Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 53(3) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

2017 No.

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 46(3) and 53(1) and (2)(b) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 20081.

In accordance with section 53(3)2 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation, commencement and application1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.

2

Regulation 2(a) applies only in relation to a person—

a

first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2017; or

b

where the date of the first diagnosis with diffuse mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim under section 46(1) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 is made by that person on or after 1st April 2017.

3

Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2017 and who, immediately before their death, had diffuse mesothelioma.

Amendment of the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 20082

In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 20083

a

for Table 1 substitute—

Table 1Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma

Age of person with mesothelioma at first diagnosis or, if unknown, date of claim

Payment

£

37 and under

87,473

38

85,772

39

84,075

40

82,378

41

80,677

42

78,979

43

78,132

44

77,278

45

76,432

46

75,582

47

74,732

48

72,358

49

69,981

50

67,599

51

65,224

52

62,840

53

61,144

54

59,447

55

57,751

56

56,046

57

54,349

58

49,934

59

45,516

60

41,106

61

36,687

62

32,272

63

29,552

64

26,833

65

24,120

66

21,401

67

18,684

68

18,131

69

17,576

70

17,029

71

16,477

72

15,926

73

15,456

74

14,978

75

14,519

76

14,058

77 and over

13,590

b

for Table 2 substitute—

Table 2Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death

Payment

£

37 and under

45,522

38

44,543

39

43,566

40

42,590

41

41,614

42

40,637

43

39,703

44

38,760

45

37,832

46

36,898

47

35,966

48

34,819

49

33,670

50

32,526

51

31,383

52

30,238

53

29,298

54

28,367

55

27,433

56

26,492

57

25,561

58

22,976

59

20,382

60

17,794

61

15,202

62

12,609

63

11,869

64

11,134

65

10,381

66

9,640

67 and over

7,537

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

NameMinister of StateDepartment for Work and Pensions
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1963) (“the 2008 Regulations”) by substituting revised tables of the amount of lump sum payments payable to people with diffuse mesothelioma or to their surviving dependants.

The substituted tables have the effect of increasing the amounts payable under the 2008 Regulations by 1 per cent in each case, rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

A full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations.