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Benefits

  • Research Briefing

    Universal Credit: roll out

    Tuesday, 15 May, 2018

    Universal Credit (UC) is the Government’s new working-age benefit. The Government is currently rolling out the UC full service, the service all areas will eventually use, across Great Britain. Our UC roll out tool shows when the UC full service launched, or is scheduled to launch, at jobcentres in and around your constituency.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Family benefits
    • Housing benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Debate Pack

    Housing and Homes

    Thursday, 10 May, 2018

    On 15 May 2018, there will be a General Debate on Housing and Homes. The Library has published numerous briefing papers on housing issues and a selection of relevant papers is provided below.

    • Debate Pack
    • Housing and planning
    • Housing benefits
    • Planning
  • Research Briefing

    Sources of Statistics: Constituency Statistics

    Friday, 04 May, 2018

    This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on constituency level statistics.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Census
    • Communities
    • Demography
    • Elections
    • Energy
    • Health services
    • Housing and planning
    • Immigration
    • Rented housing
    • Schools
    • UK elections
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Cold Weather Payments for winter 2017-2018

    Monday, 30 April, 2018

    This Library Briefing Paper provides information on the Cold Weather Payments Scheme for winter 2017-18.

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

    Brexit: new guidelines on the framework for future EU-UK relations

    Thursday, 19 April, 2018

    Brexit negotiations have resumed and this third phase will cover issues outstanding from the last phases - the Irish border in particular - and the framework for future EU-UK relations. This paper looks at how the EU and the UK envisage their relationship after Brexit.

    • Research Briefing
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    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International trade
    • Parliament
    • Rail
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    • Sciences
    • Security
    • The EU
    • Transport
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    Changes to the Personal Independence Payment eligibility criteria

    Tuesday, 17 April, 2018

    On 19 January 2018 the Government announced that it accepted a High Court ruling that controversial changes made in March 2017 to the criteria for the PIP mobility component for people experiencing psychological distress were unlawful. This briefing gives background information to the changes that have now been overturned. It will be updated in due course to take account of subsequent developments. In the meantime, this page gives information on what the latest announcement means for PIP claimants.

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

    Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) scheme

    Thursday, 05 April, 2018

    This briefing paper explains the assistance available for certain households with their mortgage interest payments. Help with mortgage costs is available to claimants of certain means-tested benefits for people not in full-time work. The schemes are collectively known as Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI). Assistance is currently available as a benefit but is changing to a loan on 6 April 2018.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Home ownership
    • Housing and planning
    • Housing benefits
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Work and incomes
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit: the draft withdrawal agreement

    Monday, 26 March, 2018

    The Commission published a draft legal text of the withdrawal agreement in February 2018 and an updated draft on 15 March. On 19 March a third text was published which showed where there is full agreement between the EU and the UK, where there is agreement in principle and where there is no agreement. This paper looks at the recent draft, making reference to earlier drafts where relevant.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Business
    • Civil law
    • Criminal law
    • Economic policy
    • Economy
    • Equality
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Family benefits
    • Farming and fishing
    • Government
    • Health services
    • Immigration
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • International trade
    • Justice
    • Parliament
    • Pensions
    • The EU
    • Brexit
  • Debate Pack

    Effect of Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016

    Monday, 19 March, 2018

    This House of Commons Library briefing page has been prepared in advance of a debate entitled "Effect of Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016", which will be led by Dr Philippa Whitford MP. It will take place in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 21st March 2018 at 9.30am.

    • Debate Pack
    • Children and families
    • Housing benefits
    • Work and incomes
    • Working age benefits
  • Debate Pack

    Scottish welfare powers

    Friday, 16 March, 2018

    This House of Commons Library briefing page has been prepared in advance of a debate entitled "Scottish welfare powers", which will be led by Bill Grant MP. It will take place in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 20th March 2018 at 4.30pm, lasting for one hour.

    • Debate Pack
    • Benefits policy
    • Devolution
  • Debate Pack

    Motions relating to Universal Credit, Children and Young Persons, and Social Security

    Monday, 12 March, 2018

    This House of Commons briefing page has been prepared in advance of a debate on motions relating to Universal Credit, Children and Young Persons and Social Security. This will take place in the main House of Commons Chamber on Tuesday 13th March 2018.

    • Debate Pack
    • Benefits policy
    • Child care
    • Children and families
    • Education
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Debate Pack

    Strengthening Families

    Wednesday, 07 February, 2018

    This House of Commons Library debate pack briefing has been prepared in advance of a debate entitled ”Strengthening Families”. This will take place in Westminster Hall on 8 February 2018 at 1:30pm and will be led by Fiona Bruce MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Armed forces
    • Children and families
    • Children's social services
    • Community care
    • Family benefits
    • Health services
    • Prisons
    • Schools
  • Debate Pack

    Claimant experience of the Personal Independence Payment process

    Tuesday, 30 January, 2018

    This House of Commons Library debate pack briefing has been prepared in advance of a debate entitled “Claimant experience of the Personal Independence Payment process”. This will take place in Westminster Hall at 9.30am on Wednesday 31st January 2018, and will be led by Laura Pidcock MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Benefits policy
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
  • Debate Pack

    Food poverty in Merseyside

    Friday, 12 January, 2018

    A Westminster Hall debate on Food poverty in Merseyside is scheduled for Tuesday 16 January 2018 at 2.30pm. The Member leading the debate is Stephen Twigg MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Benefits policy
    • Environment
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    2018 Benefits Uprating

    Friday, 12 January, 2018

    Most working-age benefits will be frozen at 2015/16 cash values from 2016/17 to 2019/20 inclusive. Over the year 2018/19 the increase in most benefits aimed at disabled people and pensioners will continue to be linked to CPI inflation, which increased to 3.0% in the year ending September 2017. The new State Pension will rise by 3.0% to £164.35.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Bereavement benefits
    • Pensions
    • Sickness, disability and carers' benefits
    • Working age benefits

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