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The Social Security Up-rating (Scotland) Order 2024
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This Order provides for an increase in the various rates of carer’s allowance, attendance allowance, disability living allowance, industrial injuries disablement benefit, industrial death benefit, severe disablement allowance, and personal independence payment. Articles 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8 come into force on 8 April 2024 and Articles 3 and 5 come into force on 11 April 2024. All other articles in this order come into force on 1 April 2024. Articles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 set out the dates on which certain increases take effect.
Article 2 amends Part III of schedule 4 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”) to provide increases in both the higher and lower weekly rates of attendance allowance.
Article 3 amends Part III of schedule 4 of the 1992 Act to provide increases in the weekly rate of severe disablement allowance and all three weekly rates of the age related addition of that allowance.
Article 4 amends Part III of schedule 4 of the 1992 Act to provide for the increase in the weekly rate of carer’s allowance.
Article 5 amends Part IV of schedule 4 of the 1992 Act to increase the rates for adult dependants payable with severe disablement allowance.
Article 6 amends Part V of schedule 4 of the 1992 Act to amend various weekly rates of industrial injuries benefit, as set out in the schedule.
Article 7 amends regulation 4 of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991 to increase the five weekly rates, as divided across both the care and mobility components, of disability living allowance.
Article 8 amends regulation 24 of the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 to increase the four weekly rates, as divided across both the daily living and mobility components, of personal independence payment.
No business and regulatory impact assessment has been prepared for this Order as no impact upon business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.
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