EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1968) to provide for how loans made to refugees and others under the Integration Loans for Refugees and Others Regulations 2007 (S.I.2007/1598) may be repaid by deductions from specified benefits.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities and voluntary bodies.