# The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 (revoked) S.R. 2025/64 · made 26 March 2025 · revised to 5 May 2026 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2025-revoked/pdf/nisr_20250064_en.pdf; NI Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2025-revoked/pdf/nisrem_20250064_en_001.pdf ## Introductory text Order made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 166(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of its coming into operation Social Security Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates Made 26th March 2025 Coming into operation 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 Rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 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 Graduated retirement benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Maximum additional pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Disability living allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Personal independence payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Bereavement benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Bereavement support payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT ## 20 Applicable amounts for income support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Income support transitional protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 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 Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Prescribed sum for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Amounts for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: STATE PENSION CREDIT ## 29 State pension credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE ## 30 Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: UNIVERSAL CREDIT ## 32 Universal credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Amendment of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: REVOCATION ## 34 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act asamended by this Order ## I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## V RATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order ### Part 1: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations asamendedbythis Order ## IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations asamendedbythis Order ## IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations asamended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations asamended by this Order ## IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order ### Part I: PERSONAL ALLOWANCES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 asamended by this Order ## IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 asamended by this Order ## IVB WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11: Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 1: PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Column (1) Column (2) Person or Couple Amount (1) Single claimant— (1) (a) who satisfies the conditions set out in section 2(2) or 4(4) of the Act or who is a member of the work-related activity group; (a) £92.05; (b) aged not less than 25; (b) £92.05; (c) aged less than 25. (c) £72.90. (2) Lone parent or a person who has no partner and who is responsible for and a member of the same household as a young person— (2) (a) who satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or who is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act; (a) £92.05; (b) aged not less than 18; (b) £92.05; (c) aged less than 18. (c) £72.90; (3) Couple— (3) (a) where both members are aged not less than 18; (a) £144.65; (b) where one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who— (b) £144.65; (i) if that other member had not been a member of a couple, would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to income support other than the requirement to make a claim for it, or (ii) if that other member had not been a member of a couple, would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to an income-related allowance, or (iii) satisfies the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18), or (iv) is the subject of a direction under Article 18 of that Order (persons under 18: severe hardship); (c) where the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act and both members are aged less than 18 and— (c) £144.65; (i) at least one of them is treated as responsible for a child, or (ii) had they not been members of a couple, each would have qualified for an income-related allowance, or (iii) had they not been members of a couple the claimant’s partner would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to income support other than the requirement to make a claim for it, or (iv) the claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order, or (v) there is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under Article 18 of that Order; (d) where both members are aged less than 18 and— (d) £110.15; (i) at least one of them is treated as responsible for a child, or (ii) had they not been members of a couple, each would have qualified for an income-related allowance, or (iii) had they not been members of a couple the claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements for entitlement to income support other than a requirement to make a claim for it, or (iv) the claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order, or (v) there is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under Article 18 of that Order; (e) where the claimant is aged not less than 25 and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who— (e) £92.05; (i) would not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple, (ii) would not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple, (iii) does not satisfy the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order, and (iv) is not the subject of a direction under Article 18 of that Order; (f) where the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who— (f) £92.05; (i) would not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple, (ii) would not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple, (iii) does not satisfy the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order, and (iv) is not the subject of a direction under Article 18 of that Order; (g) where the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act and both members are aged less than 18 and head (c) does not apply; (g) £92.05; (h) where the claimant is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who— (h) £72.90; (i) would not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple, (ii) would not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple, (iii) does not satisfy the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order, and (iv) is not the subject of a direction under Article 18 of that Order; (i) where both members are aged less than 18 and head (d) does not apply. (i) £72.90. ### Part 1: PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12: Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order ## 3 WEEKLY AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 13 Amounts of certain elements specified in the table in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations as amended by this Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2025/64 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-up-rating-order-northern-ireland-2025-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.