Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 in the following respects–
they increase the deduction to be made from a student’s eligible rent to £20.65, in London, and £14.80 elsewhere (regulation 3); and the amount of the personal allowance for single claimants and lone parents under 18 to £27.40 (regulation 5);
they provide, in the calculation of income and capital, for the disregard of payments made by a local authority towards maintenance, education and training of persons under 21 (regulations 6 and 7); and in the calculation of a student’s grant income, for an increase in the disregard for books and equipment (regulation 4); and
they make a minor amendment consequential on the introduction of the new pensioner premium for persons aged 75 (regulation 2).