The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2023
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2023 No. 549
Social Security
The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2023
Made 16th May 2023
Laid before Parliament 18th May 2023
Coming into force 18th September 2023
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 extent
1.—(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 2000
2.—(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)
(a) the references to £100 (in both places) were to £250;
(b)
(b) in paragraphs (1)(i), (2)(a) and (3), the reference to £200 were to £500;
(c)
(c) in paragraph (2)(b), the reference to £200 were to £350;
(d)
(d) in paragraph (2)(b), the reference to £150 were to £300; and
(e)
(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.
Revocation
3. The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 20224are revoked.
Laura Trott
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
16th May 2023
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
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.
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