{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2026/article-26",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348278378",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2026",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Applicable amounts for Jobseeker’s Allowance",
  "text": "(1) Unless stated otherwise, any reference in this article to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation of, or the Schedule to, the JSA Regulations 1996 bearing that number.\n(2) In—\n(a) regulations 83(b), 84(1)(c) and 85(1); and\n(b) paragraphs 15A(2)(a) and 16(2)(a) of Part III of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts: premiums),\nthe sum specified is in each case £3,000 (which remains unchanged).\n(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts: personal allowances)—\n(a) the sums specified in paragraph 1 shall be as set out in Schedule 8 to this Order; and\n(b) in paragraph 2(1) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of column (2) of the table for “£84.66” substitute “£87.88”.\n(4) In paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts: family premium)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£19.48” substitute “£20.22”; and\n(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£19.48” substitute “£20.22”.\n(5) The sums specified in Part IV of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts: weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part III) shall be as set out in Schedule 9 to this Order.\n(6) The sums specified in Part IVB of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts: weekly amounts of premiums for joint-claim couples) shall be as set out in Schedule 10 to this Order.\n(7) In paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 (housing costs: non-dependant deductions)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “£126.65” substitute “£131.45”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “£19.65” substitute “£20.40”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “£183.00” substitute “£192.00”;\n(d) in sub-paragraph (2)(b)—\n(i) for “£45.15” substitute “£46.85”;\n(ii) for “£183.00” substitute “£192.00”; and\n(iii) for “£266.00” substitute “£279.00”;\n(e) in sub-paragraph (2)(c)—\n(i) for “£62.00” substitute “£64.35”;\n(ii) for “£266.00” substitute “£279.00”; and\n(iii) for “£348.00” substitute “£365.00”;\n(f) in sub-paragraph (2)(d)—\n(i) for “£101.35” substitute “£105.20”;\n(ii) for “£348.00” substitute “£365.00”; and\n(iii) for “£463.00” substitute “£485.00”; and\n(g) in sub-paragraph (2)(e)—\n(i) for “£115.45” substitute “£119.85”;\n(ii) for “£463.00” substitute “£485.00”; and\n(iii) for “£577.00” substitute “£605.00”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulations 83(b) and 84(1)(c) were omitted, and regulation 85(1) was amended, by S.I. 2003/455. Regulation 8 of that S.I. (as amended by S.I. 2005/2294) makes transitional arrangements in connection with the introduction of child tax credit. Regulation 85(1) was also amended by S.I. 2007/2618."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 15A was inserted by S.I. 2000/2629 and amended by S.I. 2003/455 and 2007/719."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/719, 2011/674 and 2013/388."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1516, 2000/1978, 2005/2877, 2007/719, 2008/698 and 1554, 2009/1575 and 2025/295."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/2545, 1999/2555, 2003/455, 2006/718 and 2025/295."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1803, 1998/766, 2003/455 and 2025/295."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1516 and 1803, 2000/2239 and 2629, 2003/455 and 511, 2007/719, 2009/1488, 2015/457, 2023/1218 and 2025/295."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Part IVB was inserted by S.I. 2000/1978 and amended by S.I. 2000/2629, 2001/518, 2003/511, 2007/719, 2009/1488, 2015/457, 2023/1218 and 2025/295."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1517 and 2518, 1997/827, 1999/2860, 2003/1195, 2004/2327, 2005/3360, 2006/217, 2008/1554 and 2767, 2013/388, 443, 591 and 630, 2014/2888, 2017/204, 2020/618, 2021/786 and 1405, 2022/177 and 2025/295."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278378/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:38:11.364963+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."
}