Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975. A person who receives free in-patient treatment in a hospital or similar institution for between 6 and 53 weeks, has his entitlement to receive incapacity benefit, widow’s or widowed mother’s allowance, widow’s or widower’s pension, age addition, severe disablement allowance, retirement pension, unemployability supplement, bereavement allowance or widowed parent’s allowance, reduced. These Regulations decrease the reduction which would otherwise apply in certain circumstances, from 40% to 39% of the basic retirement pension.

These Regulations do not impose any cost on business.