Universal Credit - deductions from benefit and direct payments

6.—(1) The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 6 (deductions from benefit and direct payment to third parties)—

(a)in paragraph 4(4) (maximum amount)—

(i)omit “paragraph 7 (rent and service charges included in rent) or”, and

(ii)after “(fuel costs)”, insert “, or the minimum amount which may be deducted under paragraph 7 (rent and service charges included in rent)”;

(b)in paragraph 5(2) (priority as between certain debts)—

(i)in paragraph (b) after “Schedule”, insert “where the amount of the deduction equals 10% of the standard allowance”;

(ii)after paragraph (p) insert—

“(pa)paragraph 7 (rent and service charges included in rent) where the amount of deduction exceeds the minimum amount that may be deducted under that paragraph;”;

(c)in paragraph 7(5) (rent and service charges included in rent) for the words “equal to 5%”, substitute “which is no less than 10% and no more than 20%”.