Social Security PART 1 INTRODUCTION Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND PENSIONS Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Contributions and Benefits Act 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates or amounts of certain pensions and allowances under the Contributions and Benefits Act 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates or amounts of certain benefits under the Pension Schemes Act 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rates or amounts of certain pensions under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earnings limits 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory sick pay 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory maternity pay 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption payand statutory shared parental pay 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduated retirement benefit 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amount of Category C retirement pension under the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum additional pension 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disability living allowance 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal independence payment 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Age additionto long-term incapacity benefit 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional invalidity allowanceinlong-term incapacity benefit cases 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bereavement benefits 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bereavement support payment 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 INCOME SUPPORT AND HOUSING BENEFIT Applicable amounts for income support 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Income support transitional protection 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relevant sum for income support 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing benefit 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing benefit for certain persons over the qualifying age for state pension credit 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 JOBSEEKER’S ALLOWANCE Age-related amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applicable amounts for jobseeker’s allowance 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescribed sum for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amounts for the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2016 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 STATE PENSION CREDIT State pension credit 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE Applicable amounts for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescribed amount for the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2016 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 UNIVERSAL CREDIT Universal credit 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8 REVOCATION Revocation 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .