Correspondence

Way to Work: amendments to regulations

Correspondence between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the SSAC on amendments to regulations to support they Way to Work campaign.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions, Social Security Advisory Committee, and The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP
Published
9 February 2022

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to SSAC: Way to Work – Regulations

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Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to SSAC: Way to Work – Regulations

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SSAC to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Way to Work – Regulations

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SSAC to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Way to Work – Regulations

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Details

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions had written to the chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) about proposals to amend:

  • regulation 97(5) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013
  • regulation 14(3)(b) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013

The chair of the SSAC has replied.

The Way to Work campaign aims to help half a million people currently out of work into jobs by the end of June 2022. The amendment to regulations will reduce the maximum period for which limitations on work-related requirements for claimants are allowed (known as the ‘permitted period’) from 3 months to 4 weeks. This will mean that claimants will be expected to broaden their job search activity more quickly into suitable jobs in any sector that they are capable of doing.

Published 9 February 2022