• Accessibility
• Email alerts
• RSS feeds
• Contact us

House of Commons

Session 2006 - 07 Publications on the internet Other Bills before Parliament Bill home page

Index to Welfare Reform Bill

INTRODUCTION SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND Employment and Support Allowance Housing benefit and council tax benefit Sharing of social security information Overpayment recovery Benefit fraud: the "two strikes" rule Disability living allowance: age conditions Social Fund Vaccine Damage Payments: overseas vaccinations Vaccine Damage Payments: appeals to appeal tribunals in Northern Ireland Compensation for Pneumoconiosis Attendance allowance/disability living allowance and care home residents Independent Living Funds BILL OVERVIEW TERRITORIAL EXTENT COMMENTARY ON CLAUSES PART 1: Employment and Support Allowance Clause 1: Employment and support allowance Clause 2: Amount of contributory allowance and; Clause 3: Deductions from contributory allowance: supplementary Clause 4: Amount of income-related allowance Clause 5: Advance award of income-related allowance Clause 6: Amount payable where claimants entitled to both forms of allowance Clause 7: Exclusion of payments below prescribed minimum Clause 8: Limited capability for work Clause 9: Limited capability for work-related activity Clause 10: Work-focused health-related assessments Clause 11: Work-focused interviews Clause 12: Work-related activity Clause 13: Action plans in connection with work-focused interviews Clause 14: Directions about work related activity Clause 15: Contracting out Clause 16: Income and capital: general Clause 17: Disqualification Clause 18: Pilot schemes Clause 19: Relationship with statutory payments Clause 20: Deemed entitlement for other purposes Clause 21: Supplementary Provisions Clause 22: Recovery of sums in respect of maintenance Clause 24: Regulations Clause 25: Parliamentary control: Clause 26: General financial arrangements Clause 27: Consequential amendments relating to Part 1 Clause 28: Transition relating to Part 1 PART 2: Housing benefit and council tax benefit Clause 29: Local housing allowance Clause 30: Loss of housing benefit following eviction for anti-social behaviour, etc Clause 31: Housing and Council Tax Benefit for persons taking up employment; Clause 32: supplemental and; Clause 33 interpretation Clause 34: Information relating to housing benefit Clause 35: Supply of information by rent officers Clause 36: Payment of housing benefit Clause 37: Duty to send inspection reports to the Secretary of State and; Clause 38: Directions by Secretary of State PART 3: Social Security Administration: General Clause 40: Social Security Information Clause 41: Information relating to certain benefits Clause 42: Unlawful disclosure of certain information Clause 43: Recovery of overpaid benefit: Great Britain Clause 44: Recovery of overpaid child benefit and guardian's allowance: Northern Ireland Clauses 45 and 46: local authority powers to investigate and prosecute benefit fraud Clause 47: Local authority functions relating to benefit: information Clause 48: Loss of benefit for commission of benefit offences PART 4: Miscellaneous Clause 51: Care component of disability living allowance: persons under the age of 16 Clause 52: Mobility component of disability living allowance: persons under the age of 16 Clause 53: Matters to which regard must be had in awarding budgeting loans Clause 54: Allocations from the Social Fund Clause 55: Overseas vaccinations Clause 56: Appeals to appeal tribunal in Northern Ireland Clause 57: "Relevant employer" Clause 58: "Dependant" Clause 59: Power to stop payment of allowances to care home residents Clause 60: Independent Living Funds General Clause 62: Northern Ireland Clause 65: Repeals Schedule 1 - Employment and support allowance: additional conditions Schedule 5 - Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 2 Schedule 6 - Schedule to be inserted in the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF THE BILL Employment and support allowance Housing benefit and council tax benefit Overpayment recovery Benefit fraud Part 4 of the Bill (Miscellaneous) EFFECTS OF THE BILL ON PUBLIC SERVICE MANPOWER Employment and support allowance Housing benefit and council tax benefit Overpayment recovery Benefit fraud Part 4 of the Bill SUMMARY OF THE REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT Employment and support allowance Housing benefit and council tax benefit Overpayment recovery Benefit fraud EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TRANSPOSITION NOTES COMMENCEMENT

• A-Z index
• Glossary
• Contact us
• Freedom of Information
• Jobs
• Using this website
• Copyright