Working-Age Benefits

Welfare Reform Bill 2011

Relevant Older Papers

As required by a Speaker’s ruling (21 February 1966, Hansard Col.34), the following documents/links contain all the older papers which have relevance to the forthcoming debates on the Welfare Reform Bill.

All links to Acts are the un-amended version of the Acts, as they were originally enacted.

White and Green Papers and General Papers

Welfare Reform White Paper (November 2010): Universal Credit: welfare that works:

Welfare Reform Consultation Paper (July 2010): 21st Century Welfare:

Consultation responses to 21st Century Welfare (November 2010):

Budget 2010 (June 2010):

Spending Review 2010 (October 2010):

Universal Credit

Fraud Act 2006:

Jobseekers’ Act 1995:

Social Security Administration Act 1992:

Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992:

Social Security Act 1998:

Social Security Fraud Act 2001:

Welfare Reform Act 2007:

Welfare Reform Act 2009:

Theft Act 1968:

Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007:

Relevant Secondary Legislation

Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006:

Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006:

Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008:

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001:

Income Support (General) Regulations 1987:

Jobseekers’ Allowance Regulations 1996:

Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987:

Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999:

Social Security (Work Focused Interviews for Lone Parents) and Miscellaneous Amendments 2000:

Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002:

Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008:

Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008:

Other Related Documents

Couples

Work Focused Interviews for Partners and enhanced New Deal for Partners evaluation: Synthesis of findings (2007) DWP Research Report:

Evaluation of Partners Outreach for Ethnic Minorities (POEM) Final Report (2009) DWP Research Report:

Joint Claims for JSA evaluation – synthesis of findings (2005) DWP Research Report:

Working-age Benefits

Disability Discrimination Act 1995:

Employment Act 2002:

National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004:

Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992:

Relevant Secondary Legislation

Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010:

Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2001:

Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008:

The Social Security (Work focused Interviews for Lone Parents) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2000:

Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents) Amendment Regulations: 2002:

Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000:

Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Amendment Regulations 2005:

Other Related Documents

Employment Support Allowance

The Gregg report Realising Potential: A vision for personalised conditionality and support (Dec 08):

Lone Parents

DWP Working Paper no.93 (Dec 2010): Lone parents and employment: an exploration of findings from the Families and Children’s Study 2006-8

Institute for Fiscal Studies (Sept 2010): Starting school and leaving welfare: the impact of public education on lone parents’ welfare receipt

Can altering the structure of financial support payments aid work retention amongst lone parents? Qualitative evaluation of the In Work Retention Pilot (2010) DWP research report:

Supporting lone parents’ journey off benefits and into work: a qualitative evaluation of the role of In Work Credit (IWC) (2010) DWP research report:

Lone Parent Obligations: A review of recent evidence on the work-related requirements within the benefit systems of different countries (Jan 2010) DWP research report:

Lone Parent Obligations: destinations of lone parents after Income Support eligibility ends (Nov 2010) DWP research report:

Right to work

Economic Impact on the London and UK economy of an earned regularisation of irregular migrants to the UK (May 2009):

Irregular Migration in the UK (May 2009):

Other Benefit Changes

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009:

Civil Partnership Act 2004

Employment and Training Act 1973:

Freedom of Information Act 2000

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975

Housing Act 1996:

Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967

Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers Compensation) Act 1979:

State Pension Credit Act 2002:

Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) Act 1987

Superannuation Act 1972

Relevant Secondary Legislation

Housing Benefit Regulations 2006:

Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006:

Pneumoconiosis Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983:

Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997:

Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 and subsequent amendments:

State Pension Credit Regulations 2002:

Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Scheme 1982:

Other Related Documents

Housing Benefit

Fairer charging policies for home care and other non-residential social services: Guidance for Councils with Social Services Responsibilities (Sept 2003):

Charging for Residential Accommodation (CRAG) (April 2010):

Equality Impact Assessment Housing Benefit: Changes to the Local Housing Allowance arrangements and Housing Benefit size criteria for people with non-resident overnight carers (Nov 2010):

Social Fund

House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts: The Community Care Grant (December 2010)

NAO Social Fund Account 2009-2010 (December 2010)

Strength against shocks: Low income families and debt: Institute for Public Policy Research (February 2010)

Social Fund Reform Consultation paper (March 2010): Social Fund reform: debt, credit & low income households.

Social Fund Guide (Revised October 2010)

Social Fund Research Report (2010): The Social Fund: Customer experiences and perspectives: Qualitative research with Jobcentre Plus customers.

Social Fund Annual Report (2009-2010)

Personal Independence Payments

Relevant Secondary Legislation

Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991:

Other Related Documents

Public consultation Disability Living Allowance reform (Dec 2010):

The Tabtool (for statistics):

Social Security: general

Age-Related Payments Act 2004:

Education and Skills Act 2008:

Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997:

Tax Credits Act 2002:

Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999:

Relevant Secondary Legislation

Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003:

Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2003:

Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Claims and Reconsiderations) Regulations 2008:

Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992:

Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992:

Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001:

Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2010:

Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988:

Social Security (Use of Information for Housing and Welfare Services Purposes) Regulations 2008: