The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2023
Citation, commencement and extent1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2023.
(2)
These Regulations come into force on 18th September 2023.
(3)
These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
Modification of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 20002.
(1)
(a)
the references to £100 (in both places) were to £250;
(b)
in paragraphs (1)(i), (2)(a) and (3), the reference to £200 were to £500;
(c)
in paragraph (2)(b), the reference to £200 were to £350;
(d)
in paragraph (2)(b), the reference to £150 were to £300; and
(e)
the references to £300 (in both places) were to £600.
(2)
In this regulation, “the 2023-24 winter” means the winter that follows the qualifying week beginning on 18th September 2023.
Revocation3.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
These Regulations modify the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/729) to provide for an increase in winter fuel payments for the 2023-24 winter.
These Regulations also revoke the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/813), which provided for an increase in payments for the 2022-23 winter.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.