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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 so that the weekly sum which local authorities in England are to assume, in the absence of special circumstances, that residents in accommodation arranged under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948 will need for their personal requirements is increased to £23.50.

The Regulations come into force on 9th April 2012.