| Change | | |
| £20 a week uplift in UC Standard Allowance. | | To continue until October 2021 |
| UC Minimum Income Floor suspended. | | To continue until end July 2021* and then considered on an individual basis. *Any new claimant, who made their claim within the past 12 months, will still benefit from a full 12 month ‘grace period’ following that. |
| Universal Credit surplus earnings threshold. | | The higher surplus earnings threshold of £2,500 has been extended until April 2022, when the threshold will revert to £300. |
| 'Move to Universal Credit' managed migration pilot in Harrogate suspended. | | Due to re-start in April 2022. |
| Working Tax Credit basic element increased by £1040. | | This was for 2020/21 only. Those eligible have received a £500 one off payment for 2021/22. |
| Time limit for critical workers to report changes of circumstances for Tax Credit purposes extended from one month to three. | | Extended until 31st September 2021 (ie in line with Job Retention Scheme). |
| Working Tax Credit will not be affected if a claimant’s working hours have been reduced due to Coronavirus and this is not a permanent reduction. | | Extended until 31st September 2021 (ie in line with Job Retention Scheme). |
| Local Housing Allowance figures were re-set for 2021/22. | | To remain at this level – no plan to increase or bring in line with private rental prices. |
| New Style ESA – treated as having a Limited Capability for Work whilst isolating. | | To continue until 12th November 2021. |
| New Style ESA – no waiting days if affected by Coronavirus. | | To continue until 12th November 2021. |
| JSA – continued entitlement if a claimant, or child they are caring for, has Covid-19 or is self-isolating because of symptoms. | | To continue until 31st August 2021. |
| Carers Allowance – continued entitlement during breaks in caring if carer or disabled person has Covid-19 or is self-isolating because of symptoms. | | To continue until 31st August 2021. |
| Statutory Sick Pay extended to cover those self-isolating through the provision of ‘isolation notes’ instead of fit notes. | | To continue |
| Extending entitlement to means-tested benefits, such as Universal Credit, to prisoners on temporary release. | | To continue until 31st August 2021 as long as temporary release is "expedient as a result of covid, and in such cases as S of S determines". |
| Furloughed workers given entitlement to Maternity Allowance and other statutory family-related benefits. | | Extended until the end of September 2021 – applies “where a person is a furloughed employee for the purposes of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.” |
| Suspending all face-to-face assessments for sickness and disability benefits. | | Continues until indoor socialising is allowed. Although face-to-face work capability assessments remain temporarily suspended, DWP are conducting paper based assessments where possible and have introduced telephone assessments and are trialling video assessments. |
| Reviews and reassessments for all disability benefits were suspended. | | Gradual resumption since July 2020. |
| Child Benefit – parents can claim without having to register their child’s birth. | | Continues, end date unknown. |
| Covid winter grant payment. | | Extended to 20th June 2021 and being renamed the Covid Local Support Grant. |