The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations 2010

Amount of an employment and support allowance on conversion

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8.  For the purposes of regulation 5(3), the amount of an employment and support allowance to which a notified person is entitled shall be determined as follows.

Step 1

Determine in accordance with Part 1 of the 2007 Act and the 2008 Regulations the amount (if any) of an employment and support allowance to which the notified person would be entitled if, on a claim made by that person—

(a)

it had been determined that the person was entitled to an award of an employment and support allowance; and

(b)

the assessment phase had ended.

Step 2

Determine in accordance with regulations 9 to 12—

(a)

whether the notified person is entitled to a transitional addition; and

(b)

if so, the amount of the transitional addition.

Step 3

Aggregate the amounts (if any) which result from Steps 1 and 2.