1999 No. 3156

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999

Made

Coming into force

Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 19951 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to Parts I and II of the Regulations, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in relation to Part III of the Regulations (other than in relation to provisions relating to disabled person’s tax credit and working families' tax credit2), and the Treasury, in relation to provisions in Part III of the Regulations relating to disabled person’s tax credit and working families' tax credit, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 12(1), (4)(a) and (b), 19(2), (8)(b) and (10)(c), 20(4) and (6), 21, 29(1), (3), (5), (6)(a) and (c), 35(1)3 and 36(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 and sections 123(1), 136(3), (5)(a), (b) and (c), 137(1) and (2)(d) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19924 and of all other powers enabling each of them in that behalf, after consultation, in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State for Social Security to be representative of the authorities concerned5 and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it6, and whereas these Regulations are made with a view to ascertaining whether their provisions will, or will be likely to, encourage persons to obtain work or will, or will be likely to, facilitate the obtaining by persons of work, hereby make the following Regulations:

PART IGENERAL

Citation, commencement and duration1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 29th November 1999 immediately following the expiry of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 19987.

2

These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 28th November 2000, unless revoked with effect from an earlier date.

Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “the Act” means the Jobseekers Act 1995;

  • “appropriate office” means an office, by whatever name it is from time to time known, of the Department for Education and Employment which is identified by reference to its name as at the date these Regulations come into force in one or more of the Schedules to these Regulations, and where such an office closes, the references in the Schedules to that office in relation to a person shall be construed as references to the office which that person is required to attend instead of that office;

  • “benefit” means jobseeker’s allowance or any earnings credited to a person in accordance with regulation 8A of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 19758;

  • “the Council Tax Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 19929;

  • “the Disability Working Allowance Regulations” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 199110;

  • “employment officer” means a person who is at any time an employment officer for the purposes of section 19 of the Act;

  • “employment-related course” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;

  • “the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations 198711;

  • “full-time student” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;

  • “gateway interview” means an interview with an employment officer to identify and discuss matters that could help a person find work and matters that are preventing him from finding work;

  • “the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 198712;

  • “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 198713;

  • “the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus” means the programme provided in pursuance of arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 197314 for which only persons who are aged 25 years or over may be eligible, known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, and which includes for any individual, jobsearch activity and one or more of the following, namely training, study, assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment and work experience;

  • “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 199615;

  • “part-time student” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;

  • “week” means any period of 7 days.

2

In regulations 3 to 5, the references to receiving benefit for not less than the periods or, as the case may be, for less than the period, referred to in those regulations means receiving benefit—

a

without any period of interruption, or

b

with a period of interruption which did not exceed 28 days, or

c

with a number of periods of interruption, none of which exceeded 28 days,

and any period of interruption which did not exceed 28 days shall be taken into account in calculating the periods referred to in regulations 3 to 5.

3

In these Regulations a reference—

a

to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;

b

in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number; and

c

to a numbered Schedule is to the Schedule to these Regulations bearing that number.

PART IITHE INTENSIVE ACTIVITY PERIOD OF THE NEW DEAL PILOTS FOR 25 PLUS

Application: persons aged 25 and over in receipt of benefit for 12 months3

This regulation shall apply to any person who—

a

on or after the date these Regulations come into force attends an appropriate office listed in Schedule 1 pursuant to a notice under regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, and

b

on any day when he so attends is aged 25 or over but under pensionable age and has been receiving benefit for a period of not less than 12 months.

Application: persons aged 25 and over in receipt of benefit for 18 months4

This regulation shall apply to any person who—

a

on or after the date these Regulations come into force attends an appropriate office listed in Schedule 2 pursuant to a notice under regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, and

b

on any day when he so attends is aged 25 or over but under pensionable age and has been receiving benefit for a period of not less than 18 months.

Application: volunteers5

This regulation shall apply to any person who—

a

on or after the date these Regulations come into force, attends an appropriate office listed in Schedule 3 pursuant to a notice under regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and when he so attends volunteers to attend a gateway interview,

b

on the day he so attends, is aged 25 or over but under pensionable age and has been receiving benefit for a period of less than 18 months, and

c

in respect of whom an employment officer agrees that he may be given a gateway interview.

Sanction6

1

In relation to a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, “employment programme” in section 19 of the Act means, in addition to the programmes listed in regulation 75(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus.

2

This paragraph applies to any person to whom regulation 3, 4, or 5 applies and who has been given or sent a notice in writing by an employment officer advising him that if he fails to participate in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus his jobseeker’s allowance could cease to be payable or could be payable at a lower rate.

3

In relation to a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, the prescribed period for the purposes of section 19(2) of the Act shall begin on the first day of the week following the date on which a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable to the person and shall be—

a

two weeks in any case which does not fall within sub-paragraph (b) below;

b

four weeks in any case in which on a previous occasion a jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within section 19(5) of the Act that relate to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus and the first date on which a jobseeker’s allowance was not payable to him as a result of that determination falls within the period of 12 months preceding the date of the determination mentioned in (3) above.

4

In this regulation, “week” has the same meaning as “benefit week” in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.

Interpretation of section 19 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and Part V of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations7

In relation to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies, “employment” in section 19 of the Act, except subsection (9), and in Part V of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations means employed earner’s employment other than employed earner’s employment in which a person is employed whilst participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus; and “employed earner” shall be construed accordingly.

Availability for employment8

1

In relation to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies—

a

regulation 15(a) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be modified in its application to him as if the following words were added after the words “full-time student” where those words appear for the first time—

, other than where he is a full-time student by virtue of undertaking an employment-related course as part of the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus,

b

if in any week in which he is participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus he is as part of that programme undertaking as a full-time student or a part-time student an employment-related course for not less than three days in that week, he shall be treated as available for employment for that week.

2

In this regulation, “week” has the same meaning as “benefit week” in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.

Good Cause9

Without prejudice to any other circumstances in which a person may be regarded as having good cause for any act or omission for the purposes of section 19(5)(b) of the Act, and in addition to the circumstances listed in regulation 73 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies is to be regarded as having good cause for an act or omission in relation to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus for the purposes of section 19(5)(b) where he has already participated in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus for one continuous period of 13 weeks or two or more periods amounting in total to 13 weeks.

Payability of allowance10

An income-based jobseeker’s allowance shall be payable to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies even though section 19 of the Act prevents payment of a jobseeker’s allowance to him if—

a

an allowance would not otherwise be payable because the circumstances in section 19(5)(c) of the Act apply in relation to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, and

b

he has already participated in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus for one continuous period of 13 weeks or two or more periods amounting in total to 13 weeks;

and the applicable amount of a person to whom this regulation applies shall be the amount determined in accordance with regulation 83, 84, 85, 86, 145 or 148 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, as appropriate.

PART IIICONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS

Scope of Part III11

1

Regulations 12 and 14 to 18 shall only apply in relation to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies in so far as those regulations relate to that person’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus.

2

Regulation 13 shall only apply in any week in which a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies is participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus.

Definition of “training allowance”12

1

The definition of “training allowance” in each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) below (which are interpretation provisions) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end there were added the words—

  • nor does it include any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to

    1. i

      section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations (“the intensive activity period”); or

    2. ii

      a written arrangement entered into between the Secretary of State and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period.

2

The regulations to which paragraph (1) refers are—

a

regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations;

b

regulation 2(1) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations16;

c

regulation 2(1) of the Family Credit Regulations17;

d

regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations18;

e

regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations19;

f

regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations20.

Remunerative work13

1

Regulation 53 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (persons treated as not engaged in remunerative work) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end there was added the following paragraph—

j

he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations

2

Regulation 6(1), of the Income Support Regulations (persons treated as not engaged in remunerative work) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end21 there was added the following sub-paragraph—

l

he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations

3

Both regulation 4 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations and regulation 4 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (remunerative work) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if after paragraph (5)22 there was inserted the following paragraph—

5A

A person shall not, for the purposes of these Regulations, be treated as engaged in remunerative work in any benefit week in which he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

4

Both regulation 4 of the Family Credit Regulations and regulation 6 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (remunerative work) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if after paragraph (3)(c)23 there was added the following sub-paragraph—

d

he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

Notional income14

1

Regulation 105 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (notional income) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if—

a

in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (10A)24, after head (iii), there was added the following head—

iv

in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (10)(a)(ii)

b

in paragraph (13)25—

i

at the beginning, there were inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (13A),”;

ii

the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph were omitted;

c

after paragraph (13) there were inserted the following paragraph—

13A

Paragraph (13) shall not apply—

a

to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the Secretary of State is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide those services free of charge; or

b

in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in—

i

an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q); or

ii

the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

2

Regulation 42 of the Income Support Regulations (notional income) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if—

a

in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (4ZA)26, after head (iii), there was added the following head—

iv

in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (4)(a)(ii);

b

for paragraph (6A)(b)27 there was substituted the following sub-paragraph—

b

in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in—

i

an employment and training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or

ii

the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

3

Both regulation 26 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations28 and regulation 35 of the Housing Benefit Regulations29 (which relate to notional income) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if—

a

in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (3A), after head (iii), there was added the following head—

iv

in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a);

b

in paragraph (5)—

i

at the beginning, there were inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (5A),”;

ii

the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph were omitted;

c

after paragraph (5) there were inserted the following paragraph—

5A

Paragraph (5) shall not apply—

a

to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the appropriate authority is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide those services free of charge; or

b

in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in—

i

an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or

ii

the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

4

Both regulation 29 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations30 and regulation 26 of the Family Credit Regulations31 (which relate to notional income) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if—

a

in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (3A), after head (iii), there was added the following head—

iv

in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a);

b

in paragraph (4)—

i

at the beginning, there were inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (4A),”;

ii

the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph were omitted;

c

after paragraph (4) there were inserted the following paragraph—

4A

Paragraph (4) shall not apply—

a

to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the Board is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide those services free of charge; or

b

in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in—

i

an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or

ii

the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

Notional capital15

1

Both regulation 113(3A) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and regulation 51(3A) of the Income Support Regulations32 (notional capital) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if in sub-paragraph (b), after head (iii), there was added the following head—

iv

in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a)(ii).

2

Paragraph (3A) of each of the regulations specified in paragraph (3) (which relate to notional capital) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if in sub-paragraph (b), after head (iii), there was added the following head—

iv

in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a).

3

The regulations to which paragraph (2) refers are—

a

regulation 34 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations33;

b

regulation 37 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations34;

c

regulation 34 of the Family Credit Regulations35;

d

regulation 43 of the Housing Benefit Regulations36.

Income to be disregarded16

1

Each of the Schedules specified in paragraph (2) (which relate to sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end of each of those Schedules there were added the following paragraphs bearing the specified respective paragraph numbers—

  • Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

  • Any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to—

    1. a

      section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations (“the intensive activity period”); or

    2. b

      a written arrangement entered into between the Secretary of State and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period.

2

The respective paragraph numbers and Schedules for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—

a

paragraphs 68 and 69 of Schedule 4 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations37;

b

paragraphs 61 and 62 of Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations38;

c

paragraphs 63 and 64 of Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations39;

d

paragraphs 69 and 70 of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations40;

e

paragraphs 67 and 68 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations41;

f

paragraphs 65 and 66 of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations42.

Capital to be disregarded17

1

Each of the Schedules specified in paragraph (2) (which relate to capital to be disregarded), shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end of each of those Schedules, there were added the following paragraphs bearing the respective specified paragraph numbers—

  • Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations, but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.

  • Any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to—

    1. a

      section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations (“the intensive activity period”); or

    2. b

      a written arrangement entered into between the Secretary of State and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period,

    but only for the period of 52 weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the payment.

2

The respective paragraph numbers and Schedules specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—

a

paragraphs 57 and 58 of Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations43;

b

paragraphs 55 and 56 of Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations44;

c

paragraphs 56 and 57 of Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations45;

d

paragraphs 57 and 58 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit Regulations46paragraphs 54 and 55 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations47;

f

paragraphs 49 and 50 of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations48.

Self-employment route of the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus18

1

Both regulation 102A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and regulation 39A of the Income Support Regulations49 (which relate to participants in the self-employment route of the Employment Option of the New Deal) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if—

a

regulation 102A and regulation 39A were renumbered regulation 102A(1) and regulation 39A(1) respectively;

b

for the definition of “self-employment route” in the renumbered paragraph (1) there was substituted the following definition—

  • “self-employment route” means receiving assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations;

c

after the renumbered paragraph (1), there was added the following paragraph—

2

For the purposes of this Chapter, the last day upon which assistance is received under the self-employment route shall be the day—

a

upon which there is at least £2,000 in the participant’s special account;

b

which is 26 weeks after the day upon which the participant first received such assistance; or

c

which is the last day upon which the participant received such assistance;

whichever shall first occur.

2

The provisions specified in paragraph (3) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if for the references to a person receiving, or having received, assistance under an employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations50, there were substituted references to a person receiving or, as the case may be, having received, assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

3

The provisions to which paragraph (2)51 refers are—

a

in the Council Tax Benefit Regulations, regulations 31(7), paragraph 66 of Schedule 4 and paragraphs 7 and 55 of Schedule 5;

b

in the Disability Working Allowance Regulations, regulation 34(7), paragraph 59 of Schedule 3 and paragraphs 6 and 53 of Schedule 4;

c

in the Family Credit Regulations, regulations 31(7), paragraph 61 of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 6 and 54 of Schedule 3;

d

in the Housing Benefit Regulations, regulation 40(7), paragraph 66 of Schedule 4 and paragraphs 7 and 55 of Schedule 5;

e

in the Income Support Regulations, paragraph 64 of Schedule 952 and paragraphs 6 and 52 of Schedule 10;

f

in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, paragraph 62 of Schedule 7 and paragraphs 11 and 47 of Schedule 8.

Transitional provision19

References in these Regulations to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies shall include a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 applied immediately before those regulations expired.

Signed for the purposes of Part I and II of these Regulations on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment

Tessa JowellMinister of StateDepartment for Education and Employment

Signed for the purposes of Part III of these Regulations (other than in relation to provisions relating to disabled person’s tax credit and working families' tax credit) on behalf of the Secretary of State for Social Security

Angela EagleParliamentary Under-Secretary of StateDepartment of Social Security

Signed for the purposes of provisions in Part III of these Regulations relating to disabled person’s tax credit and working families' tax credit on behalf of the Treasury

Jim DowdBob AinsworthTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 3

Region

Pilot Areas

Appropriate Office

London and South East

Bexley & Greenwich

Bexleyheath Jobcentre

Eltham Jobcentre

Erith Jobcentre

Sidcup Jobcentre

Woolwich Arsenal Jobcentre

Woolwich Riverside Jobcentre

Portsmouth & SE Hampshire

Portsmouth Central Jobcentre

Portsmouth North Jobcentre

North West

West Lancashire

Ormskirk Jobcentre

Skelmersdale Jobcentre

Wigan

Ashton in Makerfield Jobcentre

Atherton Jobcentre

Hindley Jobcentre

Leigh Jobcentre

Wigan (Hallgate) Jobcentre

Wigan (King Street) Jobcentre

Scotland

Fife

Cowdenbeath Jobcentre

Dunfermline Jobcentre

Leven Jobcentre

Western Isles

Stornoway Jobcentre

South West

Exeter & East Devon

Axminster Jobcentre

Exeter Jobcentre

Exmouth Jobcentre

Honiton Jobcentre

Okehampton Jobcentre

Sidmouth Jobcentre

Tiverton Jobcentre

Wales

West Wales

Ammanford Jobcentre

Carmarthen Jobcentre

Fishguard Jobcentre

Garnant Jobcentre

Haverfordwest Jobcentre

Llanelli Jobcentre

Llandeilo Jobcentre

Milford Haven Jobcentre

Neyland Jobcentre

Pembroke Dock Jobcentre

Tenby Jobcentre

Tumble Jobcentre

West Midlands

Solihull

Chelmsley Wood Jobcentre

Solihull Jobcentre

Yorkshire and Humberside

Sheffield

Bailey Court Jobcentre

Hillsborough Jobcentre

Rockingham Court Jobcentre

Sheffield (Peel House) Jobcentre

SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 4

Region

Pilot Areas

Appropriate Office

East Midlands and Eastern

Leicestershire

Coalville Jobcentre

Hinckley Jobcentre

Leicester (Aquis House) Jobcentre

Leicester (Charles Street) Jobcentre

Leicester (Eldon Street) Jobcentre

Leicester (Highcross Street) Jobcentre

Leicester (Highfields) Jobcentre

Loughborough Jobcentre

Lutterworth Jobcentre

Market Harborough Jobcentre

Melton Mowbray Jobcentre

Oakham Jobcentre

Wigston Jobcentre

Suffolk and Waveney

Beccles Jobcentre

Bury St. Edmunds Jobcentre

Felixstowe Jobcentre

Haverhill Jobcentre

Ipswich Jobcentre

Leiston Jobcentre

Lowestoft Jobcentre

Mildenhall Jobcentre

Newmarket Jobcentre

Stowmarket Jobcentre

Sudbury Jobcentre

Woodbridge Jobcentre

London and South East

Camden & North Islington

Camden Town Jobcentre

Finsbury Park Jobcentre

Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow & Richmond

Acton Jobcentre

Chiswick Jobcentre

Ealing Jobcentre

Feltham Jobcentre

Hayes Jobcentre

Hounslow Jobcentre

Richmond & Twickenham Jobcentre

Ruislip Jobcentre

Southall Jobcentre

Uxbridge Jobcentre

Hackney & City

Barnsbury Jobcentre

Dalston Jobcentre

Hackney Jobcentre

Shoreditch Jobcentre

Victoria Park Jobcentre

North Essex

Braintree Jobcentre

Chelmsford Jobcentre

Clacton Jobcentre

Colchester High St Jobcentre

Colchester Southway Jobcentre

Harwich Jobcentre

Witham Jobcentre

Southampton & SW Hampshire

Eastleigh Jobcentre

Hythe Jobcentre

Lymington Jobcentre

Romsey Jobcentre

Southampton B Jobcentre

Southampton C Jobcentre

Woolston Jobcentre

Northern

Teesside (Tees North)

Billingham Jobcentre

Hartlepool Jobcentre

Stockton Jobcentre

Thornaby Jobcentre

Tyneside North

North Shields Jobcentre

Wallsend Jobcentre

West Moor Jobcentre

Whitley Bay Jobcentre

Scotland

Forth Valley

Alloa Jobcentre

Bo'ness Jobcentre

Denny Jobcentre

Falkirk Jobcentre

Grangemouth Jobcentre

Stirling Jobcentre

Lanarkshire

Airdrie Jobcentre

Cambuslang Jobcentre

Cumbernauld Jobcentre

East Kilbride Jobcentre

Kilsyth Jobcentre

Lanark Jobcentre

Rutherglen Jobcentre

Wishaw Jobcentre

South West

Bristol & South Gloucester

Bedminster Jobcentre

Bishopsworth Jobcentre

Bristol Central Jobcentre

Broadweir Jobcentre

Easton Jobcentre

Filton Jobcentre

Hartcliffe Jobcentre

Kingswood Jobcentre

Knowle Jobcentre

Shirehampton Jobcentre

Westbury-on-Trym Jobcentre

Yate Jobcentre

Cornwall

Bodmin Jobcentre

Bude Jobcentre

Camborne Jobcentre

Hayle Jobcentre

Helston Jobcentre

Launceston Jobcentre

Liskeard Jobcentre

Looe Jobcentre

Newquay Jobcentre

Penryn & Falmouth Jobcentre

Penzance Jobcentre

Redruth Jobcentre

St Austell Jobcentre

St Ives Jobcentre

Truro Jobcentre

Wadebridge Jobcentre

Wales

Bridgend & Glamorgan Valleys

Aberdare Jobcentre

Bridgend Jobcentre

Ferndale Jobcentre

Llantrisant Jobcentre

Maesteg Jobcentre

Mountain Ash Jobcentre

Pontypridd Jobcentre

Porth Jobcentre

Porthcawl Jobcentre

Pyle Jobcentre

Tonypandy Jobcentre

Tonyrefail Jobcentre

Treorchy Jobcentre

West Midlands

Coventry

Cheylesmore Jobcentre

Park Court Jobcentre

Tile Hill Jobcentre

Hereford & Worcester

Bromsgrove Jobcentre

Droitwich Jobcentre

Evesham Jobcentre

Hereford Jobcentre

Kidderminster Jobcentre

Ledbury Jobcentre

Leominster Jobcentre

Malvern Jobcentre

Pershore Jobcentre

Redditch Jobcentre

Ross-on-Wye Jobcentre

Stourport-on-Severn Jobcentre

Worcester Jobcentre

Yorkshire and Humberside

Rotherham

Chapletown Jobcentre

Dinnington Jobcentre

Maltby Jobcentre

Rotherham Jobcentre

Woodhouse Jobcentre

South Humber

Barton Jobcentre

Goole Jobcentre

Grimsby (Bridge House) Jobcentre

Grimsby (Viking House) Jobcentre

Immingham Jobcentre

Scunthorpe (Bridge House) Jobcentre

Scunthorpe (Station House) Jobcentre

SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 5

Region

Pilot Areas

Appropriate Office

East Midlands and Eastern

Suffolk and Waveney

Beccles Jobcentre

Bury St. Edmunds Jobcentre

Felixstowe Jobcentre

Haverhill Jobcentre

Ipswich Jobcentre

Leiston Jobcentre

Lowestoft Jobcentre

Mildenhall Jobcentre

Newmarket Jobcentre

Stowmarket Jobcentre

Sudbury Jobcentre

Woodbridge Jobcentre

Northern

Teesside (Tees North)

Billingham Jobcentre

Hartlepool Jobcentre

Stockton Jobcentre

Thornaby Jobcentre

South West

Cornwall

Bodmin Jobcentre

Bude Jobcentre

Camborne Jobcentre

Hayle Jobcentre

Helston Jobcentre

Launceston Jobcentre

Liskeard Jobcentre

Looe Jobcentre

Newquay Jobcentre

Penryn & Falmouth Jobcentre

Penzance Jobcentre

Redruth Jobcentre

St Austell Jobcentre

St Ives Jobcentre

Truro Jobcentre

Wadebridge Jobcentre

West Midlands

Hereford & Worcester

Bromsgrove Jobcentre

Droitwich Jobcentre

Evesham Jobcentre

Hereford Jobcentre

Kidderminster Jobcentre

Ledbury Jobcentre

Leominster Jobcentre

Malvern Jobcentre

Pershore Jobcentre

Redditch Jobcentre

Ross-on-Wye Jobcentre

Stourport-on-Severn Jobcentre

Worcester Jobcentre

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations replace the pilot scheme established by the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2825), which were amended by the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/976), with a further pilot scheme. The scheme relates to persons who claim a jobseeker’s allowance and who fulfil the criteria in regulation 3, 4 or 5 as to age, the period over which they have been receiving benefit and the location of appropriate offices at which they are claiming benefit, as identified in one of the Schedules.

Regulation 6 has the effect that if such a person without good cause refuses or fails to participate in the employment programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, or loses his place on such a programme due to misconduct, he will receive a sanction under section 19 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”) and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) (“the 1996 Regulations”). The effect of this will be a two week or four week loss or reduction in his jobseeker’s allowance.

Regulation 7 has the effect that a person participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus shall be liable only to the employment programme sanctions under section 19(5) of the 1995 Act, rather than the sanctions under section 19(6).

Regulation 8 treats as available for employment in any week a person participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus and who is on an employment-related course for not less than 3 days in that week. Regulation 8 also disapplies regulation 15(a) of the 1996 Regulations (circumstances in which a person is not to be regarded as available) where a person is participating in such a course.

Regulation 9 adds to the list of circumstances to be regarded as good cause for any act or omission for the purposes of section 19 of the 1995 Act.

Regulation 10 sets out circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person even though section 19 of the 1995 Act would normally prevent it.

Part III of these Regulations makes various consequential amendments to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I.1987/1971), the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814), the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973) and the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887) so as to enable participants in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus to continue to claim those benefits—

  • regulation 12 modifies the definition of “training allowance” which applies for the purposes of those benefits in relation to participants in the pilot scheme;

  • regulation 13 provides that participants in the pilot scheme shall not be treated as in remunerative work;

  • regulation 14 ensures that certain payments made to participants in the pilot scheme are not treated as either notional income or notional earnings, and regulation 15 ensures that such payments are not treated as notional capital;

  • regulations 16 and 17 ensure that certain payments made to participants in the pilot scheme are disregarded as both income and capital;

  • regulation 18 provides that participants in the pilot scheme who are receiving assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment are subject to special rules as to the treatment of their income and capital.

Regulation 19 provides that these Regulations apply to a person to whom the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 applied immediately before they ceased to have effect.

These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.