# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026, Part 1: Personal Allowances


(1)
Person or Couple
(2)
Amount
(1) Single claimant aged—
(1)
(a)
except where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18;
(a)
£75.65;
(b)
less than 18 who falls within paragraph (2) of regulation 57 and who—
(b)
£75.65;
(i)
is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or
(ii)
is the subject of a direction under section 16;
(c)
less than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(1)(a) of Part 3;
(c)
£75.65;
(d)
not less than 18 but less than 25;
(d)
£75.65;
(e)
not less than 25.
(e)
£95.55.
(2) Lone parent aged—
(2)
(a)
except where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18;
(a)
£75.65;
(b)
less than 18 who falls within paragraph (2) of regulation 57 and who—
(b)
£75.65;
(i)
is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or
(ii)
is the subject of a direction under section 16;
(c)
less than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(1)(a) of Part 3;
(c)
£75.65;
(d)
not less than 18.
(d)
£95.55.
(3) Couple—
(3)
(a)
where both members are aged less than 18 and—
(a)
£114.35;
(i)
at least one of them is treated as responsible for a child; or
(ii)
had 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
(iii)
had 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
(iv)
they 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
(iva)
they are married or civil partners, and each member of the couple is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or
(v)
there is a direction under section 16 (jobseeker’s allowance in cases of severe hardship) in respect of each member; or
(vi)
there 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
(vii)
there 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;
(b)
where 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—
(b)
£75.65;
(i)
is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or
(ii)
is the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Act;
(c)
where both members are aged less than 18 and neither head (a) nor (b) applies but one member of the couple—
(c)
£75.65;
(i)
is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or
(ii)
is the subject of a direction under section 16;
(d)
where 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);
(d)
£75.65;
(e)
where—
(e)
£150.15;
(i)
both members are aged not less than 18; or
(ii)
one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person who is—
(aa)
under 18, and
(bb)
treated as responsible for a child;
(f)
where paragraph (e) does not apply and one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who—
(f)
£150.15;
(i)
is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or
(ii)
is the subject of a direction under section 16; or
(iii)
satisfies 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
(iv)
satisfies requirements for entitlement to an income-related employment and support allowance other than the requirement to make a claim for it;
(g)
where one member is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18—
(g)
£75.65;
(i)
to whom none of the regulations 59 to 61 applies; or
(ii)
who is not the subject of a direction under section 16; and
(iii)
does 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;
(h)
where one member is aged not less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18—
(h)
£95.55.
(i)
to whom none of the regulations 59 to 61 applies; or
(ii)
who is not the subject of a direction under section 16; and
(iii)
does 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348278378/schedule/8/part/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2026/schedule-8/part-1
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