PART 2AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF KINSHIP CARE ASSISTANCE IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

5.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 37(2) (earnings of self-employed earners)—

(a)for “26 or 27” substitute “26, 27 or 27A”;

(b)for “and payments” substitute “, payments”;

(c)after “claimant’s care” insert “and any payments made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance)”.

(3) After paragraph 27 of Schedule 5 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) insert—

“27A.  Any payment made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance).”.

(4) At the end of Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of capital) insert—

“64.  Any payment made to a claimant under section 73(1)(b) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (kinship care assistance).”.