Author: Social Security Advisory Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780108510403
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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The large majority of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance make every effort to find work. But some customers do just enough to meet the conditions of their claim while at the same time continually failing to demonstrate the focus and discipline that is a key requirement of finding, securing and retaining employment. Mandatory Work Activity is being introduced to enable advisers to address this problem, supporting this particular group of customers at the earliest possible stage. But the Committee finds that published evidence is at best ambivalent about the chances of such 'workfare' type activity improving outcomes for people who are out of work. It is worried about the precedent set by appearing to punish claimants who are satisfying the conditionality rules (otherwise they would be subject to a sanction) but who, in the view of a Personal Adviser appear to display what is deemed to be the 'wrong attitude'. The Committee's key recommendation is that the introduction of this scheme should not continue. Its concerns cover the general principles of the proposals; the way participants will be selected; how placements will be structured and monitored; and the sanction regime attached. The Government, however, does not accept the Committee's recommendations or suggestion that the scheme is a punishment, and sets out its reasons for its position. The proposals are to go ahead.
Author: Great Britain
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780111508558
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Enabling power: Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, ss. 123 (1) (d) (e), 136 (3) (5) (a) (b), 137 (1), 175 (3) (4) & Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, ss. 30, 146 (10 (2) & Social Security Act 1998, ss. 9, 10 & Jobseekers Act 1995, ss. 12 (1) (4) (a) (b), 17A (1) (2) (5) (a) (d) (e) (6) to (9), 20, 20A, 20B (4) to (6), 20E (3) (a), 21, 35 (1), 36 (2) (4), sch. 1. Issued: 14.03.2011. Made: 09.03.2011. Laid: 14.03.2011. Coming into force: 25.04.2011. Effect: S.I. 1996/207, 2890; 1999/991; 2006/213, 215; 2010/1222 amended. Territorial extent & classification: E/W/S. General
Author: Social Security Advisory Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780101805827
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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The Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme covers four initiatives: (i) Skill Conditionality aimed at improving take-up of help and support for those claimants with an identified skills need that is a barrier to them gaining and keeping employment; (ii) Service Academies will give pre-employment training and work experience leading to a guaranteed interview; (iii) the New Enterprise Allowance will promote self-employment under the guidance of a business mentor; (iv) the Work Programme will provide back to work support for a wide range of claimants. The Social Security Advisory Committee broadly welcomes the schemes, but believes they would be attractive to claimants without the sanctions-based conditionality attached to them. The Government does not agree with that key recommendation. Overall, the Government accepts or partially accepts ten, and rejects five, of the Committee's recommendations.
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780108476600
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 23
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27th report of Session 2010-11 : Drawing special attention to, Jobseeker's Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity Scheme) Regulations 2011, Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
Author: Neville Harris
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1782252754
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Approximately half of the total UK population are in receipt of one or more welfare benefits, giving rise to the largest single area of government expenditure. The law and structures of social security are highly complex, made more so by constant adjustments as government pursues its often conflicting economic, political and social policy objectives. This complexity is highly problematic. It contributes to errors in decision-making and to increased administrative costs and is seen as disempowering for citizens, thereby weakening enjoyment of a key social right. Current and previous administrations have committed to simplifying the benefits system. It is a specific objective of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, which provides for the introduction of Universal Credit in place of diverse benefits. However, it is unclear whether the reformed system will be either less complex legally or more accessible for citizens. This book seeks to explain how and why complexity in the modern welfare system has grown; to identify the different ways in which legal and associated administrative arrangements are classifiable as 'complex'; to discuss the effects of complexity on the system's administration and its wider implications for rights and the citizen-state relationship; and to consider the role that law can play in the simplification of schemes of welfare. While primarily focused on the UK welfare system it also provides analysis of relevant policies and experience in various other states.
Author: Bochel, Hugh
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447324609
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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How did the UK Coalition Government’s policies differ from previous Conservative (or Labour) Government policies? How did the Liberal Democrats influence them? And what can this tell us about the likely policy direction of the Conservative government elected in May 2015? Responding to the political and social policy changes made between 2010-15 this book considers the relationship between the two coalition parties to provide a critical assessment of how their policies affected the British welfare state, including the impact of ‘austerity’. Looking beyond 2015, the contributors consider what the implications of these changes may be for social policy, both the challenges and opportunities, which will present themselves in the future.
Author: Peter Dwyer
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447343727
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Should a citizen’s right to social welfare be contingent on their personal behaviour? Welfare conditionality, linking citizens’ eligibility for social benefits and services to prescribed compulsory responsibilities or behaviours, has become a key component of welfare reform in many nations. This book uses qualitative longitudinal data, from repeat interviews with people subject to compulsion and sanction in their everyday lives, to analyse the effectiveness and ethicality of welfare conditionality in promoting and sustaining behaviour change in the UK. Given the negative outcomes that welfare conditionality routinely triggers, this book calls for the abandonment of these sanctions and reiterates the importance of genuinely supportive policies that promote social security and wider equality.
Author: Great Britain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 2244
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Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
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