Session 2010 - 12
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Other Bills before Parliament
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| Welfare Reform Bill, As Amended
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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| | (discretionary payments out of Social Fund) may be repealed, if the Secretary of |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 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 ‘as respects every time’ and insert ‘as |
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| regularly as their disabling condition occurs’. |
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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 ‘as respects every time’ and insert ‘as |
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| regularly as their disabling condition occurs’. |
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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 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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| Remaining New Clauses relating to Part 5 |
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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 61, line 35, leave out Clause 93. |
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| Page 61, line 37 [Clause 93], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The Secretary of State shall not apply a benefit cap on a claimant’s welfare |
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| | benefits where the claimant has not received a reasonable offer of a job, except in |
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| | prescribed circumstances.’. |
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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 76, line 31 [Clause 112], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | Subsection (1) shall not take effect until the Secretary of State has published a |
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| | (a) | the criteria that will be used to define whether an error will or will not be |
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| | considered to fall within sections 115C and 115D of the Social Security |
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| | Administration Act 1992, as inserted by subsection (1), and how |
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| | individual characteristics of the claimant are to be taken into account |
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| | when making the distinction, |
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| | (b) | how the appropriate authority will compensate claimants where an |
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| | overpayment or delay in payment of benefit has arisen as a result of |
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| | (c) | how the appropriate authority will determine what reasonable steps a |
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| | claimant can be expected to take to avoid error and the information, |
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| | guidance and other assistance the appropriate authority will provide to |
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| | each person making a claim to enable them to understand and meet their |
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| | responsibilities with respect to that claim.’. |
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| Page 98, line 2 [Clause 130], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3) | In section 6 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, after |
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| | subsection 2 there is inserted— |
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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 [Schedule 13], leave out line 17 to line 3 on page 151. |
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| Page 151 [Schedule 13], leave out lines 13 to 19. |
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