The Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1 April 2021.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Best Start Grant Regulations” means the Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018(1),

“the Child Winter Heating Assistance Regulations” means the Winter Heating Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2020(2),

“the Funeral Expense Assistance Regulations” means the Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2019(3),

“the Dependency Regulations” means the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 1977(4), and

“the Young Carer Grants Regulations” means the Carer’s Assistance (Young Carer Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2019(5).

Amendment of the Best Start Grant Regulations

2.—(1) The Best Start Grant Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In schedule 2—

(a) in paragraph 6(1) (value of pregnancy and baby payment grant)—

(i) in head (a), for “£600” substitute “£606”, and

(ii) in head (b), for “£300” substitute “£303”, and

(b) in paragraph 7(1) (value of multiple pregnancy supplement), for “£300” substitute “£303”.

(3) In paragraph 4 of schedule 3(6) (value of early learning grant), for “£250” substitute “£252.50”.

(4) In paragraph 5 of schedule 4(7) (value of school-age grant), for “£250” substitute “£252.50”.

Amendment of the Young Carer Grants Regulations

3.—(1) The Young Carer Grants Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4(7)(b)(8) (making of applications), for “21 October 2019” substitute “22 July 2019”.

(3) In regulation 12(1)(9) (amount and form of young carer grants), for “£305.10” substitute “£308.15”.

Amendment of the Funeral Expense Assistance Regulations

4.—(1) The Funeral Expense Assistance Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 9 (residence conditions, place of funeral and status), omit paragraph (4).

(3) In regulation 13(10) (amount of funeral expense assistance)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£1000” substitute “£1010”,

(b) in paragraph (4)(b), for “£20.35” substitute “£20.55”, and

(c) in paragraph (6), for “£122.05” substitute “£123.25”.

Amendment of the Child Winter Heating Assistance Regulations

5.—(1) The Child Winter Heating Assistance Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4(1)(c)(ii) (eligibility rules for child winter heating assistance), after “habitually resident in” insert “Switzerland or”.

(3) In regulation 10(1) (value of child winter heating assistance), for “£200” substitute “£202”.

(4) In the schedule, omit “Swiss Confederation”.

Amendment of the Dependency Regulations

6.  In schedule 2(11) (increase of carer’s allowance for child dependants) of the Dependency Regulations—

(a) in paragraph 2—

(i) after “child or children” insert “or a qualifying young person or persons”,

(ii) after “that child” insert “or qualifying young person”, and

(iii) after “those children” insert “or qualifying young persons”,

(b) in paragraph 2B(12), after “child”, in both places where it occurs, insert “or qualifying young person”,

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), before “living” insert “or qualifying young person”, and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), after “child” insert “or qualifying young person”, and

(d) in paragraph 5, after “children”, in each place where it occurs, insert “or qualifying young persons”.

Saving Provisions

7.  The Schedule has effect.

SHIRLEY-ANNE SOMERVILLE

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

24th March 2021