The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

Article 20(5)

SCHEDULE 7 Part I of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit (SPC) Regulations as amended by this Order

PART I PERSONAL ALLOWANCES

1.  The amount specified in column (2) in respect of each person or couple specified in column (1) shall be the amount specified for the purposes of regulation 20—

Column (1)			Column (2)
Person, couple or polygamous marriage			Amount
(1) Single claimant or lone parent aged—			(1)
	(a)	under 65;		(a)	£151∙20;
	(b)	65 or over.		(b)	£166∙05.
(2) Couple—			(2)
	(a)	both members aged under 65;		(a)	£230∙85;
	(b)	one member or both members aged 65 or over.		(b)	£248∙30.
(3) If the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage and none of the members of the marriage have attained the age of 65—			(3)
	(a)	for the claimant and the other party to the marriage;		(a)	£230∙85;
	(b)	for each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant.		(b)		£79∙65.
(4) If the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage and one or more members are aged 65 or over—			(4)
	(a)	for the claimant and the other party to the marriage;		(a)	£248∙30;
	(b)	for each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant.		(b)		£82∙25.

2.—(1) The amounts specified in column (2) in respect of each person specified in column (1) shall, for the relevant period specified in column (1), be the amounts specified for the purposes of regulation 20—

Column (1)			Column (2)
Child or young person			Amount
Persons in respect of the period—
	(a)	beginning on that person’s date of birth and ending on the day preceding the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday;		(a)	£66∙90;
	(b)	beginning on the first Monday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday and ending on the day preceding that person’s twentieth birthday.		(b)	£66∙90.