{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2026/schedule-6/part-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2026/schedule-6/part-1.json",
  "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": "schedule/6/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Personal Allowances",
  "text": "Column (1)\nPerson, couple or polygamous marriage\nColumn (2)\nAmount\n(1) Single claimant or lone parent—\n(1)\n(b)\nwho has attained pensionable age before 1st April 2021.\n(b)\n£256.00.\n(c)\nwho has attained pensionable age on or after 1st April 2021.\n(c)\n£238.00.\n(2) Couple—\n(2)\n(b)\none member or both members who have attained pensionable age before 1st April 2021.\n(b)\n£383.35.\n(c)\nboth members who have attained pensionable age on or after 1st April 2021.\n(c)\n£363.25.\n(4) If the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage and one or more members of the marriage have attained pensionable age before 1st April 2021—\n(4)\n(a)\nfor the claimant and the other party to the marriage;\n(a)\n£383.35;\n(b)\nfor each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant.\n(b)\n£127.35.\n(5) If the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage and all members of the marriage have attained pensionable age on or after 1st April 2021—\n(5)\n(a)\nfor the claimant and the other party to the marriage;\n(a)\n£363.25;\n(b)\nfor each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant.\n(b)\n£125.25.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2021/188 and 2025/295."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278378/schedule/6/part/1",
    "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."
}