Welfare rights news and case law

1 July, 2015

MPs vote against further devolution of welfare powers to Scottish Government

Changes to Scotland Bill defeated during House of Commons Committee Stage include new clauses providing for full devolution of housing benefit and giving Scottish Government power to introduce new benefits

1 July, 2015

Factors to consider when assessing lower rate mobility component for a child

CDLA/5184/2014

1 July, 2015

Amendments to application of social security reciprocal agreements between Australia, Canada and New Zealand

New regulation issued in Northern Ireland

30 June, 2015

DWP issues advice to people whose state pensions and welfare benefits are paid into Greek bank accounts

Department to contact those affected and offer help with transferring payments to a non-Greek bank account

30 June, 2015

Less than a third of short term benefit advance applications successful

Figures for January to December 2014 and April 2014 to February 2015 supplied by Minister for Employment in written answer to parliament

30 June, 2015

Whether street entertainer was in remunerative work / tribunal wrong to rely on European Court of Justice decision in Tolsma

CTC/4337/2014

29 June, 2015

Government's changes to child benefit mean that family with two children already £5.95 a week worse off, says TUC

New analysis also shows that loss is likely to be more than £9 per week by time of next election irrespective of any further changes

29 June, 2015

No failure to attend work programme where appointment letter, which was wrongly adressed, arrived too late for claimant to attend

CJSA/4451/2014

29 June, 2015

Criminal conviction for failing to report changes to care and mobility needs did not mean claimant had no entitlement to DLA / tribunal's failure to consider rules relating to dialysis

CDLA/5042/2014

29 June, 2015

Formal admission to Crown Court does not affect amount recoverable under social security law / tribunal should not have accepted appeal made more than thirteen months after decision

CIS/2091/2014

26 June, 2015

Estimated cost of universal credit rises by £3bn to £15.85bn

Major Project Authority annual report maintains the project's 'amber/red' rating and also extends estimated end date to April 2020

26 June, 2015

DWP sets out additional burdens payments that will be made to local authorities for the RTI bulk data matching initiative

New DWP guidance

26 June, 2015

IIAC publishes report on epicondylitis and its relationship to work

Having considered growing body of evidence since previous review in 2006, IIAC concludes that prescription cannot be recommended

25 June, 2015

All people with existing long-term or indefinite awards of DLA will be invited to claim PIP from 13 July 2015, announces DWP

Aim is for all existing DLA claimants to have been invited to claim PIP by late 2017

25 June, 2015

Welfare rights

MPs vote against further devolution of welfare powers to Scottish Government

Changes to Scotland Bill defeated during House of Commons Committee Stage include new clauses providing for full devolution of housing benefit and giving Scottish Government power to introduce new benefits

Factors to consider when assessing lower rate mobility component for a child

Amendments to application of social security reciprocal agreements between Australia, Canada and New Zealand

DWP issues advice to people whose state pensions and welfare benefits are paid into Greek bank accounts

Less than a third of short term benefit advance applications successful

Whether street entertainer was in remunerative work / tribunal wrong to rely on European Court of Justice decision in Tolsma

Government's changes to child benefit mean that family with two children already £5.95 a week worse off, says TUC

New analysis also shows that loss is likely to be more than £9 per week by time of next election irrespective of any further changes

No failure to attend work programme where appointment letter, which was wrongly adressed, arrived too late for claimant to attend

Criminal conviction for failing to report changes to care and mobility needs did not mean claimant had no entitlement to DLA / tribunal's failure to consider rules relating to dialysis

Formal admission to Crown Court does not affect amount recoverable under social security law / tribunal should not have accepted appeal made more than thirteen months after decision

Estimated cost of universal credit rises by £3bn to £15.85bn

DWP sets out additional burdens payments that will be made to local authorities for the RTI bulk data matching initiative

IIAC publishes report on epicondylitis and its relationship to work

All people with existing long-term or indefinite awards of DLA will be invited to claim PIP from 13 July 2015, announces DWP

Number of children living in poverty in 2013/2014 unchanged from 2012/2013

Children of parents who are in casual work as opposed to permanent work more likely to enter poverty

Almost a third of local authorities in England and Wales overspent their DHP allocation in 2014/2015

DWP publishes first income-related benefit take-up statistics since 2012

Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 receives Royal Assent