# The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements and Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply in relation to England only, amend the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 (“the Personal Requirements Regulations”) and the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992 (“the Assessment Regulations”).
Regulation 2 amends the Personal Requirements Regulations so that the weekly sum which local authorities in England are to assume, in the absence of special requirements, that residents in accommodation arranged under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (“the 1948 Act”) will need for their personal requirements is £19.60.
Regulations 3 to 5 amend the Assessment Regulations which concern the assessment of the ability of a person to pay for residential accommodation that is provided, or proposed to be provided, to him by a local authority under Part 3 of the 1948 Act.
Regulation 3 amends the Assessment Regulations so that the capital limit set out in regulation 20 becomes £21,000.
Regulation 4 amends the Assessment Regulations so that the capital limits set out in regulation 28(1) become £12,750 and £21,000.
Regulation 5 amends paragraph 28A of Schedule 3 to the Assessment Regulations which provides for child benefit to be disregarded in the calculation of income, except in certain specified circumstances. The amendment adds references to “qualifying young person” in order to reflect the amendment to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 which provides that child benefit is now payable in respect of both children and certain young persons.
Regulation 5 also provides for an increase to £5.05 (£7.50 if a resident has a partner) in the amount of any savings credit to be disregarded where a resident has qualifying income not exceeding the standard minimum guarantee, and for an increase to £5.05 (£7.50 if a resident has a partner) in the amount to be disregarded if a resident has qualifying income that exceeds the standard minimum guarantee.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/674/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-and-assessment-of-resources-amendment-england-regulations-2006/note
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