# The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment and Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2000, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: E+W+S

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/729) and the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/481).
In particular, regulation 2 increases the amount of winter fuel payments from the social fund from £100 to £150 where a person aged 60 or over is being paid income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance and is not in residential accommodation in the qualifying week and from £50 to £75 in other cases.
Regulation 3 increases the amount of a Sure Start Maternity Grant from £200 to £300.
Regulation 4 makes a transitional provision.
These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2229/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-winter-fuel-payment-and-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-2000/note
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.