Article 7(1)(c)

SCHEDULE 5PART TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDER

PART IVRATES OF ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF DISABLEMENT

Rate
Description of AllowanceGroups 1-9Groups 10-15

1.  Education allowance under article 13

£120 per annum (maximum)£120 per annum (maximum)

2.  Constant attendance allowance—

(a)under article 14(1)(b)

£3,692 per annum (maximum£70.80 per week (maximum)

(b)under article 14(1)(a)

£3,692 per annum (maximum)£70.80 per week (maximum)

3.  Exceptionally severe disablement allownace under article 15

£1,846 per annum£35.40 per week

4.  Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16

£923 per annum£17.70 per week

5.  Allowance for wear and rear of clothing—

(a)under article 17(1)(a)

£76 per annum£76 per annum

(b)under article 17(1)(b) & 17(2)

£120 per annum£120 per annum

6.  Unemployability allowances—

(a)personal allowance under article 18(1)(a)

£2,998 per annum£57.50 per week

(b)additional allowances for dependants by way of—

(i)increase of allowance in respect of a wife, husband or unmarried dependant living as a spouse or an adult dependant under article 18(5)(b)

£1,697 per annum (Maximum)£32.55 per week (maximum)

(ii)increase of allowance under article 18(5)(d)—

(a)in respect of the only, elder or the eldest child of a member

£508£9.75 per week

(b)in respect of each other child of a member

£566 per annum£10.85 per week

(c)where the child does not qualify for child benefit under the Child Benefit Act 1975 or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man corresponding to that Act

£566 per annum£10.85 per week

7.  Invalidity allowance under article 19—

(a)if—

(i)the relevant date fell before 5th July 1948; or

(ii)on the relevant date the member was under the age of 35; or

(iii)on the relevant date the member was under the age of 40 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the member being a man, or 60, in the case of the member being a woman, before 6th April 1979 and the period in respect of which payment of the allowance is to relate begins on or after 6th April 1979

£602 per annum£11.55 per week

(b)if—

(i)in the relevant date the member was under the age of 45; or

(ii)on the relevant date the member was under the age of 50 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the member being a man, or 60, in the case of the member being a woman, before 6th April 1979 and the period in respect of which payment of the allowance is to relate begins on or after 6th April 1979

£375 per annum£7.20 per week

(c)if heads (a) and (b) do not apply, and on the relevant date the member was a man under the age of 60 or a woman under the age of 55

£188 per annum£4.60 per week

8.  Comforts allowance—

(a)under article 20(1)(a)

£793 per annum£7.60 per week

(b)under article 20(1)(b)

£396 per annum£7.60 per week

9.  Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21—

£1,844 per annum (maximum)£35.36 per week (maximum)

10.  Age allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is—

(a)40 to 50 per cent.

£326 per annum£6.25 per week

(b)over 50 per cent., but not exceeding 70 per cent.

£503 per annum£9.65 per week

(c)over 70 per cent. but not exceeding 90 per cent.

£720 per annum£13.80 per week

(d)over 90 per cent.

£1,006 per annum£19.30 per week

11.  Treatment allowances—increase of personal allowances under article 23(3)

£1,006 per annum£19.30 per week

12.  Part-time treatment allowances under article 25

£38.50 per day (maximum)£38.50 per day (maximum)

13.  Mobility supplement under article 26A

£1,757 per annum£33.70 per week