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4 February, 2022

DWP says that it did not publish evaluation of effectiveness of universal credit sanctions because it lacked ‘robust legacy data’

Minister tells House of Lords that lack of data meant that Department was unable to 'come up with a meaningful comparison'

4 February, 2022

Disregarding payments from schemes compensating victims of historical institutional child abuse and from the Windrush Compensation Scheme in the assessment of housing benefit

New DWP guidance

4 February, 2022

Miscellaneous amendments in relation to Scottish child payment and child disability payment

New statutory instrument

4 February, 2022

Social Fund annual report for 2020/2021 shows that recoveries of discretionary social fund payments were down by almost £190 million on previous year

DWP also confirms that expenditure on budgeting loans fell by more than £150 million compared to 2019/2020

3 February, 2022

Select Committee uses parliamentary powers to publish research into disabled people’s experiences of the benefits system that Secretary of State had repeatedly refused to make public

DWP's persistence in 'burying uncomfortable truths' will only have further harmed its reputation with disabled people, says Committee Chair

3 February, 2022

Universal credit claim could not be withdrawn and, even if it could, that would not affect transition from housing benefit to universal credit

JL V Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (UC)
[2022] UKUT 9 (AAC)
CH/2263/2019

3 February, 2022

Reference in transition regulations to universal credit basic condition of being 'in Great Britain' under section 4(1)(c) of Welfare Reform Act 2012 is freestanding and not subject to qualifications in regulations authorised by Act

SK v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (UC)
[2022] UKUT 10 (AAC)
CTC/73/2021

3 February, 2022

More than 30 advice and support organisations call for government to increase benefits by 6 per cent in April 2022

Action needed to address 'profound mismatch' between what those with a low income have and what they need to get by should also include raising housing costs support in line with rents

2 February, 2022

Government lays draft regulations for pilot of legal aid for early advice on welfare benefits, debt and housing matters

Early Legal Advice Pilot will run for a two year period from 1 April 2022 in the Manchester City and Middlesbrough Council areas

2 February, 2022

Primary carer of a ‘Chen child’ with a permanent right to reside is entitled to a right to reside for child benefit purposes in order to give ‘useful effect’ to the child’s residence rights

FE v Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (CHB)
[2022] UKUT 4 (AAC)
CF/176/2021

2 February, 2022

Extension to welfare supplementary payments in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule sets expiry date of 31 March 2025 for specified welfare mitigation schemes

1 February, 2022

Welsh Government to double its winter fuel support payment to £200

Minister confirms that increased payment will be available to new applicants and retrospectively paid to those who have applied already

31 January, 2022

Government’s new Way to Work campaign is a ‘dangerous initiative’ which disregards evidence and experience in relation to sanctions and finding effective job matches

Work coaches need time to offer jobseekers genuinely tailored support which results in employers getting a 'job match, not a conscripted workforce', says ERSA

31 January, 2022

Absence of face-to-face support means new Help to Claim service will not be fit for purpose, says NAWRA

Membership body calls on Secretary of State to ensure that face-to-face, independent, quality advice is available for all prospective claimants to not only make but also maintain a claim

31 January, 2022

Valuation Office Agency sets out local housing allowance rates for 2022/2023 confirming no increases for a second year

DWP also publishes monthly figures to be used in calculation of universal credit

31 January, 2022

Scottish Government launches independent advocacy service for disabled people accessing Scottish social security

Social Security Minister highlights that new free service promotes a Scottish benefits system that 'adapts to an individual’s needs rather than expecting them to adapt to access it'

31 January, 2022

Miscellaneous amendments and transitional provision as a consequence of the introduction of adult disability payment in Scotland from March 2022

New statutory instrument will ensure that claimants will be entitled to the same exemptions, concessions and reliefs as individuals currently in receipt of PIP

28 January, 2022

High Court dismisses judicial review challenge to universal credit disabled student rules

Kays, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2022] EWHC 167 (Admin)

28 January, 2022

Early evidence suggests that social welfare law advice and support being provided through MoJ-funded initiatives is improving client outcomes

Partnership working, increased capacity of services and earlier intervention have been key to success, government review finds

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