The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1988

Amendment of Schedule 4 to the General Regulations

3.  In Schedule 4 to the General Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—

(a)for paragraph 11 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“11.In the case of a claimant participating in arrangements for training made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973(1) or attending a course at an employment rehabilitation centre established under that section—

(a)any travelling expenses reimbursed to the claimant;

(b)if he is a person to whom regulation 5(5)(b) applies (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home), any living away from home allowance under section 2(2)(d) of that Act but only for the purposes of assessing entitlement to housing benefit in respect of the dwelling which he normally occupies as his home;

(c)any training premium,

• but this paragraph, except insofar as it relates to a payment under sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c), does not apply to any part of any allowance under section 2(2)(d) of that Act.”;

(b)after paragraph 34 there shall be added the following paragraph—

“35.Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate for the loss (in whole or in part) of entitlement to housing benefit.”.