AQW 6418/16-21

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 28/10/2016
Answered On Date: 09/11/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities pursuant to AQW 5767/16-21, to outline how his Department intends to make provision to increase the welfare supplementary payments for affected families, and specifically whether this requires amendment of The Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.

Answer:

The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Benefit Cap) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 come into operation on 7th November 2016 and amend the Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016. Regulation 4A(2) provides for welfare supplementary payments to be increased for families affected by the reduction in the benefit cap from 7th November 2016, which is the date the new lower benefit cap is being introduced. The link to these regulations is provided below.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/389 /contents/made