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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 3 of the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 so that the amount of a cold weather payment will be £25 instead of £8.50.

They also correct a minor error in regulation 1A of the 1988 Regulations and revoke spent provisions in—

  • the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1995 (which set the cold weather payment at £8.50), and

  • the Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2008 and 2009 (which allowed for cold weather payments of £25 to be made in the 2008-09 and 2009-10 winters respectively).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.