The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2013

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and effect

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2

    1. 3.Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act

    2. 4.Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act

    3. 5.Increase in rates or amount of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act

    4. 6.Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act are changed by this Order

    5. 7.Earnings Limits

    6. 8.Statutory Sick Pay

    7. 9.Statutory Maternity Pay

    8. 10.Ordinary and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay, and Statutory Adoption Pay

    9. 11.Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit

    10. 12.Increase in rates of Disability Living Allowance

    11. 13.Rates of age addition

    12. 14.Rates of transitional invalidity allowance

    13. 15.Rates of bereavement benefits

  4. PART 3

    1. 16.Applicable amounts for Income Support

    2. 17.Income Support Transitional Protection

    3. 18.The Relevant Sum for Income Support

    4. 19.Housing Benefit

    5. 20.Housing Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit

  5. PART 4

    1. 21.Increase in age-related amounts of contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance

    2. 22.Applicable amounts for Jobseeker’s Allowance

    3. 23.The Prescribed Sum for Jobseeker’s Allowance

  6. PART 5

    1. 24.State Pension Credit

  7. PART 6

    1. 25.Applicable amounts for Employment and Support Allowance

  8. PART 7

    1. 26.Revocation

  9. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

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

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    11. SCHEDULE 11

      PART IVB OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    12. SCHEDULE 12

      APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS

    13. SCHEDULE 13

      OTHER AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE STATE PENSION CREDIT REGULATIONS

    14. SCHEDULE 14

      PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    15. SCHEDULE 15

      PART 3 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    16. SCHEDULE 16

      APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS

  11. Explanatory Note