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Steven Kennedy

  • Research Briefing

    Support for Mortgage Interest: the standard rate from 1 October 2010 (archived)

    Wednesday, 05 January, 2011

    This Commons Library briefing paper has been archived as it no longer offers up-to-date information. However, we have published other papers which may be of interest.

    • Research Briefing
    • Home ownership
    • Housing benefits
    • Pensions
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Cold Weather Payments for winter 2010/2011

    Thursday, 23 December, 2010

    Cold Weather Payments are made to certain claimants of means-tested benefits during periods of very cold weather. To trigger the £25 payments, the average temperature in an area must be recorded as, or forecast to be, 0°C or below for seven consecutive days.

    • Research Briefing
    • Energy
    • Family benefits
    • Pensions
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Savings Account and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill: Committee Stage Report

    Thursday, 18 November, 2010

    The Bill gives effect to decisions made as part of the initial review of public expenditure undertaken soon after the 2010 General Election. This Paper summarises proceedings in the Commons Committee Stage of the Bill. Several amendments proposed but none were successful. The paper complements Research Paper 10/66, which was prepared for the Second Reading of the Bill.

    • Research Briefing
    • Finance
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    June Budget and Spending Review 2010: DLA and ESA changes

    Friday, 05 November, 2010

    The Coalition Government's June 2010 Budget announced that a new "objective medical assessment" would be introduced for Disability Living Allowance claims from 2013-14. The Spending Review on 20 October announced that that the DLA mobility component is to be withdrawn from people in care homes whose place is funded by a public body. The Spending Review also announced that, from April 2012, for those Employment and Support Allowance claimants assessed as eligible for the "Work Related Activity Group", contributory ESA would only be payable for up to one year.

    • Research Briefing
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Child Benefit for higher rate taxpayers

    Wednesday, 03 November, 2010

    At the Conservative Party Conference in October 2010 the Chancellor announced that from January 2013 Child Benefit would be withdrawn from families with a higher rate taxpayer. This note looks at the background to the announcement and at reactions to it. Revised proposals for a “High Income Child Benefit Charge” were presented in Budget 2012 under which Child Benefit would instead be clawed back from families where the highest earner had an income in excess of £50,000. Further details can be found in Library briefing SN06299, Child Benefit for higher income families.

    • Research Briefing
    • Family benefits
    • Tax
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill [Bill 73 of 2010-11]

    Friday, 22 October, 2010

    The global financial crisis has had a profound effect on the public finances. Both the previous and current governments planned for reductions in public expenditure. This Bill gives effect to decisions made as part of the initial review of public expenditure undertaken soon after the 2010 General Election. Three schemes introduced by the previous Labour Government – the Child Trust Fund; the Saving Gateway; and the Health in Pregnancy Grant – are deemed to be unaffordable by the Coalition Government and will be brought to a close.

    • Research Briefing
  • Research Briefing

    Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

    Wednesday, 26 May, 2010

    The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) replaced both the War Pensions Scheme and 'attributable' benefits payable under the old Armed Forces Pension Scheme (AFPS) for service personnel experiencing ill health, injury or death arising from service-related incidents on or after 6 April 2005. This note outlines the scheme and changes made to it since its introduction.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Defence
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Lone parents and Jobseeker’s Allowance

    Thursday, 20 May, 2010

    By April 2011 most lone parents with a youngest child aged seven or over will no longer be able to claim Income Support but will instead have to claim Jobseeker's Allowance and be available for and seek paid work.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
    • Work and incomes
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Lone parents with younger children: the Progression to Work pathfinders

    Thursday, 20 May, 2010

    The Welfare Reform Act 2009 includes provisions to enable piloting of mandatory 'work-related activity' for lone parents on Income Support and partners of benefit claimants with a youngest child aged 3-6. The Labour Government announced proposals to run 'pathfinders' in four Jobcentre Plus districts in England from October 2010.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
    • Work and incomes
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Support for domestic energy users

    Monday, 25 January, 2010

    This note sets out financial support available to domestic energy consumers, including grants for central heating, insulation, microgeneration equipment and social security measures. It also explains how to seek advice or information about gas and electricity problems from Consumer Direct and the Energy Ombudsman.

    • Research Briefing
    • Energy
    • Family benefits
    • Pensions
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Cold Weather Payments

    Friday, 22 January, 2010

    Cold Weather Payments. By Steven Kennedy. SN/SP/696.

    • Research Briefing
    • Energy
    • Pensions
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Child Poverty Bill: Committee Stage Report. Bill 10 2009-10.

    Thursday, 03 December, 2009

    The Bill fulfils the Government’s commitment made in September 2008 to enshrine the 2020 child poverty target in legislation. It establishes four separate child poverty targets to be met by 2020/21, requires the UK Government to publish a regular UK child poverty strategy, requires the Scottish and Northern Irish Ministers to publish child poverty strategies, establishes a Child Poverty Commission to provide advice, requires the UK Government to publish annual progress reports, and places new duties on local authorities and other “delivery partners”’ in England to work together to tackle child poverty.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Welfare Reform Bill: Lords amendments

    Friday, 06 November, 2009

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
  • Research Briefing

    The future of Attendance Allowance

    Friday, 30 October, 2009

    This note gives details of the proposal in the July 2009 Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Care Together, to integrate some elements of disability benefits with other funding streams to create a new system of care and support for older people in England.

    • Research Briefing
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Child Poverty Bill. Bill 112 of 2008-09

    Tuesday, 30 June, 2009

    This briefing on the Child Poverty Bill has been prepared for the Second Reading debate on the Bill in the House of Commons.

    • Research Briefing
    • Family benefits
    • Work and incomes

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