Civil & Administrative

#2026/322Evrensel Kredi, Kişisel Bağımsızlık Ödemesi, İş Arayanlar İçin Ödenek ve İstihdam ve Destek Ödeneği (Talepler ve Ödemeler) 2026 Değişiklik Yönetmeliği

🇬🇧United Kingdom··Statutory Instrument·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law changes the rules about how money is deducted from certain benefits like Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance. Now, if someone owes child support, those payments will be taken out first before any other deductions. This mainly affects people receiving these benefits who also have child support obligations.

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Key Changes

  • Child support maintenance deductions now take priority over other deductions.
  • Amendment applies to benefits including Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance.
  • Changes made to the existing 2013 regulations.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Prioritize deductions for child support maintenance over all other deductions listed in paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 6 to the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013

DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) and benefits payment administrators
operational
high

Amend Schedule 6 to the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/380) to reflect the new priority order for child support deductions

DWP (Department for Work and Pensions)
operational

Affected Parties

Individuals receiving Universal CreditIndividuals receiving Jobseeker’s Allowance+1 more…

Tags

benefits,child support,deductions