SCHEDULE 4 Rates of Benefits, etc.
F1PART ICONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
Description of benefit | Weekly rate | ||
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2. | Short-term incapacity benefit. | (a) lower rate | £80∙25 |
(b) higher rate | £95∙00. | ||
2A. | Long-term incapacity benefit. | £106∙40. | |
5. | Category B retirement pension where section 48A(4) or 48AA(4) applies. | £73∙30. |
PART II
PART IIINON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
Description of benefit | Weekly rate | |||
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1. | Attendance allowance. | (a) higher rate | £83∙10 | |
(b) lower rate | £55∙65 | |||
(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 65(3)). | ||||
2. | Severe disablement allowance. | £75∙40. | ||
3. | Age related addition. | (a) higher rate | £11∙25 | |
(b) middle rate | £6∙25 | |||
(c) lower rate | £6∙25 | |||
(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 69(1)). | ||||
4. | Carer’s allowance. | £62∙70. | ||
5. | Guardian's allowance | F3£16.70 | ||
7. | Category D retirement pension. | £73∙30. | ||
8. | Age addition (to a pension of any category, and otherwise under section 79). | £0∙25. |
PART IVINCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS
Benefit to which increase applies | Increase for qualifying child | Increase for adult dependant | |||
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(1) | (2) | (3) | |||
£ | £ | ||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | |||
£ | £ | ||||
1A. | Short-term incapacity benefit— | ||||
(a) | where the beneficiary is under pensionable age; | 11∙35 | 48∙15 | ||
(b) | where the beneficiary is over pensionable age. | 11∙35 | 59∙50 | ||
2. | Long-term incapacity benefit. | 11∙35 | 61∙80 | ||
4. | Widowed mother’s allowance. | 11∙35 | — | ||
4A. | Widowed parent’s allowance. | 11∙35 | — | ||
5. | Category A or B retirement pension. | 11∙35 | 66∙35 | ||
6. | Category C retirement pension. | 11∙35 | 39∙70 | ||
8. | Severe disablement allowance. | 11∙35 | 37∙10 | ||
9. | Carer’s allowance. | 11∙35 | 36∙90 |
PART VRATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT
Description of benefit, etc. | Rate | ||||||||||||||||||
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1. | Disablement pension (weekly rates). | For the several degrees of disablement set out in column (1) of the following Table, the respective amounts in column (2) of that Table. | |||||||||||||||||
TABLE | |||||||||||||||||||
Degree of disablement | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
Per cent. | £ | ||||||||||||||||||
100 | 169∙70 | ||||||||||||||||||
90 | 152∙73 | ||||||||||||||||||
80 | 135∙76 | ||||||||||||||||||
70 | 118∙79 | ||||||||||||||||||
60 | 101∙82 | ||||||||||||||||||
50 | 84∙85 | ||||||||||||||||||
40 | 67∙88 | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | 50∙91 | ||||||||||||||||||
20 | 33∙94 | ||||||||||||||||||
2. | Maximum increase of weekly rate of disablement pension where constant attendance needed. | (a) | except in cases of exceptionally severe | ||||||||||||||||
disablement | £67∙90 | ||||||||||||||||||
(b) | in any case of exceptionally severe | ||||||||||||||||||
disablement | £135∙80 | ||||||||||||||||||
3. | Increase of weekly rate of disablement pension (exceptionally severe disablement). | £67∙90 | |||||||||||||||||
4. | Maximum of aggregate of weekly benefit payable for successive accidents. | ||||||||||||||||||
£169∙70 | |||||||||||||||||||
5. | Unemployability supplement under paragraph 2 of Schedule 7. | £104∙90 | |||||||||||||||||
6. | Increase under paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 of weekly rate of unemployability supplement. | (a) | if on the qualifying date the beneficiary was under the age of 35 or if that date fell | ||||||||||||||||
before 5th July 1948 | £21∙70 | ||||||||||||||||||
(b) | if head (a) above does not apply and on the qualifying date the beneficiary was under the age of 40 and he had not attained pensionable age before | ||||||||||||||||||
6th April 1979 | £21∙70 | ||||||||||||||||||
(c) | if heads (a) and (b) above do not apply and on the qualifying date the beneficiary was | ||||||||||||||||||
under the age of 45 | £14∙00 | ||||||||||||||||||
(d) | if heads (a), (b) and (c) above do not apply and on the qualifying date the beneficiary was under the age of 50 and had not attained pensionable age before | ||||||||||||||||||
6th April 1979 | £14∙00 | ||||||||||||||||||
(e) | in any other case | £7∙00 | |||||||||||||||||
7. | Increase under paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 of weekly rate of disablement pension. | £11∙35 | |||||||||||||||||
8. | Increase under paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 of weekly rate of disablement pension. | £62∙70 | |||||||||||||||||
9. | Maximum disablement gratuity under paragraph 9 of Schedule 7. | £11,260∙00 | |||||||||||||||||
10. | Widow’s pension (weekly rates). | (b) | higher permanent rate | £122∙30 | |||||||||||||||
(c) | lower permanent rate | 30 per cent. | |||||||||||||||||
of the first sum specified in section 44(4) (Category A basic retirement pension) | |||||||||||||||||||
(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with paragraph 16 of Schedule 7) | |||||||||||||||||||
11. | Widower’s pension (weekly rate). | £122∙30 | |||||||||||||||||
12. | Weekly rate of allowance in respect of children and qualifying young persons under paragraph 18 of Schedule 7. | In respect of each child or qualifying young | |||||||||||||||||
person | £11∙35. |