the course in respect of which those payments were made.E+W+S
(2) The payments specified for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) are—
(a)any grant income and covenant income as defined for the purposes of Chapter 10 of Part 10;
(b)any student loan as defined in Chapter 10 of Part 10;
(c)any contribution as defined in Chapter 10 of Part 10 which—
(i)is taken into account in ascertaining the amount of a student loan referred to in paragraph (b); and
(ii)has been paid.
55.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in the case of a person who is receiving, or who has received, assistance under the self-employment route, any payment to the person—E+W+S
(a)to meet expenses wholly and necessarily incurred whilst carrying on the commercial activity;
(b)which is used or intended to be used to maintain repayments on a loan taken out by that person for the purposes of establishing or carrying on the commercial activity,
in respect of which such assistance is or was received.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) is to apply only in respect of payments which are paid to that person from the special account as defined for the purposes of Chapter 5 of Part 10.
56. Any payment made with respect to a person on account of the provision of after-care under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 F130 or section 25 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 F131 or the provision of accommodation or welfare services to which Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948 F132 refers or to which the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 F133 refers, [F134or the provision of care and support under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014 (care and support)[F135, or the provision of care and support in respect of an adult under Part 4 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014],] which falls to be treated as notional income under paragraph (6) of regulation 107 (payments made in respect of a person living in a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital).E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F1312003 asp. 13.
F134Words in Sch. 8 para. 56 inserted (1.4.2015) by The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 29(3)(e) (with art. 4)
F135Words in Sch. 8 para. 56 inserted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 13(4)(g)
57.—(1) Any payment of a sports award except to the extent that it has been made in respect of any one or more of the items specified in sub-paragraph (2).E+W+S
(2) The items specified for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) are food, ordinary clothing or footwear, household fuel, rent for which housing benefit is payable or any housing costs to the extent that they are met under regulation 67(1)(c) or 68(1)(d) (housing costs), of the claimant or, where the claimant is a member of a family, any other member of the claimant's family, or any council tax or water charges for which that claimant or member is liable.
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) “food” does not include vitamins, minerals or other special dietary supplements intended to enhance the performance of the person in the sport in respect of which the award was made;
58. Where the amount of a subsistence allowance paid to a person in a benefit week exceeds the amount of income-based jobseeker's allowance that person would have received in that benefit week had it been payable to that person, less 50p, that excess amount.E+W+S
59. In the case of a claimant participating in an employment zone programme, any discretionary payment made by an employment zone contractor to the claimant, being a fee, grant, loan or otherwise.E+W+S
[F13660.—(1) Any payment of child maintenance made or derived from a liable relative where the child or young person in respect of whom the payment is made is a member of the claimant’s family, except where the person making the payment is the claimant or the claimant’s partner.E+W+S
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—
“child maintenance” means any payment towards the maintenance of a child or young person, including any payment made voluntarily and payments made under—
the Child Support Act 1991;
the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;
a court order;
a consent order;
a maintenance agreement registered for execution in the Books of Council and Session or the sheriff court books;
“liable relative” means a person listed in regulation 119 (interpretation) other than a person falling within sub-paragraph (d) of that definition.]
Textual Amendments
F136Sch. 8 para. 60 substituted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(6) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2655), regs. 1(6)(c), 11(19)(d)
61. In the case of a person to whom paragraph (5) of regulation 6 of the Income Support Regulations (persons not treated as in remunerative work) applies, the whole of that person's income.E+W+S
62. Any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 F137.E+W+S
Textual Amendments
63.—(1) Any payment made by a local authority or by the Welsh Ministers, to or on behalf of the claimant or the claimant's partner relating to a service which is provided to develop or sustain the capacity of the claimant or the claimant's partner to live independently in the claimant's or the claimant's partner's accommodation.E+W+S
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) “local authority” includes, in England, a county council.
64. Any housing benefit to which the claimant is entitled.E+W+S
F13865. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F138Sch. 8 para. 65 revoked (1.4.2013) by The Council Tax Benefit Abolition (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/458), reg. 1, Sch. 1
[F13966. Any armed forces independence payment.]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F139Sch. 8 para. 66 inserted (8.4.2013) by The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme (Consequential Provisions: Subordinate Legislation) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/591), art. 2(2), Sch. para. 37(7)
[F14067. Any direct payments within the meaning of section 49 of the Children and Families Act 2014 made to a claimant.]E+W
Textual Amendments
F140Sch. 8 para. 67 inserted (E.W.) (1.9.2014) by The Special Educational Needs (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/2103), arts. 1, 27(1)
[F14168. Any bereavement support payment under section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 except any such payment which is disregarded as capital under paragraph 11(1)(d) or 60 of Schedule 9.] E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F141Sch. 8 para. 68 inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1-3 of the amending S.I.) by The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/422), arts. 1(2), 31(4)
[F14269. Any payment of carer’s allowance supplement made under section 81 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F142Sch. 8 para. 69 inserted (3.9.2018) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/872), art. 7(2), reg. 1(2)
[F14370. Any early years assistance given in accordance with section 32 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F143Sch. 8 para. 70 inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Best Start Grants) (Consequential Modifications and Saving) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1138), art. 10(2)
[F14471. Any funeral expense assistance given in accordance with section 34 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F144Sch. 8 para. 71 inserted (16.9.2019 immediately after S.S.I. 2019/292 comes into force) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Funeral Expense Assistance and Early Years Assistance) (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1060), arts. 1(2)(b), 17(2)
[F14572. Any Scottish child payment assistance given in accordance with the section 79 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F145Sch. 8 para. 72 inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Information-Sharing and Scottish Child Payment) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/482), art. 8(2)
[F14673. Any short-term assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 36 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]E+W+S
Textual Amendments
[F14774. Any disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]E+W+S
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