Certain
payments are to be disregarded in the calculation of an individual’s state
benefits. The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Regulations, SI 2020/618, make
a number of amendments to social security and universal credit regulations to
ensure that certain payments (for example, payments made from the Grenfell
Tower Residents’ Discretionary Fund), currently covered by extra-statutory
arrangements, are disregarded in the calculation of means-tested benefits. The
Regulations also provide an amendment to widen the definition of ‘postgraduate
loan’ in order to future-proof regulations so that when new loans are
introduced they can be treated correctly for benefit purposes. The regulations
come into force on 15 July 2020.
Certain
payments are to be disregarded in the calculation of an individual’s state
benefits. The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Regulations, SI 2020/618, make
a number of amendments to social security and universal credit regulations to
ensure that certain payments (for example, payments made from the Grenfell
Tower Residents’ Discretionary Fund), currently covered by extra-statutory
arrangements, are disregarded in the calculation of means-tested benefits. The
Regulations also provide an amendment to widen the definition of ‘postgraduate
loan’ in order to future-proof regulations so that when new loans are
introduced they can be treated correctly for benefit purposes. The regulations
come into force on 15 July 2020.
