2023 No. 549
The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2023
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19921.
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it2.
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
For the purpose of making social fund winter fuel payments in respect of the 2023-24 winter, regulation 2 of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 20003 (social fund winter fuel payments) is applied as if—
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
The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 20224 are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)