C12/2002 GENERAL INCREASE TO BRITISH PENSION PAID IN AUSTRALIA

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Departmental Instruction

DATE OF ISSUE: 15 APRIL 2002

GENERAL INCREASE TO BRITISH PENSION PAID IN AUSTRALIA

Advised by:

The British Department of Social Security (BDSS) have advised that British pensions paid in Australia will rise by 1.7%, in line with their Retail Price Index and will come into effect from the payday in the week commencing

8 April 2002.

New Percentage Rate

The National Insurance Benefit will increase by 1.7% in line with their Retail Price Index.

Effective Pay Day

This exercise is a manual process and arrears are to be paid to EATS/Composite cases, so the timetable is at your discretion. However, the variation should be put into effect on payday 2 May 2002. In service pension rent assistance, age pension cases and overpayments should not be raised.

Cases Affected

These changes will affect the EATS/Composite cases and any case where service pension is also in payment. Age pension (BeB) cases will also be affected. The new rates should be applied to EATS, Composite, all service pension and age pension cases where British disability pension is in payment.

Rates Charts

A selection of rates converted to $A at both old and new rates are attached.

Manual Examination

There will be no cases processed automatically. All cases will be listed for manual examination.

Changed Arrangements

Since the introduction of IPS extraction of cases can only be obtained through the AD Hoc Inquires System (AIS). A list of cases has been emailed to all the Income Support Managers and System Support Officers. There have been occasional problems with the AIS results. If for any reason the list provided appears inconsistent with your expectations please contact the Income Support Officers listed below.

Service Pension Cases where British Disability Pension is in Payment

Action schedules of cases requiring manual examination and variation are made up of the following groups.

Composite cases (with or without SP)

EATS cases (with or without SP)

Other overseas pensions (that may be affected)

Miscellaneous and joint cases

PIPS/PC

For all cases involving EATS, COMPOSITE or SERVICE PENSION, whether automatic or manual method of assessment, the new rate of pension must be updated via PIPS/PC.

Contact Officers

The Income Support contact officers for this exercise will be:

Nasreen Haque (02) 6289 1125

ROGER WINZENBERG

Branch Head

INCOME SUPPORT

12 April 2002

CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE $A2.75

OTHER RANKS - DISABILITY PENSION-EFFECTIVE 8-Apr-02

		OLD	NEW
CLASS	%	RATE	RATE
V, IV, III, II, I, WO1		P.F.	P.F.
	20%	133.98	133.98
	30%	200.97	200.97
	40%	267.96	267.96
	50%	334.95	334.95
	60%	401.94	401.94
	70%	468.93	468.93
	80%	535.92	535.92
	90%	602.91	602.91
	100%	669.90	669.90

OFFICER - DISABILITY PENSION - EFFECTIVE 8-Apr-02

Exchange Rate $A	2.75
RANK
1 Midshipman or Comm Off Navy
2 Lt. Army
3 Capt. Army		OLD	NEW
4 Major Army		RATE	RATE
5 Lt. Col Army	%	P.F.	P.F.
	20%	134.06	134.06
	30%	201.15	201.15
	40%	268.13	268.13
	50%	335.21	335.21
	60%	402.30	402.30
	70%	469.28	469.28
	80%	536.36	536.36
	90%	603.34	603.34
	100%	670.43	670.43

OFFICERS
SERVICE RETIRED PAY OR SERVICE PENSION - EFFECTIVE 8-Apr-02
EXCHANGE RATE $A2.75

	OLD	NEW
	RATE	RATE
	P.F.	P.F.
20%	134.06	134.06
30%	201.15	201.15
40%	268.13	268.13
50%	335.21	335.21
60%	402.30	402.30
70%	469.28	469.28
80%	536.36	536.36
90%	603.34	603.34
100%	670.43	670.43

SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCES
OFFICERS and OTHER RANKS - DISABLEMENT
EXCHANGE RATE $A2.75
		Effective	8-Apr-02	Effective	8-Apr-02
	UNEMPLOYABILITY SUPP.	OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
		OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
		P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
	Personal Allowance	407.26	414.22	407.00	413.88
	Wife or Adult dependant	229.84	233.64	229.63	233.48
	1st eligible child	54.22	54.22	54.18	54.18
	2nd & subsequent child	63.60	63.60	63.53	63.53

	CONSTANT ATTENDANT	OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
	ALLOWANCE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
		P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
	1.Up to half-day attendance	126.58	126.58	126.50	126.50
	2.Full day attendance - Basic	253.15	253.15	253.00	253.00
	- Intermediate	379.73	379.73	379.50	379.50
	- Exceptional	506.41	506.41	506.00	506.00

	COMFORTS ALLOWANCE	OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
		OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
		P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
	Higher Rate	108.43	108.43	108.35	108.35
	Lower Rate	54.22	54.22	54.18	54.18

	CLOTHING ALLOWANCE	OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
		OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
		P.A.	P.A.	P.F.	P.F.
	Higher Rate	431.75	431.75	16.56	16.56
	Lower Rate	431.75	431.75	16.56	16.56

	INVALIDITY ALLOWANCE	OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
		OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
		P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
	Age on ) < 40 yrs	81.96	81.96	81.95	81.95
	Qualifying ) > 40 but < 50 yrs	52.32	52.32	52.25	52.25
	Date ) > 50 yrs	26.16	26.16	26.13	26.13

	AGE ALLOWANCE	OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
	When the degree of pensioned	OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
	disablement is :	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
	a. 40% to 50% - inclusive	44.83	44.83	44.83	44.83
	b. > 50% but not > 70%	69.09	69.09	69.03	69.03
	c. > 70% but not > 90%	98.20	98.20	98.18	98.18
	d. over 90%	138.18	138.18	138.05	138.05

MISCELLANEOUS
EXCHANGE RATE $A2.75
		Effective	8-Apr-02	Effective	8-Apr-02
	RENT ALLOWANCE (Maximum)	OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
		OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
		P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
		191.55	191.55	191.40	191.40

	AGE ALLOWANCE	OFFICERS		OTHER RANKS
		OLD RATE	NEW RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
		P.F.	P.F.	P.F.	P.F.
	Widows - Age 65 but under 70	58.01	58.01	58.03	58.03
	Age 70 and over	111.18	111.18	111.10	111.10
	Age 80 and over	165.39	165.39	165.28	165.28

DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS
EXCHANGE RATE $A2.75
		Effective	8-Apr-02
	WIDOWS HIGHER RATE	OLD RATE	NEW RATE
****M.O.D. Payment Included ****		P.F.	P.F.
	CLASS V	837.61	835.96
	IV, III, II, I, WO1	837.61	837.61
Lt Comdr, Capt, Major, Sq Ldr		848.08	848.08
Lt, Lt, Capt, Fl Lt		846.18	846.18
Sub Lt, Lt, Flying Off Pilot Off		844.07	844.07
Comms Off		840.90	840.90

WIDOWS M.O.D. PAYMENT		OLD RATE	NEW RATE
Special award for Widows whose husbands completed service		P.F.	P.F.
on or before 31 March 1973.		329.96	329.96

CHILDREN OF WIDOW OR REMARRIED WIDOW		OLD RATE	NEW RATE
		P.F.	P.F.
1st ELIGIBLE CHILD		80.06	80.06
2nd and SUBSEQUENT CHILD		89.13	89.13

TOTAL ORPHANS and MOTHERLESS CHILDREN		OLD RATE	NEW RATE
		P.F.	P.F.
TOTAL ORPHANS 1st CHILD		90.82	90.82
2nd and SUBSEQUENT ORPHANS		99.89	99.89
INFIRM & > 18 -		390.48	390.48

EXCHANGE RATE VARIATION FROM TO CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE

DISABLED OTHER RANKS - MALE & FEMALE

	1939 War Rates
Assessment	pounds /wk
		Chart 2
100	121.80	other ranks
90	109.62
80	97.44
70	85.26
60	73.08
50	60.90
40	48.72
30	36.54
20	24.36

DISABLED OFFICERS - MALE & FEMALE

	pounds yearly	Chart 1
100	6356	officers
90	5720
80	5085
70	4449
60	3814
50	3178
40	2542
30	1907
20	1271

Chart 15

SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCES

		Officers		Other Ranks
		(yearly)		(weekly)
UNEMPLOYABILITY SUPPLEMENT
		old rate	new rate	old rate	new rate
Personal allowance		3861	3927	74.00	75.25
Wife or adult dependent		2179	2215	41.75	42.45
1st eligible child		506	514	9.70	9.85
2nd & subsequent child		592	603	11.35	11.55
INVALIDITY ALLOWANCE
		old rate	new rate	old rate	new rate
Age qualifying	1. Under 40	777	777	14.90	14.90
Date	2. Over 40,under 50	496	496	9.50	9.50
	3. 50 or over	248	248	4.75	4.75

CONSTANT ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE
		old rate	new rate	old rate	new rate
1. Up to half-day attendance		1200	1200	23.00	23.00
2. Full day attendance
Basic rate		2400	2400	46.00	46.00
Intermediate		3600	3600	69.00	69.00
Exceptional		4801	4801	92.00	92.00

COMFORTS ALLOWANCE
		old rate	new rate	old rate	new rate
Higher rate		1028	1028	19.70	19.70
Lower rate		514	514	9.85	9.85

AGE ALLOWANCE
When the degree of pensioned
disablement is		old rate	new rate	old rate	new rate
a. 40 to 50 per cent		425	425	8.15	8.15
b. 50 to 70 per cent		655	655	12.55	12.55
c. 70 to 90 per cent		931	931	17.85	17.85
d. over 90 per cent		1310	1310	25.10	25.10

WIDOWS PENSION and ALLOWANCES							Charts 8, 9 & 11

Type of Award			Other Ranks				Officers
			Class of Award per Week				per year
Widow	WO1	1	2	3	4	5
Higher Rate	92.30	92.30	92.30	92.30	92.30	92.00
Lower Rate	22.12	22.12	22.12	22.12	22.12	22.12
Children of
Widow 1st Child			14.55				759.00
2 nd and sub			16.20				845.00
Total Orphans
1st Child			16.50				861.00
2 nd and sub			18.15				947.00
infirm 18 +			70.95				3702.00
Age Allowance
Age 65 to 70			10.55				550.00
Age 70 +			20.20				1054.00
Age 80 +			30.05				1568.00

Chart 9 & 11

		Other	Officers
M.O.D.		P.W.	P.A.
Special Awards for Widow
whose husband's service	New	59.95	3128.19
ended on or before 31/3/73

WIDOWS CHILDREN, MOTHERLESS & FATHERLESS CHILDREN					Chart 13
		Motherless & Fatherless Children
		Total Orphan (weekly rate)
		child			infirm
		allow	under15	15orover	18orover
officers	rate for 1st	14.55	16.50	16.50	70.95
R.N.;R.M.	child	14.55	16.50	16.50	70.95
officers	rate for 2nd &	16.20	18.15	18.15	70.95
R.N.;R.M.	subsequent child	16.20	18.15	18.15	70.95
other officer	rate for 1st	14.55	16.50	16.50	70.95
ranks	child	14.55	16.50	16.50	70.95
other officer	rate for 2nd &	16.20	18.15	18.15	70.95
ranks	subsequent child	16.20	18.15	18.15	70.95

		Chart 9 & 11
MISCELLANEOUS		OTHER
		RANKS	OFFICER
RENT ALLOWANCE (MAX)	old	34.80	1816.00
	new	34.80	1816.00

WIDOWS' PENSIONS - OFFICERS						Chart 10
BOTH WARS
ROYAL NAVY	ROYAL	ARMY	R.A.F.	HIGH
	MARINE			RATE
				Old Rate	New Rate
		Major	Sq Ldr	4912	4912
		Capt.	Fl Lt	4894	4894
		Lieut.	FO	4874	4874
Comm Off				4844	4844

			Chart 15

CLOTHING ALLOWANCE	OFFICERS & OTHER RANKS
		(yearly)
		old rate	new rate
Higher rate		157	157
Lower rate		157	157