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15 April, 2014

Scottish Welfare Fund makes awards to 56,200 households in period from April to December 2013

New figures show that 22,400 community care grants and 53,700 crisis grants awarded with total value of £18m

15 April, 2014

Local authorities in Scotland award £25.1m in DHPs in period from April 2013 to February 2014

New figures show that 70,211 awards made with average value of £357

14 April, 2014

23 per cent of those affected by benefit cap are capped by more than £100 per week

Findings of new DWP ad hoc analysis also include that 80 per cent of those affected are women

11 April, 2014

Miscellaneous amendments to social security legislation in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

11 April, 2014

Welsh Ministers call for disabled tenants in adapted homes to be exempt from bedroom tax

If not exempt, the five ministers ask that indefinite discretionary housing payments be awarded instead

11 April, 2014

DWP appoints Paul Gray to carry out independent review of personal independence payment

Review to look at the assessment process during the first two years of operations

10 April, 2014

New conditionality measures for jobseekers and lone parents

New edition of Touchbase outlines additional requirements for claimants due to come in from 28 April 2014

10 April, 2014

DWP awarded £549,000 from contingencies fund to continue development of IT for single-tier pension

Advance necessary to meet timetable of implementation in April 2016

9 April, 2014

Pace of universal credit roll-out ‘excruciatingly slow’, says Work and Pensions Committee

New report also highlights continued uncertainty about IT system and criticises government for 'hampering' scrutiny of new benefit

9 April, 2014

Three month residence requirement for jobseekers claiming child benefit and child tax credit from 1 July

Government also announces mandatory language skills training from 28 April and end of routine interpreting services from 9 April for new jobseeker's allowance claimants

9 April, 2014

Up to 100,000 tenants affected by the bedroom tax are unable to move homes

New Joseph Rowntree Foundation report also highlights that around half of tenants affected are in rent arrears

9 April, 2014

Maternity allowance for women who ‘help out’ in their husband’s or civil partner’s business

New DWP guidance

9 April, 2014

PIP assessments taking ‘significantly longer’ than expected, says Capita

Chief Executive of Capita Personal Independence Payment tells BBC Radio Wales that assessment has proved 'far more complicated than was ever envisaged'

9 April, 2014

Amendments to means-tested benefits to ensure consistency with immigration regulations

New statutory instrument

8 April, 2014

DWP announces new benefit fraud measures

Provisions include increase in administrative penalty to maximum of £5,000 and overpayment recovery of up to 40 per cent of benefit or wages

8 April, 2014

Universal credit claims rolled-out to Shotton from 7 April

However, as first jobcentre in Wales accepts claims for new benefit, Welsh Government warns that lack of detail about scheme is hindering ability to plan for passported benefits

8 April, 2014

Scottish Government estimates that 2015/2016 welfare bill will be reduced by £2.5bn

New report also finds that cumulative impact of welfare reforms from 2010/2011 to 2015/2016 could result in £6bn cut to welfare spending in Scotland

7 April, 2014

SSAC consults on regulations removing entitlement to housing benefit for EEA jobseeker's allowance claimants

Views sought on issues including impact on existing EEA migrants who lose employment and on local authority duty to make payments under Children Act and National Assistance Act

7 April, 2014

Increased DHP funding 'will give local authorities confidence to make long term awards', says DWP

New HB guidance highlights expanded good practice guide on using DHPs to support claimants affected by 'key welfare reforms' and sets out reporting requirements for successful claims