Social Security PART 1 INTRODUCTION Citation, commencement and effect 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates or amount of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dates on which sums specified for rates or amounts of benefits in articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13 and 14 are changed by this Order 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earnings Limits 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory Sick Pay 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory Maternity Pay 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rate of graduated retirement benefit 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum additional pension 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates of Disability Living Allowance 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase in rates of Personal Independence Payment 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates of age addition 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates of transitional invalidity allowance 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates of bereavement benefits 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT Applicable amounts for Income Support 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Income Support Transitional Protection 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing Benefit 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing Benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for State Pension Credit 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE Applicable amounts for Jobseeker’s Allowance 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 STATE PENSION CREDIT State Pension Credit 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE Applicable amounts for the ESA Regulations 2008 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescribed amount for the ESA Regulations 2013 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 UNIVERSAL CREDIT Universal Credit 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8 REVOCATIONS Revocations 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .