The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

[F1 PART 7 E+W+S Transitional Addition

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 Pts. 7, 8 added (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), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 69(5)(c) (with reg. 3)

27.— (1) The claimant is entitled to the transitional addition calculated in accordance with paragraph 30 where the claimant or the claimant’s partner (“the relevant person”)— E+W+S

(a) is entitled to a converted employment and support allowance[F2 , or would be entitled but for the application of section 1A of the Welfare Reform Act (duration of contributory allowance)]; or

(b) is appealing a conversion decision as described in regulation 5(2)(b) of the Employment and Support Allowance (Existing Awards) Regulations and—

(i) is treated as having limited capability for work by virtue of regulation 30 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations as modified by the Employment and Support Allowance (Existing Awards) Regulations; and

(ii) is not in receipt of an income-related employment and support allowance,

unless the amount of the transitional addition calculated in accordance with paragraph 30 would be nil.

(2) The claimant’s entitlement to a transitional addition by virtue of this paragraph ends on any of the following—

(a) the reduction of the transitional addition to nil in accordance with paragraph 31;

(b) the termination of the claimant’s award of housing benefit;

(c) the relevant person ceasing to meet the requirements of sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b), as the case may be;

(d) the claimant or the claimant’s partner becoming entitled to an income-related employment and support allowance, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income support;

(e) 5th April 2020.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 3 para. 27(1)(a) inserted (E.W.S.) (1.5.2012) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Duration of Contributory Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/913), regs. 1(2), 7(1)(2)(c)

28.— (1) This paragraph applies where— E+W+S

(a) the claimant’s entitlement to a transitional addition ends, by virtue of the termination of the claimant’s award of housing benefit, under—

(i) paragraph 27(2)(b);

(ii) sub-paragraph (3)(b) of this paragraph; or

(iii) paragraph 29(3)(b);

(b) within [F3 12] weeks of that termination but before 5th April 2020 the claimant again becomes entitled to housing benefit;

(c) in the benefit week in which the claimant again becomes entitled to housing benefit the relevant person is entitled to an employment and support allowance which is not income-related [F4 and];

F5 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) at the date on which the claimant again becomes entitled to housing benefit, neither the claimant nor the claimant’s partner is entitled to an income-related employment and support allowance, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income support.

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the claimant is entitled, with effect from the day on which the claimant again becomes entitled to housing benefit, to a transitional addition of the amount of the transitional addition that would have applied had the claimant’s entitlement to a transitional addition not ended (but taking account of the effect which any intervening change of circumstances would have had by virtue of paragraph 31), unless the amount of the transitional addition would be nil.

(3) The claimant’s entitlement to a transitional addition by virtue of this paragraph ends on any of the following—

(a) the reduction of the transitional addition to nil in accordance with paragraph 31;

(b) the termination of the claimant’s award of housing benefit;

(c) the relevant person no longer being entitled to the employment and support allowance referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c);

(d) the claimant or the claimant’s partner becoming entitled to an income-related employment and support allowance, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income support;

(e) 5th April 2020.

Textual Amendments

F3 Word in Sch. 3 para. 28(1)(b) substituted (1.5.2012) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment of Linking Rules) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/919), regs. 1(2), 3(a)

F4 Word in Sch. 3 para. 28(1)(c) inserted (1.5.2012) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment of Linking Rules) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/919), regs. 1(2), 3(b)

F5 Sch. 3 para. 28(1)(d) omitted (1.5.2012) by virtue of The Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment of Linking Rules) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/919), regs. 1(2), 3(c)

29.— (1) This paragraph applies where— E+W+S

(a) the claimant’s entitlement to a transitional addition ends, by virtue of the relevant person ceasing to be entitled to an employment and support allowance, under—

(i) paragraph 27(2)(c);

(ii) paragraph 28(3)(c); or

(iii) sub-paragraph (3)(c) of this paragraph;

(b) before 5th April 2020 the relevant person again becomes entitled to an employment and support allowance which is not income-related;

[F6 (c) at the date on which the relevant person again becomes entitled to an employment and support allowance which is not income-related, regulation 145(1) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations applies to the relevant person; and]

(d) at the date on which the relevant person again becomes entitled to an employment support allowance which is not income-related, neither the claimant nor the claimant’s partner is entitled to an income-related employment and support allowance, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income support.

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the claimant is entitled, with effect from the day that the relevant person’s entitlement to employment and support allowance takes effect for housing benefit purposes, to a transitional addition of the amount of the transitional addition that would have applied had the claimant’s entitlement to a transitional addition not ended (but taking account of the effect which any intervening change of circumstances would have had by virtue of paragraph 31), unless the amount of the transitional addition would be nil.

(3) The claimant’s entitlement to a transitional addition by virtue of this paragraph ends on any of the following—

(a) the reduction of the transitional addition to nil in accordance with paragraph 31;

(b) the termination of the claimant’s award of housing benefit;

(c) the relevant person no longer being entitled to the employment and support allowance referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b);

(d) the claimant or the claimant’s partner becoming entitled to an income-related employment and support allowance, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income support;

(e) 5th April 2020.]

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 3 para. 29(1)(c) substituted (1.5.2012) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment of Linking Rules) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/919), regs. 1(2), 3(d)