Amended social security regulations to exclude Church of England abuse redress payments from income and capital assessments for means-tested benefits.

These Regulations amend various social security frameworks to ensure that redress payments made by the Church of England under the Abuse Redress Measure 2025 are disregarded when calculating a person's income and capital for benefit purposes.

The instrument applies to claimants of State Pension Credit, Housing Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance, and Universal Credit.

By introducing these disregards, the Department for Work and Pensions ensures that receiving such compensation does not result in the reduction or loss of means-tested financial support.

Introduced benefit disregards for the Irish Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme and increased fraud-related recovery rates for State Pension Credit.

These Regulations amend various social security instruments to ensure that payments from the Irish Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme are disregarded when calculating entitlement to benefits including Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, and State Pension Credit.

The instrument increases the maximum recovery rate for State Pension Credit overpayments involving fraud from 25% to 40% and reinstates Disability Living Allowance for claimants who show 'good reason' for failing to comply with Personal Independence Payment transfer requirements.

The regulations apply to the Department for Work and Pensions and local authorities administering Housing Benefit, primarily across England, Wales, and Scotland.

Revoked the temporary legal protections that preserved free school lunch eligibility for specific groups during the transition to Universal Credit.

This Order terminates the temporary protection of free school lunch eligibility for certain students in England starting 17 August 2026.

It amends the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 30 and Transitory Provisions) Order 2018 by revoking the 'transitory provisions' that previously allowed individuals to retain their free meal status despite changes to the welfare system.

The Secretary of State for Education directs that any person relying on these specific transitional rules to qualify for free school lunches will cease to be eligible on the specified date.

Excluded Carer's Allowance recalculation lump sums from being counted as capital for means-tested benefits.

These Regulations modify several pieces of secondary legislation to ensure that lump sum payments made by the Secretary of State following a recalculation of Carer's Allowance are excluded from capital assessments.

The rules apply to individuals receiving State Pension Credit, Housing Benefit, or Universal Credit who receive such payments as a result of the Independent Review of Carer's Allowance Overpayments.

By directing that these sums be disregarded as capital, the instrument prevents these specific payments from affecting a claimant’s eligibility for or the amount of their means-tested benefits.

The regulations amended provisions within the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, and Employment and Support Allowance frameworks to exclude work and voluntary activities from being considered reasons for fresh benefit determinations or reassessments.

These Statutory Instruments amend regulations governing Universal Credit (UC), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to specify that undertaking work, whether paid or voluntary, does not count as a 'relevant change of circumstances' justifying an immediate reassessment of a claimant's limited capability for work or their ability to carry out daily living/mobility activities.

The Regulations amended provisions in the 1976, 1991, and 2013 Regulations to maintain legacy benefit rights for certain EEA/Switzerland residents post-Brexit.

The Social Security (Residence in an EEA State or Switzerland) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 modify existing social security regulations concerning Invalid Care Allowance, Disability Living Allowance (DLA) care component, and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) daily living component for individuals residing in an EEA State or Switzerland.

These Regulations allow individuals who were in receipt of the relevant benefit provision under an applicable EU Regulation on December 31, 2020, to continue receiving those specific entitlements, provided they have maintained continuous receipt since that date and have not subsequently been habitually resident in the UK.

The Order appointed dates for ending entitlement to Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, the income-related allowance element of old style Employment and Support Allowance, and provided a mechanism for abolishing Housing Benefit for specific working-age claimants leaving temporary accommodation.

This Order, made under the Welfare Reform Act 2012, sets out the final appointed dates for bringing into force provisions that abolish several legacy benefits, including Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, and the income-related elements of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), as claimants transition to Universal Credit (UC).

Key dates include December 1, 2025, for converting certain 'old style ESA' awards, and April 1, 2026, for the general abolition of Income Support and income-based JSA for remaining cases.

The Order also addresses the cessation of Housing Benefit for working-age claimants moving out of temporary or specified accommodation after November 14, 2025, and allows temporary administrative delay in preparing claimant commitments for converted ESA cases.

The regulations amended existing UK social security legislation to exclude miscarriage of justice compensation payments from benefit calculations.

These regulations, effective July 22, 2025, amend several UK social security regulations to exclude miscarriage of justice compensation payments from income and capital assessments when determining benefit eligibility.

This affects Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance, State Pension Credit, Housing Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance, and Universal Credit.

The changes ensure that compensation received for wrongful conviction does not reduce a recipient's entitlement to other benefits.

The regulations were developed with consultation from relevant organizations and the Social Security Advisory Committee, following the legal powers and provisions outlined in various acts.