11 January, 2024
New statutory rule
10 January, 2024
Universal Credit Senior Responsible Owner also outlines three levels of checking that are undertaken to ensure there is no unintended bias in the automated system for identifying potential fraud
10 January, 2024
Universal Credit Senior Responsible Owner also shares learning from migration discovery phase, including that 14 per cent of income support claimants wanted to claim universal credit by phone
10 January, 2024
Minister says strategies including prioritising new claims and increased case manager and health assessment provider resources have helped to reduce clearance time to 15 weeks as at October 2023
10 January, 2024
Universal Credit Senior Responsible Owner tells Work and Pensions Committee that £2.5 million of underpayments have been paid to affected claimants so far
9 January, 2024
8 January, 2024
New figure applies from 1 January 2024 in line with calculation method set out in the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017
5 January, 2024
Social Security Scotland says that new rules will mean that claimants 'will know how much they are going to get and when they will get it'
22 December, 2023
New circular includes information on the timing of housing benefit uprating and how uprating of other benefits should be applied in housing benefit assessments
22 December, 2023
New guidance issued setting our rates and thresholds that will apply from April 2024
21 December, 2023
Letter to clinicians highlights that it is a legal requirement to pay regard to the guidance when completing the BASRiS form
20 December, 2023
Commissioner also expresses concern that amendment to Data Protection and Digital Information Bill does not provide adequate information about scope of powers and safeguards against arbitrary interference with right to private life
20 December, 2023
220,000 new registrations in three months to October 2023 represents the highest level since PIP began
19 December, 2023
Under Secretary of State adds that there is no difference in her convening power or in the day-to-day work and that she will carry out the role 'whatever the title or rank'
19 December, 2023
Response to Topical Question in House of Commons follows recent vote in favour of government amendment to Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
19 December, 2023
New figures also highlight the number of claimants registering a PIP claim via the new digital channel
19 December, 2023
Delivering the Scottish Budget 2024/2025, Finance Minister also confirms that social security spending will increase by more than £1 billion next year to £6.3 billion
18 December, 2023
New areas correspond to those in London and Birmingham where the Health Transformation Area is currently active
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