Order made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 166(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of its coming into operation

2025 No. 64

Social Security

Statutory Maternity Pay; Statutory Sick Pay; Employment; Housing; Rates

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 (revoked)^F1

Made26th March 2025

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

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^F1PART 1 INTRODUCTION¶

^F11 Citation, commencement and effect¶

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^F12 Interpretation¶

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^F1PART 2 SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS¶

^F13 Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act¶

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^F14 Rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act¶

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^F15 Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act¶

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^F16 Rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act¶

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^F17 Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13 are changed by this Order¶

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^F18 Statutory sick pay¶

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^F19 Statutory maternity pay¶

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^F110 Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay, statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay¶

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^F111 Graduated retirement benefit¶

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^F112 Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979¶

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^F113 Maximum additional pension¶

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^F114 Disability living allowance¶

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^F115 Personal independence payment¶

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^F116 Age addition to long-term incapacity benefit¶

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^F117 Transitional invalidity allowance in long-term incapacity benefit cases¶

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^F118 Bereavement benefits¶

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^F119 Bereavement support payment¶

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^F1PART 3 INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT¶

^F120 Applicable amounts for income support¶

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^F121 Income support transitional protection¶

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^F122 Relevant sum for income support¶

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^F123 Housing benefit¶

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^F124 Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit¶

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^F1PART 4 JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE¶

^F125 Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance¶

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^F126 Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance¶

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^F127 Prescribed sum for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996¶

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^F128 Amounts for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2016¶

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^F1PART 5 STATE PENSION CREDIT¶

^F129 State pension credit¶

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^F1PART 6 EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE¶

^F130 Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008¶

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^F131 Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016¶

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^F1PART 7 UNIVERSAL CREDIT¶

^F132 Universal credit¶

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^F133 Amendment of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations¶

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^F1PART 8 REVOCATION¶

^F134 Revocation¶

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^F1SCHEDULE 1 ¶

Provisions of Schedule 4 to the Contributions and Benefits Act as amended by this Order

Article 3(1)

^F1PART I CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS¶

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^F1PART III NON-CONTRIBUTORY PERIODICAL BENEFITS¶

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^F1PART IV INCREASES FOR DEPENDANTS¶

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^F1PART V RATE OF INDUSTRIAL INJURIES BENEFIT¶

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^F1SCHEDULE 2 ¶

Part I of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 20(3)

^F1PART 1 PERSONAL ALLOWANCES¶

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^F1SCHEDULE 3 ¶

Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 20(5)

^F1PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III¶

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Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 23(5)

^F1PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES¶

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^F1SCHEDULE 5 ¶

Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 23(7)

^F1PART IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III¶

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Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 24(5)(a)

^F1PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES¶

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Part IV of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 24(7)

^F1PART IV AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III¶

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Part I of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order

Article 26(3)(a)

^F1PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES¶

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Part IV of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order

Article 26(5)

^F1PART IV WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART III¶

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Part IVB of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by this Order

Article 26(6)

^F1PART IVB WEEKLY AMOUNTS OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART IVA¶

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Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order

Article 30(1), (2) and (3)

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^F1PART 1 PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS¶

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Column (1)				Column (2)
Person or Couple				Amount
(1) Single claimant—				(1)
	(a)	who satisfies the conditions set out in section 2(2) or 4(4) of the Act or who is a member of the work-related activity group;			(a)	£92.05;
	(b)	aged not less than 25;			(b)	£92.05;
	(c)	aged less than 25.			(c)	£72.90.
(2) Lone parent or a person who has no partner and who is responsible for and a member of the same household as a young person—				(2)
	(a)	who satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or who is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act;			(a)	£92.05;
	(b)	aged not less than 18;			(b)	£92.05;
	(c)	aged less than 18.			(c)	£72.90;
(3) Couple—				(3)
	(a)	where both members are aged not less than 18;			(a)	£144.65;
	(b)	where one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who—			(b)	£144.65;
		(i)	if that other member had not been a member of a couple, would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to income support other than the requirement to make a claim for it, or
		(ii)	if that other member had not been a member of a couple, would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to an income-related allowance, or
		(iii)	satisfies the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18), or
		(iv)	is the subject of a direction under Article 18 of that Order (persons under 18: severe hardship);
	(c)	where the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act and both members are aged less than 18 and—			(c)	£144.65;
		(i)	at least one of them is treated as responsible for a child, or
		(ii)	had they not been members of a couple, each would have qualified for an income-related allowance, or
		(iii)	had they not been members of a couple the claimant’s partner would satisfy the requirements for entitlement to income support other than the requirement to make a claim for it, or
		(iv)	the claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order, or
		(v)	there is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under Article 18 of that Order;
	(d)	where both members are aged less than 18 and—			(d)	£110.15;
		(i)	at least one of them is treated as responsible for a child, or
		(ii)	had they not been members of a couple, each would have qualified for an income-related allowance, or
		(iii)	had they not been members of a couple the claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements for entitlement to income support other than a requirement to make a claim for it, or
		(iv)	the claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order, or
		(v)	there is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under Article 18 of that Order;
	(e)	where the claimant is aged not less than 25 and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who—			(e)	£92.05;
		(i)	would not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple,
		(ii)	would not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple,
		(iii)	does not satisfy the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order, and
		(iv)	is not the subject of a direction under Article 18 of that Order;
	(f)	where the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who—			(f)	£92.05;
		(i)	would not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple,
		(ii)	would not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple,
		(iii)	does not satisfy the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order, and
		(iv)	is not the subject of a direction under Article 18 of that Order;
	(g)	where the claimant satisfies the conditions set out in section 4(4) of the Act or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group and satisfies the conditions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act and both members are aged less than 18 and head (c) does not apply;			(g)	£92.05;
	(h)	where the claimant is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and the claimant’s partner is a person under 18 who—			(h)	£72.90;
		(i)	would not qualify for an income-related allowance if the person were not a member of a couple,
		(ii)	would not qualify for income support if the person were not a member of a couple,
		(iii)	does not satisfy the requirements of Article 5(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Order, and
		(iv)	is not the subject of a direction under Article 18 of that Order;
	(i)	where both members are aged less than 18 and head (d) does not apply.			(i)	£72.90.

^F1PART 1 PRESCRIBED AMOUNTS¶

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^F1SCHEDULE 12 ¶

Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 as amended by this Order

Article 30(1), (4) and (5)

^F1PART 3 WEEKLY AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS SPECIFIED IN PART 2¶

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^F1SCHEDULE 13 ¶

Amounts of certain elements specified in the table in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations as amended by this Order

Article 32(2)

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Footnotes

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Order revoked (5.5.2026) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/59), arts. 1(1)(o), 34