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13 March, 2020 Open access

Temporary reforms to employment and support allowance and universal credit in Northern Ireland to support claimants during the coronavirus outbreak

New statutory rule introduces measures announced in Budget 2020, including removal of waiting days, treating affected claimants as having limited capability for work, and changes to the minimum income floor

13 March, 2020

Government identifies 24,000 families that have been underpaid disabled child element of child tax credit, the third time in four years that the error has occurred

OBR Economic Outlook reports that the cost of correcting the error will be £50 million in 2020/2021 alone

13 March, 2020

Joint Committee on Human Rights issues call for evidence on Immigration and Social Security Coordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Views sought on significant human rights issues raised by Bill and whether it could do more to enhance protection of human rights

13 March, 2020

Tax credits, child benefit and guardian’s allowance uprating 2020/2021

New statutory instrument

13 March, 2020

Provisions to give full effect to the 2020 benefits and pensions up-rating exercise

New statutory instrument also increases the earnings limit for carer's allowance to £128 net per week

13 March, 2020

Continuation of housing benefit transitional addition beyond 4 April 2020

New regulations issued in relation to claimants receiving additional ESA following conversion from previous incapacity benefits

13 March, 2020

DWP confirms that practice of seeking new information at mandatory reconsideration stage in PIP cases has been adopted in ESA and universal credit

Positive early results have been seen from investment in additional time for communication, evidence gather and review, says Minister for Disabled People

13 March, 2020

Consequential amendments to secondary legislation in relation to the introduction of statutory parental bereavement pay

New statutory instruments

12 March, 2020

OBR predicts that roll-out of universal credit will take two years longer than DWP currently assumes and won’t be completed until September 2026

Delay will save around £0.7 billion a year by 2024/2025, as the costs for those who gain under universal credit and transitional protection paid to those who would lose out from a managed move to universal credit are postponed

12 March, 2020

Right to independent advocacy for disabled people needing assistance in relation to Scottish social security system

New statutory instrument

12 March, 2020

48 per cent of mandatory reconsiderations relating to an ESA work capability assessment are resulting in a changed decision

New DWP statistics also show that, in the latest quarter, 62 per cent of those completing their first work capability assessment were assigned to the support group

12 March, 2020 Open access

Minister confirms that claimants infected with coronavirus or required to self-isolate will be treated as having limited capability for work for both ESA and universal credit

Written answer advises there will be no requirement for medical evidence or to undergo a work capability assessment

12 March, 2020

More than 100,000 council tax support claimants in London have had their debts referred to bailiffs for enforcement since 2013

New analysis from CPAG and Z2K also finds that around half a million council tax support claimants have been charged £47.6 million in court costs

12 March, 2020

HMCTS continues to reduce backlog of social security appeals as number of cases outstanding falls by almost a quarter compared to same point in previous year

However, new MoJ statistics also show that average age of cases disposed of has increased by two weeks compared to same period in 2018

12 March, 2020

Transfer of functions to the Scottish Ministers in order to exercise powers to create a new Job Grant for young people

New statutory instrument

12 March, 2020

Miscellaneous amendments to the Healthy Start and Welfare Food schemes

New statutory instrument includes provision to gradually replace paper vouchers with vouchers in electronic form or in the form of a pre-paid payment card

11 March, 2020 Open access

Chancellor announces ‘temporary, timely and targeted’ welfare reforms to support individuals affected by the coronavirus outbreak

Package of measures in Budget 2020 include removal of waiting days, changes relating to the minimum income floor, relaxation of the requirement to attend a jobcentre, and further extension of SSP entitlement

11 March, 2020

Maximum rate for deductions from universal credit to be reduced to 25 per cent from October 2021

In Budget 2020, government also announces that the recovery period for universal credit advances will be increased to 24 months from the same date

11 March, 2020

Rethink Mental Illness launches campaign calling for an independent inquiry into welfare-related deaths

Charity says it is crucial that this is undertaken before vulnerable people are migrated to universal credit