The Social Security (Non-Dependant Deductions) Regulations 1996

Housing Benefit: changes in thresholds for, and amounts of, non-dependant deductions

3.  In regulation 63 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations(1) (non-dependant deductions) —

(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for the sum “£32.00”there shall be substituted the sum “£39.00”;

(b) after paragraph (2)(c), there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs —

“(d) not less than £150.00 but less than £200.00, the deduction to be made under this regulation shall be £32.00;

(e) not less than £200.00 but less than £250.00, the deduction to be made under this regulation shall be £36.00”.

(1)

S.I. 1987/1971; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/546 and 1996/599.