Illustrations of reservation
The illustrations provide a non-exhaustive list of some of the types of matter falling within the reservation:
National Insurance. This covers National Insurance contributions as well as contributory National Insurance benefits such as the state retirement pension;
Social Fund. This covers grants and loans for special needs;
administration and funding of housing benefit and council tax benefit;
recovery of benefits paid because of accident, injury or disease from persons paying damages and deductions from benefits for the purpose of meeting an individual’s debts;
sharing information between government departments for the purposes of the enactments relating to social security; and
making decisions for the purposes of schemes mentioned in the reservation and appeals against such decisions.