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2010
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commision
To take on new maintenance cases. It will take over cases from the Child Support Agency in 2013 or 2014
2010
Many more people, particularly women and carers will be entitled to the full rate of Retirement Pension due to a change in the National Insurance contribution rules.
2010
Plan to remove adult dependent increase in Carers Allowance
2010
The Government pledge that there will be a Sure Start children's centre for every community by 2010.
2010 (or 2011)
Government aim to reduce child poverty by half (to what it was in 1998/9) now and to eradicate it by 2020.
2010
Childcare in schools
Schools in England will be able to offer all children childcare between 8am and 6pm throughout the year.
April 2010
Child maintenance disregard increases
The disregard of child maintenance by Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance, and income related ESA goes up from £20 to £40 a week.
April 2010
Plan to increase paternity leave (to use half of the year of the mother's maternity leave). It was due by end of 2009 but put off till now.
April 2010
Plan to increase Child Benefit of eldest child to £20.
6 April 2010
Retirement Pension and related changes
From "Security in Retirement” White Paper and The Pensions Act 2007
October 2010
Lone parent - not!
One reason for getting Income Support is being a lone parent with at least one child under 10. As soon as there are no children under 10, then JSA has to be claimed instead
The Government plans to lower the age to 7 in OCTOBER 2010.
It went down from 16 to 12 in October 2008 and to 10 in October 2009.
Other reasons for getting Income Support:
There are several reasons why someone may be entitled to claim Income Support. For example: they have children for whom the middle or highest rate care component of Disability Living Allowance is payable, or they claim Carer;s Allowance, or are fostering. People with a health problem or disability may be able to get Income Support or ESA on the basis of being incapable of work. There are other reasons for getting Income Support.
2010 (or end of Parliament)
Maternity leave pay period extended to to 52 weeks by the end of the parliament. Announced in Pre budget 2004
March 2010
Present Post Office card accounts contract ends and uncertainty whether they will continue. Payments by cheque phased out.
Removal of benefits cheques - issuing 'prepay' cards or paying direct to bank accounts instead . Closure of post office card cash accounts - benefits paid direct to bank accounts or the new prepay cards.
2009 (or 2010)
Family Fund extended to 17 year olds
The Family fund gives grants to low income families with a severely disabled child. Help was extended to 16 year olds in April 2008.
2010
Benefits paid fortnightly instead of weekly, on a different day depending on your NI number, and always in arrears not in advance.
2009 (2010)
Annual Leave rises from 24 to 28 days per annum
2010
Incapacity claimants have to undertake a work capability assessment (like health checks undertaken by private companies to say fit or not fit to work)
From April 2010
sources: directgov, newcastle council
anything else?
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commision
To take on new maintenance cases. It will take over cases from the Child Support Agency in 2013 or 2014
2010
Many more people, particularly women and carers will be entitled to the full rate of Retirement Pension due to a change in the National Insurance contribution rules.
2010
Plan to remove adult dependent increase in Carers Allowance
2010
The Government pledge that there will be a Sure Start children's centre for every community by 2010.
2010 (or 2011)
Government aim to reduce child poverty by half (to what it was in 1998/9) now and to eradicate it by 2020.
2010
Childcare in schools
Schools in England will be able to offer all children childcare between 8am and 6pm throughout the year.
April 2010
Child maintenance disregard increases
The disregard of child maintenance by Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance, and income related ESA goes up from £20 to £40 a week.
April 2010
Plan to increase paternity leave (to use half of the year of the mother's maternity leave). It was due by end of 2009 but put off till now.
April 2010
Plan to increase Child Benefit of eldest child to £20.
6 April 2010
Retirement Pension and related changes
- State Retirement Pension equalisation (65 for men and women) begins to be phased in till 2020.
- Improvements for carers and women who have been unable to pay sufficient National Insurance Contributions (NIC’s) to get full Retirement Pension
- 30 years NIC’s needed to get full RP (instead of 44 for men and 39 for women).
- Home Responsibilities Protection replaced by weekly credit for parents and those caring for severely disabled children
- Contributory credit for those caring for disabled people for 20 hours or more
- Retirement Pension linked with earnings
- National Insurance credits will be awarded for periods that were covered by Home Responsibilities Protection before 2010.
- Other changes at other times include Retirement age to increase in stages from 2024.
From "Security in Retirement” White Paper and The Pensions Act 2007
October 2010
Lone parent - not!
One reason for getting Income Support is being a lone parent with at least one child under 10. As soon as there are no children under 10, then JSA has to be claimed instead
The Government plans to lower the age to 7 in OCTOBER 2010.
It went down from 16 to 12 in October 2008 and to 10 in October 2009.
Other reasons for getting Income Support:
There are several reasons why someone may be entitled to claim Income Support. For example: they have children for whom the middle or highest rate care component of Disability Living Allowance is payable, or they claim Carer;s Allowance, or are fostering. People with a health problem or disability may be able to get Income Support or ESA on the basis of being incapable of work. There are other reasons for getting Income Support.
2010 (or end of Parliament)
Maternity leave pay period extended to to 52 weeks by the end of the parliament. Announced in Pre budget 2004
March 2010
Present Post Office card accounts contract ends and uncertainty whether they will continue. Payments by cheque phased out.
Removal of benefits cheques - issuing 'prepay' cards or paying direct to bank accounts instead . Closure of post office card cash accounts - benefits paid direct to bank accounts or the new prepay cards.
2009 (or 2010)
Family Fund extended to 17 year olds
The Family fund gives grants to low income families with a severely disabled child. Help was extended to 16 year olds in April 2008.
2010
Benefits paid fortnightly instead of weekly, on a different day depending on your NI number, and always in arrears not in advance.
2009 (2010)
Annual Leave rises from 24 to 28 days per annum
2010
Incapacity claimants have to undertake a work capability assessment (like health checks undertaken by private companies to say fit or not fit to work)
From April 2010
- Increase of the child element of child tax credit will increase by £25 per year above indexation.
- The child maintenance disregard in income support, income-based employment support allowance and income-related JSA will rise from £20 to £40 per week.
- Cost of prescriptions in Scotland reduced to £3.
- Cost of prepayment certificates in Scotland goes down from £38 to £28.
sources: directgov, newcastle council
anything else?
