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4 June, 2018

Social Security (Scotland) Bill receives Royal Assent

Amongst other measures, the new Act provides for Scotland to have competence for eleven social security benefits and the power to top up benefits that remain reserved to the UK Parliament

4 June, 2018

Government publishes new concordat between the DWP and the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland

Concordat aims to ensure that the close relationship between the two departments continues and that business is conducted in a smooth and efficient way

4 June, 2018

Benefit changes needed if positive impacts of the Homelessness Reduction Act are to be achieved

Centrepoint reports that local authorities feel restrained by factors beyond their control

31 May, 2018

DWP accepts that its approach to PIP activity 3, 'managing therapy or monitoring a health condition', was wrong prior to 2017

Secretary of State confirms that cases affected by the error will be reviewed

31 May, 2018

Local welfare assistance schemes are failing those in crisis, Children’s Society say

New report warns that a more coordinated, consistent approach to crisis support is 'increasingly urgent' as universal credit rolls out

30 May, 2018

Jobcentre staff do not feel confident to deal with domestic abuse cases due to 'lack of meaningful training'

Evidence presented to the Work and Pensions Committee also highlights that vital components of 'universal support' are not being delivered

30 May, 2018

Online ‘submit your appeal’ service to be available nationally from summer 2018, says HMCTS

Next stage of tribunal reform will develop software to support 'continuous online hearings'

29 May, 2018

Inability to complete complex budgeting decisions where claimant has ability and motivation to complete other tasks / potential relevance of prompting in order to take nutrition

CPIP/3257/2017

29 May, 2018

Tribunals service launches pilot for submitting PIP appeals online

Once appeal is submitted it will be transmitted electronically to DWP by next working day

29 May, 2018

Scottish Government launches new national school clothing grant

Scheme will open in time for the 2018/2019 academic year with eligibility determined at a local level

25 May, 2018

Rapid rise in numbers of benefit appeals has outstripped the ability of the Tribunal Service to recruit and train sufficient panel members to keep pace

Preponderance of appeals involving three-person panels has also caused difficulties with matching judicial resources to workload, says President of the Social Entitlement Chamber

25 May, 2018

Claimants who lost out when transferring from incapacity benefit to ESA will not get 'blanket compensation', DWP Permanent Secretary says

Peter Schofield tells Public Accounts Committee that paying compensation does not fit with the basis of ‘managing public money’

25 May, 2018

Roll-out of the universal credit full service between May and July 2018

New DWP guidance

24 May, 2018

Information to support undocumented ‘Windrush generation’ and other Commonwealth citizens to claim income-related benefits

DWP advises that claims may be accepted if 'on the balance of probabilities' evidence shows that the claimant is likely to have legal and habitual residence

24 May, 2018

Scottish Government launches family reunion crisis grant

Grant will be payable in addition to the crisis grants that refugee families can already claim from the Scottish Welfare Fund

24 May, 2018

Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill 2017-2019 receives first reading

Lord Chancellor says the Bill will introduce much greater flexibility in the deployment of judges and will increase the efficiency of courts and tribunals

24 May, 2018

Residence rights of EU citizens after divorce / application of EU law where movement between Britain and another State occurred prior to Britain joining EEC

CSPC/337/2016

23 May, 2018

Government must improve the benefit system to better support young people who live independently, says SSAC

New report finds that the most consistent message from young people and support networks is that current benefit rates, including universal credit, are inadequate