# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025 (revoked) S.I. 2025/295 · made 12 March 2025 · revised to 5 May 2026 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2025-revoked/pdf/uksi_20250295_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2025-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20250295_en_001.pdf ## Introductory text SOCIAL SECURITY TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Made 12th March 2025 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, 11, 12 and 13 are changed by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Statutory Sick Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Statutory Maternity Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Increase in amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Maximum additional pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Increase in rates of Disability Living Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Increase in rates of Personal Independence Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Rates of age addition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Rates of transitional invalidity allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Rates of bereavement benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Rates of bereavement support payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT ## 20 Applicable amounts for Income Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Income Support Transitional Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 The relevant sum for Income Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Housing Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Housing Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE ## 25 Increase in age-related amounts of contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Applicable amounts for Jobseeker’s Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 The prescribed sum for the JSA Regulations 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Amounts for the JSA Regulations 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: STATE PENSION CREDIT ## 29 State Pension Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE ## 30 Applicable amounts for the ESA Regulations 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Prescribed amount for the ESA Regulations 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: UNIVERSAL CREDIT ## 32 Universal Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Amendment of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: REVOCATION ## 34 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: PROVISIONS OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 ## I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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: PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## 1 Personal Allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: PART 4 OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## 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 ## 1 Personal Allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: 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 8: PARAGRAPH 1 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## 1 Personal Allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 TO THE JSA REGULATIONS 1996 AS AMENDED BY THIS ORDER ## 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 ### Part 3: Weekly amount of premiums specified in Part 2 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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/2025/295 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-2025-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.