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The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment and Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2000
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- 2000 No. 2229
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These Regulations amend the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/729) and the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/481).
In particular, regulation 2 increases the amount of winter fuel payments from the social fund from £100 to £150 where a person aged 60 or over is being paid income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance and is not in residential accommodation in the qualifying week and from £50 to £75 in other cases.
Regulation 3 increases the amount of a Sure Start Maternity Grant from £200 to £300.
Regulation 4 makes a transitional provision.
These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.
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