# The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008, Regulation 64D: The amount of a hardship payment

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A hardship payment is either—
(a) 80% of the prescribed amount for a single claimant as set out in paragraph (1)(a) of Part A1 of Schedule 4 where—
(i) the claimant has an award of employment and support allowance which does not include entitlement to a work-related activity component under section 4(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as in force immediately before 3rd April 2017; and
(ii) the claimant or any other member of their family is either pregnant or seriously ill; or
(b) 60% of the prescribed amount for a single claimant as set out in paragraph (1)(a) of Part A1 of Schedule 4 in any other case.
(2) A payment calculated in accordance with paragraph (1) shall, if it is not a multiple of 5p, be rounded to the nearest such multiple or, if it is a multiple of 2.5p but not of 5p, to the next lower multiple of 5p.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/794/regulation/64D (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-2008/regulation-64D
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