Northern Ireland has amended regulations governing Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance and State Pension Credit to clarify how lump-sum carer’s allowance payments from reassessment activities are treated under these benefit schemes. The changes follow the Department’s reassessment exercise responding to the Independent Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments published in July 2025. These amendments ensure consistent treatment of the reassessment payments across the affected social security benefits.
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