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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Northern Ireland Statutory Rule: The Housing Benefit (Welfare Supplementary Payment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 No. 35
Attendance allowance
Bereavement allowance
Bereavement payment
Carer’s allowance
Disability living allowance
Disablement pension
Employment and support allowance (whether contribution-related or income-related)
Incapacity benefit
Income support
Industrial death benefit
Jobseeker’s allowance (whether contribution-based or income-based)
Maternity allowance
Personal independence payment
Reduced earnings allowance
Retirement pension, either Category A or Category B under Part 2 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 or Category D under Part 3 of that Act.
Severe disablement allowance (1)
State pension credit
Universal credit
Widow’s pension
Widowed mother’s allowance
Widowed parent’s allowance
Entitlement to severe disablement allowance was conferred by section 68 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, which was repealed by the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 subject to savings in S.R. 2000 No. 332 (c. 14).
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