# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2009 (revoked) S.I. 2009/497 · made 5 March 2009 · revised to 1 April 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2009/pdf/uksi_20090497_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2009/pdf/uksiem_20090497_en.pdf ## Introductory text Social Security Terms And Conditions Of Employment Made 5th March 2009 Coming into force in accordance with Article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: INTRODUCTION ## 1 Citation, commencement and effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS ## 3 Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Increase in rates or amount of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act or the Pension Schemes Act are changed by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Increase in rates of certain compensation and industrial diseases benefits in respect of employment before 5th July 1948 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Earnings Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Statutory Sick Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Statutory Maternity Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Increase in rates of Disability Living Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Rates of age addition to long-term incapacity benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Rates of transitional invalidity allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: INCOME SUPPORT, HOUSING BENEFIT AND COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT ## 16 Applicable amounts for Income Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Income Support Transitional Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 The Relevant Sum for Income Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Housing Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Housing Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Council Tax Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Council Tax Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE ## 23 Increase in age-related amounts of contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Applicable amounts for Jobseeker’s Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 The Prescribed Sum for Jobseeker’s Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: STATE PENSION CREDIT ## 26 State Pension Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE ## 27 Applicable amounts for Employment and Support Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: REVOCATION ## 28 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: PROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II BEREAVEMENT PAYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V RATES OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part 1: Personal Allowances ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## 4 Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part 1: Personal Allowances ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## 4 Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part 1: Personal allowances ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## 4 Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11: PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part 1: Personal Allowances ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12: PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## 4 Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 13: PART I OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part 1: Personal Allowances ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 14: PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## IV Weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 15: PART IVB OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part IVB: Weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part IVA ## Schedule 16 APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 17 OTHER AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE STATE PENSION CREDIT REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 18: PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part 1: Prescribed amounts ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 19: PART 3 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## 3 Weekly amount of premiums specified in Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 20 APPLICABLE AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN THE EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/497 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2009 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.