The government's Welfare Reform Green Paper at-a-glance:
Overall aims
Reduce incapacity benefit claimants by one million within a decade
Get 300,000 lone parents back into work
Increase by one million the number of older people (aged over 50) in employment
Incapacity benefit
Employment and Support Allowance to replace IB by 2008
New claimants - except the most severely disabled or those in the poorest health - will have to have "work-focused interviews", produce action plans and engage in "work-related activity"
If they refuse to do this, their payment levels will be cut
Financial support to continue once a claimant is back in work
Those with severest disabilities or health problems will get the new benefit at a higher rate, without conditions
But the category of people "exempt" from having to undergo assessments will change. Specific conditions - such as blindness - will no longer automatically mean benefits are paid. Instead, the "severity" of the condition or the ability to work will be assessed.
The mental health component of the assessment for benefits will be reviewed, in line with conditions "prevalent today".
GPs to take "active steps to support" patients who want to return to work
Employment advisers will be piloted in GP surgeries from next month
A unit will be set up to make "periodic checks" of those claiming benefits, seeking updated medical advice if necessary
Lone parents
Every three months interviews will be held with lone parents on benefits whose youngest child is at least 11 years old
Those on benefits for at least a year will be seen every six months
Pilot schemes will be introduced to give "more support" to lone parents in the first year of their claim, as people are still "adapting" at this stage
A "premium" will be trialled so that lone parents are better off if they take "serious steps" towards work
Older people
People aged 50 to 59 will be required to take up additional job seeking support available through the New Deal
Back-to-work support for Jobseeker's Allowance claimants over age of 50 will be improved
There will also be face-to-face guidance sessions
Housing benefit
The system will be simplified to give better work incentives
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