2003 No. 628
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, ENGLAND

The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of powers conferred by section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 19481 and now vested in him2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and application1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 7th April 2003.

(2)

These Regulations apply to England only3.

Sum needed for personal requirements2.

The sum which under section 22(4) of the National Assistance Act 1948 a local authority shall assume that a person will need for his personal requirements shall be £17.50 per week.

Revocation3.

The National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 20024 are hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Jacqui Smith
Minister of State,
Department of Health
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set out the weekly sum which local authorities in England are to assume, in the absence of special circumstances, that residents in accommodation arranged under Part 3 of the National Assistance Act 1948 will need for their personal requirements.

From 7th April 2003 all residents will be assumed to need £17.50 per week for their personal requirements.

These Regulations also revoke the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (England) Regulations 2002 (which provided for the sum residents were assumed to need from 8th April 2002).