{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2025/schedule-2/part-I",
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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/2/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "PERSONAL ALLOWANCES",
  "text": "(1)\nPerson or Couple\n(2)\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£72.90;\n(b)\nless than 18 who falls within any of the circumstances specified in paragraph 1A;\n(b)\n£72.90;\n(c)\nless than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 11(1)(a);\n(c)\n£72.90;\n(d)\nnot less than 18 but less than 25;\n(d)\n£72.90;\n(e)\nnot less than 25.\n(e)\n£92.05.\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£72.90;\n(b)\nless than 18 who falls within any of the circumstances specified in paragraph 1A;\n(b)\n£72.90;\n(c)\nless than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 11(1)(a);\n(c)\n£72.90;\n(d)\nnot less than 18.\n(d)\n£92.05.\n(3) Couple—\n(3)\n(a)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and—\n(a)\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 income support under regulation 4ZA or income-related employment and support allowance; or\n(iii)\nthe claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(iv)\nthere is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(b)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and head (a) does not apply but one member of the couple falls within any of the circumstances specified in paragraph 1A;\n(b)\n£72.90;\n(c)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and heads (a) and (b) do not apply;\n(c)\n£72.90;\n(d)\nwhere both members are aged not less than 18;\n(d)\n£144.65;\n(e)\nwhere one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who—\n(e)\n£144.65;\n(i)\nqualifies for income support under regulation 4ZA or income-related employment and support allowance, or who would so qualify if he were not a member of a couple; or\n(ii)\nsatisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(iii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(f)\nwhere the claimant is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and his partner is a person under 18 who—\n(f)\n£72.90;\n(i)\nwould not qualify for income support under regulation 4ZA or income-related employment and support allowance if he were not a member of a couple; and\n(ii)\ndoes not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iii)\nis not the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(g)\nwhere the claimant is aged not less than 25 and his partner is a person under 18 who—\n(g)\n£92.05.\n(i)\nwould not qualify for income support under regulation 4ZA or income-related employment and support allowance if he were not a member of a couple; and\n(ii)\ndoes not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iii)\nis not the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) were substituted by S.I. 1990/1168 and amended by S.I. 1996/206 and 2007/719."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 1A of Part 1 of Schedule 2 was inserted by S.I. 1996/206."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (3) was substituted by S.I. 1996/206 and amended by S.I. 2010/641."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348267822/schedule/2/part/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:39:47.782185+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}