# The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2002, Regulation 2: Sum 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 or her personal requirements per week shall be £16.80 (the previous sum was £16.05).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/85/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-sums-for-personal-requirements-scotland-regulations-2002/regulation-2
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