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27. The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2007(72) is revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Mike O’Brien
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
6th March 2008
We consent,
Alan Campbell
Steve McCabe
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
6th March 2008
Article 3(1)
| Description of benefit | Weekly rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | Short-term incapacity benefit(73). | (a) lower rate | £63.75; |
| (b) higher rate | £75.40. | ||
| 2A. | Long-term incapacity benefit. | £84.50. | |
| 5. | Category B retirement pension where section 48A(3) applies. | £54.35. | |
| Bereavement payment(74). | £2,000.00. |
| Description of benefit | Weekly rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Attendance allowance. | (a) higher rate | £67.00; |
| (b) lower rate | £44.85, | ||
| (the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 65(3)). | |||
| 2. | Severe disablement allowance. | £51.05. | |
| 3. | Age related addition. | (a) higher rate | £17.75; |
| (b) middle rate | £11.40; | ||
| (c) lower rate | £5.70, | ||
| (the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 69(1)). | |||
| 4. | Carer’s allowance(75). | £50.55. | |
| 6. | Category C retirement pension. | (a) lower rate | £32.50; |
| (b) higher rate | £54.35, | ||
| (the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with section 78(5)). | |||
| 7. | Category D retirement pension. | The higher rate for Category C retirement pensions under paragraph 6 above. | |
| 8. | Age addition (to a pension of any category, and otherwise under section 79). | £0.25. | |
S.I. 2007/688. Back [72]
Paragraph 1 was repealed by section 41(5) of, and Schedule 3 to, the 1995 Act. Paragraph 2 was substituted, and paragraph 2A was inserted, by section 2(2) of the 1994 Act. Paragraph 3 was repealed by section 11(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, that Act. Paragraph 5 was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995. Back [73]
Part II was substituted by section 54(2) of the 1999 Act. Back [74]
Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2002/1457. Back [75]
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008