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| Thursday 12 February 2009 |
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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):
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| Welfare Reform Bill Committee 43-55 |
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| Clause 13, page 18, line 40, at end insert— |
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| | ‘140ZD | Individual social fund accounts |
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| | (1) | The Secretary of State may establish a system of individual social fund accounts |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State may designate external providers to provide financial |
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| | advice to holders of individual social fund accounts. |
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| | (3) | Individual social fund accounts shall be used to provide budgeting loans from the |
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| | (4) | An individual social fund account which meets the requirements of the Saving |
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| | Gateway Accounts Act 2009 may be designated as a Saving Gateway account. |
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| | (5) | The Secretary of State may prescribe the conditions under which a designated |
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| | external provider may advance funds to the Secretary of State for the provision of |
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| | social fund budgeting loans. |
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| | (6) | A designated external provider may make a qualifying loan to an eligible person |
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| | from that person’s individual social fund account. |
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| | (7) | The Secretary of State may prescribe conditions under which deductions may be |
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| | made from an eligible person’s relevant benefits for the repayment of the amount |
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| | of the qualifying loan to the individual social fund account of the eligible person |
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| | and to recover the allowable costs of the external provider. |
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| | (8) | The Secretary of State may make regulations— |
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| | (a) | to establish a system of individual social fund accounts and to set out |
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| | criteria for qualifying persons under subsection (1), |
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| | (b) | to specify criteria for the designation of external providers under |
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| | (c) | to prescribe the conditions under subsection (5), and |
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| | (d) | to prescribe conditions under which deductions may be made from an |
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| | eligible person’s relevant benefits for the repayment of the amount of the |
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| | qualifying loan under subsection (7).’. |
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| Clause 23, page 33, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(d) | shall specify the level of training required to meet the needs of claimants |
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| | with mental and/or physical disabilities, |
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| | (e) | shall specify the level of training required to meet the needs of claimants |
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| | with caring responsibilities, |
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| | (f) | shall specify the level of training required to meet the needs of claimants |
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| | with drug dependency and alcohol issues, |
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| | (g) | shall specify the level of training required to meet the needs of claimants |
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| | who are lone parents with dependant children, and |
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| | (h) | shall specify the level of training required to meet the needs of claimants |
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| | who are lone parents and have been victims of domestic violence.’. |
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| Page 43, line 13, leave out Clause 40. |
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| Page 47, line 22, leave out Clause 41. |
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| Clause 29, page 37, line 20, after ‘services’, insert ‘, unless such exclusion would |
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| prevent P from achieving the matters set out in subsection (2)’. |
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| Clause 28, page 36, line 41, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | When P is exercising his rights under this Part the relevant authority shall be |
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| | subject to a duty to cooperate with P.’. |
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| Page 87, line 20, leave out Schedule 5. |
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| Clause 1, page 2, line 40, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(8A) | Regulations under this section must make provision to ensure that providers— |
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| | (a) | submit to the Secretary of State data showing the number of participants |
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| | with a disability at every state of the scheme by impairment category; |
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| | (b) | are required to show how they will meet the needs of participants with |
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| | particular disabilities.’. |
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| Clause 1, page 3, line 21, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | For the purposes of, or in connection with, any scheme within section 17A(1) the |
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| | Secretary of State shall review data showing the number of participants with a |
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| | disability at every stage of the scheme by impairment category.’. |
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| Clause 2, page 7, line 5, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(aa) | must be reasonable, having regard to whether the person has a learning |
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| | disability and the nature of that learning disability; |
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| | (ab) | must be reasonable, having regard to the adequacy of the support |
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| | available to be provided to the person if they have a learning disability;’. |
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| Clause 8, page 14, line 15, at end insert ‘; and |
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| | (d) | must take into account— |
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| | (i) | any misunderstanding of the requirements to participate owing to |
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| | the nature of a participant’s learning disability, and |
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| | (ii) | the adequacy of support provided to any participant with a |
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| | learning disability to ensure they understood the requirements |
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