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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2025/schedule-11",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348267822",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2025",
  "path": "schedule/11",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE ESA REGULATIONS 2008 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER",
  "text": "1\n(1)\nPerson or Couple\n(2)\nAmount\n(1) Single claimant—\n(1)\n(a)\nwho satisfies the conditions set out in section 2(2) or 4(4) of the Act or who is a member of the work-related activity group;\n(a)\n£92.05;\n(b)\naged not less than 25;\n(b)\n£92.05;\n(c)\naged less than 25.\n(c)\n£72.90;\n(2) Lone parent or a person who has no partner and who is responsible for and a member of the same household as a young person—\n(2)\n(a)\nwho satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or who is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act;\n(a)\n£92.05;\n(b)\naged not less than 18;\n(b)\n£92.05;\n(c)\naged less than 18.\n(c)\n£72.90;\n(3) Couple—\n(3)\n(a)\nwhere both members are aged not less than 18;\n(a)\n£144.65;\n(b)\nwhere one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who—\n(b)\n£144.65;\n(i)\nif that other member had not been a member of a couple, would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to income support other than the requirement to make a claim for it; or\n(ii)\nif that other member had not been a member of a couple, would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to an income-related allowance; or\n(iii)\nsatisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(iv)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(c)\nwhere the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act and both members are aged less than 18 and—\n(c)\n£144.65;\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 qualified for an income-related allowance; or\n(iii)\nhad they not been members of a couple the claimant’s partner would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to income support other than the requirement to make a claim for it; or\n(iv)\nthe claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(v)\nthere is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(d)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and—\n(d)\n£110.15;\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 qualified for an income-related allowance; or\n(iii)\nhad they not been members of a couple the claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements for entitlement to income support other than a requirement to make a claim for it; or\n(iv)\nthe claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(v)\nthere is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(e)\nwhere the claimant is aged not less than 25 and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who—\n(e)\n£92.05;\n(i)\nwould not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(ii)\nwould not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(iii)\ndoes not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iv)\nis not the subject of a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(f)\nwhere the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who—\n(f)\n£92.05;\n(i)\nwould not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(ii)\nwould not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(iii)\ndoes not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iv)\nis not the subject of a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(g)\nwhere the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act and both members are aged less than 18 and paragraph (c) does not apply;\n(g)\n£92.05;\n(h)\nwhere the claimant is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who—\n(h)\n£72.90;\n(i)\nwould not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(ii)\nwould not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(iii)\ndoes not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iv)\nis not the subject of a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(i)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and paragraph (d) does not apply.\n(i)\n£72.90.\n2\n(1)\nPerson or Couple\n(2)\nAmount\n(1) Single claimant—\n(1)\n(a)\nwho satisfies the conditions set out in section 2(2) or (3) or 4(4) or (5) of the Act;\n(a)\n£92.05;\n(b)\naged not less than 25;\n(b)\n£92.05;\n(c)\naged less than 25.\n(c)\n£72.90;\n(2) Lone parent or a person who has no partner and who is responsible for and a member of the same household as a young person—\n(2)\n(a)\nwho satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) or (5) of the Act;\n(a)\n£92.05;\n(b)\naged not less than 18;\n(b)\n£92.05;\n(c)\naged less than 18.\n(c)\n£72.90;\n(3) Couple—\n(3)\n(a)\nwhere both members are aged not less than 18;\n(a)\n£144.65;\n(b)\nwhere one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who—\n(b)\n£144.65;\n(i)\nif that other member had not been a member of a couple, would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to income support other than the requirement to make a claim for it; or\n(ii)\nif that other member had not been a member of a couple, would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to an income-related allowance; or\n(iii)\nsatisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(iv)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(c)\nwhere the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) or (5) of the Act and both members are aged less than 18 and—\n(c)\n£144.65;\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 qualified for an income-related allowance; or\n(iii)\nhad they not been members of a couple the claimant’s partner would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to income support other than the requirement to make a claim for it; or\n(iv)\nthe claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(v)\nthere is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(d)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and—\n(d)\n£110.15;\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 qualified for an income-related allowance; or\n(iii)\nhad they not been members of a couple the claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements for entitlement to income support other than a requirement to make a claim for it; or\n(iv)\nthe claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(v)\nthere is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(e)\nwhere the claimant is aged not less than 25 and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who—\n(e)\n£92.05;\n(i)\nwould not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(ii)\nwould not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(iii)\ndoes not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iv)\nis not the subject of a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(f)\nwhere the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) or (5) of the Act and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who—\n(f)\n£92.05;\n(i)\nwould not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(ii)\nwould not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(iii)\ndoes not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iv)\nis not the subject of a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(g)\nwhere the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) or (5) of the Act and both members are aged less than 18 and paragraph (c) does not apply;\n(g)\n£92.05;\n(h)\nwhere the claimant is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who—\n(h)\n£72.90;\n(i)\nwould not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(ii)\nwould not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple;\n(iii)\ndoes not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iv)\nis not the subject of a direction under section 16 of that Act (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(i)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and paragraph (d) does not apply.\n(i)\n£72.90.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2017/204 and 581 and 2024/242."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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