21st Century Welfare.
21st Century Welfare.
Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by Command of Her Majesty
July 2010
Cm 7913.
£14.75
21st Century Welfare.
Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by Command of Her Majesty
July 2010.
Cm 7913.
£14.75
© Crown Copyright 2010.
The text in this document (excluding the Royal Arms and other departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document specified.
Where we have identified any third party copyright material you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned.
ISBN: 9780101791328.
Printed in the UK for The Stationery Office Limited on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.
ID: 2380091 07/10.
Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum.
This publication can be accessed online at: www.dwp.gov.uk/21st-century-welfare For more information about this publication, contact:
Benefit Reform Division
Department for Work and Pensions
1st Floor
Caxton House
Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9NA
Tel: 020 7449 7688
Email: benefit.reform@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Copies of this publication can be made available in alternative formats if required.
Contents.
Foreword by the Secretary of State
1.
Executive summary
2.
Chapter 1 Introduction
4.
Chapter 2 Problems with the current system
7.
Chapter 3 Principles and options for reform
17.
Chapter 4 Other areas of reform
27.
Chapter 5 Delivery of a reformed system
32.
Chapter 6 Conclusion
38.
Chapter 7 Questions
40.
Annex
42.
Seeking views
List of figures.
Figure 1 Benefits, Tax Credits and earnings
12.
Figure 2 Universal Credit – outline structure
20.
Figure 3 The Single Unified Taper
Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by Command of Her Majesty
July 2010
Cm 7913.
£14.75
21st Century Welfare.
Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by Command of Her Majesty
July 2010.
Cm 7913.
£14.75
© Crown Copyright 2010.
The text in this document (excluding the Royal Arms and other departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document specified.
Where we have identified any third party copyright material you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned.
ISBN: 9780101791328.
Printed in the UK for The Stationery Office Limited on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.
ID: 2380091 07/10.
Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum.
This publication can be accessed online at: www.dwp.gov.uk/21st-century-welfare For more information about this publication, contact:
Benefit Reform Division
Department for Work and Pensions
1st Floor
Caxton House
Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9NA
Tel: 020 7449 7688
Email: benefit.reform@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Copies of this publication can be made available in alternative formats if required.
Contents.
Foreword by the Secretary of State
1.
Executive summary
2.
Chapter 1 Introduction
4.
Chapter 2 Problems with the current system
7.
Chapter 3 Principles and options for reform
17.
Chapter 4 Other areas of reform
27.
Chapter 5 Delivery of a reformed system
32.
Chapter 6 Conclusion
38.
Chapter 7 Questions
40.
Annex
42.
Seeking views
List of figures.
Figure 1 Benefits, Tax Credits and earnings
12.
Figure 2 Universal Credit – outline structure
20.
Figure 3 The Single Unified Taper
Links: Low Incomes Tax Reform Group, CPAG, 2007, Interact: benefits, Tax Credits and moving into work; (2010) Royston, S, 2007, Benefit simplification and the customer, Department for Work and Pensions paper www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/simplification-and-the-customer.pdf; Sainsbury R and Weston K, 2010, Exploratory qualitative research on the ‘Single Working Age Benefit’. 29 Department for Work and Pensions Customer Insight evidence, 2010, Single Working Age Benefit findings, www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/customer-insight-single-working-age-benefit.pdf 30 Disability Alliance (2003), Out of Sight – Race Inequality in the benefit system. 31 Martin, D, 2009, Benefit Simplification: How, and why, it must be done, Centre for Policy Studies. 32 Gloster, R et al, 2010, Lone Parent Obligations: Early findings of implementation as well as experiences of the Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance regimes 33 Department for Work and Pensions Customer Insight evidence, 2010, Well enough to work findings, w ww.dwp.gov.uk/docs/customer-insight-well-enough-to-work.pdf.