Take Housing Benefit earnings disregards from net earnings only

changelog.d/hb-earnings-disregards.fixed.md

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+- Take the Housing Benefit earnings disregards from net earnings only, as SI 2006/213 and SI 2006/214 Schedule 4 require. The £5, £10 and £25 weekly disregards are now capped at the claimant's and partner's net earnings instead of being deducted from any income, including the State Pension, and they are no longer uprated with CPI. The additional earnings disregard is £17.10 (it was £37.10, uprated), and it now needs its work conditions (one person aged at least 25 working 30 hours, or 16 hours for lone parents, couples with a child and disabled workers) and net earnings covering the other disregards, childcare charges and £17.10. A working-age claimant on Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance has all earnings disregarded.

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/housing_benefit/means_test/income_disregard/couple.yaml

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-description: This amount of earnings is disreagrded for couples under the Housing Benefit.
+description: Housing Benefit disregards this much of the combined weekly net earnings of a couple.
 values:
-  2015-04-01: 10
+  2006-03-06: 10
 metadata:
   period: week
   unit: currency-GBP
   label: Housing benefit couple earnings disregard
-  uprating: gov.benefit_uprating_cpi
   reference:
-    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 Schedule 4 sec. 9
-      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/data.pdf#page=242
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 7
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/schedule/4/paragraph/7
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 7(b)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/214/schedule/4/paragraph/7
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 7
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/5/paragraph/7
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 7(b)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/406/schedule/5/paragraph/7

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/housing_benefit/means_test/income_disregard/lone_parent.yaml

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-description: This amount of earnings is disreagrded for lone parents under the Housing Benefit.
+description: Housing Benefit disregards this much of the weekly net earnings of a lone parent.
 values:
-  2015-04-01: 25
+  2006-03-06: 25
 metadata:
   period: week
   unit: currency-GBP
   label: Housing benefit lone parent earnings disregard
-  uprating: gov.benefit_uprating_cpi
-  reference: 
-    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 Schedule 4 sec. 4
-      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/data.pdf#page=240
+  reference:
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 4
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/schedule/4/paragraph/4
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 2
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/214/schedule/4/paragraph/2
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 4
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/5/paragraph/4
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 2
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/406/schedule/5/paragraph/2

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/housing_benefit/means_test/income_disregard/single.yaml

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-description: This amount of earnings is disreagrded for single filers under the Housing Benefit.
+description: Housing Benefit disregards this much of the weekly net earnings of a claimant who has no partner and is not a lone parent.
 values:
-  2015-04-01: 5
+  2006-03-06: 5
 metadata:
   period: week
   unit: currency-GBP
   label: Housing benefit single person earnings disregard
-  uprating: gov.benefit_uprating_cpi
-  reference: 
-    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 Schedule 4 sec. 9
-      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/data.pdf#page=242
+  reference:
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 10
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/schedule/4/paragraph/10
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 7(a)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/214/schedule/4/paragraph/7
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 10
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/5/paragraph/10
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 7(a)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/406/schedule/5/paragraph/7

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/housing_benefit/means_test/income_disregard/worker.yaml

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-description: This amount of earnings is disreagrded for workers under the Housing Benefit.
+description: Housing Benefit increases the earnings disregard by this weekly amount (the additional earnings disregard) where the claimant meets one of its work conditions and their net earnings at least equal the other earnings disregards, the deductible childcare charges and this amount.
 values:
-  2015-04-01: 37.1
+  # SI 2006/213 and 2006/214 as made (in force 6 March 2006): £14.50. Each
+  # up-rating order substituted the sum from 1 April (for specified
+  # purposes; the first Monday of April otherwise): SI 2006/645 (£14.90),
+  # SI 2007/688 (£15.45), SI 2008/632 (£16.05), SI 2009/497 (£16.85) and
+  # SI 2010/793 (£17.10). SI 2006/645 amended the provisions these
+  # Regulations consolidated, so legislation.gov.uk's revised text of SI
+  # 2006/213 and 2006/214 omits £14.90; SI 2007/688 arts 19(9) and 20(9)
+  # replace "£14.90". Read from legislation.gov.uk on 2026-10-01 and
+  # 2026-10-02.
+  2006-03-06: 14.5
+  2006-04-01: 14.9
+  2007-04-01: 15.45
+  2008-04-01: 16.05
+  2009-04-01: 16.85
+  2010-04-01: 17.1
+  # The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020
+  # reg. 5 (NI: S.R. 2020/53 reg. 5) read £37.10 for £17.10 from 6 April 2020
+  # until the end of 4 April 2021.
+  2020-04-06: 37.1
+  2021-04-05: 17.1
 metadata:
   period: week
   unit: currency-GBP
   label: Housing benefit worker earnings disregard
-  uprating: gov.benefit_uprating_cpi
-  reference: 
-    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 Schedule 4 (5)(6)(17)
-      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/data.pdf#page=242
+  reference:
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 17(1) and (3)(c)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/schedule/4/paragraph/17
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 9(1) and (3)(c)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/214/schedule/4/paragraph/9
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 17(1) and (3)(c)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/5/paragraph/17
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 9(1) and (3)(c)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/406/schedule/5/paragraph/9
+    - title: The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2006, articles 19 and 20
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/645/article/19/made
+    - title: The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2007, article 19(9) and 20(9)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/688/article/19
+    - title: The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008, article 19(10) and 20(10)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/632/article/19
+    - title: The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2009, article 19(11) and 20(10)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/497/article/19
+    - title: The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2010, article 19(10) and 20(9)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/793/article/19
+    - title: The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020, regulation 5
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/371/regulation/5
+    - title: The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020, regulation 5
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/53/regulation/5

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/housing_benefit/means_test/income_disregard/worker_age.yaml

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+description: Housing Benefit gives the additional earnings disregard for working the standard hours only to a claimant or partner of at least this age.
+values:
+  2006-03-06: 25
+metadata:
+  period: year
+  unit: year
+  label: Housing benefit worker element minimum age
+  economy: false
+  reference:
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 17(2)(b)(i)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/schedule/4/paragraph/17
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 9(2)(b)(i)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/214/schedule/4/paragraph/9
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 17(2)(b)(i)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/5/paragraph/17
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 9(2)(b)(i)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/406/schedule/5/paragraph/9

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/housing_benefit/means_test/income_disregard/worker_hours.yaml

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-description: Filers can receive an additional income disregard amount if the meet the following averge weekly work hour quota under the Housing Benefit.
+description: Housing Benefit gives the additional earnings disregard to a claimant or partner aged at least the worker age who works on average at least this many hours a week.
 values:
-  2015-04-01: 30
+  2006-03-06: 30
 metadata:
   period: week
   unit: hour
   label: Housing benefit worker element hours requirement
   economy: false
-  reference: 
-    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 Schedule 4 sec. 17 (4)
-      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/data.pdf#page=242
+  reference:
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 17(2)(b)(i) and (4)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/schedule/4/paragraph/17
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 9(2)(b)(i) and (4)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/214/schedule/4/paragraph/9
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 17(2)(b)(i) and (4)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/5/paragraph/17
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 9(2)(b)(i) and (4)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/406/schedule/5/paragraph/9

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/housing_benefit/means_test/income_disregard/worker_hours_lower.yaml

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+description: Housing Benefit gives the additional earnings disregard to a lone parent, a couple with a child or young person, or a disabled claimant or partner, where they work on average at least this many hours a week.
+values:
+  2006-03-06: 16
+metadata:
+  period: week
+  unit: hour
+  label: Housing benefit worker element lower hours requirement
+  economy: false
+  reference:
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 17(2)(b)(ii) to (v)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/schedule/4/paragraph/17
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, Schedule 4 paragraph 9(2)(b)(ii) to (iv)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/214/schedule/4/paragraph/9
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 17(2)(b)(ii) to (v)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/5/paragraph/17
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Schedule 5 paragraph 9(2)(b)(ii) to (iv)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/406/schedule/5/paragraph/9

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/housing_benefit/means_test/pension_contribution_deduction_rate.yaml

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+description: Housing Benefit deducts this share of pension contributions when it calculates net earnings.
+values:
+  2006-03-06: 0.5
+metadata:
+  period: year
+  unit: /1
+  label: Housing benefit net earnings pension contribution deduction rate
+  economy: false
+  reference:
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, regulation 36(3)(b) and (c)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/regulation/36
+    - title: The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, regulation 38(1)(b)(ii) and (3)(c)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/regulation/38
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, regulation 36(2)(b) and (c)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/214/regulation/36
+    - title: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, regulation 39(1)(b)(ii) and (2)(c)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/214/regulation/39