REPORT ON THE WELFARE REFORM BILL by Northern Ireland: Assembly: Committee for Social Development ( 9780339603356 )

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Title:

REPORT ON THE WELFARE REFORM BILL
TOGETHER WITH THE MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT AND THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE THIRD REPORT OF SESSION 2009-2010

By:

Northern Ireland: Assembly: Committee for Social Development

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0339603356

ISBN 13:

9780339603356

Publisher:

STATIONERY OFFICE, BELFAST

Pub. date:

9 June, 2010

Series:

Northern Ireland Assembly Reports Session 2009-2010, 61/09/10R

Pages:

656

Synopsis:

The Committee undertook extensive consideration of the clauses and schedules of the Welfare Reform Bill. The Committee sets out its reservations in respect of the mandatory nature of 'work for your benefit' schemes and their impact on vulnerable claimants. The Committee secured assurances from the Department particularly in respect of: alternative benefit provisions for carers prior to the abolition of Income Support; amended guidance to benefit advisers relating to exemptions from sanctions etc. for vulnerable claimants; the extension of good cause provisions to include claimants with childcare problems, mental illness; a learning disability or other caring responsibilities; the extension of the interpretation of domestic violence to include psychological, financial as well as physical issues; the granting of exemptions from JSA agreements for up to 24 weeks in total for victims of domestic violence; and, best procurement practice and further Committee review for the new arrangements for Community Care Grants.Following debate and a number of divisions, the majority of Committee Members agreed that owing to parity considerations there was limited opportunity to amend the clauses of the Bill. Following a further division, the Committee therefore agreed that it was content with all the clauses and schedules of the Bill as drafted.

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Stationery Office, Belfast

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