The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2003

PART VSTATE PENSION CREDIT

State Pension Credit

25.—(1) The prescribed amounts as specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations(1) shall be the amounts set out in the following provisions of this article and Schedule 16 to this Order; and for this purpose references in this article to a numbered regulation or Schedule are, unless the context otherwise requires, references to a regulation of, or a Schedule to, the State Pension Credit Regulations bearing that number.

(2) In regulation 6 (amount of the guarantee credit)—

(a)in paragraph (1)(a) “£155.80” remains unchanged;

(b)in paragraph (1)(b) “£102.10” remains unchanged;

(c)in paragraph (5)(a) “£42.95” remains unchanged;

(d)in paragraph (5)(b) “£85.90” remains unchanged; and

(e)in paragraph (8) “£25.10” remains unchanged.

(3) In regulation 7 (savings credit)—

(a)in paragraph (1) “60 per cent.”, “60 per cent.” and “40 per cent.” in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) respectively remain unchanged; and

(b)in paragraph (2) “£77.45” and “£123.80” remain unchanged.

(4) In paragraph 14 of Schedule II (persons residing with the claimant)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1)(a) “£47.75” remains unchanged;

(b)in sub-paragraph (1)(b) and (c) “£7.40” remains unchanged;

(c)in sub-paragraph (2)(a) “£88.00” remains unchanged;

(d)in sub-paragraph (2)(b) “£88.00”, “£131.00” and “ £17.00” remain unchanged;

(e)in sub-paragraph (2)(c) “£131.00”, “£170.00” and “ £23.35” remain unchanged;

(f)in sub-paragraph (2)(d) “£170.00”, “£225.00” and “ £38.20” remain unchanged; and

(g)in sub-paragraph (2)(e) “£225.00”, “£281.00” and “ £43.50” remain unchanged.

(5) In paragraph 1 of Schedule III (polygamous marriages)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (5), which substitutes regulation 6(1), “£155.80 ” and “£53.70” remain unchanged; and

(b)in sub-paragraph (7), which substitutes regulation 7(2), “£123.80 ” remains unchanged.

(6) The amounts specified in any provision of the State Pension Credit Regulations set out in column (1) of Schedule 16 to this Order are the amounts set out in column (2) of that Schedule.