Regulation 5 Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008

In regulation 64D of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008^f1 (the amount of a hardship payment) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1)

A hardship payment is either—

(a)

80% of the prescribed amount for a single claimant as set out in paragraph (1)(a) of Part 1 of Schedule 4^f2 where—

(i)

the claimant has an award of employment and support allowance which does not include entitlement to a work-related activity component under section 4(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 as in force immediately before 3rd April 2017; and

(ii)

the claimant or any other member of their family is either pregnant or seriously ill; or

(b)

60% of the prescribed amount for a single claimant as set out in paragraph (1)(a) of Part 1 of Schedule 4 in any other case.”.