The State Pension Credit Pilot Scheme Regulations 2010

PART 4 Amount of benefit

Amount of the standard minimum guarantee

15.  The prescribed amount of the standard minimum guarantee for the purposes of section 2(4) of the 2002 Act is—

(a) £132.60 per week for a beneficiary who does not have a partner;

(b) £202.40 per week for a beneficiary who has a partner.

Amounts additional to the standard minimum guarantee: severe disability

16.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(3)(b) and (7) of the 2002 Act, an additional amount prescribed in paragraph (2) is applicable if the beneficiary is treated as being a severely disabled person in accordance with regulation 17.

(2) The prescribed additional amount is—

(a) except where subparagraph (b) applies, £53.65 per week; or

(b) £107.30 per week if regulation 17(1)(b) is satisfied and no one is entitled to and in receipt of an allowance under section 70 (carer’s allowance) of the 1992 Act in respect of caring for either partner.

17.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 16(1), the beneficiary is to be treated as being severely disabled if—

(a) where a beneficiary does not have a partner—

(i) the beneficiary is in receipt of attendance allowance or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act; and

(ii) no person is entitled to and in receipt of an allowance under section 70 (carer’s allowance) of the 1992 Act in respect of caring for the beneficiary;

(b) where a beneficiary has a partner—

(i) both partners are in receipt of attendance allowance or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the 1992 Act; and

(ii) either a person is entitled to and in receipt of an allowance under section 70 of the 1992 Act in respect of caring for one only of the partners or no person is entitled to and in receipt of such an allowance in respect of caring for either partner.

(2) In this regulation, “attendance allowance” means an attendance allowance under section 64 (entitlement to attendance allowance) of the 1992 Act.

Amounts additional to the standard minimum guarantee: carer’s allowance

18.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(3)(b) and (8) of the 2002 Act, an additional amount prescribed in paragraph (2) is applicable if regulation 19 is satisfied.

(2) The prescribed additional amount is £30.05 per week, and in the case of partners, this amount is applicable in respect of each partner who satisfies that regulation.

19.  For the purposes of regulation 18(1), this regulation is satisfied if a beneficiary is, or in the case of partners either partner is, or both partners are, entitled to an allowance under section 70 (carer’s allowance) of the 1992 Act.

Prescribed percentages and amounts in respect of savings credit

20.—(1) The percentage prescribed for the purposes of determining—

(a) “amount A” in section 3(4) of the 2002 Act is 60 per cent.;

(b) “amount B” in section 3(4) of the 2002 Act is 40 per cent.;

(c) the maximum savings credit in section 3(7) of the 2002 Act is 60 per cent.

(2) The amount prescribed for the savings credit threshold for the purposes of section 3 of the 2002 Act is—

(a) £98.40 for a beneficiary who does not have a partner; and

(b) £157.25 for a beneficiary who has a partner.

21.  If a calculation made for the purposes of regulation 20(1)(a) or (b) results in a fraction of a penny, that fraction—

(a) if it would be to the beneficiary’s advantage, shall be treated as a penny;

(b) if it would not be to the beneficiary’s advantage, shall be disregarded.