»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Housing Benefit and State Pension Credit (Temporary Absence) (Amendment) Regulations 2016: SSAC report and government statement
A SSAC report on regulations to change how long someone absent from Great Britain can remain entitled � and the government’s response.
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»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp regulations change the period of time for which a person who is absent from Great Britain can remain entitled to Housing Benefit and State Pension Credit. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappy come into force from 28 July 2016.
In general, this period will be 4 weeks rather than the current 13 weeks. Ministers have decided that, in specific circumstances, the allowable period can be longer than 4 weeks and have given further consideration to this in light of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s (SSAC’s) report.
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