Amendments to Schedule 2 (broader group)

27.—(1) In Part 1 of Schedule 2—

(a)in paragraph 2, omit “work-related activity or”;

(b)after paragraph 2 insert—

“2A.  A person who is in receipt of income-related employment and support allowance and who is a member of the work-related activity group and—

(a)has parental responsibility for a child under the age of 5 who ordinarily resides with that person; or

(b)is in receipt of a qualifying component.”;

(c)in paragraph 4—

(i)for “is not in work or self-employed” substitute “has an earned income of between £0 and £1,349 in at least one relevant assessment period”;

(ii)for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—

“(a)has limited capability for work or limited capability for work and work-related activity as determined in accordance with Part 5 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(1);”.

(2) In Part 3 of Schedule 2—

(a)after the definition of “documentary evidence” insert—

““earned income” means a person’s earned income calculated in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(2);

“member of the work-related activity group” means a person who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under Part 5 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008(3) other than by virtue of regulation 30 of those Regulations;”;

(b)after the definition of “qualifying component” insert—

““relevant assessment period” means an assessment period beginning on a date no earlier than 6 months before the date on which the scheme year starts, where “assessment period” has the meaning given in regulation 21 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(4);”.

(4)

Regulation 21 is amended by S.I. 2014/2887 and S.I. 2018/65.