The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2024

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 INTRODUCTION

   1. 1. Citation, extent, commencement and effect

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART 2 SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS

   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. Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act

   5. 7. Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13 are changed by this Order

   6. 8. Statutory Sick Pay

   7. 9. Statutory Maternity Pay

   8. 10. Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay

   9. 11. Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit

   10. 12. Increase in amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979

   11. 13. Maximum additional pension

   12. 14. Increase in rates of Disability Living Allowance

   13. 15. Increase in rates of Personal Independence Payment

   14. 16. Rates of age addition

   15. 17. Rates of transitional invalidity allowance

   16. 18. Rates of bereavement benefits

   17. 19. Rates of bereavement support payment

4. PART 3 INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT

   1. 20. Applicable amounts for Income Support

   2. 21. Income Support Transitional Protection

   3. 22. The relevant sum for Income Support

   4. 23. Housing Benefit

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

5. PART 4 JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE

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

   2. 26. Applicable amounts for Jobseeker’s Allowance

   3. 27. The prescribed sum for the JSA Regulations 1996

   4. 28. Amounts for the JSA Regulations 2013

6. PART 5 STATE PENSION CREDIT

   1. 29. State Pension Credit

7. PART 6 EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE

   1. 30. Applicable amounts for the ESA Regulations 2008

   2. 31. Prescribed amount for the ESA Regulations 2013

8. PART 7 UNIVERSAL CREDIT

   1. 32. Universal Credit

   2. 33. Amendment of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014

9. PART 8 REVOCATION

   1. 34. Revocation

10. Signature

11. 1. SCHEDULE 1

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

       1. PART I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS

       2. PART III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS

       3. PART IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS

       4. PART V RATES OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

       1. PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES

    3. SCHEDULE 3

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

       1. PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III

    4. SCHEDULE 4

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

       1. PART 1 Personal Allowances

    5. SCHEDULE 5

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

       1. PART 4 Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3

    6. SCHEDULE 6

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

       1. PART 1 Personal Allowances

    7. SCHEDULE 7

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

       1. PART 4 Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3

    8. SCHEDULE 8

       PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

       1. PART 1 Personal Allowances

    9. SCHEDULE 9

       PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

       1. PART IV Weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part III

    10. SCHEDULE 10

        PART IVB OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

        1. PART IVB Weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part IVA

    11. SCHEDULE 11

        PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE ESA REGULATIONS 2008 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

    12. SCHEDULE 12

        PART 3 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE ESA REGULATIONS 2008 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

        1. PART 3 Weekly amount of premiums specified in Part 2

    13. SCHEDULE 13

        AMOUNTS OF ELEMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE TABLE IN REGULATION 36 OF THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER

12. Explanatory Note