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PART IIIFAMILY CREDIT, DISABILITY WORKING ALLOWANCE, INCOME SUPPORT, HOUSING BENEFIT AND COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT

Disability Working Allowance

17.  In the Disability Working Allowance Regulations—

(a)in regulation 15(1)(c)(1), for the sum of £40 there shall be substituted the sum of £60;

(b)in regulation 51(4) (determination of appropriate maximum disability working allowance), the capital sum prescribed is £3,000;

(c)in regulation 51 (4), (5) and (6), the amount specified for the allowance in respect of a child or young person is NIL;

(d)in regulation 52(1) (applicable amount)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (a), for the sum of £54.75 there shall be substituted the sum of £56.40;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), for the sum of £73.00 there shall be substituted the sum of £75.20; and

(e)in paragraph 19(b)(2) of Schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), for the sum of £9.20 there shall be substituted the sum of £9.25; and

(f)in Schedule 5 (determination of appropriate maximum disability working allowance) the sums prescribed shall be increased so as to have effect as set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.

(1)

Sub-paragraph (c) was inserted by S.I. 1994/1924, regulation 3(3)(b).

(2)

Paragraph 19 was substituted by S.I. 1994/527, regulation 28(2).