Welfare Reform Bill

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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
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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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