Welfare Reform Act 2012

E282245

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Welfare Reform Act 2012 is a major UK law that overhauled the welfare system, consolidating multiple benefits and tightening eligibility in an effort to reduce welfare spending and encourage employment.

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Label	Occurrences
Welfare Reform Act 2012 canonical	9

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
alters	arrangements for child maintenance collection ⓘ arrangements for the Social Fund ⓘ
amends	Child Support Act 1991 ⓘ Jobseekers Act 1995 ⓘ Welfare Reform Act 2007 ⓘ
associatedWith	Iain Duncan Smith ⓘ
changes	assessment process for disability benefits ⓘ eligibility criteria for disability benefits ⓘ
consolidates	Child Tax Credit into Universal Credit ⓘ Housing Benefit for working-age claimants into Universal Credit ⓘ Universal Credit ⓘ surface form: Income Support into Universal Credit Working Tax Credit ⓘ surface form: Working Tax Credit into Universal Credit income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance into Universal Credit ⓘ income-related Employment and Support Allowance into Universal Credit ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
creates	Personal Independence Payment ⓘ Universal Credit ⓘ
criticisedFor	impact on disabled people ⓘ increasing poverty risk for low-income households ⓘ
establishes	new framework for localised council tax support schemes ⓘ
introducedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: UK Government
introduces	benefit cap ⓘ mandatory reconsideration before appeal for many benefits ⓘ sanctions regime linked to conditionality for claimants ⓘ under-occupancy penalty in social housing ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
legislativeBody	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle	An Act to make provision for universal credit and personal independence payment; to make other provision about social security; to make provision about child support maintenance and the use of jobcentres; and for connected purposes. ⓘ
objective	encourage employment ⓘ increase work incentives ⓘ reduce welfare spending ⓘ simplify the benefits system ⓘ
policyArea	employment ⓘ social security ⓘ welfare ⓘ
politicalContext	Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government ⓘ surface form: Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government 2010–2015
primaryObjective	reform the welfare system in the United Kingdom ⓘ
reformArea	child maintenance system ⓘ council tax benefit framework ⓘ disability benefits ⓘ housing benefit ⓘ social fund ⓘ
replaces	Disability Living Allowance for working-age people with Personal Independence Payment ⓘ previous means-tested working-age benefits structure ⓘ
royalAssentDate	2012-03-08 ⓘ
supportersClaim	it improves work incentives and reduces welfare dependency ⓘ
targetPopulation	disabled people ⓘ low-income households ⓘ working-age benefit claimants ⓘ
underOccupancyPenaltyNickname	bedroom tax ⓘ
yearEnacted	2012 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Universal Credit → introducedBy → Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ

Personal Independence Payment → introducedInJurisdiction → Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ

Child Maintenance Service → legalBasis → Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ

Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government → introducedLegislation → Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ

PIP → introducedBy → Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ

subject surface form: Personal Independence Payment

2010–2012 UK Parliament → passed → Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ

Jobseekers Act 1995 → relatedTo → Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ

Welfare Reform Act 2007 → relatedTo → Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ

55th Parliament of the United Kingdom → passesAct → Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ