Part III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITSF1

Northern Ireland

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

Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(ba) repealed by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 Sch. 7 para. 6(3)(a) Sch. 10 Pt. VI
Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(c) words repealed by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 Sch. 7 para. 6(3)(b)(i) Sch. 10 Pt. VI
Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(c) words substituted by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 Sch. 7 para. 6(3)(b)(ii)
Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(ca) words repealed by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 Sch. 7 para. 6(3)(c)(i) Sch. 10 Pt. VI
Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(ca) words repealed by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 Sch. 7 para. 6(3)(c)(ii) Sch. Pt. VI
Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(a)(b) repealed by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 Sch. 4 para. 44(2)(a) Sch. 6 Pt. 7
Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(c) words substituted by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 Sch. 4 para. 44(2)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(d) words substituted by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 Sch. 4 para. 44(2)(c)
Sch. 1 para. 1(6)(a)(b) repealed by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 Sch. 4 para. 44(3) Sch. 6 Pt. 7
Sch. 1 para. 1(9) words repealed by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 Sch. 4 para. 44(4) Sch. 6 Pt. 7

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

F1: Sch. 4 Pts. III-V: (except Sch. 4 Pt. 3 para. 5) sums amended and confirmed (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(2)(3), 7 of the amending S.R.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/59), arts. 1(1)(b), 3(1), Sch. 1
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, 4