Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 352

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2025

Made

14th March 2025

Laid before Parliament

17th March 2025

Coming into force

7th April 2025

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 70(8), 113(1)(a) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1), sections 5(1)(p), 155(3) and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(2) and sections 53 and 54(5) of the Pensions Act 2014(3).

These Regulations contain provisions in consequence of an order under sections 150 and 150A(4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(5).

Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland, subject as follows.

(3) Regulation 2 (insofar as it applies to a benefit which is devolved under Part 3 of the Scotland Act 2016(6)) and regulation 4 extend to England and Wales only.

(4) The revocation under regulation 6 has the same extent as the provisions that are revoked.

(5) In these Regulations, “the Up-rating Order” means the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025(7).

Exceptions relating to payment of additional benefit by virtue of the Up-rating Order

(a)the weekly rate at which the benefit is payable by virtue of the Up-rating Order, or

(b)whether the conditions for receipt of the benefit at the altered rate are satisfied,

until that question has been determined in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security Act 1998(8).

Persons not ordinarily resident in Great Britain

4. In regulation 8(1) of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976(12) (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as gainfully employed) for “£151”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “£196”.

5. In paragraph 4(2A) of Schedule 9 to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(13) (deductions from benefit and direct payment to third parties) for “£31.75”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “£32.30”.

Revocation

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Alison McGovern

Minister of State

Department for Work and Pensions

14th March 2025

(1)

1992 c. 4. Section 113(1) was amended by paragraph 38 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33). Subsections (1) and (4) of section 175 were amended by paragraph 29(2) and (4) respectively of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2). See section 122(1) for the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”.

(2)

1992 c. 5. Section 189(1) was amended by paragraph 109(a) of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14) (“the 1998 Act”), paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21). Section 189(4) was amended by paragraph 109(c) of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 to the 1998 Act and article 4 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, S.I. 2013/252. Section 189(5) was amended by paragraph 109(d) of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 to the 1998 Act. See section 191 for the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”.

(3)

2014 c. 19.

(4)

Section 150A was inserted by section 5(1) of the Pensions Act 2007 (c. 22).

(5)

Section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) provides that proposals in respect of regulations which would otherwise be referable to the Social Security Advisory Committee need not be referred with the agreement of that Committee.

(6)

2016 c. 11.

(7)

S.I. 2025/295.

(8)

1998 c. 14.

(9)

S.I. 1975/563; amending instruments are S.I. 1977/342, 1979/1432, 1989/1642, 1990/621, 1992/1700, 1994/1832, 2000/2876, 2005/1551 and 2877, 2010/788 and 2017/422.