The Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations

12.  In Schedule 2 (assessment of whether a claimant has limited capability for work)—

(a) in paragraphs 3(b) and (c) (bending or kneeling) for “pick a light object” substitute “pick up a light object”;

(b) in paragraph 10(c) (continence other than enuresis (bed wetting) where the claimant has an artificial stoma), re-number—

(i) paragraph (iii) as (iv);

(ii) paragraph (iv) as (v);

(iii) paragraph (v) as (vi); and

(iv) paragraph (vi) as (vii);

(c) in paragraph 10(c) (continence other than enuresis (bed wetting) where the claimant has an artificial stoma), after paragraph (ii), insert—

“(iii) Where the claimant’s artificial stoma relates solely to the evacuation of the bowel, has no voluntary control over voiding of the bladder.”;

(d) in paragraph 10(c)(iii) as re-numbered, in column (3) add “15”;

(e) in paragraph 10(c)(v) as re-numbered, for “at last once a month” substitute “at least once a month”;

(f) in paragraph 12(e) (learning or comprehension in the completion of tasks) omit “the following day”;

(g) in paragraph 16(b) (initiating and sustaining personal action)—

(i) before “verbal prompting” insert “daily”; and

(ii) omit “for the majority of the time”;

(h) in paragraph 19(b) (coping with social situations) in column (3) add “9”; and

(i) in paragraph 21(d) (dealing with other people) after “significant distress”, omit “to himself”.