
2024 No. 242
Social Security
Terms And Conditions Of Employment
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2024 (revoked)
Made 5th March 2024
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(3) and (4)
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PART 1 INTRODUCTION
Citation, extent, commencement and effect
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Interpretation
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PART 2 SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS
Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act
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Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act
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Increase in rates or amount of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act
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Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act
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Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13 are changed by this Order
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Statutory Sick Pay
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Statutory Maternity Pay
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Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay
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Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit
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Increase in amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979
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Maximum additional pension
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Increase in rates of Disability Living Allowance
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Increase in rates of Personal Independence Payment
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Rates of age addition
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Rates of transitional invalidity allowance
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Rates of bereavement benefits
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Rates of bereavement support payment
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PART 3 INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT
Applicable amounts for Income Support
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Income Support Transitional Protection
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The relevant sum for Income Support
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Housing Benefit
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Housing Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit
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PART 4 JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE
Increase in age-related amounts of contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
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Applicable amounts for Jobseeker’s Allowance
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The prescribed sum for the JSA Regulations 1996
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Amounts for the JSA Regulations 2013
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PART 5 STATE PENSION CREDIT
State Pension Credit
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PART 6 EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE
Applicable amounts for the ESA Regulations 2008
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Prescribed amount for the ESA Regulations 2013
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PART 7 UNIVERSAL CREDIT
Universal Credit
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Amendment of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014
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PART 8 REVOCATION
Revocation
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SCHEDULE 1
PROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 3(1)
PART I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
PART III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS
PART IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS
PART V RATES OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT
SCHEDULE 2
PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 20(3)
PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES
SCHEDULE 3
PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 20(5)
PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III
SCHEDULE 4
PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 23(6)
PART 1 Personal Allowances
SCHEDULE 5
PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 23(8)
PART 4 Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3
SCHEDULE 6
PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 24(6)
PART 1 Personal Allowances
SCHEDULE 7
PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 24(8)
PART 4 Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3
SCHEDULE 8
PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 26(3)
PART 1 Personal Allowances
SCHEDULE 9
PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 26(5)
PART IV Weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part III
SCHEDULE 10
PART IVB OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 26(6)
PART IVB Weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part IVA
SCHEDULE 11
PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE ESA REGULATIONS 2008 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 30

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SCHEDULE 12
PART 3 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE ESA REGULATIONS 2008 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 30
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PART 3 Weekly amount of premiums specified in Part 2
SCHEDULE 13
AMOUNTS OF ELEMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE TABLE IN REGULATION 36 OF THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER
Article 32(2)

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