Legislation

• Welfare Reform Act 2012 – Commencement Order No. 9

  June 6, 2013
  Welfare Reform Act 2012 – Commencement Order No. 9 – provides for the Universal Credit Pathfinder to start on 29 April 2013 in Ashton-under-Lyne. Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Universal Credit regulations 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Universal Credit regulations 2013 – set out the main rules for Universal Credit, including entitlement, elements of the award, calculation of income and capital, and claimant responsibilities, and also allow for a ben [...] Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Claims and payments regulations for Universal Credit 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Claims and payments regulations for Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance 2013 – update existing provisions and makes new provisions, for example [...] Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Decisions and Appeal Regulations for Universal Credit 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Decisions and appeals regulations for Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance 2013 – update existing provisions on how decisions are made, includin [...] Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Universal Credit transitional provisions regulations 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Universal Credit transitional provisions regulations 2013 – provide for the limited introduction of Universal Credit from 29 April 2013 for certain claimants who will participate in the ‘Pathfinder’ Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Payments on account of benefit regulations 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Payments on account of benefit regulations 2013 – replace interim payments and some crisis loans with Universal Credit Advances and Short Term Benefit Advances and replace Budgeting Loans with Budgeting Advances Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Employment and Support Allowance sanctions amendment regulations 2012

  June 6, 2013
  Employment and Support Allowance sanctions amendment regulations 2012 – align the Employment and Support Allowance sanctions regime with Universal Credit and introduce hardship payments prior to introduction of Univer [...] Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Jobseeker’s Allowance regulations 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Jobseeker’s Allowance regulations 2013 – remove income-related rules and bring contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance into line with Universal Credit on labour market requirements Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Jobseeker’s Allowance sanctions amendment regulations 2012

  June 6, 2013
  Jobseeker’s Allowance sanctions amendment regulations 2012 – introduce a new sanctions regime for Jobseeker’s Allowance Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Employment and Support Allowance regulations 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Employment and Support Allowance regulations 2013 – remove income-related rules and brings contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance into line with Universal Credit on labour market requirements Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Housing Benefit amendment regulations

  June 6, 2013
  Housing Benefit amendment regulations – introduce a requirement to set a maximum rent in the social rented sector using the local housing allowance size criteria, and also make changes to the time and circumstances in [...] Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Claims and payments amendment regulations 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Claims and payments amendment regulations 2013 – make changes to the cost mortgage lenders pay towards the mortgage interest direct scheme Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit) regulations 2012

  June 6, 2013
  Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit) regulations 2012 – amend the Housing Benefit regulations to introduce a benefit cap Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Rent officers (Universal Credit functions) order 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Rent officers (Universal Credit functions) order 2013 – allow for rent officers in England, Wales and Scotland to make decisions about housing costs relating to Universal Credit Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Council Tax Benefit abolition regulations 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Council Tax Benefit abolition (consequential provision) regulations 2013 – remove or amend references to Council Tax Benefit in various statutory instruments Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Loss of benefit amendment regulations 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Loss of benefit amendment regulations 2013 – change the reduction applied to some means-tested benefits and to hardship arrangements, and also sets out the ‘serious fraud’ offences which attract an immediate 3 yea [...] Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Overpayments and recovery regulations 2013

  June 6, 2013
  Overpayments and recovery regulations 2013 – set out rules for calculating and recovering overpayments of Universal Credit, certain Tax Credits and contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support [...] Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (DRAFT)

  January 29, 2013
  Set out provisions for Universal Credit, including entitlement, elements of the award, calculation of income and capital, and claimant responsibilities. They also make provision for a benefit cap. Regulations (www.le [...] Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013 (DRAFT)

  January 29, 2013
  Provides for the limited introduction of Universal Credit from 29 April 2013 for certain claimants who will participate in the "Pathfinder" Regulation (www.legislation.co.uk) Explanatory Memorandum (pdf: 297kb) Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013 (DRAFT)

  January 29, 2013
  Updates existing provisions on how decisions are made, including new requirement for reconsideration before claimants can appeal Regulation (www.legislation.gov.uk) Explanatory Memorandum (pdf: 110kb)   Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations (DRAFT) 

  January 29, 2013
  Introduces a requirement to set a maximum rent in the social rented sector using the Local housing Allowance size criteria. Makes changes to the time and circumstances in which a case subject to the Local Housing Allowan [...] Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Working-age Benefits (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2012 (DRAFT)

  January 29, 2013
  Updates existing provisions and makes new provisions, for example Universal Credit payment one month in arrears. Regulation (pdf: 322kb) Explanatory Memorandum (pdf: 124kb) Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• Welfare Reform Act 2012

  January 29, 2013
  On 8 March the Welfare Reform Act 2012 received Royal Assent. The Act introduces a wide range of reforms to make the benefits and tax credits system fairer and simpler by: creating the right incentives to get more pe [...] Read more »
  Section: Legislation

• "Draft Discretionary Housing Payments" Guidance Manual, April 2013

  October 9, 2012
  The DWP have release a new Draft Guidance Manual for Discretionary Housing Payments in April 2013. To view the manual as a PDF document, use the link below. "Draft Discretionary Housing Payments" Guidance [...] Read more »
  Section: Legislation