Introductory text

PENSIONS

Made 9th March 2026

Laid before Parliament 11th March 2026

Coming into force 6th April 2026

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has, by virtue of section 151 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f1, given a direction^f2 that the sums mentioned in section 150(1)(c) of that Act are to be increased by a specified percentage.

The Treasury make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 59(1), (2), (5) and (5ZA) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975^f3 and now vested in them^f4.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 5; Section 151 was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 8 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), section 130(2) of the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), paragraph 22 of Schedule 11 to the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 19), section 2(3) of the Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19) and paragraph 20 of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19).
f2: S.I. 2026/148.
f3: 1975 c. 60. Section 59(1) was amended by section 1(7) of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7) and by the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), Schedule 2, paragraph 34. Section 59(5) was amended by section 11(1) of the Social Security Act 1979 (c. 18) and the Social Security Act 1985 (c. 53), Schedule 5, paragraph 33. Section 59 was also amended by the Social Security Act 1979, section 11 and Schedule 3, paragraph 20; section 9(8) of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50) (which inserted subsection (5A)); section 5 of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 and the Pensions Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), section 190 and Schedule 8, paragraph 9(1). Section 59 was modified by section 59A of the same Act, which was inserted by section 11(4) of the Social Security Act 1979, amended by the Social Security Act 1986, section 9(9), and further amended by the Pensions Schemes Act 1993, section 190 and Schedule 8, paragraph 9(2). Section 59(5ZA) was inserted by section 5(1) of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 and amended by section 137 and Part 6 of Schedule 11 to the Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), S.I. 2014/3229 and S.I. 2014/560. Subsections 59(5ZA), (5ZB), (5ZC) and (7) were amended by S.I. 2014/560 and S.I. 2014/3229. Subsections 59(5ZB) and (7) were amended by S.I. 2014/3168. Subsections 59(5ZC) and (7) were amended by S.I. 2020/1143.
f4: By virtue of article 2(1)(c) and (d) of S.I. 1981/1670.