Policy Document

Welfare Reform Act

Year

2007

Country

United Kingdom

Topic

Health

Subtopic

Long-term care

Keywords

Long-term care Ageing society Access to healthcare Elderly care Healthcare system

Main implications

The act changed conditions of entitlement to Attendance Allowance.

Prescribes the circumstances in which Attendance Allowance shall not be paid: in respect of a person for a period when he is a resident of a care home in circumstances in which any of the costs of any qualifying services provided for him are borne out of public or local funds under a specified enactment.”

The legislation made it possible to withdraw the payment of Attendance Allowance once a person has resided in a care home for more than four weeks.

Benefits & Requirements

Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries

The change impacts those who have resided in a care home for more than four weeks, where the costs of any qualifying services provided in the care home are paid in part by public or local funds.

Implementing Text & Related Legislation

Original name of the legal document/act (native language)

Welfare Reform Act

Date of passage/approval

3^rd May 2007

Are the effects retroactive?

Actors

John Hutton (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Labour Party)

Read the Law

Full Text Source in English

2007, c. 5

Original full text source in native language

2007, c. 5

Full text web source in English

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/15/pdfs/ukpga_20010015_en.pdf

Original full text web source in native language

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/5/pdfs/ukpga_20070005_en.pdf

Secondary Literature & Sources

Secondary literature

British Parliament "Welfare Reform Bill 2006-07". Available at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills/200607/welfare_reform.htm.