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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 17 May 2011

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Welfare Reform Bill


 

[Twenty-First and twenty-Second sittings]


 

Kate Green

 

Withdrawn  205

 

Clause  93,  page  61,  line  40,  at end insert ‘excepting where they are the parent(s) or

 

principal carer(s) of a child who is the subject of a child protection plan, a Children in

 

Need assessment or Common Assessment Framework Team Around the Child’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Negatived on division  232

 

Clause  93,  page  61,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The Secretary of State shall not apply a benefit cap on a claimant’s welfare

 

benefits where the claimant has not received a reasonable offer of a job, except in

 

prescribed circumstances.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  244

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  15,  at end insert ‘including one for couples with children

 

who between them work more than a prescribed number of hours.’.

 

Chris Grayling

 

Agreed to  00

 

That the Order of the Committee of 22 March shall be amended as follows—

 

(1)    

in paragraph (1)(m) leave out ‘10.30 amd and 4.00 pm’ and insert ‘9.30 am and 2

 

pm’.

 

(2)    

in paragraph (4) leave out ‘7.00 pm’ and insert ‘6 pm’.

 

Kate Green

 

Not called  197

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Family and friends carers will be exempt from the benefit cap—


 
 

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(a)    

where the child comes to live with the carer as a result of plans made

 

within a section 47 Children Act 1989 child protection enquiry;

 

(b)    

where a child comes to live with the carer following a section 37 Children

 

Act 1989 investigation;

 

(c)    

where a carer has secured a Residence Order or Special Guardianship

 

Order to avoid a child being looked after, and there is professional

 

evidence of the impairment of the parents’ ability to care for the child;

 

(d)    

where the carer has a Residence Order or Special Guardianship Order

 

arising out of care proceedings;

 

(e)    

where the carer has a Residence Order or Special Guardianship Order

 

following the accommodation of a child;

 

(f)    

where the carer has a Residence Order or Special Guardianship Order

 

following the death or serious illness of a parent.’.

 

Kate Green

 

Not called  206

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘(h)    

make provision where there are parent(s) or principal carer(s) of a child

 

who is the subject of a child protection plan, a Children in Need

 

assessment or Common Assessment Framework Team Around the

 

Child.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Withdrawn  233

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the

 

application of the benefit cap for individuals or couples living in social housing

 

as defined by section 68 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  234

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the

 

application of the benefit cap for individuals or couples owed a duty to be

 

supported with interim or temporary accommodation under sections 188, 190,

 

193 or 200 of the Housing Act 1996.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  235

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the

 

application of the benefit cap for couples or a single person who within a

 

prescribed period has left work due to redundancy or illness or reasons relating to

 

the care of a child.’.


 
 

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Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  236

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the

 

application of the benefit cap for couples with dependent children who if living

 

in separate households would have benefit entitlements lower than the relevant

 

amount.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  237

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the

 

application of the benefit cap for households where no adult is subject to all work

 

related requirements as defined in Clause 22.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  238

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the

 

application of the benefit cap for families who are worse off in work once

 

childcare costs are taken into consideration.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  246

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the

 

application of the benefit cap for any claimant in receipt of disability living

 

allowance, personal independence payment, attendance allowance, constant

 

attendance allowance, employment and support allowance, carer’s allowance, or

 

any element or sub-element of universal credit paid in respect of a disability.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Withdrawn  239

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  27,  after ‘earnings’, insert ‘plus in work benefits which the

 

average earner might expect to receive’.

 

Kate Green

 

Not called  182

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  27,  at end insert ‘equivalised as to household size’.


 
 

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Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  240

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

Regulations under this section must exclude housing benefit and any components

 

of universal credit that relate to housing costs from the amount specified under

 

subsection (5).’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  241

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

Regulations under this section must exclude child benefit, child tax credit, and

 

any elements or sub-elements of universal credit that are paid in respect of

 

children, from the amount specified under subsection (5).’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  242

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the

 

application of the benefit cap for individuals or couples living in supported or

 

sheltered accommodation.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  243

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the

 

application of the benefit cap for individuals or couples who are offered

 

accommodation under the prevention and relief of homelessness powers and

 

duties in part 7 of the Housing Act 1996.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  245

 

Clause  93,  page  62,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

Regulations under this section must exclude any element or sub-element of

 

universal credit paid in respect of a disability from the amount specified under

 

subsection (5).’.


 
 

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Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Withdrawn  248

 

Clause  94,  page  63,  line  13,  leave out subsection (4) and insert—

 

‘(4)    

In section 150 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (annual up-rating

 

of benefits) after subsection (7) there is inserted—

 

“(7A)    

The Secretary of State—

 

(a)    

shall in each tax year review the relevant amount specified under

 

subsection (5) of section 93 of the Welfare Reform Act 2011

 

(benefit cap) to determine whether its relationship with estimated

 

average earnings and any other factors specified in subsection

 

(6) of section 93 of the Welfare Reform Act 2011 (within the

 

meaning of that section) has changed; and

 

(b)    

after that review, must, if the conclusion of that review is that

 

estimated average earnings and any other factors stipulated in

 

subsection (6) of section 93 of the Welfare Reform Act 2011

 

have increased in relation to the amount specified under

 

subsection (5) of section 93 of the Welfare Reform Act 2011,

 

include in the draft of an up-rating order provision increasing

 

that amount in proportion to the increase in earnings; or

 

(c)    

after that review, must, if the conclusion of that review is that

 

estimated average earnings and any other factors specified in

 

subsection (6) of section 93 of the Welfare Reform Act 2011

 

have decreased or remained unchanged in relation to the amount

 

specified under subsection (5) of section 93 of the Welfare

 

Reform Act 2011, include in the draft of an up-rating order

 

provision increasing that amount in proportion to the general

 

level of prices under section 150 of the Social Security

 

Administration Act 1992.”.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 95 and 96 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Withdrawn  249

 

Clause  97,  page  64,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘(3C)    

For the purposes of paragraph (3B), elements or sub-elements of the universal

 

credit award that are paid in respect of children, including any amount in respect

 

of childcare, shall by default be paid to the main carer of the children, except in

 

prescribed circumstances.’.


 
 

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Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Withdrawn  250

 

Clause  98,  page  65,  line  6,  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

Where there is insufficient information to calculate entitlement to the full amount

 

of universal credit, the claimant shall continue to be paid an amount in respect of

 

any component or components for which there is sufficient information to

 

calculate eligibility, with these components corresponding to the elements in

 

sections 9 to 12 of this Act and/or to any appropriate sub-elements as specified in

 

regulations, except in prescribed circumstances.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Withdrawn  251

 

Clause  99,  page  66,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘(10)    

In section 5(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (regulations about

 

claims and payments), after paragraph (r), there is inserted—

 

“(s)    

for the making of a payment pending appeal.”’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Schedule 11 Agreed to.

 

Clause 100 Agreed to.

 

Schedule 12 Agreed to.

 

Clause 101 Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned until Thursday at 9.00 am


 
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