Secondary Legislation under Welfare Reform Act 2012

Showing 75 Statutory Instruments linked to this bill.

Universal Credit, Housing Benefit and State Pension Credit (Carer's Allowance Reassessment Capital Disregard) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Reference: 2026 No. 681
Laid before Parliament: 25 June 2026
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213), the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/214) and the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376).

Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Reference: 2026 No. 395
Laid before Parliament: 9 April 2026
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) (“the UC Regulations 2013”), the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/377) (“the PIP Regulations 2013”) and the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/379) (“the ESA Regulations 2013”).

Social Security (Removal of Two Child Limit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026

Reference: 2026 No. 316
Laid before Parliament: 19 March 2026
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations make amendments consequential on the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Act 2026 (c. 13). They come into force on the same day as that Act, 6th April 2026.

Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Reference: 2026 No. 6
Laid before Parliament: 8 January 2026
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Administration Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1230) (“Transitional Regulations”).

Social Security (Residence in an EEA State or Switzerland) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Reference: 2025 No. 1198
Laid before Parliament: 18 November 2025
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/409), the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2890) and the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/377). They reflect that claimants, to whom a relevant EU regulation applied on 31st December 2020 (the date of the end of the transition period following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU), maintain their rights to carer’s allowance, the care component of disability living allowance and the daily living component of personal independence payment subject to certain conditions. The individual must have continuously received these benefits since 31st December 2020, and they must not have been habitually resident in the United Kingdom on or after that date. These regulations do not create a ground for new claims but provide a legislative basis to continue paying benefits already in payment.

Social Security (Habitual Residence, Past Presence and Temporary Absence) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Reference: 2025 No. 884
Laid before Parliament: 17 July 2025
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Part 2 of these Regulations enables certain persons to access income-related benefits upon arrival in Great Britain in the following situations, provided that they meet the other relevant entitlement conditions—

Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Reference: 2025 No. 44
Laid before Parliament: 20 January 2025
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Regulations 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 amend respectively the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213), the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/214), the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/794), and the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376).

Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025

Reference: 2025 No. 3
Laid before Parliament: 6 January 2025
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations make amendments to the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792) (“the SPC Regulations”), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213) (“the Housing Benefit Regulations”), the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/214) (“the Pension Age Housing Benefit Regulations”), the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) (“the Universal Credit Regulations”), the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1230) (“the Transitional Regulations”) and the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 32 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/167) (“Commencement Order No. 32”).

Social Security (Genuine and Sufficient Link to the United Kingdom) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Reference: 2024 No. 936
Laid before Parliament: 12 September 2024
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/409), the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2740), the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2890) and the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/377) to reflect that claimants to whom a relevant EU Regulation applies need only show a genuine and sufficient link to the United Kingdom and not the United Kingdom social security system.

Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024

Reference: 2024 No. 536
Laid before Parliament: 19 April 2024
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Administration Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376), which sets out the circumstances in which work search and work availability requirements must not be imposed on a universal credit claimant. Regulation 2 amends paragraph (6) of regulation 99 so that work search and work availability requirements may not be imposed where a claimant has monthly earnings from employment that are equal to, or more than, 18 hours per week at the national minimum wage rate as set out in regulation 4 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/621) (“the national living wage”) or, where the claimant is a member of a couple, their combined earnings from employment are equal to, or more than, 29 hours per week at the national living wage rate, in both cases converted to a monthly amount by multiplying by 52 and dividing by 12. Regulation 3 revokes a previous version of these Regulations in order to alter the coming into force date.

Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Reference: 2024 No. 529
Laid before Parliament: 19 April 2024
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Administration Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376), which sets out the circumstances in which work search and work availability requirements must not be imposed on a universal credit claimant. Regulation 2 amends paragraph (6) of regulation 99 so that work search and work availability requirements may not be imposed where a claimant has monthly earnings from employment that are equal to, or more than, 18 hours per week at the national minimum wage rate as set out in regulation 4 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/621) (“the national living wage”) or, where the claimant is a member of a couple, their combined earnings from employment are equal to, or more than, 29 hours per week at the national living wage rate, in both cases converted to a monthly amount by multiplying by 52 and dividing by 12.

Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2024

Reference: 2024 No. 386
Laid before Parliament: 18 March 2024
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Pensions Act 2014 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text This instrument contains provisions necessary to give full effect to the 2024 benefits and pensions up-rating exercise.

Social Security and Universal Credit (Migration of Tax Credit Claimants and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

Reference: 2024 No. 341
Laid before Parliament: 11 March 2024
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations make amendments and modifications to various social security regulations.

Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 1238
Laid before Parliament: 22 November 2023
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations make further provision for transition to universal credit following the case of the Queen (on the application of) TP and AR (TP and AR No. 3) ([2022] EWHC 123 Admin), in which the court concluded that there was a difference in treatment between severe disability premium recipients who naturally migrated from legacy benefits to universal credit, by virtue of making a claim to universal credit as a result of a change in their circumstances, and those who remain on legacy benefits.

Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence, and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 1144
Laid before Parliament: 26 October 2023
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Part 2 of these Regulations enables certain persons to access income-related benefits upon arrival in Great Britain from Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights or Lebanon provided they meet the other relevant entitlement conditions.

Social Security (Infected Blood Capital Disregard) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 894
Laid before Parliament: 9 August 2023
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends—

Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 640
Laid before Parliament: 14 June 2023
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Regulations 2 to 8 amend respectively the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213), the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/214), the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/794), and the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376).

Universal Credit (Childcare) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 593
Laid before Parliament: 31 May 2023
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) (“the UC Regulations”).

Social Security and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 543
Laid before Parliament: 17 May 2023
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations make minor amendments to various social security regulations.

Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 340
Laid before Parliament: 20 March 2023
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Pensions Act 2014 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text This instrument contains provisions necessary to give full effect to the 2023 benefits and pensions up-rating exercise.

Benefit Cap (Annual Limit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Laid before Parliament: 16 January 2023
Procedure: Draft affirmative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations are made following a review under section 96A of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) and amend the sums specified as the annual limit for the purposes of the benefit cap.

Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Reference: 2023 No. 7
Laid before Parliament: 9 January 2023
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376), which sets out the circumstances in which work search and work availability requirements may not be imposed on a universal credit claimant.

Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 990
Laid before Parliament: 27 September 2022
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Amendments made by the Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/344) (“the principal Regulations”) enable certain persons arriving from the Ukraine to access income-related benefits upon arrival in Great Britain and disability and carers benefits upon arrival in England and Wales, provided they meet the other relevant entitlement conditions.

Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Victims of Domestic Abuse and Victims of Modern Slavery) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 942
Laid before Parliament: 8 September 2022
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213) (“the Housing Benefit Regulations”) and the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) (“the Universal Credit Regulations”). They extend the scope of the exemptions from the shared accommodation rate for the Local Housing Allowance (“LHA”) (and the Single Room Rent (“SRR”) in the case of Housing Benefit) to include victims of domestic violence who have attained the age of 16 and victims of modern slavery (“the relevant victims”).

Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 886
Laid before Parliament: 4 August 2022
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376), which sets out the circumstances in which work search and work availability requirements may not be imposed on a universal credit claimant.

Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 752
Laid before Parliament: 4 July 2022
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1230) (“the Transitional Provisions Regulations”) and the Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1152).

Universal Credit (Local Welfare Provision Disregard) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 448
Laid before Parliament: 13 April 2022
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) to provide that certain payments made by local government for welfare purposes should be disregarded as capital and therefore not be taken into account for the purposes of calculating entitlement to Universal Credit.

Universal Credit (Energy Rebate Scheme Disregard) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 257
Laid before Parliament: 10 March 2022
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide for a payment made from the Energy Rebate Scheme 2022 to be disregarded as capital and therefore not taken into account for the purposes of calculating entitlement to Universal Credit.

Universal Credit and Employment and Support Allowance (Terminal Illness) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 260
Laid before Parliament: 10 March 2022
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Act 1998 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the definition of “terminally ill” for the purposes of universal credit and employment and support allowance. They amend the definition such that a person is “terminally ill” where their death, as a result of a progressive disease, can reasonably be expected within 12 months, as opposed to 6 months prior to the amendment.

Universal Credit and Jobseeker's Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements - limitations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Reference: 2022 No. 108
Laid before Parliament: 7 February 2022
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend regulation 97(5) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) and regulation 14(3)(b) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/378).

Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 1405
Laid before Parliament: 10 December 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Regulations 2 to 8 of these Regulations amend respectively the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213), the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/214), the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/794) and the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376).

Universal Credit (Work Allowance and Taper) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 1283
Laid before Parliament: 18 November 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide for the changes to the work allowance and taper rate in universal credit announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 27th October 2021.

Universal Credit (Exceptions to the Requirement not to be receiving Education) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 1224
Laid before Parliament: 4 November 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) and the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1230).

Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 1129
Laid before Parliament: 11 October 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1483). They are being issued free of charge as they rectify errors in those Regulations.

Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 1034
Laid before Parliament: 14 September 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Part 2 of these Regulations enables certain persons to access income-related benefits upon arrival in Great Britain from Afghanistan, provided they meet the other relevant entitlement conditions.

Universal Credit (Coronavirus) (Restoration of the Minimum Income Floor) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 807
Laid before Parliament: 8 July 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide for the further extension of three of the measures in regulation 2 of the Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/371). The measures relate to the minimum income floor (MIF) in regulation 62 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376), which assumes that claimants who are “in gainful self-employment” have a minimum level of earnings for the purpose of calculating universal credit.

Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Care Leavers and Homeless) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 546
Laid before Parliament: 6 May 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213) (“the Housing Benefit Regulations”) and the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) (“the Universal Credit Regulations”). They extend the age ranges of the exemptions from the shared accommodation rate of the Local Housing Allowance which apply to care leavers and those who have spent at least 3 months in a homeless hostel whilst receiving support to assist with community resettlement or rehabilitation.

Social Security (Coronavirus) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 476
Laid before Parliament: 20 April 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/289), the Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/371) (“the Further Measures Regulations”) and the Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/409) in response to the continuing outbreak of coronavirus disease in Great Britain.

Universal Credit (Extension of Coronavirus Measures) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 313
Laid before Parliament: 16 March 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide for further measures in response to the present outbreak of coronavirus disease in Great Britain.

Social Security (Claims and Payments, Employment and Support Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit) (Telephone and Video Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 230
Laid before Parliament: 4 March 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Administration Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979 (S.I. 1979/628), the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/794), the Employment and Support Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/379), the Social Security (Personal Independence) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/377) and the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376).

Universal Credit (Childcare in Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 228
Laid before Parliament: 4 March 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend regulation 35 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376).

Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Claimants previously entitled to a severe disability premium) Amendment Regulations 2021

Reference: 2021 No. 4
Laid before Parliament: 6 January 2021
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations make further provision for transition to universal credit in connection with the revocation of regulation 4A (restriction on claims for universal credit by persons entitled to a severe disability premium) of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (“the Transitional Provisions Regulations”) on the 27th January 2021. Regulation 4A is commonly referred to as “the SDP gateway”.

Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 1235
Laid before Parliament: 9 November 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Under section 83(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (“the Act”) a person is not entitled to the daily living or mobility component of Personal Independence Payment for any period after they reach the relevant age (defined in section 83(2) of the Act as pensionable age or, if higher, 65) (“the age restriction”). Regulation 27(1) of the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 (2013 No. 377) (“the PIP Regulations”) provides that the age restriction does not apply where the person has reached the relevant age, is entitled to an award of either or both components pursuant to an exception in regulation 25 or 26 of the PIP Regulations, and that award falls to be revised or superseded. Regulation 27(2) of the PIP Regulations modifies regulation 27(1) such that entitlement to the mobility component is restricted, as set out in regulation 27(3), where the original award is superseded for a change of circumstance which occurred after the person reached the relevant age.

Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 1201
Laid before Parliament: 3 November 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/371) (“the Further Measures Regulations”) in response to the continuing outbreak of Coronavirus disease in Great Britain.

Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Amendment Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 1156
Laid before Parliament: 22 October 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/409) in response to the continuing outbreak of coronavirus in Great Britain.

Universal Credit (Earned Income) Amendment Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 1138
Laid before Parliament: 20 October 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Administration Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 by substituting a new regulation 61. They implement the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Secretary of State v Johnson & others [2020] EWCA Civ 778.

Universal Credit (Exceptions to the Requirement not to be receiving Education) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 827
Laid before Parliament: 4 August 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) (“the UC Regulations”).

Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 826
Laid before Parliament: 4 August 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1152) to correct a technical error and ensure regulation 5 of those Regulations provides for a full two week run-on of income-based jobseeker’s allowance and income-related employment and support allowance.

Social Security (Income-Related Benefits) (Persons of Northern Ireland - Family Members) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 683
Laid before Parliament: 3 July 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213), the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/214), the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/794) and the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) (together the “income-related benefit regulations”).

Universal Credit (Persons who have attained state pension credit qualifying age) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 655
Laid before Parliament: 29 June 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Act 1998 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend various instruments that govern the entitlement of a claimant (“C”), who has reached state pension credit qualifying age (“the qualifying age”), to universal credit (“UC”), state pension credit (“SPC”) and housing benefit for pensioners (“HB”), so as to provide for a smooth transition between those benefits where a person reaches that age, becomes part of a mixed-age couple, or certain other changes of circumstance occur. See section 1(6) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16) for the definition of “the qualifying age”. “Mixed-age”, in relation to a couple or a marriage, means where one member has attained the qualifying age and the other has not (see regulation 2(2)(b) which amends regulation 5 of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792) (“the 2002 Regulations”) to insert that definition).

Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 618
Laid before Parliament: 24 June 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend—

Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 611
Laid before Parliament: 22 June 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Administration Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) (“the UC Regulations”) and the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/380) (“the Claims and Payments Regulations”).

Universal Credit (Coronavirus) (Self-employed Claimants and Reclaims) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 522
Laid before Parliament: 20 May 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Administration Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations make further provision for universal credit in relation to the outbreak of coronavirus disease.

Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 409
Laid before Parliament: 7 April 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for individuals on temporary release from prison due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Great Britain to access means tested benefits during the period of that release.

Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Amendment Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 397
Laid before Parliament: 3 April 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Housing Act 1996 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend regulation 3 (universal credit - standard allowance modification) of the Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/371). By virtue of that amendment the modified rates specified in that regulation are to take effect in relation to each award of universal credit in the first assessment period that ends on or after 6th April 2020.

Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 371
Laid before Parliament: 27 March 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Housing Act 1996 Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide further measures in response to the present outbreak of coronavirus disease in Great Britain. They are in addition to those in the Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/289).

Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) Regulations 2020

Reference: 2020 No. 289
Laid before Parliament: 12 March 2020
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Act 1998 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations respond to the present outbreak of Coronavirus disease in Great Britain.

Jobseeker's Allowance and Universal Credit (Higher-Level Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Reference: 2019 No. 1357
Laid before Parliament: 16 October 2019
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Welfare Reform Act 2012

Social Security (Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Reference: 2019 No. 1314
Laid before Parliament: 8 October 2019
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213), the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/214), the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/794), the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) and the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1230).

Universal Credit (Childcare Costs and Minimum Income Floor) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Reference: 2019 No. 1249
Laid before Parliament: 9 September 2019
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376).

Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Reference: 2019 No. 1011
Laid before Parliament: 13 June 2019
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013 which transfer disability living allowance entitled persons to personal independence payment (“DLA transfer claimants”) by providing an exemption to personal independence payment (“PIP”) age restriction in section 83(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 in cases where transfer claimants’ PIP awards are revised or superseded for a change of circumstances.

Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Reference: 2019 No. 872
Laid before Parliament: 16 April 2019
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012

Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019

Laid before Parliament: 14 January 2019
Procedure: Draft affirmative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Act 1998 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide for the managed migration of the first 10,000 claimants from existing benefits to universal credit. They set out the process for moving those claimants, the circumstances in which transitional protection is given and the manner in which it is calculated. They also include provision in relation to certain claimants who have been in receipt of a severe disability premium, claimants who are self-employed and claimants who may be in hardship.

Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (SDP Gateway) Amendment Regulations 2019

Reference: 2019 No. 10
Laid before Parliament: 14 January 2019
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision restricting claims for universal credit by claimants who are, or have been, in receipt of an existing benefit that includes a severe disability premium.

Universal Credit (Restriction on Amounts for Children and Qualifying Young Persons) (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2019

Reference: 2019 No. 27
Laid before Parliament: 11 January 2019
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012 Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1230) (“the 2014 Regulations”) and the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) (“the 2013 Regulations”). They simplify and extend the transitional protection for children and qualifying young persons born before 6th April 2017, the date when limits in relation to the child element in universal credit came into force.

Universal Credit (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018

Laid before Parliament: 5 November 2018
Procedure: Draft affirmative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Social Security Act 1998 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide for the moving of claimants on existing benefits to universal credit. They set out the process for moving those claimants, the circumstances in which transitional protection is given and the manner in which it is calculated. They also include provision in relation to certain claimants who are, or have been, in receipt of a severe disability premium, claimants who are self-employed and claimants who may be in hardship.

Universal Credit and Jobseeker's Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018

Reference: 2018 No. 1129
Laid before Parliament: 5 November 2018
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the Universal Credit Regulations (S.I. 2013/376) (“the UC Regulations”) and the Social Security (Restrictions on Amounts for Children and Qualifying Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/376).

Social Security (Treatment of Arrears of Benefit) Regulations 2018

Reference: 2018 No. 932
Laid before Parliament: 15 August 2018
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) (the “IS Regulations”), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) (the “JSA Regulations”), the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1792) (the “SPC Regulations”), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213) (the “HB Regulations”), the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/214) (the “HB (SPC) Regulations”), the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/794) (the “ESA Regulations”) and the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1230) (the “UC (TP) Regulations”).

Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments, Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2018

Reference: 2018 No. 65
Laid before Parliament: 22 January 2018
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Act 1998 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Regulation 2 in these Regulations amends the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1167), regulation 3 amends the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) (the “Universal Credit Regulations”), regulation 4 amends the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/378) (the “Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations”), regulation 5 amends the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/381) (the “Decisions and Appeals Regulations”), regulation 6 amends the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1230) (the “Transitional Regulations”) and regulation 7 amends the Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/345) (the “Surplus Amendment Regulations”).

Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations 2017

Reference: 2017 No. 1015
Laid before Parliament: 24 October 2017
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Act 1998 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012

Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Reference: 2017 No. 1016
Laid before Parliament: 23 October 2017
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012

Social Security (Qualifying Young Persons Participating in Relevant Training Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Reference: 2017 No. 987
Laid before Parliament: 16 October 2017
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012

Tax Credits (Exercise of Functions in relation to Northern Ireland and Notices for Recovery of Tax Credit Overpayments) Order 2017

Reference: 2017 No. 781
Laid before Parliament: 26 July 2017
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text Articles 3 to 5 of this Order apply and amend legislation applying in Northern Ireland to allow for the recovery of the following amounts. They are amounts specified in notices given under section 29 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21) (“the 2002 Act”) (which specify amounts of overpayments of tax credits), the amounts of penalties imposed under section 31 or 32 of that Act (which are imposed respectively in connection with the making of incorrect statements and failing to comply with requirements in connection with claims for, and awards of, tax credits) and, when read with article 2(2), the amounts of interest carried on those amounts.

Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017

Reference: 2017 No. 725
Laid before Parliament: 6 July 2017
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012 Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016

Social Security (Emergency Funds) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Reference: 2017 No. 689
Laid before Parliament: 16 June 2017
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Jobseekers Act 1995 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 State Pension Credit Act 2002 Welfare Reform Act 2007 Welfare Reform Act 2012
SI explanatory text These Regulations provide that payments from the London Emergencies Trust (registered charity number 1172307 and company number 09928465) and the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund (registered charity number 1173260) (“the Charities”) are to be disregarded for certain social security purposes. The Charities will make payments to victims (and their dependants) of the terrorist attacks in London and Manchester in 2017.