The Additional Pension and Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/1323
• Sections: 10

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Additional Pension and Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 6th April 2002.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the 2007 Act ” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007;

“the Administration Act" means the Social Security Administration Act 1992 ;

“appropriate personal pension scheme” means an appropriate scheme within the meaning of section 7B(6) (meaning of “contracted-out scheme” etc. ) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;

“appropriate table" means—

in the case of a person attaining pensionable age after the end of the year 2002–2003 but before 6th April 2009, Table 5 of paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 4A to the Contributions and Benefits Act,

in the case of a person attaining pensionable age on or after 6th April 2009, Table 6 of paragraph 7(4) of that Schedule;

“the Contributions and Benefits Act" means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

“the 1994 Regulations" means the Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) Regulations 1994 ;

“contracted-out employment" means , subject to regulation 3(5), employed earner’s employment qualifying a person for a pension provided by a salary related contracted-out scheme or a money purchase contracted-out scheme or an appropriate personal pension scheme, as the case may be;

“contributions equivalent premium” has the meaning given in section 181(1) (general interpretation) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;

“money purchase contracted-out scheme” has the meaning given in section 7B(5) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;

“non-contracted-out employment" means employed earner’s employment which is not contracted-out employment;

“salary related contracted-out scheme” has the meaning given in section 7B(4) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;

“year" means a tax year.

Section 2 Calculation of additional pension where contributions equivalent premium paid or treated as paid

Where a contributions equivalent premium—

(a) is paid in accordance with the provisions of sections 55 to 61 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (which deal with the payment of a contributions equivalent premium in respect of specified periods of contracted-out employment) and regulations made thereunder (as they then had effect) ; or

(b) is treated as having been paid in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5(3) to (3E) of Schedule 2 to that Act (which provide for a contributions equivalent premium to be treated as paid in respect of contracted-out employment in certain circumstances) and regulations made thereunder,

the amount referred to in section 45(2)(c) or (d) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (which provides for the calculation of the amount of additional pension in a Category A retirement pension in relation to the 2002–2003 tax year and subsequent tax years) is to be calculated in accordance with Parts I and II of Schedule 4A to the Contributions and Benefits Act or, as the case may be, Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4B to that Act (additional pension) as if the employment in respect of which a premium is paid, or treated as paid, had not been contracted-out employment.

Section 3 Calculation of additional pension: earnings partly from employment with contracted-out scheme membership

(1) This regulation applies in relation to any year where earnings are paid to or for the benefit of an earner—

(a) partly in respect of non-contracted-out employment; and

(b) partly in respect of employment qualifying him for a pension provided by a salary related contracted-out scheme or a money purchase contracted-out scheme, or both.

(2) For any year in relation to which this regulation applies, the amount referred to in paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 4A or, as the case may be, in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4B to the Contributions and Benefits Act shall be amount C where—

(a) amount C is equal to amount A minus amount B; and

(b) amounts A and B are calculated in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(3) Amount A is to be calculated in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 4A or, as the case may be, in paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 4B to the Contributions and Benefits Act.

(4) Amount B is to be calculated as follows:—

(a) find the earnings factor derived from the aggregate of the amounts of weekly earnings paid in that year in respect of the employment referred to in paragraph (1)(b) above;

(b) deduct from that earnings factor an amount equal to the weekly lower earnings limit for the year multiplied by the number of tax weeks in which earnings were paid in respect of weeks of that employment;

(c) multiply the amount found under sub-paragraph (b) above in accordance with the last order under section 148 of the Administration Act to come into force before the end of the final relevant year;

(d) multiply the amount found under sub-paragraph (c) above by the percentage specified in paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 4A or, as the case may be, in paragraph 10(1)(c) of Schedule 4B to the Contributions and Benefits Act which is applicable in the case of the earner.

(5) In so far as paragraphs (1) to (4) apply in respect of the calculation of additional pension under Schedule 4B to the Contributions and Benefits Act, the definition of “contracted-out employment” has effect as if the words from “or a money purchase contracted-out scheme” to the end were omitted.

Section 4 Calculation of additional pension: earnings partly from employment with scheme membership

(1) This regulation applies in relation to any year where earnings are paid to or for the benefit of an earner—

(a) partly in respect of non-contracted-out employment; and

(b) partly in respect of employment qualifying him for a pension provided by an appropriate personal pension scheme.

(2) For any year in relation to which this regulation applies, the amount referred to in paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 4A to the Contributions and Benefits Act shall be amount C where—

(a) amount C is equal to amount A minus amount B; and

(b) amounts A and B are calculated in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(3) Amount A is to be calculated in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 4A to the Contributions and Benefits Act.

(4) Amount B is to be calculated as follows:—

(a) find the earnings factor derived from the aggregate of the amounts of weekly earnings paid in that year in respect of employment qualifying the earner for a pension provided by an appropriate personal pension scheme;

(b) deduct from that earnings factor an amount equal to the qualifying earnings factor for that year;

(c) calculate the part of the amount found under sub-paragraph (b) above falling into each of the bands specified in the appropriate table;

(d) multiply the amount of each such part in accordance with the last order under section 148 of the Administration Act to come into force before the end of the final relevant year;

(e) multiply each amount found under sub-paragraph (d) above by such percentage specified in the appropriate table in relation to the appropriate band as is applicable in the case of the earner;

(f) add together the amounts calculated under sub-paragraph (e) above.

Section 5 Calculation of additional pension: other cases of mixed forms of contracted-out employment

(1) This regulation applies in relation to any year where earnings are paid to or for the benefit of an earner—

(a) partly in respect of—

(i) employment qualifying him for a pension provided by a salary related contracted-out scheme or a money purchase contracted-out scheme, or both, and

(ii) employment qualifying him for a pension provided by an appropriate personal pension scheme; or

(b) partly in respect of—

(i) non-contracted-out employment,

(ii) employment qualifying him for a pension provided by a salary related contracted-out scheme or a money purchase contracted-out scheme, or both, and

(iii) employment qualifying him for a pension provided by an appropriate personal pension scheme.

(2) For any year in relation to which this regulation applies, the amount referred to in paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 4A to the Contributions and Benefits Act shall be amount C where—

(a) amount C is equal to amount A minus amount B; and

(b) amounts A and B are calculated in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(3) Amount A is to be determined in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 4A to the Contributions and Benefits Act.

(4) Amount B is the sum of amount D and amount E and—

(a) amount D is to be found as follows:—

(i) find the earnings factor derived from the aggregate of the amounts of weekly earnings paid in that year in respect of the employment referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(i) or, as the case may be, (1)(b)(ii) above,

(ii) deduct from that earnings factor an amount equal to the weekly lower earnings limit for the year multiplied by the number of tax weeks in which earnings were paid in respect of that employment,

(iii) multiply the amount found under head (ii) above in accordance with the last order under section 148 of the Administration Act to come into force before the end of the final relevant year,

(iv) multiply the amount found under head (iii) above by the percentage specified in paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 4A to the Contributions and Benefits Act which is applicable in the case of the earner;

(b) amount E is to be found as follows:—

(i) find the earnings factor derived from the aggregate of the amounts of weekly earnings paid in the year in which this regulation applies in respect of the employment referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) or, as the case may be, (1)(b)(iii) above,

(ii) add to that earnings factor an amount equal to the weekly lower earnings limit for the year multiplied by the number of tax weeks in which earnings were paid in respect of the employment referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(i) or, as the case may be, (1)(b)(ii) above,

(iii) deduct from the amount found under head (ii) above an amount equal to the qualifying earnings factor for that year,

(iv) calculate the part of the amount found under head (iii) above falling into each of the bands specified in the appropriate table,

(v) multiply the amount of each such part in accordance with the last order under section 148 of the Administration Act to come into force before the end of the final relevant year,

(vi) multiply each amount found under head (v) above by such percentage specified in the appropriate table in relation to the appropriate band as is applicable in the case of the earner;

(vii) add together the amounts calculated under head (vi) above.

Section 5A Earnings factor credits eligibility for pensioners to whom employment and support allowance was payable

(1) For the purposes of subsection (3) of section 44C (earnings factor credits) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, a pensioner is eligible for earnings factor enhancement in respect of a week if that pensioner satisfies one or more of the conditions in paragraph (2) and was—

(a) a person to whom employment and support allowance was payable for any part of that week;

(b) a person to whom that allowance would have been payable but for the fact that that person did not satisfy the contribution condition in paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Act ; or

(c) a person to whom that allowance would have been payable but for the fact that under regulations the amount was reduced to nil because of—

(i) receipt of other benefits; or

(ii) receipt of payments from an occupational pension scheme or personal pension scheme.

(2) The conditions are—

(a) immediately prior to that week, employment and support allowance was payable or would have been payable for—

(i) a continuous period of 52 weeks; or

(ii) a period of 52 weeks treated as continuous by virtue of regulations made under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the 2007 Act ;

(b) that allowance included or would have included the support component under section 2(2) of the 2007 Act ; or

(c) immediately prior to that week, in the case of—

(i) a man born in the period beginning with 6th April 1946 and ending with 5th April 1947; or

(ii) a woman born in the period beginning with 6th October 1950 and ending with 5th April 1951,

that allowance was payable or would have been payable for a continuous period of 13 weeks immediately following a period throughout which statutory sick pay was payable.

(3) In this regulation and regulation 5C , “employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 (employment and support allowance) of the 2007 Act .

Section 5B Earnings factor credits eligibility for certain persons entitled to universal credit

(1) For the purposes of subsection (3) of section 44C (earnings factor credits) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, a pensioner is eligible for earnings factor enhancement in respect of a week if that pensioner was a person entitled to an award of universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 in respect of any part of that week which includes—

(a) if the person satisfies the condition in paragraph (2), an amount under regulation 27(1)(a) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 in respect of the fact that the person has limited capability for work;

(b) an amount under regulation 27(1)(b) of those Regulations in respect of the fact that the person has limited capability for work and work-related activity; or

(c) an amount under regulation 29(1) of those Regulations where the person has regular and substantial caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person,

or would include any of those amounts but for regulation 27(4) or 29(4) of those Regulations.

(2) The condition referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is that for each of the 52 weeks immediately prior to that week—

(a) the person was entitled to universal credit in respect of the fact that the person had limited capability for work or would have included an amount in respect of the fact that the person had limited capability for work but for regulation 27(4) or 29(4) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013; or

(b) employment and support allowance under Part 1 (employment and support allowance) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act ”)—

(i) was payable to the person;

(ii) would have been payable to the person but for the fact that the person did not satisfy the contribution condition in paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Act ;

(iii) would have been payable to the person but for the fact that the person had been entitled to it for the relevant maximum number of days under section 1A of the 2007 Act ; or

(iv) would have been payable to the person but for the fact that under regulations the amount was reduced to nil because of—

(aa) receipt of other benefits; or

(bb) receipt of payments from an occupational pension scheme or personal pension scheme.

(3) Paragraph (2)(b) of this regulation is satisfied in respect of a week which falls between periods which are linked by virtue of regulations under paragraph 4 (linking periods) of Schedule 2 to the 2007 Act .

Section 5C Earnings factor credit eligibility for pensioners to whom section 1A of the 2007 Act applied

(1) For the purposes of section 44C(3) (earnings factor credits) of the Contributions and Benefits Act, a pensioner is eligible for earnings factor enhancement in respect of a week to which paragraph (2) applies.

(2) This paragraph applies to a week in which, in relation to the pensioner concerned, each of the days would have been—

(a) a day of limited capability for work; or

(b) a day on which that pensioner would have been treated as having limited capability for work,

for the purposes of Part 1 of the 2007 Act (limited capability for work) where that pensioner would have been entitled to an employment and support allowance but for the application of section 1A of the 2007 Act.

Section 6 Preclusion from regular employment

The condition referred to in section 44A(2)(c)(ii) of the Contributions and Benefits Act (which relates to the condition to be satisfied for a person to be taken to be precluded from regular employment by responsibilities at home throughout a year for the purposes of paragraph 5(7)(b) of Schedule 3 to that Act) is that specified in regulation 2(2)(b) or (3) of the 1994 Regulations (which refer respectively to a person to whom income support is payable and a person regularly engaged in caring for at least 35 hours a week for someone in receipt of certain benefits).

Section 7 Amendment of the 1994 Regulations

In regulation 2(5) of the 1994 Regulations (which provides for when a person will not be treated as precluded from regular employment for the purposes of those Regulations) for sub-paragraph (b), substitute—

(b) in the case of a person who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (3) above in respect of any year preceding 2002–2003, if he does not furnish such information as the Secretary of State may from time to time require which is relevant to the question of whether in that year he was precluded from regular employment by responsibilities at home within the meaning of these Regulations; or

(c) in the case of a person who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (3) above in respect of the year 2002–2003 or any subsequent year, if he does not, within the period of three years immediately following the end of that year, furnish such information as the Secretary of State may from time to time require which is relevant to the question of whether, in that year, he was precluded from regular employment by responsibilities at home within the meaning of these Regulations.