Welfare Reform Act 2007

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The Welfare Reform Act 2007 is a UK law that overhauled the disability and incapacity benefits system, introducing Employment and Support Allowance and new work-focused requirements for claimants.

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Welfare Reform Act 2007 canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
aimsTo increase employment among disabled people ⓘ
reduce long-term benefit dependency ⓘ
simplify the incapacity benefits system ⓘ
appliesTo Great Britain ⓘ
benefitIntroduced Employment and Support Allowance ⓘ
containsProvision conditionality of benefits on work-related activity ⓘ
introduction of the Work Capability Assessment ⓘ
sanctions for non-compliance with work-related requirements ⓘ
work-focused interviews for claimants ⓘ
work-related activity requirements ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createsBenefit Employment and Support Allowance ⓘ
establishes support group for ESA claimants ⓘ
work-related activity group for ESA claimants ⓘ
focusesOn encouraging movement from benefits into work ⓘ
hasImpactOn disability rights debate in the United Kingdom ⓘ
welfare-to-work programmes in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasLongTitle An Act to make provision about social security; to amend the law relating to child support; and for connected purposes ⓘ
introducedBy Department for Work and Pensions ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
legalSystem English law ⓘ
Northern Ireland law ⓘ
Scots law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf United Kingdom social security legislation ⓘ
policyArea labour market activation ⓘ
welfare-to-work ⓘ
primarySubject disability benefits ⓘ
incapacity benefits ⓘ
social security ⓘ
welfare reform ⓘ
reformsBenefit Incapacity Benefit ⓘ
Income Support for people with disabilities ⓘ
regulates assessment of limited capability for work ⓘ
conditions of entitlement to Employment and Support Allowance ⓘ
sanctions for failure to participate in work-focused interviews ⓘ
relatedTo Jobseekers Act 1995 ⓘ
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ⓘ
Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ
shortTitle Welfare Reform Act 2007 ⓘ
targetGroup disabled people ⓘ
long-term sick people ⓘ
people with limited capability for work ⓘ
typeOfReform expansion of work-focused conditionality ⓘ
structural reform of disability benefits ⓘ
yearOfAct 2007 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Employment and Support Allowance → reformedBy → Welfare Reform Act 2007 ⓘ
Welfare Reform Act 2012 → amends → Welfare Reform Act 2007 ⓘ
Jobseekers Act 1995 → relatedTo → Welfare Reform Act 2007 ⓘ
Work-Related Activity Group → introducedBy → Welfare Reform Act 2007 ⓘ
Welfare Reform Act 2007 → shortTitle → Welfare Reform Act 2007 ⓘ
Work Capability Assessment → introducedBy → Welfare Reform Act 2007 ⓘ