25.—(1) The sums specified in the State Pension Credit Regulations shall be the sums set out in this Article and for this purpose a reference in this Article to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation of, or Schedule to, the State Pension Credit Regulations bearing that number.
(2) In regulation 6 M1 (amount of the guarantee credit)—
(a)in paragraph (1) for “£243∙25” and “£159∙35” substitute “ £248∙80 ” and “ £163∙00 ” respectively;
(b)in paragraph (5) for “£62∙45” and “£124∙90” substitute “ £64∙30 ” and “ £128∙60 ” respectively; and
(c)in paragraph (8) for “£34∙95” substitute “ £36∙00 ”.
(3) In regulation 7(2) M2 (savings credit) for “£137∙35” and “£218∙42” substitute “ £140∙67 ” and “ £223∙82 ” respectively.
(4) In paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 2 M3 (general provisions applying to housing costs) the sum of £100,000 remains the same.
(5) In paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 (housing costs: persons residing with the claimant)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1) M4 for “£95∙45” and “£14∙80” substitute “ £98∙30 ” and “ £15∙25 ” respectively; and
(b)in sub-paragraph (2) M5—
(i)in head (a) for “£136∙00” substitute “ £139∙00 ”,
(ii)in head (b) for “£136∙00”, “£200∙00” and “£34∙00” substitute “£139∙00”, “£204∙00” and “£35∙00” respectively,
(iii)in head (c) for “£200∙00”, “£259∙00” and “£46∙65” substitute “£204∙00”, “£265∙00” and “£48∙05” respectively,
(iv)in head (d) for “£259∙00”, “£346∙00” and “£76∙35” substitute “£265∙00”, “£354∙00” and “£78∙65” respectively, and
(v)in head (e) for “£346∙00”, “£430∙00” and “£86∙95” substitute “£354∙00”, “£439∙00” and “£89∙55” respectively.
(6) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 M6 (special groups: polygamous marriages)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (5), in the substituted regulation 6(1), for “ £243∙25 ” and “£83∙90” substitute “£248∙80” and “£85∙80” respectively; and
(b)in sub-paragraph (7), in the substituted regulation 7(2), for “ £218∙42 ” substitute “£223∙82”.
Marginal Citations
M1Regulation 6 was amended by regulation 31(3) of S.R. 2016 No. 236, regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2018 No. 135 and Article 25(2) of S.R. 2018 No. 167
M2Regulation 7 was amended by Article 25(3) of S.R. 2018 No. 167
M3See S.R. 2008 No. 503; which modifies paragraph 8(2) so that it applies as if the reference to “£100,000” were to “£200,000” in relation to certain persons
M4Sub-paragraph (1) was amended by regulation 6(5)(b)(i) of S.R. 2004 No. 394 and Article 25(5)(a) of S.R. 2018 No. 167
M5Sub-paragraph (2) was amended by regulation 14(5)(a) of S.R. 2006 No. 359 and Article 25(5)(b) of S.R. 2018 No. 167
M6Paragraph 1(5) and (7) was amended by Article 25(6) of S.R. 2018 No. 167