The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008

Article 20(7)

SCHEDULE 8 PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

PART 1 Personal Allowances

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—		(1)
(a)	aged under 65;	(a)	£124.05;
(b)	aged 65 or over.	(b)	£143.80.
(2) Couple—		(2)
(a)	both members aged under 65;	(a)	£189.35;
(b)	one member or both members aged 65 or over.	(b)	£215.50.
(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—		(3)
(a)	for the claimant and the other party to the marriage;	(a)	£189.35;
(b)	for each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant.	(b)	£65.30.
(4) If the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage and one or more members of the marriage are aged 65 or over—		(4)
(a)	for the claimant and the other party to the marriage;	(a)	£215.50;
(b)	for each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant.	(b)	£71.70.

2.—(1) (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;	(a)	£52.59;
(b)	beginning on the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday and ending on the day preceding that person’s twentieth birthday.	(b)	£52.59.

(1)

Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2006/718 and 2007/688.