uksi/2017/260 — The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2017 (revoked)

2017 No. 260 Social Security Terms And Conditions Of Employment The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2017 (revoked) Made 2nd March 2017 Coming into force in accordance with article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 1 INTRODUCTION Citation, commencement and effect 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates or amount of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 and 14 are changed by this Order 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earnings Limits 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory Sick Pay 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory Maternity Pay 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum additional pension 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates of Disability Living Allowance 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates of Personal Independence Payment 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates of age addition 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates of transitional invalidity allowance 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates of bereavement benefits 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT Applicable amounts for Income Support 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Income Support Transitional Protection 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing Benefit 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE Applicable amounts for Jobseeker’s Allowance 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 STATE PENSION CREDIT State Pension Credit 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE Applicable amounts for the ESA Regulations 2008 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescribed amount for the ESA Regulations 2013 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 UNIVERSAL CREDIT Universal Credit 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8 REVOCATIONS Revocations 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 II BEREAVEMENT PAYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART V RATES OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 2 PARAGRAPH 2 OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS 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 APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS Article 20(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 5 PARAGRAPH 2 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 22(7) PART 1 Personal Allowances 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 6 PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 22(9) PART NonBreakingSpace 4 Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 7 PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 23(6) PART NonBreakingSpace 1 Personal Allowances 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 8 PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 23(8) PART NonBreakingSpace 4 Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 9 PARAGRAPH 2 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS Article 24(3) PART NonBreakingSpace 1 Personal Allowances 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 10 PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 24(5) PART NonBreakingSpace IV Weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 11 PART IVB OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 24(6) PART NonBreakingSpace IVB Weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part IVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 12 APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS Article 24(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 13 OTHER AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE STATE PENSION CREDIT REGULATIONS Article 25(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 14 PART 3 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE ESA REGULATIONS 2008 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 26(2) PART 3 Weekly amount of premiums specified in Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 15 APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE ESA REGULATIONS 2008 Article 26(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 16 AMOUNTS OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE TABLE IN REGULATION 36 OF THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 28(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 17 OTHER AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT REGULATIONS Article 28(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order is made as a consequence of a review under section 150 and 151A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) (“the Administration Act ”) and includes details of the sums mentioned in those sections. The Order is also made as a consequence of a review under section 150A of the Administration Act and includes details of the sums mentioned in that section. Part 2 of the Order relates to social security benefits, pensions and allowances. Article 3 and Schedule 1 increase the benefits and increases of benefits (excepting those referred to in article 3(2)) specified in Parts I, III, IV and V of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4) (“the Contributions and Benefits Act”). Article 4 increases the rates and amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act. Article 5 increases the sums payable as part of a Category A or Category B retirement pension by virtue of sections 15(1) and 17(2) and (3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c.48) on account of increases in guaranteed minimum pensions. Article 6 increases the rates and amounts relating to the state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014 (c.19) including the full rate, amounts exceeding the full rate, the rate of increments and inherited increments. Article 7 specifies the dates from which the sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 and 14 are altered. Article 8 specifies earnings limits for child dependency increases. Article 9 increases the weekly rate of statutory sick pay. Article 10 increases the weekly rate of statutory maternity pay. Article 11 increases the weekly rates of statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental pay. Article 12 increases the rate of graduated retirement benefit. Article 13 increases the amount of a Category C retirement pension. Article 14 increases the prescribed maximum additional pension for the purposes of section 52(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act. Article 15 increases the rate of disability living allowance. Article 16 increases the rate of personal independence payment. Article 17 increases the weekly rates of age addition and the rates referred to in article 17(2) for claimants entitled to long-term incapacity benefit. Article 18 increases the weekly rates of transitional invalidity allowance and the rates referred to in article 18(2) for claimants entitled to long-term incapacity benefit. Article 19 increases the rates of widowed mother’s allowance, widow’s pension, widowed parent’s allowance and bereavement allowance. Part 3 of the Order relates to income support and housing benefit. Article 20 states the amount of sums relevant to the applicable amount for the purposes of income support. Article 20(3) and Schedule 2 set out certain personal allowances; article 20(4) and (5) and Schedule 3 set out the premiums and article 20(7) and Schedule 4 set out other miscellaneous amounts. Article 21 provides for the percentage increase of sums payable by way of special transitional additions to income support. Article 22 states the amount of the sums relevant to the applicable amount for the purposes of housing benefit and the appropriate maximum housing benefit. Article 22(7) and Schedule 5 set out certain personal allowances and article 22(9) and Schedule 6 set out the premiums. Article 23 states the amount of the sums relevant to the applicable amount for the purposes of housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit. Article 23(6) and Schedule 7 set out the personal allowances and article 23(7) and (8) and Schedule 8 set out the premiums. Part 4 of the Order relates to jobseeker’s allowance. Article 24 states the amount of sums relevant to the applicable amount for the purposes of income-based jobseeker’s allowance. Article 24(3) and Schedule 9 set out certain personal allowances; article 24(4) and (5) and Schedule 10 set out the premiums; article 24(6) and Schedule 11 set out the premiums for joint-claim couples and article 24(8) and Schedule 12 set out other miscellaneous amounts. Part 5 of the Order relates to state pension credit. Article 25 and Schedule 13 specify the amounts relevant to state pension credit. Part 6 of the Order relates to employment and support allowance. Article 26 states the amount of sums relevant to the applicable amount for the purposes of employment and support allowance under the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008. Article 26(2) and Schedule 14 set out the premiums; article 26(3) increases the support component, and article 26(5) and Schedule 15 set out other miscellaneous amounts. Article 27 increases the support component for employment and support allowance under the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013. Part 7 of the Order relates to universal credit. Article 28 and Schedules 16 and 17 specify the amounts relevant to universal credit. Article 29 of the Order provides for the revocation of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2015 ( S.I. 2015/457 ) save for articles 16 and 20 which respectively state the sum by which any income support or jobseeker’s allowance of a person involved in a trade dispute is reduced and 17(10)(a) which states the amount of the work-related activity component of housing benefit. That amount is frozen under section 11 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c.7) . Article 29 also provides for the revocation of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2016 ( S.I. 2016/230 ). In accordance with sections 150(8), 150A(5) and (9) and 151A(6) and (7) of the Administration Act, a copy of the report of the Government Actuary giving his opinion on the likely effect on the National Insurance Fund of the making of this Order was laid before Parliament with the draft Order. An Impact Assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no new impact on business or civil society organisations.