# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2023 (revoked) S.I. 2023/316 · made 14 March 2023 · revised to 7 May 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2023-revoked/pdf/uksi_20230316_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2023-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20230316_en.pdf ## Introductory text Social Security Terms And Conditions Of Employment Made 14th March 2023 Coming into force in accordance with article 1(3) and (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: INTRODUCTION ## 1 Citation, extent, 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 Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 and 14 are changed by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Earnings Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Statutory Sick Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Statutory Maternity Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Increase in amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Maximum additional pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Increase in rates of Disability Living Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Increase in rates of Personal Independence Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Rates of age addition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Rates of transitional invalidity allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Rates of bereavement benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Rates of bereavement support payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT ## 21 Applicable amounts for Income Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Income Support Transitional Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 The relevant sum for Income Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Housing Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Housing Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE ## 26 Increase in age-related amounts of contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Applicable amounts for Jobseeker’s Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 The prescribed sum for the JSA Regulations 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Amounts for the JSA Regulations 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: STATE PENSION CREDIT ## 30 State Pension Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE ## 31 Applicable amounts for the ESA Regulations 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Prescribed amount for the ESA Regulations 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: UNIVERSAL CREDIT ## 33 Universal Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: REVOCATION ## 34 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: PROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part I: CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS ### Part III: NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS ### Part IV: INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS ### Part V: RATES OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT ## Schedule 2: PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## Schedule 3: PART IV OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE INCOME SUPPORT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part IV: WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III ## Schedule 4: PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part 1: Personal Allowances ## Schedule 5: PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part 4: Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3 ## Schedule 6: PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part 1: Personal Allowances ## Schedule 7: PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT (SPC) REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part 4: Amounts of premiums specified in Part 3 ## Schedule 8: PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part 1: Personal Allowances ## Schedule 9: PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part IV: Weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part III ## Schedule 10: PART IVB OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ### Part IVB: Weekly amounts of premiums specified in Part IVA ## Schedule 11 PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE ESA REGULATIONS 2008 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12 PART 3 OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE ESA REGULATIONS 2008 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER 1 ### Part 3: Weekly amount of premiums specified in Part 2 ## Schedule 13 AMOUNTS OF ELEMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE TABLE IN REGULATION 36 OF THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/316 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2023-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.