Welfare reform 12 month time limit

Work and Pensions

Welfare Reform Bill (Employment and Support Allowance)

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Chris Grayling): As part of his spending review announcement, the Chancellor set out his proposal to introduce a time limit of one year for those claiming contributory employment and support allowance who are in the work-related activity group. The change will, subject to the passage of the enabling legislation, apply from April 2012. For those in the work-related activity group who have already received a year or more contributory employment and support allowance as at April 2012, entitlement will cease immediately.

In order to avoid delay in implementing this policy the Department for Work and Pensions has obtained approval for an advance from the Contingencies Fund of £2,705,000 to allow for the development of IT, ensure those potentially impacted by the time limit in April 2012 are notified of the change and to deliver the operational support that will be required before Royal Assent of the enabling legislation. Parliamentary approval for resources of £2,705,000 for this new service will be sought in a supplementary estimate for the Department of Work and Pensions. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £2,705,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.


services.parliament.uk/hansard/Commons/b...tements/part006.html

headinawheelchair wrote:

Work and Pensions

Welfare Reform Bill (Employment and Support Allowance)

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Chris Grayling): As part of his spending review announcement, the Chancellor set out his proposal to introduce a time limit of one year for those claiming contributory employment and support allowance who are in the work-related activity group. The change will, subject to the passage of the enabling legislation, apply from April 2012. For those in the work-related activity group who have already received a year or more contributory employment and support allowance as at April 2012, entitlement will cease immediately.

In order to avoid delay in implementing this policy the Department for Work and Pensions has obtained approval for an advance from the Contingencies Fund of £2,705,000 to allow for the development of IT, ensure those potentially impacted by the time limit in April 2012 are notified of the change and to deliver the operational support that will be required before Royal Assent of the enabling legislation. Parliamentary approval for resources of £2,705,000 for this new service will be sought in a supplementary estimate for the Department of Work and Pensions. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £2,705,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.


services.parliament.uk/hansard/Commons/b...tements/part006.html

Thank you for posting headinawheelchair

Nice to know where their priorities lay.

Appalling.

Hopefully there will be a fight in Parliament about this and some concessions

If a person has savings over the prescribed limit then they will lose their ESA . If they have a partner working and earning the prescribed amount they will lose it.

Those with savings lose their safety net (or rather have to spend it to live) and many with a working partner will have to become dependent on them

Fopr those with savings and little or no hope of working again, its goodbye financial security, and for those with a working partner, its hello struggle and conflict

I hope it doesnt happen

Its the very worst of the welfare reforms as it applies to the least able to work

Just Me wrote:

Nice to know where their priorities lay.

Appalling.

Looks like no expense is being spared to get the sick and disabled off the books, what with this and the millions being paid for everyone to be retested.

Hi All

Thanks for posting headinawheelchair, but I'm locking the thread to avoid a discussion, which is not what this forum is for.

Please submit news articles to the Benefit News section.

Regards

Derek