The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) are amended as follows.
A
bill
to
Equalise the amount of the standard allowance included in an award of universal credit to which a claimant who has left care is entitled with the amount of that allowance to which a claimant aged 25 or over is entitled; and for connected purposes.
B e it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) are amended as follows.
In regulation 36 (table showing amounts of elements), under “Standard
allowance”—
after “single claimant aged under 25” insert “, other than a care leaver”,
and
after “single claimant aged 25 or over” insert “or a care leaver”.
“(4)In this regulation, “care leaver” means a person aged at least 16 and
under 25 who—
(a)is not being looked after by a local authority, but
(b)was being looked after by a local authority on or after reaching
the age of 16, and
(c)had been so looked after for at least 13 weeks (continuously
or not continuously) at least some of which was when the
person was aged 14 or 15.”
In regulation 2, in the definition of “care leaver”, after “in regulation 8” insert
“, except in regulation 36”.
The amendments made by
subsections (1)
to
(4)
do not affect the power to
make further regulations amending or revoking the provision made by those
amendments.
The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument make
transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the
commencement of this section.
A statutory instrument containing regulations under
subsection (6)
is subject
to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
This Act may be cited as the Universal Credit (Standard Allowance Entitlement
of Care Leavers) Act 2024.
This Act comes into force at the end of the period of three months beginning
with the day on which it is passed.
This Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland.
A
bill
to
Equalise the amount of the standard allowance included in an award of universal credit to which a claimant who has left care is entitled with the amount of that allowance to which a claimant aged 25 or over is entitled; and for connected purposes.
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