{"longTitle":"Amend the law relating to social security; to make provision enabling disabled people to be given greater control over the way in which certain public services are provided for them; to amend the law relating to child support; to make provision about the registration of births; and for connected purposes.","summary":"The Bill proposes to reform the welfare and benefit system to improve support and incentives for people to move from benefits into work. <br><br>It contains measures to increase personal responsibility within the welfare system. It also proposes to encourage parental responsibility by introducing a requirement for joint birth registration and by amending the law relating to child support.<br><br><strong>Key areas:</strong><br><ul><li>Reforms the benefits system by abolishing Income Support and moving all claimants on to either Jobseekers&rsquo; Allowance if they are well or Employment and Support Allowance if they are sick </li><li>aligns the contribution conditions between Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseeker&rsquo;s Allowance</li><li>introduces a regime of benefit sanctions for non-attendance at Jobcentres </li><li>requires job search by partners of benefit claimants</li><li>abolishes Adult Dependency Increases in the Carer&rsquo;s Allowance and Maternity Allowance </li><li>introduces work-focused interviews for over-60s </li><li>requires work-related activity in return for receipt of Employment and Support Allowance </li><li>introduces a requirement for births to be registered jointly by both parents</li><li>provides additional powers for the enforcement of child maintenance arrears.</li></ul>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":1455,"name":"James Purnell","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/1455/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/1455/contact","memberFrom":"Stalybridge and Hyde"},"organisation":{"name":"Department for Work and Pensions","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions"},"sortOrder":1},{"member":{"memberId":3694,"name":"Lord McKenzie of Luton","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Lords","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/3694/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/3694/contact","memberFrom":"Life peer"},"organisation":{"name":"Department for Work and Pensions","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions"},"sortOrder":2}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":386,"shortTitle":"Welfare Reform","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Unassigned","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2009-11-20T14:56:34","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":1,"introducedSessionId":22,"includedSessionIds":[22],"isAct":true,"currentStage":{"id":2782,"stageId":11,"sessionId":22,"description":"Royal Assent","abbreviation":"RA","house":"Unassigned","stageSittings":[{"id":2636,"stageId":11,"billStageId":2782,"billId":386,"date":"2009-11-12T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":16}}