The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

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

7.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” insert—

““LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment” means a payment under the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Financial Recognition Scheme administered under the authority of the Secretary of State for Defence;”;

(b) in the definition of “qualifying person” for “or a vaccine damage payment” substitute “, a vaccine damage payment or an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment”.

(3) In regulation 55(10) (non-dependant deductions) after sub-paragraph (bd) insert—

“(be) any LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment;”.

(4) In Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 16—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1A) for “or vaccine damage payment” substitute “, vaccine damage payment or LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment”;

(b) in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) and (6) for “or a vaccine damage payment” substitute “, a vaccine damage payment or an LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme payment”.

(1)

S.I. 2006/214; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/2869, 2010/641, 2011/2425, 2017/329, 689, 870, 2020/618, 2021/1405, 2023/640, 1144.