Welfare rights news and case law

17 April, 2019

DWP sets out support with benefits and housing available to prisoners before and on release

Written answer to parliament confirms that Prison Work Coaches engage with prisoners to identify housing issues and set up claims for universal credit two to three weeks before release

17 April, 2019

More than 375,000 claimants given indefinite PIP award between April 2013 and January 2019

Written answer to parliament from Minister for Disabled People

17 April, 2019

Whether evidence supporting right to reside as primary carer of self-sufficient Chen child amounts to a maintenance undertaking sufficient to prevent exclusion from housing benefit

CH/1746/2018

17 April, 2019

Effect of coordination rules under Regulation 1408/71 on sickness benefits when claimant starts work in new Member State

CDLA/2438/2014

17 April, 2019

Whether UK is competent State for paying carer’s allowance under Regulation 1408/71 if claimed when claimant and disabled person resident in another EU Member State

CG/1810/2011

16 April, 2019

Court of Appeal holds that two-child limit is not incompatible with rights under Articles 8, 12 or 14 of European Convention on Human Rights

[2019] EWCA Civ 615

16 April, 2019

Income-related benefits for those granted limited leave to enter or remain under EU Settlement Scheme

New statutory instrument and statutory rule

16 April, 2019

Child benefit and child tax credit for those granted limited leave to enter or remain under EU Settlement Scheme

New statutory instrument

16 April, 2019

Where a young person is studying at a 'Yeshiva', it qualifies as a school or college and does not need to be separately approved

CTC/1443/2018

16 April, 2019

EU Member State of residence is the competent State for purposes of new claim for DLA care component

CDLA/2590/2013

16 April, 2019

Secretary of State’s concession that a claimant retains entitlement to exported sickness benefit after changing habitual residence to another Member State

CDLA/2168/2014

16 April, 2019

Whether UK is competent State for paying carer’s allowance claimed when claimant and disabled person resident in another EU Member State

CG/3395/2016

15 April, 2019

Reforms to state pension age could exacerbate social inequalities

International Longevity Centre UK highlights that extending working lives agenda will not be effective if it leads to more years drawing other benefits

15 April, 2019

Where refusal of postponement request is made by caseworker under delegate authority, tribunal may not decide appeal until 14 day period to request judicial reconsideration has expired

CE/2919/2017

12 April, 2019

Circumstances in which tribunals should put specific adverse matters or observations to claimants and invite comment

CSE/266/2018

12 April, 2019

Application of bedroom tax to gypsy traveller occupying a mobile home was not unlawful / correct approach to assessing whether room counts as bedroom

CSH/793/2014

12 April, 2019

Appeals against section 14 decisions not to award a tax credit cannot be lapsed by a section 18 final decision

CTC/2376/2017

11 April, 2019

DWP's approach to explicit consent is 'unduly restrictive' and puts people at risk of 'significant prejudice', says ICO

DWP must take active steps to ensure policy works on a practical level for both individuals and their representatives

11 April, 2019

Select Committee demands second response to its report on universal credit childcare support after government's 'skimpy and disappointing' first response

Committee says it is 'sick of disrespectful government responses' that fail to engage with its evidence-based reports