# The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1998, Regulation 2: Sums needed for personal requirements


The sum which under section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 a local authority shall assume that a person will need for his personal requirements shall be £14.45 per week.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/498/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-regulations-1998/regulation-2
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