uksi/2023/316 — The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023 (revoked)

2023 No. 316 Social Security Terms And Conditions Of Employment The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023 (revoked) Made 14th March 2023 Coming into force in accordance with article 1(3) and (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 1 INTRODUCTION Citation, extent, 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, Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Statutory Parental Bereavement 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates of bereavement support payment 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT Applicable amounts for Income Support 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Income Support Transitional Protection 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The relevant sum for Income Support 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing Benefit 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE Increase in age-related amounts of contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applicable amounts for Jobseeker’s Allowance 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The prescribed sum for the JSA Regulations 1996 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amounts for the JSA Regulations 2013 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 STATE PENSION CREDIT State Pension Credit 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE Applicable amounts for the ESA Regulations 2008 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescribed amount for the ESA Regulations 2013 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 UNIVERSAL CREDIT Universal Credit 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8 REVOCATION Revocation 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 21(3) PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES SCHEDULE 3 PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 21(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 24(6) PART 1 Personal Allowances SCHEDULE 5 PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 24(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 25(6) PART 1 Personal Allowances SCHEDULE 7 PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 25(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 27(3) PART 1 Personal Allowances SCHEDULE 9 PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 27(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 27(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 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 12 PART 3 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE ESA REGULATIONS 2008 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER Article 31 1 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 33(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .