
2025 No. 30
National Assistance Services
The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2025
Made 5th February 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 7th February 2025
Coming into force 7th April 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948, as applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and extent
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 7 April 2025.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Sums needed for personal requirements
2 
For the purposes of section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948, as applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, the amount which a local authority is to assume that a person will need for their personal requirements per week is £35.90.
Revocations
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The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 are revoked.
MAREE TODD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
5th February 2025