Welfare rights news and case law

2 February, 2017

Scottish Government to tender contracts worth £96 million for employment support services

Employability Minister confirms that services will be delivered over nine contract areas to take into account local needs

2 February, 2017

CJEU rules DLA care component is exportable in cases where claimant has previously been insured in the UK but is no longer employed

C‑430/15

1 February, 2017

DHPs can be paid to a claimant in receipt of universal credit even where housing costs are paid via a managed payment to landlord

However, Minister for Work and Pensions confirms that managed payment can be removed if local authority require it in order to grant a DHP

1 February, 2017

Inequality increasing as benefit cuts drive down income, says Resolution Foundation

However, new report concludes that policy choices are not intractable and that 'government can choose to pursue a different path'

1 February, 2017

Notification of death to a Registrar does not constitute a valid claim for bereavement benefits

CG/1067/2016

31 January, 2017

DWP will extend home visiting service to 'all disabled claimants who ask for it', according to Minister for Welfare Delivery

Caroline Nokes also states that DWP will look to reimburse costs where claimants are required to sign on more frequently than fortnightly

31 January, 2017

Further roll-out of universal credit full service from 1 February 2017

New DWP guidance

31 January, 2017

72 per cent of Scottish Welfare Fund crisis grant applications were successful in second quarter of 2016/2017

New statistics also show that 65 per cent of community care grant applications were successful in the same period

31 January, 2017

Circumstances in which a tribunal is obliged to consider adjourning an ESA appeal in order to obtain evidence relating to a PIP decision

CE/2314/2016

30 January, 2017

Employment support under the new Work and Health Programme to be devolved to London and Manchester

£100 million to be made available to enable the two cities to develop, procure and deliver localised programmes to fit the needs of their residents.

30 January, 2017

DWP launches consultations on closure of jobcentres across England and Wales

Closures will provide an 'opportunity to deliver improved customer services at reduced costs’, says government

30 January, 2017

Welfare supplementary payments for social sector tenants subject to the bedroom tax in Northern Ireland

New statutory rule

30 January, 2017

Right to reside as a family member of a jobseeker who has ceased to reside in the UK is not excluded for income support purposes

[2017] CSIH 4

27 January, 2017

Activity 9 tests the function of engaging one to one or within small groups, not engaging with a crowd or with others in a crowd

CPIP/2983/2016

Welfare rights

Scottish Government to tender contracts worth £96 million for employment support services

Employability Minister confirms that services will be delivered over nine contract areas to take into account local needs

CJEU rules DLA care component is exportable in cases where claimant has previously been insured in the UK but is no longer employed

DHPs can be paid to a claimant in receipt of universal credit even where housing costs are paid via a managed payment to landlord

Inequality increasing as benefit cuts drive down income, says Resolution Foundation

Notification of death to a Registrar does not constitute a valid claim for bereavement benefits

DWP will extend home visiting service to 'all disabled claimants who ask for it', according to Minister for Welfare Delivery

Further roll-out of universal credit full service from 1 February 2017

New DWP guidance

72 per cent of Scottish Welfare Fund crisis grant applications were successful in second quarter of 2016/2017

Circumstances in which a tribunal is obliged to consider adjourning an ESA appeal in order to obtain evidence relating to a PIP decision

Employment support under the new Work and Health Programme to be devolved to London and Manchester

DWP launches consultations on closure of jobcentres across England and Wales

Welfare supplementary payments for social sector tenants subject to the bedroom tax in Northern Ireland

Right to reside as a family member of a jobseeker who has ceased to reside in the UK is not excluded for income support purposes

Meaning of ‘temporary interruption’ to full-time education for the purposes of carer’s allowance

Further roll-out of the universal credit full service

Northern Ireland Government considering flexible payment arrangements for universal credit

DWP publishes proposals to reform Jobcentre Plus offices in light of '20 per cent of office space being under-used'

Further provisions for the delivery of welfare supplementary payments in Northern Ireland

Activity 9 tests the function of engaging one to one or within small groups, not engaging with a crowd or with others in a crowd