The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026

[^f00089]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/2536 and 2025/295.

[^f00090]: Regulations 83(b) and 84(1)(c) were omitted, and regulation 85(1) was amended, by S.I. 2003/455. Regulation 8 of that S.I. (as amended by S.I. 2005/2294) makes transitional arrangements in connection with the introduction of child tax credit. Regulation 85(1) was also amended by S.I. 2007/2618.

[^f00091]: Paragraph 15A was inserted by S.I. 2000/2629 and amended by S.I. 2003/455 and 2007/719.

[^f00092]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/719, 2011/674 and 2013/388.

[^f00093]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1516, 2000/1978, 2005/2877, 2007/719, 2008/698 and 1554, 2009/1575 and 2025/295.

[^f00094]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/2545, 1999/2555, 2003/455, 2006/718 and 2025/295.

[^f00095]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1803, 1998/766, 2003/455 and 2025/295.

[^f00096]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1516 and 1803, 2000/2239 and 2629, 2003/455 and 511, 2007/719, 2009/1488, 2015/457, 2023/1218 and 2025/295.

[^f00097]: Part IVB was inserted by S.I. 2000/1978 and amended by S.I. 2000/2629, 2001/518, 2003/511, 2007/719, 2009/1488, 2015/457, 2023/1218 and 2025/295.

[^f00098]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1517 and 2518, 1997/827, 1999/2860, 2003/1195, 2004/2327, 2005/3360, 2006/217, 2008/1554 and 2767, 2013/388, 443, 591 and 630, 2014/2888, 2017/204, 2020/618, 2021/786 and 1405, 2022/177 and 2025/295.

[^f00099]: See section 15(6) of the Jobseekers Act 1995. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00100]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00101]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/1754, 2018/676, 2023/1218 and 2025/295.

[^f00102]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00103]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/3197, 2004/2327, 2006/2378 and 2025/295.

[^f00104]: Schedule IIA was inserted by S.I. 2018/676. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00105]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/3197 and 2025/295.

[^f00106]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 was also amended by S.I. 2017/204 and 581 but the amendments do not apply where any of the circumstances in paragraphs 2 to 7 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2017/204 apply.

[^f00107]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/2428, 2017/204, 2023/1218 and 2025/295.

[^f00108]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/242 and 2025/295.

[^f00109]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2017/204 and 581 and 2025/295.

[^f00110]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2017/204 and 581 and 2025/295.

[^f00111]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2017/204 and 2025/295.

[^f00112]: Regulation 62(2) was substituted by regulation 3 of S.I. 2017/204 but that amendment does not apply where any of the circumstances in paragraphs 2 to 7 of Schedule 2 to that S.I. apply. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00113]: S.I. 2010/1907 (“the 2010 Regulations”). The 2010 Regulations modify 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.

[^f00114]: 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 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.

[^f00115]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/1649, 2021/1283 and 2025/295.

[^f00116]: The table in regulation 36 was amended by section 14(5)(b) of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c. 7) and by S.I. 2015/1754, 2017/204 and 2025/295.

[^f00117]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00118]: S.I. 2014/1230. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2021/4, 2023/340, 543 and 1238 and 2025/295.

[^f00119]: S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00120]: Paragraph 2 was substituted, and paragraph 2A was inserted, by section 2(2) of the 1994 Act.

[^f00121]: Paragraph 5 was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995, paragraph 68 of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act and by S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00122]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2002/1457.

[^f00123]: Paragraph 7 was amended by paragraph 81(b) of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act.

[^f00124]: Paragraph 1A was inserted, and paragraph 2 substituted, by section 2(6) of the 1994 Act.

[^f00125]: This entry was amended by section 65(2) of the 2012 Act.

[^f00126]: This entry was amended by section 65(3) of the 2012 Act.

[^f00127]: Widow’s and widower’s pension are payable in relation only to deaths occurring before 11th April 1988 (paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 7 to the Contributions and Benefits Act). Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00128]: Paragraph 12 was amended by paragraph 15(3) of Schedule 1 to the 2005 Act which inserted the words “and qualifying young persons” and substituted the words “child or qualifying young person”.

[^f00129]: Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) were substituted by S.I. 1990/1168 and amended by S.I. 1996/206 and 2007/719.

[^f00130]: Paragraph 1A of Part 1 of Schedule 2 was inserted by S.I. 1996/206.

[^f00131]: Sub-paragraph (3) was substituted by S.I. 1996/206 and amended by S.I. 2010/641.

[^f00132]: Sub-paragraphs (2), (2A) and (3) were substituted by S.I. 2002/3019. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/242 and 2025/295.

[^f00133]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/719 and 2025/295.

[^f00134]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2023/1218 and 2025/295.

[^f00135]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/2497 and 2025/295.

[^f00136]: Sub-paragraph (7) was added by S.I. 1990/1776 and amended by S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00137]: Sub-paragraph (8) was added by S.I. 2000/2629 and amended by S.I. 2003/455 and 2025/295.

[^f00138]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2017/376 and 2025/295.

[^f00139]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/1754, 2023/1218 and 2025/295.

[^f00140]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2021/188 and 2025/295.

[^f00141]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/1754, 2023/1218 and 2025/295.

[^f00142]: In Schedule 8 the reference to “the Act” is to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18).

[^f00143]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/1488, 2016/242 and 2025/295.

[^f00144]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/719 and 2025/295.

[^f00145]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2023/1218 and 2025/295.

[^f00146]: Sub-paragraph (9) was added by S.I. 2000/2629 and amended by S.I. 2003/455 and 2025/295.

[^f00147]: Part IVB was inserted by S.I. 2000/1978.

[^f00148]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/1488, 2016/242 and 2025/295.

[^f00149]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/719, 2016/242 and 2025/295.

[^f00150]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/719 and 2025/295.

[^f00151]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2023/1218 and 2025/295.

[^f00152]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/518, 2003/511 and 2023/316.

[^f00153]: Sub-paragraph (6) was added by S.I. 2000/2629 and amended by S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00154]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2017/204 and 581 and 2025/295.

[^f00155]: In Schedule 11 references to “the Act” are to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5).

[^f00156]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/242 and 2025/295.

[^f00157]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/2428 and 2025/295.

[^f00158]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/242 and 2025/295.

[^f00159]: The amount for the first child or qualifying young person was abolished by section 14(5)(b)(i) of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c. 7) subject to the saving in regulation 43 of S.I. 2014/1230 inserted by S.I. 2017/376.

[^f00160]: This row was amended by section 14(5)(b)(ii) of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016.

[^f00161]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00162]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00163]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295.

[^f00164]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2025/295.