The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025

Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013

5.—(1) The Universal Credit Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 12 (additional room) of Schedule 4 (housing costs element for renters)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (6) substitute—

“(6) A renter satisfies the disabled child condition if they or another member of their extended benefit unit are responsible for a child who would (but for the provisions of this paragraph) be expected to share a bedroom and that child is—

(a) in receipt of—

(i) the care component of disability living allowance at the middle or highest rate; or

(ii) the care component of child disability payment at the middle or highest rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations; and

(b) by virtue of their disability, not reasonably able to share a room with another child.”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (6A)(a)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (ii) omit “at the higher rate”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (iia) omit “at the higher rate in accordance with regulation 6 of the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/376, amended by S.I. 2013/2828, 2017/213, 2021/786, 2024/919; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.