Welfare rights news and case law

9 August, 2018

Government announces that all supported housing funding is to be kept within the welfare benefit system

Protection of the most vulnerable has always been our primary concern, says Housing Minister

8 August, 2018

Senior President of Tribunals announces first online social security appeal hearings will be trialled in Autumn 2018

Sir Ernest Ryder says that digital evidence sharing with the DWP will also be piloted

8 August, 2018

A claimant who fails to attend an interview because they are unaware of a notification letter must have good reason for not attending

CUC/1067/2018

7 August, 2018

DWP launches consultation on the content of Work and Health Programme statistics

First release, due in late Autumn 2018, will include information about the number of Programme 'referrals' and 'starts'

7 August, 2018

Consultation launched on the investigation of social security offences in Scotland

Scottish Government seeks views on a draft Code of Practice and the terms of new regulations under the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018

7 August, 2018

Rule 24 requirement for decision makers to provide the First-tier Tribunal with ‘relevant’ documents

CF/3107/2016

7 August, 2018

Evidence used to value a share in jointly owned property must be read 'fairly as a whole' when assessing its reliability

CH/190/2018

6 August, 2018

Rigid universal credit monthly assessment system is leading to ‘arbitrary’ losses for claimants

New report from CPAG highlights that some claimants are losing hundreds of pounds a year purely because of when their paydays and assessment periods fall

3 August, 2018

Committee calls for evidence on childcare costs under the universal credit system

Next strand of Work and Pensions Committee inquiry seeks to establish what needs to be done to get the IT and final design of universal credit right for childcare support

3 August, 2018

Work and Pensions Committee relaunches benefit cap inquiry

Written submissions need to reach the Committee by 10 September 2018

3 August, 2018

Evidence requirements to prove a private conversation took place between a presenting officer and judge / none disclosue of facts on a new claim and onus of proof

CH/251/2017

3 August, 2018

Welfare rights

Government announces that all supported housing funding is to be kept within the welfare benefit system

Protection of the most vulnerable has always been our primary concern, says Housing Minister

Senior President of Tribunals announces first online social security appeal hearings will be trialled in Autumn 2018

A claimant who fails to attend an interview because they are unaware of a notification letter must have good reason for not attending

DWP launches consultation on the content of Work and Health Programme statistics

Consultation launched on the investigation of social security offences in Scotland

Rule 24 requirement for decision makers to provide the First-tier Tribunal with ‘relevant’ documents

Evidence used to value a share in jointly owned property must be read 'fairly as a whole' when assessing its reliability

CH/190/2018

Rigid universal credit monthly assessment system is leading to ‘arbitrary’ losses for claimants

Committee calls for evidence on childcare costs under the universal credit system

Work and Pensions Committee relaunches benefit cap inquiry

Evidence requirements to prove a private conversation took place between a presenting officer and judge / none disclosue of facts on a new claim and onus of proof

Tribunal in error for failing to join second party to appeal on competing claims for child benefit

More than 11,000 households have had their universal credit capped in full service areas since October 2016

Requirement to consider intentions of claimant over time when assessing if living together as husband and wife

Licence fee to have a houseboat present on a canal is not eligible for the purposes of housing benefit

Further roll-out of universal credit full service between September and December 2018

Universal credit payments should be made to main carer where claimants have dependent children

DWP needs to give policy recommendations 'careful consideration in a more timely way in future', SSAC says

Local authority has no power to terminate housing benefit award due to claimant not providing bank account details