{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4/part-I/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4/part-I/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/405",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/I/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The amounts specified in column (2) in respect of each person or couple specified in column (1) shall be the amounts specified for the purposes of regulations 20(1)(a) and 21(1)(a) and (b)—\nColumn (1)\nColumn (2)\nPerson or Couple\nAmount\n(1) Single claimant who—\n(1)\n(a)\nis entitled to main phase employment and support allowance;\n(a)\n£95.55;\n(b)\nis aged not less than 25;\n(b)\n£95.55;\n(c)\nis aged less than 25.\n(b)\n£75.65.\n(2) Lone parent who—\n(2)\n(a)\nis entitled to main phase employment and support allowance;\n(a)\n£95.55;\n(b)\nis aged not less than 18;\n(b)\n£95.55;\n(c)\nis aged less than 18.\n(c)\n£75.65.\n(3) Couple where—\n(3)\n(a)\nthe claimant is entitled to main phase employment and support allowance;\n(a)\n£150.15;\n(b)\nat least one member is aged not less than 18;\n(b)\n£150.15;\n(c)\nboth members are aged less than 18.\n(c)\n£114.35.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 4 para. 1 inserted (11.5.2017) by The Social Security (Restrictions on Amounts for Children and Qualifying Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/79), regs. 1(2), 6(4) (with reg. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sums in Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 1 substituted (1.4.2026 for specified purposes, 6.4.2026 in operation so far as not already in operation) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/59), arts. 1(1)(h), 23(5)(a), Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1: sums maintained (13.10.2016) by The Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/999), arts. 2(2)(c), 8(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 1 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/4/part/I/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:14.194536+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."
}