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Welfare Reform Bill

 

Welfare Reform Bill

 

[AS AMENDED ON REPORT]

 
 

Contents

Part 1

Social security

“Work for your benefit” schemes etc.

1   

Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit”

schemes etc.

Revised system of working-age benefits

2   

Work-related activity: income support claimants and partners of claimants

3   

Lone parents

4   

Entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance without seeking employment etc.

5   

Couples where at least one member capable of work

6   

Statutory sick pay and employment and support allowance

7   

Transitional provision relating to sections 4 to 6

Abolition of income support

8   

Abolition of income support

Work-related activity for claimants of employment and support allowance

9   

Power to direct claimant to undertake specific work-related activity

Jobseeker’s allowance and employment and support allowance: drugs

10   

Claimants dependent on drugs etc.

Contributory jobseeker’s allowance and employment and support allowance

11   

Conditions for contributory jobseeker’s allowance

12   

Conditions for contributory employment and support allowance

Disability living allowance

13   

Mobility component

 

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Abolition of adult dependency increases

14   

Maternity allowance and carer’s allowance

External provider social loans and community care grants

15   

External provider social loans

16   

Power to restrict availability of social fund loans

17   

Supply of information to or by lenders making external provider social loans

18   

Community care grants relating to specified goods or services

19   

Community care grants: reviews and information

20   

Regulations relating to information: parliamentary control

Payments on account

21   

Payments on account

Up-rating of benefits

22   

Power to up-rate benefits following review in tax year 2009-10

Benefit sanctions for offenders

23   

Loss of benefit provisions

24   

Jobseeker’s allowance: sanctions for violent conduct etc. in connection with

claim

25   

Repeal of sections 62 to 66 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security

Act 2000

Pilot schemes

26   

State pension credit: pilot schemes

27   

Period for which pilot schemes have effect etc.

Miscellaneous

28   

Exemption from jobseeking conditions for victims of domestic violence

29   

Good cause for failure to comply with regulations etc.

30   

Jobseekers’ agreements and action plans: well-being of children

31   

Contracting out functions under Jobseekers Act 1995

32   

Attendance in connection with jobseeker’s allowance: sanctions

33   

Social security information and employment or training information

34   

Persons under pensionable age to take part in work-focused interviews etc.

35   

Power to rename council tax benefit

36   

Minor amendments

Part 2

Disabled people: right to control provision of services

Introductory

37   

Purpose of Part

38   

Relevant services

39   

Relevant authority

 

 

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Power to make regulations

40   

Power to make provision enabling exercise of greater choice and control

41   

Provision that may be made about direct payments

42   

Exercise of rights on behalf of persons who lack capacity

43   

Pilot schemes

Supplementary

44   

The appropriate authority by which regulations under section 40 are made

45   

Regulations under section 40: supplementary provisions

46   

Consultation

47   

Power to repeal exclusion of community care services

48   

Regulations and orders: control by Parliament or other legislature

49   

Interpretation of Part 2

Part 3

Child maintenance

50   

Disqualification for holding etc. driving licence or travel authorisation

51   

Report on operation of driving licence amendments

52   

Payments of child support maintenance

53   

Child support maintenance: offences relating to information

Part 4

Birth registration

54   

Registration of births

Part 5

General

55   

Consequential amendments of subordinate legislation

56   

Repeals and revocations

57   

Financial provisions

58   

Extent

59   

Commencement

60   

Short title

Schedule 1   —   

Amendments connected to section 4

Part 1   —   

Amendments of Jobseekers Act 1995

Part 2   —   

Amendments of other Acts

Schedule 2   —   

Abolition of income support: consequential amendments

Schedule 3   —   

Claimants dependent on drugs etc.

Part 1   —   

Jobseeker’s allowance

Part 2   —   

Employment and support allowance

Schedule 4   —   

Loss of benefit provisions: further amendments

Part 1   —   

Further amendments of Social Security Fraud Act 2001

 

 

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Part 2   —   

Related amendments of other Acts

Schedule 5   —   

Section 50: consequential amendments etc.

Schedule 6   —   

Registration of births

Part 1   —   

Amendments of Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

Part 2   —   

Other amendments

Schedule 7   —   

Repeals and revocations

Part 1   —   

Abolition of income support

Part 2   —   

Abolition of adult dependency increases

Part 3   —   

Social security: other repeals and revocations

Part 4   —   

Child maintenance

Part 5   —   

Birth registration

 

 

 
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