http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/5/section/11FWelfare Reform Act 2007An Act to make provision about social security; to amend the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-28Expert Participation2026-04-01
Welfare Reform Act 2007s. 1(3)(za)Welfare Reform Act 2012s. 62(2)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007s. 1(3B)Welfare Reform Act 2012s. 62(3)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007s. 1CWelfare Reform Act 2012s. 54(3)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007s. 1CWelfare Reform Act 2012Sch. 14 Pt. 5s. 150(3)art. 7(1)(f)art. 7(2)Welfare Reform Act 2007s. 2(6)Welfare Reform Act 2012Sch. 5 para. 6(3)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007s. 14(5)Welfare Reform Act 2012s. 54(7)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007s. 16(1)(za)Welfare Reform Act 2012s. 54(5)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007Sch. 2 para. 4B and cross-headingWelfare Reform Act 2012s. 62(4)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007Sch. 2 para. 10A headingWelfare Reform Act 2012s. 57(7)(a)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007Sch. 2 para. 10A(1)Welfare Reform Act 2012s. 57(7)(c)(i)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007Sch. 2 para. 10A(1)Welfare Reform Act 2012s. 57(7)(c)(ii)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007Sch. 2 para. 10A(1)Welfare Reform Act 2012Sch. 14 Pt. 6s. 150(2)(b)Welfare Reform Act 2007Sch. 2 para. 10B and cross-headingWelfare Reform Act 2012s. 57(8)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007Sch. 2 para. 10ZAWelfare Reform Act 2012s. 57(7)(b)s. 150(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007s. 13(6A)Welfare Reform Act 2009s. 3(4)(b)s. 61(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007s. 14(5)Welfare Reform Act 2009s. 31(2)s. 61(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007Sch. 1 para. 6(1)(da)Welfare Reform Act 2009s. 5(2)(a)s. 61(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007Sch. 1 para. 6(2A)Welfare Reform Act 2009s. 5(2)(b)s. 61(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007Sch. 2 para. 10AWelfare Reform Act 2009s. 30(2)s. 61(3)Welfare Reform Act 2007Sch. 2 para. 10A(1)Welfare Reform Act 2009Sch. 3 para. 8(5)(a)s. 61(1)
Part 1Employment and support allowance<Emphasis><Repeal ChangeId="key-c7ff5ca6cfc7ac0256f01590ed666323-1590062043834" CommentaryRef="key-c7ff5ca6cfc7ac0256f01590ed666323" RetainText="true" SubstitutionRef="key-c7ff5ca6cfc7ac0256f01590ed666323-1590062043835">Conditionality</Repeal></Emphasis><Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="key-c7ff5ca6cfc7ac0256f01590ed666323-1590062043835" CommentaryRef="key-c7ff5ca6cfc7ac0256f01590ed666323">Work-related requirements</Addition></Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="key-c7ff5ca6cfc7ac0256f01590ed666323-1590064101422" CommentaryRef="key-c7ff5ca6cfc7ac0256f01590ed666323">Persons subject to work preparation and work-focused interview requirement</Addition>11F1A person who does not fall within section 11D or 11E falls within this section.2The Secretary of State may, subject to this Part, impose a work preparation requirement or work-focused interview requirement on a person entitled to an employment and support allowance who falls within this section.Pt. 1 modified by 1995 c. 18, Sch. 1 para. 2(2) (as inserted (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), s. 70(2), Sch. 3 para. 12(6); S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(4)(f))Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/875), regs. 1(2), 6, Sch. 1 (which amending S.I. was revoked (27.8.2010) by SI 2010/1906, reg. 2)Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/875), regs. 1(2), 16, Sch. 2 (which amending S.I. was revoked (27.8.2010) by SI 2010/1906, reg. 2)Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(a), Sch. 1Pt. 1 applied (with modifications (as amended)) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(a), Sch. 2; (1.5.2012) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Duration of Contributory Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/913), regs. 1(2), 10(4)Pt. 1 modified (22.2.2012) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreements) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/360), arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1, Sch. 2Ss. 11-11K substituted for ss. 11-16 (25.2.2013 for specified purposes, 29.4.2013 for specified purposes and subsequently on the days on which and for the purposes for which "the amending provisions" are brought into force by secondary legislation) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 57(2), 150(3); S.I. 2013/358, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 12; S.I. 2013/983, art. 7(1)(d) (with art. 7(3)) (as amended: (1.7.2013) by S.I. 2013/1511, art. 6)Pt. 1 modified (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/287), regs. 1, 2(2)(f), Sch.Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (27.11.2016 for specified purposes, 6.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1050), reg. 2(2)Pt. 1 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/622), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Pt. 1 modified (1.1.2021) by The Social Security (Norway) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1597), arts. 1, 2(1)(2), Sch. (with art. 2(3))Pt. 1 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Switzerland) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1088), art. 2(1)-(3), Sch.Pt. 1 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1060), art. 2, Sch.