LegalizeThe Welfare Benefits Up-rating Order 2015
Made: 14th January 2015
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
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Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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Statutory Sick Pay
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Statutory Maternity Pay
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Ordinary and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay
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Applicable amounts for Income Support
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Housing Benefit
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Increase in age-related amounts of contribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance
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Applicable amounts for the JSA Regulations 1996
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Amounts for the JSA Regulations 2013
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Amounts for the ESA Regulations 2008
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Prescribed amounts for the ESA Regulations 2013
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Amounts of certain elements for the Universal Credit Regulations 2013
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Revocation
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SCHEDULE 1 — PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
PART I — PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
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SCHEDULE 2 — PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS 2006 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
PART 1 — Personal Allowances
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SCHEDULE 3 — PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
PART 1 — Personal Allowances
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SCHEDULE 4 — PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE ESA REGULATIONS 2008 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
PART 1 — Prescribed amounts
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SCHEDULE 5 — AMOUNTS OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE TABLE IN REGULATION 36 OF THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT REGULATIONS 2013 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
| Element | Element | Amount for each assessment period |
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| Standard allowance— | Standard allowance— | Standard allowance— |
| single claimant aged under 25 | £251.77 | |
| single claimant aged 25 or over | £317.82 | |
| joint claimants both aged under 25 | £395.20 | |
| joint claimants where either is aged 25 or over | £498.89 | |
| Additional amount for disabled child or qualifying young person— | Additional amount for disabled child or qualifying young person— | Additional amount for disabled child or qualifying young person— |
| lower rate | £126.11 | |
| LCW and LCWRA elements— | LCW and LCWRA elements— | LCW and LCWRA elements— |
| limited capability for work | £126.11 |
Signed
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Steve Webb — Minister of State, — Department for Work and Pensions — 14th January 2015
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2013 c.16. Section 1 was amended by regulation 7 of S.I. 2014/2888.
[^f00002]: Section 35A was inserted by section 53 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30). Subsection (1) was substituted by section 48 of the Employment Act 2002 (c.22). The rate of maternity allowance is linked to the prescribed rate of statutory maternity pay set out in regulation 6 of S.I. 1986/1960.
[^f00003]: See S.I. 2014/2888 which amends section 1(2) of the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Act 2013 (c.16) and also inserts new section 1(2A) to (2C) into that Act so that it aligns with the monthly assessment period cycle in universal credit.
[^f00004]: 2012 c.5.
[^f00005]: 1992 c.4.
[^f00006]: S.I. 2008/794; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/2428, 2009/2655, 2011/2428 and 2014/147.
[^f00007]: S.I. 2013/379; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2014/147.
[^f00008]: S.I. 1987/1967; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/1168, 1996/206, 2007/719, 2010/641 and 2014/147.
[^f00009]: S.I. 1996/207; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1516, 2000/1978, 2005/2877, 2007/719, 2008/698 and 1554, 2009/1575, 2013/2536 and 2014/147.
[^f00010]: S.I. 2013/378; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2014/147.
[^f00011]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2014/147.
[^f00012]: S.I. 1986/1960; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/2690 and 2014/147.
[^f00013]: S.I. 2002/2818; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2004/925 and 2014/147.
[^f00014]: S.I. 2010/1060; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2014/147.
[^f00015]: S.I. 2014/3051.
[^f00016]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/1168, 1996/206, 2007/719, 2010/641 and 2014/147.
[^f00017]: S.I. 2006/213; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/1082 and 2014/147.
[^f00018]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/2536 and 2014/147.
[^f00019]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1516, 2000/1978, 2005/2877, 2007/719, 2008/698 and 1554, 2009/1575 and 2014/147.
[^f00020]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2014/147.
[^f00021]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/2428, 2009/2655, 2011/2428 and 2014/147.
[^f00022]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2014/147.
[^f00023]: S.I. 2013/379; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2014/147.
[^f00024]: S.I. 2010/1907 (“the 2010 Regulations”). The 2010 Regulations modify the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/794) (“the ESA Regulations 2008”) for the purpose of the conversion of awards of incapacity benefit, income support and severe disablement allowance to employment and support allowance under the ESA Regulations 2008.
[^f00025]: S.I. 2013/983. The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013 modifies the 2010 Regulations so that they refer to a modified form of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/379) (“the ESA Regulations 2013”) for the purpose of the conversion of awards of incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance to employment and support allowance under the ESA Regulations 2013.
[^f00026]: S.I. 2013/376; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2014/147.
[^f00027]: S.I. 2014/147.
[^f00028]: Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) were substituted by S.I. 1990/1168 and amended by S.I. 1996/206 and 2007/719.
[^f00029]: Paragraph 1A of Part 1 of Schedule 2 was inserted by S.I. 1996/206.
[^f00030]: Sub-paragraph (3) was substituted by S.I. 1996/206 and amended by S.I. 2010/641.
[^f00031]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/1082 and 2014/147.
[^f00032]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1516, 2000/1978, 2005/2877, 2007/719, 2008/698 and 1554, 2009/1575 and 2014/147.
[^f00033]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/2428, 2009/2655, 2011/2428 and 2014/147.
Editorial notes
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