# The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987, Paragraph 4A: Hostel payments

Extent: E+W+S

(1) This paragraph applies to a beneficiary if—
(a) the beneficiary has been awarded specified benefit; and
(b) either the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s partner—
(i) is resident in a hostel and has claimed housing benefit in the form of a rent rebate or rent allowance; or
(ii) is resident in approved premises under section 13 of the Offender Management Act 2007; and
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) the charge for the hostel or approved premises, as the case may be, includes a payment, whether direct or indirect, for one or more of the following services—
(i) water;
(ii) a service charge for fuel;
(iii) meals;
(iv) laundry;
(v) cleaning (other than communal areas).
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, where a beneficiary ... has been awarded specified benefit the Secretary of State may determine that an amount of specified benefit shall be paid to the person or body to whom the charges referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(d) above are or would be payable.
(3) The amount of any payment to a third party under this paragraph shall be either—
(a) the aggregate of the amounts determined by a housing authority in accordance with the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (4); or
(b) if no amount has been determined under paragraph (a) of this subparagraph, an amount which the Secretary of State estimates to be the amount which is likely to be so determined.
(4) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a) above are regulation 12B(5) of, and paragraphs 1(a)(ii) and (iv), 2, 3, 4 and either 6(1)(b) or 6(2) or 6(3) or 6(4) of Schedule 1 to, the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations.
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) Where—
(a) an award of income support is calculated in accordance with regulation 73(1) of the Income Support Regulations (calculation of income support for part-weeks); ...
(b) an award of jobseeker’s allowance is calculated in accordance with regulation 150(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (amount of a jobseeker’s allowance payable), or
(c) an award of employment and support allowance is calculated in accordance with regulation 165 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (entitlement of less than a week etc.),
the amount of any payment of income support or, as the case may be, jobseeker’s allowance or employment and support allowance payable to a third party determined under sub-paragraph (2) above shall be an amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (3)(a) or (b) above divided by 7 and multiplied by the number of days in the part-week, and no payment shall be made to a third party under this sub-paragraph where the Secretary of State certifies that it would be impracticable to do so in that particular case.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1968/schedule/9/paragraph/4A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/schedule-9/paragraph-4A
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