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| Page 45, line 23, leave out Clause 57. |
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| | New Clauses relating to industrial injuries benefit or housing benefit |
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| | | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | This Section applies to payments of the housing cost element of the universal |
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| | | (2) | Payment of the housing costs element of the universal credit must be made to a |
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| | | (a) | that person has requested or consented to such payment; |
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| | | (b) | where sub-paragraph (a) does not apply and the person is in arrears |
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| | | pursuant to the terms of the tenancy agreement between that person and |
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| | | the landlord of an amount equivalent to two weeks or more of the amount |
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| | | he is liable to pay his landlord as rent if in either case the landlord |
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| | | requests or consents to payment to him. |
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| | | (3) | Regulations made by the Secretary of State may prescribe the circumstances in |
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| | | which subsection (2) does not apply. |
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| | | (4) | Regulations made by the Secretary of State shall prescribe the person who is to |
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| | | be treated as the landlord for the purposes of this section and shall make provision |
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| | | as to the discharge of liability consequent upon the making of any payments to |
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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 52, line 19 [Clause 68], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4) | Regulations under subsection (3) are to be made by statutory instrument. |
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| | | (5) | A statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provisions) the |
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| | | first regulations under subsection (3) may not be made unless a draft of the |
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| | | instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of |
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| | | Page 52, line 19 [Clause 68], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4) | The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report on the impact of |
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| | | subsection (3) within 12 months of the coming into force of that subsection.’. |
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| | New Clause relating to the social fund or state pension credit |
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| | | Sure Start maternity grant for multiples |
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| | | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘Regulations shall make provision for the payment of a Sure Start maternity grant |
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| | | of £500 for each first born baby and in the case of subsequent multiple births, a |
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| | | single payment will be made of £500 for twins, £1,000 for triplets and £1,500 for |
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| | | Page 52, line 21, leave out Clause 69. |
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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 53, line 31 [Clause 72], at end insert ‘and Sure Start maternity grant’. |
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| | | Page 53, line 34 [Clause 72], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2) | Regulations shall make provision for the payment of a Sure Start Maternity Grant |
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| | | of £500 for each first born baby and in the case of subsequent mulitple births, a |
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| | | single payment will be made of £500 for twins, £1000 for triplets and £1500 for |
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| | | Page 128, line 28, leave out Schedule 8. |
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| | Secretary Iain Duncan Smith |
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| | Page 54, line 15 [Clause 74], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | In section 19 of that Act (regulations and orders), in subsection (2), before |
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| | | paragraph (a) there is inserted— |
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| | | “(za) | section 1(2)(d),”.’ |
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| | | Page 55, line 37 [Clause 77], leave out subsection (7). |
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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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| | | requirement in subsection (4)(c), including in prescribed circumstances where the |
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| | | (a) | severely mentally impaired; |
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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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| | | Page 58, line 34 [Clause 83], leave out ‘meets the condition in subsection (2)’ and |
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| | insert ‘is an inpatient of a hospital’. |
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| | Page 58, line 35 [Clause 83], leave out ‘2’ and insert ‘3’. |
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| | | Page 58, line 37 [Clause 83], leave out ‘or resident of a care home’. |
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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 59, line 35 [Clause 86], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3) | The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report on the impact of |
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| | | regulations made under section 83 within 12 months of the regulations being laid |
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| | | Page 140, line 25 [Schedule 10], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3) | The Secretary of State shall ensure that, in respect of any person whose award of |
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| | | disability living allowance is terminated on or after the appointed day, an award |
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| | | of personal independence payment is made without application, and that said |
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| | | award is not subject to the requirements of assessment in section 78(3) or (4), or |
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| | | subsection (2) of this section, until: |
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| | | (a) | The Secretary of State has commissioned an independent report, no less |
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| | | than six months after the appointed day, on the effectiveness of the |
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| | | assessment process as used on new applicants for personal independence |
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| | | (b) | The Secretary of State has satisfied himself, having consulted with |
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| | | disabled people, that the assessment process is functioning correctly.’. |
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| | | Page 61, line 13 [Clause 91], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(c) | the first regulations under section 83 containing provisions about the |
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| | | payment of the mobility component of personal independence payments |
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| | | to residents of a care home.’. |
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| | | Page 61, line 35, leave out Clause 93. |
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| | | Page 63, line 3, leave out Clause 94. |
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| | | Page 64, line 29 [Clause 97], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3C) | For the purposes of paragraph (3B), any element or sub-element of the universal |
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| | | credit award that is paid in respect of children, including childcare, shall be paid |
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| | | to the designated carer, except in prescribed circumstances. Regulations may |
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| | | provide further circumstances in which a proportion of universal credit may be |
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| | | payable to a particular individual.’. |
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| | | Page 65, line 2, leave out Clause 99. |
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| | | Page 74, line 37, leave out Clause 112. |
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| | Page 98, line 2 [Clause 130], at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(5) | In section 6 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, after |
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| | | “(2A) | The Secretary of State shall not levy any fees on a parent with care, |
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| | | except in prescribed circumstances.”’. |
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| | Page 150, line 17 [Schedule 13], leave out subsections (5) to (10). |
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