2022 No. 253

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

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, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

Citation, commencement, application and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1st April 2022.

2

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

a

first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2022; 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 2022.

3

Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2022 and who, immediately before their death, had diffuse mesothelioma.

4

These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

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 (together with the headings to the Table) 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 or under

97,219

38

95,329

39

93,443

40

91,557

41

89,667

42

87,779

43

86,838

44

85,888

45

84,948

46

84,003

47

83,059

48

80,421

49

77,779

50

75,132

51

72,492

52

69,842

53

67,956

54

66,072

55

64,188

56

62,291

57

60,403

58

55,498

59

50,587

60

45,686

61

40,776

62

35,868

63

32,847

64

29,823

65

26,807

66

23,786

67

20,766

68

20,151

69

19,533

70

18,926

71

18,312

72

17,701

73

17,179

74

16,647

75

16,137

76

15,625

77 or over

15,105

b

for Table 2 (together with the headings to the Table) substitute—

Table 2Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death

Payment

£

37 or under

50,594

38

49,507

39

48,421

40

47,336

41

46,251

42

45,166

43

44,127

44

43,079

45

42,047

46

41,010

47

39,974

48

38,700

49

37,422

50

36,150

51

34,880

52

33,606

53

32,562

54

31,528

55

30,490

56

29,444

57

28,409

58

25,536

59

22,652

60

19,777

61

16,897

62

14,014

63

13,192

64

12,375

65

11,538

66

10,714

67 or over

8,376

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

Chloe SmithMinister 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 3.1 per cent in each case, rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.