{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1988/schedule-5/part-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1988/schedule-5/part-IV.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/248",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1988",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/IV",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "RATES OF ALLOWANCES PAYABLE IN RESPECT IF DISABLEMENT",
  "text": "Rate\nDescription of Allowance\nGroups 1—9\nGroups 10—15\n1 Education allowance under article 13…\n£120 per annum (maximum)\n£120 per annum (maximum)\n2 Constant attendance allowance—\n(a) under article 14(1)(b)…\n£2805 per annum (maximum)\n£53.80 per week (maximum)\n(b) under article 14(1)(a)…\n£1403 per annum (maximum)\n£26.90 per week (maximum)\n3 Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under article 15…\n£1403 per annum\n£26.90 per week\n4 Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16…\n£701 per annum\n£13.45 per week\n5 Allowance for wear and tear of clothing—\n(a) under article 17(1)(a)…\n£58 per annum\n£58 per annum\n(b) under article 17(1)(b) and 17(2)…\n£92 per annum\n£92 per annum\n6 Unemployability allowances—\n(a) personal allowance under article 18(1)(a)…\n£2279 per annum\n£43.70 per week\n(b) additional allowances for dependants by way of—\n(i) increase of allowance in respect of a wife, husband or unmarried dependant living as a spouse, under article 18(5)(b)…\n£1290 per annum (maximum)\n£24.75 per week (maximum)\n(ii) allowance in respect of an adult dependant under article 18(5)(c)…\n£1290 per annum (maximum)\n£24.75 per week (maximum)\n(iii) increase of allowance in respect of each child under article 18(5)(d)…\n£438 per annum\n£8.40 per week\n7 Invalidity allowance under article 19—\n(a) if—\n(i) the relevant date fell before 5th July 1948; or }\n£451 per annum\n£8.65 per week\n(ii) on the relevant date the member was under the age of 35; or }\n(iii) on the relevant date the member was under the age of 40 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the member being a man, or 60, in the case of the member being a woman, before 6th April 1979 and the period in respect of which payment of the allowance is to relate begins on or after 6th April 1979 }\n(b) if—\n(i) on the relevant date the member was under the age of 45; or }\n£287 per annum\n£5.50 per week\n(ii) on the relevant date the member was under the age of 50 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case of the member being a man, or 60, in the case of the member being a woman, before 6th April 1979 and the period in respect of which payment of the allowance is to relate begins on or after 6th April 1979… }\n(c) if heads (a) and (b) do not apply, and on the relevant date the member was a man under the age of 60 or a woman under the age of 55…\n£143 per annum\n£2.75 per week\n8 Comforts allowance—\n(a) under article 20(1)(a)…\n£605 per annum\n£11.60 per week\n(b) under article 20(1)(b)…\n£302 per annum\n£5.80 per week\n9 Allowance for lowered standard of occuption under article 21…\n£1402 per annum (maximum)\n£26.88 per week (maximum)\n10 Age allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensioned disablement is—\n(a) 40 to 50 per cent.…\n£245 per annum\n£4.70 per week\n(b) over 50 per cent., but not exceeding 70 per cent.…\n£381 per annum\n£7.30 per week\n(c) over 70 per cent., but not exceeding 90 per cent.…\n£545 per annum\n£10.45 per week\n(d) over 90 per cent.…\n£761 per annum\n£14.60 per week\n11 Treatment allowances—\nincrease of personal allowance under article 23(3)…\n£761 per annum (maximum)\n£14.60 per week (maximum)\n12 Part-time treatment allowance under article 25…\n£27.50 per day (maximum)\n£27.50 per day (maximum)\n13 Mobility supplement under article 26A …\n£25.60 per week\n£25.60 per week",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/248/schedule/5/part/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:11:46.464216+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."
}