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| | Welfare Reform Bill, As Amended |
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| | Page 12, line 12 [Clause 26], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Regulations must make provision to secure that, where a claimant falling within |
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| | | section 22 does not have guaranteed and predictable access to high quality, |
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| | | flexible and affordable child care acceptable to the parent and child or children, |
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| | | the Secretary of State may not impose a sanction on the claimant under this |
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| | | section or under section 27.’. |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The amount in respect of other particular needs or circumstance, under section 12, |
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| | | shall include a childcare element for claimants who are in work, except in |
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| | | prescribed circumstances. |
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| | | (2) | The maximum award of the childcare element shall be a prescribed proportion of |
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| | | childcare costs (not less than 80%, or 90% where the element contributes to care |
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| | | for a disabled child), up to a prescribed maximum value (not less than £175 per |
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| | | week for one child and £300 for two or more children). |
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| | | (3) | “Childcare charges” are charges of a prescribed description incurred in respect of |
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| | | childcare by the claimant or claimants by whom a universal credit claim is made. |
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| | | (4) | “Childcare”, in relation to a person or persons, means care provided for any child |
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| | | up to the last day in the week in which 1 September falls following the child’s |
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| | | 15th birthday or their 16th birthday if they are disabled, for whom the person is |
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| | | responsible, or for whom either or both of the persons is or are responsible; and |
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| | | by a person of a prescribed description. |
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| | | (5) | Except in prescribed circumstances, the childcare element shall not be paid where |
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| | | a claimant is in work for fewer than a prescribed number of hours a week or, in |
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| | | the case of a couple, where one or both of the claimants are in work for fewer than |
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| | | a prescribed number of hours a week. |
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| | | (6) | For the purposes of this section, regulations are to provide for a definition of |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The amount in respect of other particular needs or circumstances, under section |
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| | | 12, shall include an amount in respect of school meals for any dependents of the |
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| | | (2) | The maximum award of the amount under this section shall be 100 per cent. of |
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| | | the cost that the claimant would expect to incur in respect of school meals, up to |
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| | | a prescribed maximum value per child. |
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| | | (3) | Regulations shall specify the circumstances under which a claimant shall be |
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| | | entitled to an amount under this section. |
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| | | (4) | Under no circumstances shall any amount payable under this section be included |
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| | | in the “relevant amount” specified in section 93(5) of this Act.’. |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | The amount in respect of other needs or circumstances, under section 12 of this |
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| | | Act, shall include an amount in respect of health costs. |
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| | | (2) | The maximum award of the amount under this section shall be 100 per cent. of |
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| | | the cost that the claimant would expect to incur in respect of prescribed health |
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| | | costs such as prescription, dental and optical charges, up to a prescribed |
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| | | (3) | Regulations shall specify the circumstances under which a claimant shall be |
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| | | entitled to an amount under this section. |
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| | | (4) | Under no circumstances shall any amount payable under this section be included |
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| | | in the “relevant amount” specified in section 93(5) of this Act.’. |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘The Secretary of State will provide a record to the claimant detailing the amount |
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| | | and composition of the award, including amounts in respect of each of the |
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| | | elements specified in sections 9 to 12 of this Act and of any appropriate sub- |
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| | | elements as specified in regulations.’. |
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| | Page 3, line 7 [Clause 5], after ‘it’, insert ‘excluding any amount in an Individual |
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| | Savings Account, up to a prescribed maximum of no less than £50,000, where the |
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| | Page 3, line 13 [Clause 5], after ‘it’, insert ‘excluding any amount in an Individual |
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| | Savings Account, up to a prescribed maximum of no less than £50,000, where one of the |
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| | Page 3, line 17 [Clause 5], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3) | For the purposes of this section, regulations are to provide for a definition of |
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| | Page 123, line 10 [Schedule 6], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4) | No less than six months before the appointed day the Secretary of State shall |
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| | | publish a report on the access to welfare advice, including advice for those |
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| | | unable to use the internet, that will be available at the appointed day, and shall |
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| | | satisfy himself on the basis of that report that provision is adequate to support |
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| | | migration to Universal Credit.’. |
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| | Page 103, line 1 [Schedule 1], after ‘income,’, insert— |
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| | | ‘(ba) | a person’s earned income from self-employment,’. |
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| | Page 103, line 3 [Schedule 1], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(ba) above may include provision for |
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| | | calculating profits and losses of a trade in accordance with generally accepted |
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| | | accounting practice, subject to any adjustments prescribed by regulations.’. |
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| | Page 103, line 20 [Schedule 1], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4A) | Sub-paragraph (4) does not apply where a person has earned income from self- |
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| | | employment and the business from which the earned income in question is |
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| | | derived (or any larger undertaking of which the business in question forms |
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| | | part) is being carried on upon a commercial basis and with a view to the |
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| | | realisation of profits in the business or larger undertaking.’. |
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| | Page 4, line 36 [Clause 10], at end insert ‘subject to these amounts being not less |
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| | than the additional support for disabled children provided through benefits and tax credits |
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| | prior to the introduction of Universal Credit.’. |
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| | Page 5, line 29 [Clause 11], at end add— |
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| | | ‘(6) | Regulations are to provide for the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and |
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| | | the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to review not less |
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| | | than annually the relationship between housing costs in the private rented sector |
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| | | and the level of the housing component of Universal Credit. |
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| | | (7) | Regulations are to provide that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions must |
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| | | amend the calculation of housing costs where this is necessary to ensure that at |
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| | | least the 30th percentile of the list of private rented properties in each locality |
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| | | remains affordable to claimants, in light of the review under subsection (6).’. |
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| | Page 52, line 19 [Clause 68], at end add— |
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| | | ‘(4) | After subsection (7) insert— |
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| | | “(7A) | In relation to a dwelling of which the landlord is a local housing authority |
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| | | or a registered provider of social housing, regulations under this section |
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| | | shall not permit the AMHB to be less than the actual amount of the |
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| | | liability in a case where a person has provided the relevant authority with |
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| | | such certificates, documents, information or evidence as are sufficient to |
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| | | satisfy the authority that the person is disabled and is living in a property |
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| | | specially adapted or particularly suited to meet the needs of that |
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| | Page 114 [Schedule 2], leave out lines 34 to 39. |
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| | Page 36, line 11 [Clause 51], leave out paragraph (a) and insert ‘does not include |
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| | days occurring before the coming into force of this section;’. |
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| | Page 36, line 14 [Clause 51], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(c) | does not include days in which a claim in respect of Employment and |
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| | | Support Allowance is in the assessment phase;’. |
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| | Page 36, line 14 [Clause 51], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4) | The period of days referred to in subsection (1) shall restart following any period |
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| | | in which a person is a member of the Support Group.’. |
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| | Page 35, line 37 [Clause 51], leave out ‘365 days’ and insert ‘a prescribed number |
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| | of days not less than 730’. |
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| | Page 23, line 30 [Clause 44], at end insert ‘, who in the case of disabled claimants |
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| | must have access to sufficient skills and expertise to ensure that any requirements are |
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| | appropriate to the claimant’s circumstances. An employment officer must have regard to |
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| | guidance issued by the Secretary of State when carrying out any function in relation to |
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| | Page 52, line 22 [Clause 69], leave out subsection (1) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Section 138(1)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 |
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| | | (discretionary payments out of Social Fund) may be repealed, if the Secretary of |
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| | | (a) | publishes a detailed proposal for a replacement scheme, or schemes, |
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| | | based on wide consultation with relevant stakeholders; |
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| | | (b) | ensures that such a scheme, or schemes, will provide financial protection |
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| | | for applicants in an emergency or crisis, with the eligibility criteria for |
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| | | applicants specified in regulations; |
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| | | (c) | demonstrates the feasibility of such a scheme, or schemes, through a pilot |
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| | | or pathfinder process; and |
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| | | (d) | demonstrates how an independent appeals mechanism will be |
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| | Page 52, line 24 [Clause 69], leave out subsection (2) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | In consequence of the provision in subsection (1), the office of the social fund |
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| | | commissioner may be abolished.’. |
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| | Page 58, line 35 [Clause 83], leave out ‘2’ and insert ‘3’. |
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| | Page 58, line 40 [Clause 83], at beginning insert— |
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| | | ‘(3) | The condition is that the person is an in-patient of a hospital. |
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| | Page 56, line 40 [Clause 78], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(7) | Regulations shall exempt people with prescribed medical conditions from the |
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| | | (d) | undergoing haemodialysis; |
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| | | (e) | severely visually impaired; and/or |
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| | | (f) | meets the requirements of special rules set out in Clause 80.’. |
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| | Page 56, line 45 [Clause 79], leave out ‘6’ and insert ‘3’. |
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| | Page 57, line 3 [Clause 79], leave out ‘6’ and insert ‘9’. |
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| | Page 57, line 15 [Clause 79], leave out from ‘previous’ to second ‘months’ and |
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| | insert ‘3 months means the 3’. |
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| | Page 57, line 17 [Clause 79], leave out from ‘next’ to second ‘months’ and insert ‘9 |
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