PART 11SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 3Temporary absence from Great Britain

Absence to receive medical treatment153

1

A claimant is to continue to be entitled to an employment and support allowance during the first 26 weeks of a temporary absence from Great Britain if—

a

the period of absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks;

b

while absent from Great Britain, the claimant continues to satisfy the other conditions of entitlement to that employment and support allowance;

c

the claimant is absent from Great Britain solely—

i

in connection with arrangements made for the treatment of the claimant for a disease or bodily or mental disablement directly related to the claimant’s limited capability for work which commenced before leaving Great Britain; or

ii

because the claimant is accompanying a dependent child in connection with arrangements made for the treatment of that child for a disease or bodily or mental disablement;

d

those arrangements relate to treatment—

i

outside Great Britain;

ii

during the period whilst the claimant is temporarily absent from Great Britain; and

iii

by, or under the supervision of, a person appropriately qualified to carry out that treatment; and

e

before leaving Great Britain the claimant sought and received the permission of the Secretary of State to do so.

2

In paragraph (1)(d)(iii), “appropriately qualified” means qualified to provide medical treatment, physiotherapy or a form of treatment which is similar to, or related to, either of those forms of treatment.