Part III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITSF1

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(a) (b) repealed by Pensions Act 2007 Sch. 4 para. 45(2)(a) Sch. 7 Pt. 7
Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(c) words substituted by Pensions Act 2007 Sch. 4 para. 45(2)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(d) words substituted by Pensions Act 2007 Sch. 4 para. 45(2)(c)
Sch. 1 para. 1(6)(a) (b) repealed by Pensions Act 2007 Sch. 4 para. 45(3) Sch. 7 Pt. 7
Sch. 1 para. 1(9) words repealed by Pensions Act 2007 Sch. 4 para. 45(4)

Description of benefit		Weekly rate
1.	Attendance allowance.	(a) higher rate	£114.60
		(b) lower rate	£76.70
		(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 65(3)).
2.	Severe disablement allowance.		£103.85
3.	Age related addition.	(a) higher rate	£15.50
		(b) middle rate	£8.60
		(c) lower rate	£8.60
		(the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 69(1)).
4.	Carer’s allowance.		£86.45
5.	Guardian’s allowance.		F2£22.95
7.	Category D retirement pension.		£110.75
8.	Age addition (to a pension of any category, and otherwise under section 79).		£0.25.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sums in Sch. 4 amended and confirmed (except for Sch. 4 Pt. 3 para. 5 and with exceptions for S. in Sch. 4 Pts. 3-5 as set out in art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) (1.4.2026 for specified purposes, 6.4.2026 in so far as not already in force, and with effect in accordance with arts. 1(4)(5), 7 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up Rating Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/148), arts. 1(3)(b), 3, Sch. 1

Specified sums in Sch. 4 Pts. 3-5 amended and confirmed (S.) (6.4.2026 for specified purposes, 9.4.2026 in so far as not already in force and with effect in accordance with arts. 2-6 of the amending S.S.I.) by The Social Security Up-rating (Scotland) Order 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/171), arts. 1(2)-(4), 2-6, sch.

F2

Sum in Sch. 4 Pt. III para. 5 substituted (6.4.2026) by The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/232), arts. 1, 3