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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the impact of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 on refuges in the United Kingdom with regard to support services for adult and child victims of domestic abuse.[HL4694]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the impact of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 on refuges in the United Kingdom with regard to support services for adult and child victims of domestic abuse.[HL4694]
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 does not affect the support services provided by refuges for victims of domestic abuse. Consequently, the Government’s impact assessments in respect of the Welfare Reform Bill did not address that point.
Ministers subsequently sought the views of the Social Security Advisory Committee over the draft universal credit regulations drafted under the powers of that Act were published on 10 June 2012.
Following the committee’s report the department responded to concerns recorded by the committee relating to the possible effect on refuges of the proposals for supporting housing costs for residents of refuges. The Government’s response was published can be found at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/ssac-universal-credit-report.pdf (paragraph 47).
My honourable friend the Minister for Pensions (Steve Webb) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 contains provisions for the abolition of the discretionary Social Fund scheme and the post of the Social Fund Commissioner. The provisions about community care grants and crisis loans will be...
My honourable friend the Minister for Pensions (Steve Webb) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 contains provisions for the abolition of the discretionary Social Fund scheme and the post of the Social Fund Commissioner. The provisions about community care grants and crisis loans will be...