Welfare reform: the big picture
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1 Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us Welfare reform: the big picture Sam Lister, Policy & Practice Officer, CIH
2 Content What s driving reform Future trends and themes The measures so far a closer look Universal credit Planning for tenant payment CIH influencing work Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 2
3 Remember this.. Think the unthinkable Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 3
4 What is welfare reform It s a process Welfare Reform Act 2012 is just part of it Private rented sector 2011 Next universal credit Post universal credit Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 4
5 Reform 2013 and beyond Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us
6 Before the crash how government spent Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us
7 Housing support welfare cuts Impact Assessment Annual Policy Costings 2014/15* ( million) Social sector size criteria 500 Non dependent deductions 340 Household benefits cap 265 Local housing allowance (30 th percentile and CPI indexation) 880 LHA shared room rate extension 215 Disability living allowance to personal independence payment 1240 Time limiting contributory ESA 1180 Tax credits (2010) 1225 Tax credits (2011) 1630 Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 7
8 Welfare benefits: old & new HB HB Tax Credits ESA JSA IS PC Universal Credit Pension Credit Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 8
9 Since October 2012 Miscellaneous UC shifting timetable (no announcement) Local CT reduction schemes Social sector size criteria Welfare Benefit Up-rating Act 2013 Benefit Cap roll-out (July/August) Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 9
10 Local council tax reductions England & Wales local schemes 10% cut in funding Protection for pensioners Switch from demand- led (AME) to fixed budget (DEL) Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us
11 Budget 2013 Fixes the envelope for Total Managed Expenditure (TME) for ; TME in will continue to fall at the same rate as over the Spending Review 2010 period; A firm limit placed on a significant proportion of Annually Managed Expenditure (AME), including areas of welfare expenditure. Budget Red Book 2013, Executive Summary Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 11
12 Long-term Trend last 30 years Direct provision to individual (personalisation) Costs tend to rise faster (labour/rent inflation) Ever tighter rules Fixed budgets (DHPs/Supporting People) Eggs all in one basket (capital/revenue) Our challenge Convince others not the most efficient Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 12
13 Welfare reform impacts Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us
14 Losses welfare reforms Welfare reform measure Estimate affected Average loss Social sector size criteria 660, Benefits cap 56, LHA 30 th percentile 775,000 9 LHA national caps 21, LHA SAR extension 63, LHA uprating 1,300,000 Varies locally DLA to PIP 500,000 Minimum 21 Time limiting ESA 625, Tax credits in-work 4,846, Tax credits out-of-work 1,462,000-7 Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 14
15 Personal independence Payments Similar structure to DLA (care, mobility) Two rates of care, two rates of mobility In effect the end of the lower care rate Tougher ESA style points-based medical test Regular reviews and fixed term awards 500,000 taken off projected caseload by 2015/16 Loss of disability and/or severe disability premium No severe disability premium in universal credit Losses from 21 to 110+ per week for single person if on IS/JSA/ESA/HB Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 15
16 PRS welfare reform: LHA caps Regulations already laid Absolute weekly limits: 1 Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed cap 1,940 losers in London All other sizes 15,470 in London No mechanism for up-rating caps Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 16
17 Bedroom tax impact Region Estimate affected % working age HB tenants North East 50,000 37% 13 North West 110,000 43% 14 Yorkshire 80,000 43% 13 East Midlands 40,000 27% 12 West Midlands 60,000 31% 13 East of England 50,000 30% 15 London 80,000 22% 21 South East 40,000 22% 15 South West 30,000 20% 15 Average loss Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 17
18 Impact model: size criteria East Town District Housing: universal credit steady state Estimated annual loss to tenants in HB 635,000 Number of losers 1 bed under 590 Number of losers 2 bed under 210 Average weekly loss 1 bed under 13 Average weekly loss 2 bed under 20 If 10% uncollectable 64,000 Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 18
19 per week The cap: headroom for HB Single Couple Couple + 1 Couple + 2 Couple + 3 Couple + 4 JSA Child Benefit Child Credits HB headroom Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 19
20 Benefit cap in the South East Household benefit cap: impact on 3 child families in London and the south east. Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 20
21 Universal credit Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us
22 Universal credit main features Better off in-work Keep more as you earn more Smoother transition between in and out of work Single combined benefit Payment to tenant Centralised administration Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 22
23 Net pay, benefits and tax credits Current benefits & tax credits Weekly gross pay Net pay Child benefit Jobseekeer's allowance Working tax credit Child tax credit Housing benefit Localised CTRS Couple, two children, one earner, rent 75.00, council tax Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 23
24 Net pay and benefits Universal credit Weekly gross pay Net pay Child benefit Universal credit Localised CTRS Couple, two children, one earner, rent 75.00, council tax Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 24
25 Weekly net earnings & benefits (ex CTR) Current & UC compared Earnings plus basic benefits (excluding CTRS) HB/WTC/CTC Earnings plus basic benefits (excluding CTRS) UC 0.00 Gross weekly pay ( ) Couple, two children, one earner Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 25
26 Tenant payment Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us
27 The shifting timetable Original UC/PC plan New claims universal credit (October 2013) Pension credit housing credit (October 2014) Revised UC timetable? Pilots (April 2013) Non-HC only? Selected areas (October 2013) Gradual HC start - Selected areas? (April 2014) Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 27
28 Impact model: direct payments East Town District Housing current Total rent roll million Tenant payments as % rent roll 36% Rent roll covered by HB direct million East Town District Housing: universal credit steady state Tenant payments as % of rent roll 70% Rent roll covered by HB direct (30% vulnerable) 6.10 million Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 28
29 Staying positive Start with your vision How will the service look in ten years time? How might a service look in when everyone pays? What might be a real benefit for tenants? Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 29
30 What s out there? Pre-payment cards Mobile payment Consumer reward schemes Bulk purchase Customer insight Consumer bundles Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 30
31 Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us Pre-payment cards Debit Card Open Loop Prepaid Card Open Loop Reloadable Prepaid Card Restricted Loop Reloadable
32 Bulk purchase utilites Which? / 38 Degrees - The Big Switch 287,000 registered 37,000 switched Co-operative Energy bid winner Average saving 223 per year Manchester scheme Ten local councils 15,000 signed up in two weeks Auction 29 January Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 32
33 Consumer bundles How it might look Co-op Bank: payment card and bank account Co-op store reward scheme Negotiated discount with local co-op stores CIS home contents insurance Co-op bulk buy fuel Community reward scheme Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 33
34 Our influencing work Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us
35 Some things to think about The bedroom tax is one element only Address the difficult questions (spending) Think further ahead and wider Some of the decisions raise difficult questions does it help our cause if we ignore them Wider public perceptions are important What matters is how much support people receive not how it is paid Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 35
36 The Guardian 2 January 2012 Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 36
37 CIH influencing work Who benefits campaign (Crisis and others) Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry Benefit cap (Haringey Report mid October) Bedroom tax Payment to tenant Universal credit SEWG landlords sub-group Switchback and exceptions Further voluntary pilots Supported housing (exempt accommodation) Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 37
38 Conclusions Welfare reform is a continuous process Need to think how others see it outside our sector Try and look at the longer term Use the time you have been given Set a vision of where you want to be in ten years Day-to-day look at what you can control Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us 38
39 Learn with us. Improve with us. Influence with us Welfare reform the Big Picture Sam Lister, Policy & Practice Officer, CIH
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