Independent report

Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations 2015: SSAC report and government statement

A SSAC report on draft Housing Benefit regulations about backdating claims and removing the family premium and the government's response.

From:
Social Security Advisory Committee and Department for Work and Pensions
Published
9 November 2015

Documents

The Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (web version)

Ref: ISBN 9781474125741, SI 2015 No 1857

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PDF, 737 KB, 47 pages

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The Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (print-ready PDF)

Ref: ISBN 9781474125734, SI 2015 No 1857

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Details

This is a report by the SSAC on draft regulations for 2 of the Housing Benefit measures announced in the 2015 Summer Budget:

  • time-limiting the backdating of new claims to Housing Benefit to 1 month
  • removing the family premium for new claims to Housing Benefit made on or after 1 May 2016

The report includes the government’s response to the SSAC’s recommendations.

Published 9 November 2015

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