Jobc entr e Pl us Jim McGon igle District Manage r Eas t & South East Sco tla nd Lyn dean Hou se, 199 Co mme rci al Str eet, Edi nbu rgh, EH6 6QP Telephone 0131 5558070 Fax 0131 5558005 Tex tphone 0845 601 604 5 www.direct.gov.uk Kez ia Dug dal e MSP The Scottish Parl iamen t Holyrood Edinburgh EH991SP 11 May 2012 Dear Ms Dug dal e W elfa re Re form Ac t 20 12 : be ne fit cap I am wri ti ng to pro vi de y ou wi th in fo rma ti on a bo ut t he i nt rod uc ti on of the benefi t cap and to adv ise you of the steps DWP is taki ng to supp or t claimants affected. Background On 8 March 2012, th e We lfa re Re fo rm B ill r ec ei ved Royal As se nt in both Houses of Par liament. The re forms wi thin this Bill will brin g about the mo st fundamen tal changes to the so cial secu rity syst em for ov er 60 year s. The ben efit cap is one of the measures included in the Welfare Reform Act 2012. W ha t is it? Fr om Apr il 2013, the Government wi ll int roduce a ca p on the total amount of benefi ts trat working- age people can receive, so t hat hous ehol ds on out -of- worK benefits should no longe r re ce ive more in welf ar e pa yments than the average wee kly wag e for working households. Ba se d on current forecast s on wage levels in 2013, th e ca p will be set at ar ound £500 per we ek for a couple and si ngle parent househol ds, equi valent to a £35,000 gr oss salary for someone in work and at around £350 per week for sin gle adult hou seh olds withou t chi ldren. In the short-term, the cap wi ll be administered jointl y by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Local Authorities (LAs ) and wi ll be deducted fro m Hous ing Be nef it pa yment s. In the lon g- term it wi ll fo rm pa rt of th e ne w Universal Credit system. Par t of the Dep artment for Wo rk and Pens ion s INVESTOR IN PEOPLE
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7/31/2019 120517 Job Centre Plus on Welfare Reform Benefit Cap