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Welfare Reform Bill


 

Welfare Reform Bill

 

[AS AMENDED IN GRAND COMMITTEE]

 
 

Contents

Part 1

Universal credit

Chapter 1

Entitlement and awards

Introductory

1   

Universal credit

2   

Claims

Entitlement

3   

Entitlement

4   

Basic conditions

5   

Financial conditions

6   

Restrictions on entitlement

Awards

7   

Basis of awards

8   

Calculation of awards

Elements of an award

9   

Standard allowance

10   

Responsibility for children and young persons

11   

Housing costs

12   

Other particular needs or circumstances

 

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Chapter 2

Claimant responsibilities

Introductory

13   

Work-related requirements: introductory

14   

Claimant commitment

Work-related requirements

15   

Work-focused interview requirement

16   

Work preparation requirement

17   

Work search requirement

18   

Work availability requirement

Application of work-related requirements

19   

Claimants subject to no work-related requirements

20   

Claimants subject to work-focused interview requirement only

21   

Claimants subject to work preparation requirement

22   

Claimants subject to all work-related requirements

Work-related requirements: supplementary

23   

Connected requirements

24   

Imposition of requirements

25   

Compliance with requirements

Reduction of benefit

26   

Higher-level sanctions

27   

Other sanctions

28   

Hardship payments

Administration

29   

Delegation and contracting out

Chapter 3

Supplementary and general

Supplementary and consequential

30   

Supplementary regulation-making powers

31   

Supplementary and consequential amendments

32   

Power to make supplementary and consequential provision etc

Universal credit and other benefits

33   

Abolition of benefits

34   

Universal credit and state pension credit

35   

Universal credit and working-age benefits

 
 

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36   

Migration to universal credit

General

37   

Capability for work or work-related activity

38   

Information

39   

Couples

40   

Interpretation of Part 1

Regulations

41   

Pilot schemes

42   

Regulations: general

43   

Regulations: procedure

Part 2

Working-age benefits

Chapter 1

Jobseeker’s allowance

Claimant responsibilities for interim period

44   

Claimant commitment for jobseeker’s allowance

45   

Interviews

46   

Sanctions

47   

Procedure for regulation-making powers

48   

Consequential amendments

Claimant responsibilities after introduction of universal credit

49   

Claimant responsibilities for jobseeker’s allowance

Chapter 2

Employment and support allowance

Conditions of entitlement

50   

Dual entitlement

51   

Period of entitlement to contributory allowance

52   

Condition relating to youth

Claimant responsibilities for interim period

53   

Claimant commitment for employment and support allowance

54   

Work experience etc

55   

Hardship payments

Claimant responsibilities after introduction of universal credit

56   

Claimant responsibilities for employment and support allowance

 
 

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Chapter 3

Income support

57   

Entitlement of lone parents to income support etc

58   

Claimant commitment for income support

Chapter 4

Miscellaneous

Claimants dependent on drugs etc

59   

Claimants dependent on drugs etc

Entitlement to work

60   

Entitlement to work: jobseeker’s allowance

61   

Entitlement to work: employment and support allowance

62   

Entitlement to work: maternity allowance and statutory payments

Part 3

Other benefit changes

Industrial injuries benefit

63   

Injuries arising before 5 July 1948

64   

Persons under 18

65   

Trainees

66   

Restriction on new claims for industrial death benefit

67   

Determinations

Housing benefit

68   

Housing benefit: determination of appropriate maximum

Social fund

69   

Ending of discretionary payments

70   

Purposes of discretionary payments

71   

Determination of amount or value of budgeting loan

72   

External provider social loans and community care grants

State pension credit

73   

State pension credit: carers

74   

State pension credit: capital limit

Working tax credit

75   

Calculation of working tax credit

 
 

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Part 4

Personal independence payment

Personal independence payment

76   

Personal independence payment

77   

Daily living component

78   

Mobility component

79   

Ability to carry out daily living activities or mobility activities

80   

Required period condition: further provision

Entitlement and payability: further provision

81   

Terminal illness

82   

Persons of pensionable age

83   

No entitlement to daily living component where UK is not competent state

84   

Persons receiving certain services

85   

Prisoners and detainees

Supplementary

86   

Claims, awards and information

87   

Report to Parliament

General

88   

Abolition of disability living allowance

89   

Amendments

90   

Power to make supplementary and consequential provision

91   

Transitional

92   

Regulations

93   

Interpretation of Part 4

Part 5

Social security: general

Benefit cap

94   

Benefit cap

95   

Benefit cap: supplementary

Claims and awards

96   

Claims and awards

97   

Powers to require information relating to claims and awards

Payments

98   

Payments to joint claimants

99   

Payments on account

 
 

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Appeals

100   

Power to require consideration of revision before appeal

101   

Supersession of decisions of former appellate bodies

Electronic communications

102   

Electronic communications

Recovery of benefits

103   

Recovery of benefit payments

104   

Deduction from earnings: other cases

105   

Recovery of child benefit and guardian’s allowance

106   

Application of Limitation Act 1980

Recovery of fines from benefit

107   

Recovery of fines etc by deductions from employment and support allowance

Investigation and prosecution of offences

108   

Powers to require information relating to investigations

109   

Time limits for legal proceedings

110   

Prosecution powers of local authorities

Penalties as alternative to prosecution

111   

Penalty in respect of benefit fraud not resulting in overpayment

112   

Amount of penalty

113   

Period for withdrawal of agreement to pay penalty

Civil penalties

114   

Civil penalties for incorrect statements and failures to disclose information

Loss of benefit

115   

Benefit offences: disqualifying and sanctionable benefits

116   

Benefit offences: period of sanction

117   

Benefit offences: sanctions for repeated benefit fraud

118   

Loss of tax credits

119   

Cautions

Administration of tax credits

120   

Tax credit fraud: investigation

121   

Information-sharing for prevention etc of tax credit fraud

122   

Tax credit fraud: prosecution and penalties

123   

Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to tax credit offences

124   

Tax credits: transfer of functions etc

Information-sharing: Secretary of State and HMRC

125   

Information-sharing between Secretary of State and HMRC

 
 

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Information-sharing: Secretary of State and DPP

126   

Information-sharing between Secretary of State and DPP

127   

Unlawful disclosure of information supplied under section 126

Information-sharing involving local authorities etc

128   

Information-sharing in relation to provision of overnight care etc

129   

Information-sharing in relation to welfare services etc

130   

Unlawful disclosure of information supplied under section 129

131   

Sections 128 to 130: supplementary

Information-sharing: miscellaneous

132   

Information-sharing for social security or employment purposes etc

Part 6

Miscellaneous

Tell Us Once

133   

Functions of registration service

Child support maintenance

134   

Supporting maintenance agreements

135   

Collection of child support maintenance

136   

Indicative maintenance calculations

137   

Recovery of child support maintenance by deduction from benefit

138   

Exclusion from individual voluntary arrangements

Employment and training

139   

Use of jobcentres by sex industry

Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

140   

Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

Part 7

Final

141   

Repeals

142   

Financial provision

143   

Extent

144   

Commencement

145   

Short title

Schedule 1   —   

Universal credit: supplementary regulation-making powers

 
 

 
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