Article 2 of this Order provides for an increase in the weekly rate of payment of carer’s allowance.

Article 3 makes clear that the weekly rate of child dependency increase remains unaltered. This gives effect to the requirement in section 150(2)(c) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) to re-state amounts that are not being increased. Child dependency increase is an additional payment payable to a recipient of carer’s allowance who is entitled to receive child benefit in relation to a child or children. It is payable only to those with transitional protection. Child dependency increase was abolished by section 1(3)(e) and schedule 6 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21) but saved for transitional cases by article 3 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/938). Given that child benefit is payable, in certain circumstances, until a child reaches the age of 20, child dependency increase is potentially payable until 2023.