(This note is not part of the Order)
Where a disablement pension with unemployability supplement is increased in respect of a child or children and the beneficiary is one of two persons who are spouses residing together or an unmarried couple, paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 provides that the increase shall not be payable in respect of the first child if the other person’s earnings are £155 a week or more and in respect of a further child for each complete £20 by which the earnings exceed £155. This Order increases the amount of £155 to £160.
This Order does not impose any costs on business.