24.—(1) The amount to be included in an award of universal credit for each child or qualifying young person for whom a claimant is responsible [F1and in respect of whom an amount may be included under section 10] (“the child element”) is given in the table in regulation 36.
(2) An additional amount as shown in that table is to be included in respect of each child or qualifying young person who is disabled and that amount is—
(a)the lower rate, where the child or qualifying young person is entitled to disability living allowance[F2, child disability payment][F3, adult disability payment] or personal independence payment (unless sub-paragraph (b) applies); or
(b)the higher rate where the child or qualifying young person is—
(i)entitled to the care component of disability living allowance at the highest rate[F4, the care component of child disability payment at the highest rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations][F5, the daily living component of adult disability payment at the enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5(3) of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022] or the daily living component of personal independence payment at the enhanced rate, or
(ii)F6... blind.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 24(1) inserted (6.4.2017) by Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c. 7), ss. 14(5)(a), 36(6); S.I. 2017/111, reg. 4
F2Words in reg. 24(2)(a) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance for Children and Young People) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/786), art. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 4(a)
F3Words in reg. 24(2)(a) inserted (21.3.2022) by The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/177), arts. 1(2), 13(4)(a)
F4Words in reg. 24(2)(b)(i) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance for Children and Young People) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/786), art. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 4(b)
F5Words in reg. 24(2)(b)(i) inserted (21.3.2022) by The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/177), arts. 1(2), 13(4)(b)
F6Words in reg. 24(2)(b)(ii) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(b)