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Age-Related Payments Bill
— explanatory notes | | Corporate Author | Department for Work and Pensions - DWP |
| Publisher | TSO, London, 22 April 2004 |
| Pages | 6 pp (HC Bill 92-EN session 2003/04) |
| Source | TSO, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN. |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Fuel prices ; Statutes. |
| Annotation | These notes refer to the Age-Related Payments Bill as introduced in the House of Commons on 22nd April 2004, and they should be read in conjunction with the Bill. They have been prepared by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to assist the reader of the Bill and to help inform debate on it. The Bill makes provision for the payment of a one-off lump sum of £100 or £50 to households with occupants who have reached age 70. The Bill also includes a regulation-making power to enable regulations to be made to cater for any future payments to people aged 60 and over, or a subset of that group. The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the new payment in his Budget Statement on 17 March 2004. The Bill sets out: the entitlement conditions for the one-off payment in 2004; the conditions under which the individual would be disqualified from receiving a payment; the procedures that will be applied when making the payment, and for the payment to be disregarded for social security, tax credits and tax purposes. The Bill, when enacted, extends to England, Scotland and Wales. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040616002 P |
| Classmark | JH: J6:J3P: 6P * |
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