Welfare Reform Act 2007
Part 1Employment and support allowance
Entitlement
1Employment and support allowance
1ADuration of contributory allowance
1BFurther entitlement after time-limiting
2Amount of contributory allowance
3Deductions from contributory allowance: supplementary
4Amount of income-related allowance
5Advance award of income-related allowance
6Amount payable where claimant entitled to both forms of allowance
7Exclusion of payments below prescribed minimum
Assessments relating to entitlement
8Limited capability for work
9Limited capability for work-related activity
10Report
Conditionality
11
11AClaimant commitment
11BWork-focused interview requirement
11CWork preparation requirement
11DPersons subject to no work-related requirements
11EPersons subject to work-focused interview requirement only
11FPersons subject to work preparation and work-focused interview requirement
11GConnected requirements
11HImposition of requirements
11ICompliance with requirements
11JSanctions
11KDelegation and contracting out
12Work-focused interviews
13Work-related activity
14Action plans in connection with work-focused interviews
15Directions about work-related activity
15APersons dependent on drugs etc.
16Contracting out
16AHardship payments
Miscellaneous
17Income and capital: general
18Disqualification
19Pilot schemes
20Relationship with statutory payments
21Deemed entitlement for other purposes
22Supplementary provisions
23Recovery of sums in respect of maintenance
General
24Interpretation of Part 1
25Regulations and orders
26Parliamentary control
27Financial provisions relating to Part 1
28Consequential amendments relating to Part 1
29Transition relating to Part 1
Part 2Housing benefit and council tax benefit
30Local housing allowance
31Loss of housing benefit following eviction for anti-social behaviour, etc.
32Housing benefit and council tax benefit for persons taking up employment
33Section 32: supplemental
34Sections 32 and 33: interpretation
35Information relating to housing benefit
36Supply of information by rent officers
37Payment of housing benefit
38Duty to send inspection reports to the Secretary of State
39Directions by Secretary of State
40Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 2
Part 3Social security administration: general
Sharing of social security information
41Social security information
42Information relating to certain benefits
43Unlawful disclosure of certain information
Overpayment recovery
44Recovery of overpaid benefit: Great Britain
45Recovery of overpaid child benefit and guardian's allowance: Northern Ireland
Benefit fraud
46Local authority powers to investigate benefit fraud
47Local authority powers to prosecute benefit fraud
48Local authority functions relating to benefit: information
49Loss of benefit for commission of benefit offences
Part 4Miscellaneous
Benefits for bereaved persons
50Widowed mother's allowance
51Widowed parent's allowance
Disability living allowance: age conditions
52Care component of disability living allowance: persons under the age of 16
53Mobility component of disability living allowance: persons under the age of 16
Social fund
54Matters to which regard must be had in awarding budgeting loans
55Allocations from Social Fund
Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979
56Overseas vaccinations
57Appeals to appeal tribunal in Northern Ireland
Compensation for pneumoconiosis etc.
58“Relevant employer”
59“Dependant”
Other
60Power to stop payment of allowances to care home residents
61Independent Living Funds
62Medical examinations
63Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 4
Part 5General
64Northern Ireland
65General interpretation
66Financial provisions: general
67Repeals
68Transition
69Extent
70Commencement
71Short title
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Employment and support allowance: additional conditions
Part 1...
Conditions relating to national insurance
1(1) The first condition is that— (a) the claimant has...
2(1) The second condition is that— (a) the claimant has...
3(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2—
Condition relating to youth
4(1) The third condition is that —
“Relevant benefit week”
5In this Part of this Schedule, “relevant benefit week” means...
Part 2Income-related allowance
6(1) The conditions are that the claimant—
SCHEDULE 1APersons dependent on drugs etc.
1Requirements imposed in relation to use of drugs
2(1) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with...
3(1) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with...
4Paragraphs 1 to 3: supplementary
5Voluntary and mandatory rehabilitation plans
6(1) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with...
7Sanctions
8Information
9Interpretation
10Power to extend provisions to alcohol
SCHEDULE 2Employment and support allowance: supplementary provisions
Limited capability for work
1Regulations may make provision— (a) for a person to be...
Waiting days
2Except in prescribed circumstances, a person is not entitled to...
Periods of less than a week
3Regulations may make provision in relation to—
Linking periods
4(1) Regulations may provide for circumstances in which a period...
4ARegulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person may be...
Presence in Great Britain
5Regulations may make provision for the purposes of this Part...
Contributory allowance: entitlement in case of absence from Great Britain
6Regulations may provide that in prescribed circumstances a claimant who...
Contributory allowance: modification in relation to employment on ships etc.
7(1) Regulations may modify any provision of this Part, so...
Income-related allowance: entitlement in case of absence from Great Britain
8(1) Regulations may provide that in prescribed circumstances a claimant...
Limited capability for work-related activity
9Regulations may make provision— (a) for a person to be...
Effect of work
10Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person is to...
Treatment of allowance as “benefit”
11Regulations may provide for— (a) an employment and support allowance,...
Attribution of reductions in cases where allowance taken to consist of two elements
12Where an employment and support allowance is taken by virtue...
Treatment of information supplied as information relating to social security
13Information supplied in pursuance of regulations under any of sections...
Advance claims
14This Part shall have effect with prescribed modifications in relation...
Members of the forces
15(1) Regulations may modify— (a) any provision of this Part,...
SCHEDULE 3Consequential amendments relating to Part 1
Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49)
1In section 78(2A) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968...
Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 41)
2In section 53(3) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (pupils...
Transport Act 1982 (c. 49)
3In section 70 of the Transport Act 1982 (payments in...
Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 47)
4(1) The Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 is amended as...
Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1)
5(1) Section 347B of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act...
Children Act 1989 (c. 41)
6(1) The Children Act 1989 is amended as follows.
Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)
7(1) The Child Support Act 1991 is amended as follows....
Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)
8In section 24 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (recovery...
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4)
9(1) The Contributions and Benefits Act is amended as follows....
Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)
10(1) The Administration Act is amended as follows.
Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14)
11(1) The Local Government Finance Act 1992 is amended as...
Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18)
12(1) The Jobseekers Act 1995 is amended as follows.
Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26)
13In Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995 (equalisation of...
Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36)
14In section 22 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (promotion...
Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17)
15(1) The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 is amended as follows....
Education Act 1996 (c. 56)
16(1) The Education Act 1996 is amended as follows.
Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)
17(1) The Social Security Act 1998 is amended as follows....
Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30)
18In section 72 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act...
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)
19In section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999...
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19)
20(1) The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000...
Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)
21In section 94 of the Local Government Act 2000 (disclosure...
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4)
22(1) The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 is amended...
Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11)
23(1) The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 is amended as...
Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1)
24(1) The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 is...
SCHEDULE 4Transition relating to Part 1
General power to provide for transition relating to Part 1
1(1) Regulations may make such provision as the Secretary of...
Pre-commencement claims
2Regulations may— (a) make provision for a claim for incapacity...
Post-commencement claims
3Regulations may— (a) make provision excluding the making of a...
Award of employment and support allowance for pre-commencement period
4Regulations may— (a) make provision for an employment and support...
Matching of awards of employment and support allowance
5(1) For the purposes of this paragraph, an award of...
6(1) For the purposes of this paragraph an award of...
Treatment of existing awards
7(1) Regulations may— (a) make provision for converting existing awards...
Transitional allowances
8(1) Regulations may— (a) make provision for a person's continuing...
9(1) Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person who...
Post-commencement up-rating of incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance
10Regulations may provide for section 150 of the Administration Act...
Interpretation
11In this Schedule— “appointed day” means the day appointed for...
SCHEDULE 5Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 2
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4)
1(1) The Contributions and Benefits Act is amended as follows....
Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)
2The Administration Act is amended as follows.
3In section 134 (arrangements for housing benefit)—
4In section 139 (arrangements for council tax benefit)—
5In section 139E (information about attainment of standards), in subsection...
6(1) Section 139F (enforcement notices) is amended as follows.
7(1) Section 139G (enforcement determinations) is amended as follows.
8(1) In section 140A(2)(c) (subsidies to certain authorities), for “or...
9In section 140B(5A) (calculation of amount of subsidy), for “section...
10In section 191 (interpretation), in the definition of “prescribe” at...
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39)
11In Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act...
Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)
12In section 122(5) of the Housing Act 1996 for “regulations...
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19)
13In Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social...
Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)
14In Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (amendments...
SCHEDULE 6Schedule to be inserted in the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979
SCHEDULE 7Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 4
Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (c. 17)
1(1) The Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 is amended as...
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4)
2(1) The Contributions and Benefits Act is amended as follows....
Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)
3(1) The Administration Act is amended as follows.
Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)
4In section 38(7) of the Social Security Act 1998 (principles...
SCHEDULE 8Repeals

Welfare Reform Act 2007

2007 c. 5

An Act to make provision about social security; to amend the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979; and for connected purposes.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—C1C2

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Act modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/149), art. 2