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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2024/schedule-8/part-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348256314",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2024",
  "path": "schedule/8/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Personal Allowances",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\nPerson or Couple\nAmount\n(1) Single claimant aged—\n(1)\n(a)\nexcept where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18;\n(a)\n£71.70;\n(b)\nless than 18 who falls within paragraph (2) of regulation 57 and who—\n(b)\n£71.70;\n(i)\nis a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16;\n(c)\nless than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(1)(a) of Part 3;\n(c)\n£71.70;\n(d)\nnot less than 18 but less than 25;\n(d)\n£71.70;\n(e)\nnot less than 25.\n(e)\n£90.50.\n(2) Lone parent aged—\n(2)\n(a)\nexcept where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18;\n(a)\n£71.70;\n(b)\nless than 18 who falls within paragraph (2) of regulation 57 and who—\n(b)\n£71.70;\n(i)\nis a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16;\n(c)\nless than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(1)(a) of Part 3;\n(c)\n£71.70;\n(d)\nnot less than 18.\n(d)\n£90.50.\n(3) Couple—\n(3)\n(a)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and—\n(a)\n£108.30;\n(i)\nat least one of them is treated as responsible for a child; or\n(ii)\nhad they not been members of a couple, each would have been a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 (circumstances in which a person aged 16 or 17 is eligible for a jobseeker’s allowance) applied; or\n(iii)\nhad they not been members of a couple, the claimant would have been a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 (circumstances in which a person aged 16 or 17 is eligible for a jobseeker’s allowance) applied and his partner satisfies the requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance other than the requirement to make a claim for it; or\n(iv)\nthey are married or civil partners, and one member of the couple is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies and the other member is registered in accordance with regulation 62; or\n(iva)\nthey are married or civil partners, and each member of the couple is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(v)\nthere is a direction under section 16 (jobseeker’s allowance in cases of severe hardship) in respect of each member; or\n(vi)\nthere is a direction under section 16 in respect of one of them and the other is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(vii)\nthere is a direction under section 16 in respect of one of them and the other satisfies requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance other than the requirement to make a claim for it;\n(b)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and head (a) does not apply but one member of the couple falls within paragraph (2) of regulation 57 and either—\n(b)\n£71.70;\n(i)\nis a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Act;\n(c)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and neither head (a) nor (b) applies but one member of the couple—\n(c)\n£71.70;\n(i)\nis a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16;\n(d)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and none of heads (a), (b) or (c) apply but one member of the couple is a person who satisfies the requirements of paragraph 13(1)(a);\n(d)\n£71.70;\n(e)\nwhere—\n(e)\n£142.25;\n(i)\nboth members are aged not less than 18; or\n(ii)\none member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person who is—\n(aa)\nunder 18, and\n(bb)\ntreated as responsible for a child;\n(f)\nwhere paragraph (e) does not apply and one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who—\n(f)\n£142.25;\n(i)\nis a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16; or\n(iii)\nsatisfies requirements for entitlement to income support or who would do so if he were not a member of a couple, other than the requirement to make a claim for it; or\n(iv)\nsatisfies requirements for entitlement to an income-related employment and support allowance other than the requirement to make a claim for it;\n(g)\nwhere one member is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18—\n(g)\n£71.70;\n(i)\nto whom none of the regulations 59 to 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nwho is not the subject of a direction under section 16; and\n(iii)\ndoes not satisfy requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance disregarding the requirement to make a claim for it;\n(h)\nwhere one member is aged not less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18—\n(h)\n£90.50.\n(i)\nto whom none of the regulations 59 to 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nwho is not the subject of a direction under section 16; and\n(iii)\ndoes not satisfy requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance disregarding the requirement to make a claim for it.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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