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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2026 No. 261
PENSIONS
The Personal Injuries (Civilians)
Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Made - - - - 4th March 2026
Laid before Parliament 12th March 2026
Coming into force - - 6th April 2026
The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of
the powers conferred by section 1 of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939(1).
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme (Amendment) Order
2026.
(2) This Order comes into force on 6th April 2026.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Amendment of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983
2.—(1) The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (“the Scheme”)(2) is amended as follows.
(2) For the table in Schedule 3 to the Scheme (rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect
of disablement and earnings or income thresholds), substitute—
“Table
Description of Pension or Allowance Rate
1. Pension for 100 per cent disablement under article 11 £248.10 per week
2. Education allowance under article 13 £120.00 per annum (*)
(*) Maximum amount payable.
(1) 1939 c. 82. Section 1 of the 1939 Act confers power to make a scheme on “the Minister”; functions of the Minister now sit
with the Secretary of State by virtue (successively) of article 2 of the Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Pensions) Order
1953 (S.I. 1953/1198), section 2 of the Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 and article 2 of the Secretary of State for Social
Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699).
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Description of Pension or Allowance Rate
3. Constant attendance allowance under article 14
A. For decisions made before 9th April 2001—
(a) under the proviso to article 14 £187.20 per week (*)
(b) in any other case under article 14 £93.60 per week (*)
B. For decisions made on or after 9th April 2001—
(a) the part day rate of constant attendance allowance under £46.80 per week
article 14(2)
(b) the full day rate of constant attendance allowance under £93.60 per week
article 14(3)
(c) the intermediate rate of constant attendance allowance £140.40 per week
under article 14(4)
(d) the exceptional rate of constant attendance allowance £187.20 per week
under article 14(5)
4. Exceptionally severe disablement allowance under article 15 £93.60 per week
5. Severe disablement occupational allowance under article 16 £46.80 per week
6. Allowance for wear and tear of clothing under article 17(1) £320.00 per annum
7. Unemployability allowances—
(a) personal allowance under article 18(1)(i) £153.25 per week
(b) additional allowances for dependants by way of—
(i) increase of allowance in respect of a spouse, civil partner £85.15 per week (*)
or adult dependant under article 18(5)(b)
(ii) increase of allowance under article 18(5)(d)—
(aa) in respect of the only, elder or eldest child £19.85 per week
(bb) in respect of each other child £23.25 per week
(cc) where the child does not qualify for child benefit £23.25 per week
under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act
(1992)(3) or under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the
Isle of Man corresponding to that Act.
For decisions made on or after 9th April 2001—
(c) the annual earnings figure for the purposes of article
18(2) is £10,582.00
(d) the weekly income figure for the purposes of article
18(5)(b) is £95.55
8. Invalidity allowance payable under article 19
(a) if—
(*) Maximum amount payable.
(3) 1992 c. 4.
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Description of Pension or Allowance Rate
(i) the relevant date fell before 5th July 1948; £30.30 per week
(ii) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the
age of 35; or
(iii) on the relevant date the disabled person was under the
age of 40 and had not attained the age of 65, in the case
of a disabled person being a man, or 60, in the case of that
person being a woman, before 6th April 1979 and the period
in respect of which payment of the allowance is to relate
begins on or after 6th April 1979
(b) if— £19.80 per week
(i) on the relevant date the disabled person was aged 35 or
over but under the age of 45;
(ii) on the relevant date the disabled person was aged 40 or
over but under the age of 50 and had not attained the age of
65, in the case of a disabled person being a man, or 60, in the
case of that person being a woman, before 6th April 1979
and the period in respect of which payment of the allowance
is to relate begins on or after 6th April 1979
(c) if sub-paragraph (a) or (b) does not apply and on the relevant £9.90 per week
date the disabled person was under the age of 60
9. Comforts Allowance—
(a) under article 20(1)(a) £40.30 per week
(b) under article 20(1)(b) or 45(1) £20.15 per week
10. Allowance for lowered standard of occupation under article 21 £93.56 per week (*)
11. Age Allowance under article 22 where the degree of pensioned
disablement is—
(a) 40 or 50 percent £16.55 per week
(b) 60 or 70 percent £25.55 per week
(c) 80 or 90 per cent £36.35 per week
(d) 100 per cent £51.10 per week
12. For decisions made before 9th April 2001
Treatment allowance-increase of personal allowance under article £51.10 per week (*)
23(2)(4)
13. Part-time treatment allowance under article 25 £113.80 per day (*)
14. Mobility supplement under article 25A £89.25 per week”
(*) Maximum amount payable.
(3) For the table in Schedule 4 to the Scheme (rates of pensions and allowances payable in respect
of death), substitute—
(4) The reference to article 23(2) is a reference to the Scheme in force prior to 9 April 2001.
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“Table
Description of Pension or Allowance Rate
1. Pension to surviving spouses and surviving civil partners—
(a) under article 27(1) £188.15 per week
(b) under article 27(2) £45.07 per week
(c) under article 27(3) £125.87 per week
2. Rent allowance under article 28 £70.80 per week (*)
3. Allowance under article 29 or 50 to an elderly surviving spouse and
elderly surviving civil partner—
(a) if aged 65 or over but under 70 £21.50 per week
(b) if aged 70 or over but under 80 £41.20 per week
(c) if aged 80 or over £61.25 per week
4. Pension under article 30 to dependants who lived as spouses and £1.00 per week (*)
dependants who lived as civil partners
5. Allowance under article 33 in respect of each child under the age of
15—
(a) in respect of the only, elder or eldest child £29.55 per week
(b) in respect of each other child £32.90 per week
(c) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under £32.90 per week
the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or
under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man
corresponding to that Act
6. Pension under article 34(1) where the decision is made before 9th April
2001, to a motherless or fatherless child under the age of 15 and, where
the decision is made on or after that date, under article 34(2) to a child
under the age of 15 with no parents living—
(a) in respect of the only, elder or eldest child £33.80 per week
(b) in respect of each other child £36.95 per week
(c) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under £36.95 per week
the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or
under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man
corresponding to that Act
7. Pension or allowance where the decision is made before 9th April
2001, under article 35(3) (5) and, where the decision is made on or after
that date, under article 35(2) to or in respect of a child aged 15 or over—
(a) where the child has attained the age of 18 and is incapable of £144.65 per week (*)
self-support by reason of an infirmity which arose before he
or she attained the age of 15
(*) Maximum amount payable.
(5) The reference to article 35(3) is a reference to the Scheme in force prior to 9th April 2001.
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Description of Pension or Allowance Rate
(b) any other case
(i) in respect of the only, elder or eldest child £33.80 per week (*)
(ii) in respect of each other child £36.95 per week (*)
(iii) where the child does not qualify for child benefit under £36.95 per week (*)
the Social Security Contributions or Benefits Act 1992 or
under any legislation in Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man
corresponding to that Act
8. Education allowance under article 36 £120.00 per annum
9. Pensions to parents—
(a) minimum rate under article 38(4) £0.25 per week
(b) maximum rate under article 38(4)
(i) where there is only one eligible parent £1.00 per week
(ii) where there is more than one eligible parent £1.38 per week
(c) Increase under the proviso to article 38(4)—
(i) where there is only one eligible parent £0.38 per week (*)
(ii) where there is more than one eligible parent £0.62 per week (*)
10. Pensions to other dependants—
(a) for each juvenile dependant under article 39(4) £0.30 per week (*)
(b) aggregate rate under article 39(4) £1.00 per week (*)
(c) under article 39(5) £1.00 per week (*)
(*) Maximum amount payable.
Louise Sandher-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
4th March 2026 Ministry of Defence
We consent
Gen Kitchen
Christian Wakeford
Two Lords Commissioners of
24th February 2026 His Majesty’s Treasury
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (“the Scheme”), which makes
provision for the payment of pensions and allowances to, or in respect of, civilians who were killed
or injured during the 1939-1945 World War.
Paragraphs (2) and (3) of article 2 of this Order substitute the tables in Schedules 3 and 4 to the
Scheme respectively, in order to adjust the rates prescribed for pensions and allowances in respect
of disablement or death.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact
on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.
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