
2025 No. 255
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 2025
Made 3rd March 2025
Laid before Parliament 5th March 2025
Coming into force 6th April 2025
In accordance with section 148(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Secretary of State has reviewed the general level of earnings obtaining in Great Britain.The Secretary of State has concluded, having regard to earlier orders made under section 148 of that Act, that earnings factors for the relevant tax years have not, during the period taken into account for that review, maintained their value in relation to the general level of earnings.Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 148(3) and (4) and 189(4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.
Citation, commencement and extent
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 2025 and comes into force on 6th April 2025.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.
Revaluation of earnings factors
2 
Earnings factors for the tax years specified in the Schedule to this Order in so far as they are relevant—
(a) to the calculation of—
(i) the additional pension in the rate of any long-term benefit; or
(ii) any guaranteed minimum pension; or
(b) to any other calculation required under Part 3 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (schemes that were contracted-out etc. and effects on members’ state scheme rights) (including that Part as modified by or under any other enactment),are directed to be increased by the percentage of their amount shown opposite those tax years in that Schedule.
Rounding of fractional amounts
3 
Where any earnings factor relevant to the calculation specified in article 2(a)(i), as increased in accordance with this Order, would not but for this article be expressed as a whole number of pounds, it is to be so expressed by rounding down any fraction of a pound less than one half and rounding up any other fraction of a pound.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Torsten Bell
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
3rd March 2025
Schedule
Percentage increase of earnings factors for specified tax years
Article 2


Tax year Percentage increase
1978-1979 1170.1
1979-1980 1021.0
1980-1981 836.5
1981-1982 684.3
1982-1983 612.4
1983-1984 561.5
1984-1985 512.5
1985-1986 474.5
1986-1987 427.6
1987-1988 391.2
1988-1989 351.9
1989-1990 307.9
1990-1991 280.1
1991-1992 245.2
1992-1993 224.2
1993-1994 208.7
1994-1995 199.5
1995-1996 186.8
1996-1997 179.0
1997-1998 165.7
1998-1999 154.1
1999-2000 143.8
2000-2001 129.4
2001-2002 120.5
2002-2003 111.4
2003-2004 104.1
2004-2005 96.6
2005-2006 88.9
2006-2007 82.7
2007-2008 75.5
2008-2009 68.4
2009-2010 63.3
2010-2011 61.4
2011-2012 57.8
2012-2013 55.0
2013-2014 52.2
2014-2015 50.9
2015-2016 48.7
2016-2017 45.7
2017-2018 42.0
2018-2019 37.9
2019-2020 34.2
2020-2021 29.0
2021-2022 25.7
2022-2023 20.3
2023-2024 12.4
2024-2025 4.5