{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-2020/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-2020/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/409",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-2020",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision for individuals on temporary release from prison due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Great Britain to access means tested benefits during the period of that release.\nRegulation 2 requires the definition of prisoner in various means tested benefits to be read so that individuals temporarily released from a prison in England and Wales are no longer included within that definition. This means those individuals will be entitled to make a claim, or their presence in a household claiming means tested benefits will be taken into account in calculating entitlement.\nRegulation 3 enables a person temporarily released from a prison in England and Wales to be included as a member of a claimant's household in a number of means tested benefits.\nRegulation 4 enables a person temporarily released from a prison in England and Wales to be treated as available for employment in a claim for jobseeker's allowance.\nRegulation 5 provides entitlement to housing benefit for individuals temporarily released from a prison in England and Wales.\nUnder regulation 6 the Secretary of State must keep the operation of the Regulations under review. Regulations 2 to 5 expire on the same day as the Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/289) and the Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/371).\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, public or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/409/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:31:12.154104+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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