The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2017

PART 3Universal Credit: work-related requirements

Amendments to the Universal Credit Regulations 2013

6.  In regulation 88 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (expected hours), in paragraph (2)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (a)(i) after “responsible carer” insert “(subject to the following sub-paragraphs)”;

(b)after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

(aa)where the claimant is a responsible carer of a child who has not yet reached compulsory school age, the number of hours that the Secretary of State considers is compatible with those caring responsibilities;;

(c)in sub-paragraph (b) after “a child” insert “who has reached compulsory school age but who is”.