The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Draft 2025, ISBN 9780348267747

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 53(3) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

SOCIAL SECURITY

Made ***

Coming into force 1st April 2025

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 46(3) and 53(1) and (2)(b) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008^f1.

In accordance with section 53(3) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1: 2008 c. 6.

1Citation, commencement, application and extent
2Amendment to the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008
Signature
Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement, application and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 1st April 2025.

(2)

Regulation 2(a) applies only in relation to a person—

(a)

first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2025, or

(b)

where the date of the first diagnosis with diffuse mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim under section 46(1) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 is made by that person on or after 1st April 2025.

(3)

Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2025 and who, immediately before their death, had diffuse mesothelioma.

(4)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

2Amendment to the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008

In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008^f1—

(a)

for Table 1 (together with the headings to the Table) substitute—

“Table 1

Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma

Age of person with mesothelioma at first diagnosis or, if unknown, date of claim	Payment £
37 or under	116,152
38	113,893
39	111,640
40	109,386
41	107,128
42	104,873
43	103,749
44	102,614
45	101,490
46	100,362
47	99,234
48	96,082
49	92,926
50	89,762
51	86,610
52	83,443
53	81,190
54	78,939
55	76,688
56	74,421
57	72,166
58	66,305
59	60,438
60	54,582
61	48,716
62	42,853
63	39,244
64	35,631
65	32,028
66	28,418
67	24,810
68	24,074
69	23,337
70	22,612
71	21,879
72	21,149
73	20,524
74	19,888
75	19,279
76	18,668
77 or over	18,047”;

(b)

for Table 2 (together with the headings to the Table) substitute—

“Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death	Payment £
37 or under	60,446
38	59,148
39	57,851
40	56,554
41	55,258
42	53,962
43	52,720
44	51,468
45	50,236
46	48,996
47	47,758
48	46,237
49	44,710
50	43,190
51	41,673
52	40,150
53	38,903
54	37,668
55	36,427
56	35,178
57	33,941
58	30,509
59	27,063
60	23,628
61	20,187
62	16,743
63	15,760
64	14,785
65	13,784
66	12,800
67 or over	10,007”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Name

Minister of State

Department for Work and Pensions

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1963) (“the 2008 Regulations”) by substituting revised tables specifying the amount of lump sum payments payable to people with diffuse mesothelioma or to their surviving dependants.

The substituted tables have the effect of increasing the amounts payable under the 2008 Regulations by 1.7 per cent in each case, rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

The amendments made by these Regulations will apply in respect of a claim—

by a person who was first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2025,
made on or after 1st April 2025 by a person with diffuse mesothelioma where the date of the diagnosis is unknown, or
by a dependant of a person who died on or after 1st April 2025 and who, immediately before their death, had diffuse mesothelioma.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.