The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2018

Made: 20th March 2018

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

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PART 1 — INTRODUCTION

Citation, 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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Rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act

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Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act

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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, 12, 13 and 14 are changed by this Order

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Earnings limits

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Statutory sick pay

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Statutory maternity pay

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Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and statutory shared parental pay

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Graduated retirement benefit

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Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979

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Maximum additional pension

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Disability living allowance

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Personal independence payment

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Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit

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Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases

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Bereavement benefits

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Bereavement support payments

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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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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

Applicable amounts for jobseeker's allowance

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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 Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008

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Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016

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PART 7 — UNIVERSAL CREDIT

Universal credit

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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

PART I — CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS

Description of benefit	Description of benefit	Weekly rate	Weekly rate
2.[^f00083]	Short-term incapacity benefit.	(a)lower rate	£82∙65
		(b)higher rate	£97∙85.
2A.	Long-term incapacity benefit.	£109∙60.	£109∙60.
5.[^f00084]	Category B retirement pension where section 48A(4) or 48AA(4) applies.	£75∙50.	£75∙50.

PART III — NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS

Description of benefit	Description of benefit	Description of benefit	Weekly rate	Weekly rate
1.	Attendance allowance.	Attendance allowance.	(a)higher rate	£85∙60
			(b)lower rate	£57∙30
			(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 65(3)).	(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 65(3)).
2.	2.	Severe disablement allowance.	£77∙65.	£77∙65.
3.	3.	Age related addition.	(a)higher rate	£11∙60
			(b)middle rate	£6∙45
			(c)lower rate	£6∙45
			(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 69(1)).	(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 69(1)).
4.[^f00085]	4.[^f00085]	Carer’s allowance.	£64∙60.	£64∙60.
7.[^f00086]	7.[^f00086]	Category D retirement pension.	£75∙50.	£75∙50.
8.	8.	Age addition (to a pension of any category, and otherwise under section 79).	£0∙25.	£0∙25.

PART IV — INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS

Benefit to which increase applies	Benefit to which increase applies	Benefit to which increase applies	Benefit to which increase applies	Increase for qualifying child	Increase for adult dependant
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1A.[^f00087]	Short-term incapacity benefit—	Short-term incapacity benefit—	Short-term incapacity benefit—
	(a)	where the beneficiary is under pensionable age;	where the beneficiary is under pensionable age;	11∙35	49∙60
	(b)	where the beneficiary is over pensionable age.	where the beneficiary is over pensionable age.	11∙35	61∙30
2.	Long-term incapacity benefit.	Long-term incapacity benefit.	Long-term incapacity benefit.	11∙35	63∙65
4.	Widowed mother’s allowance.	Widowed mother’s allowance.	Widowed mother’s allowance.	11∙35	—
4A.[^f00088]	Widowed parent’s allowance.	Widowed parent’s allowance.	Widowed parent’s allowance.	11∙35	—
5.[^f00089]	Category A or B retirement pension.	Category A or B retirement pension.	Category A or B retirement pension.	11∙35	68∙35
6.	Category C retirement pension.	Category C retirement pension.	Category C retirement pension.	11∙35	40∙90
8.	Severe disablement allowance.	Severe disablement allowance.	Severe disablement allowance.	11∙35	38∙20
9.[^f00090]	Carer’s allowance.	Carer’s allowance.	Carer’s allowance.	11∙35	38∙00

PART V — RATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT