| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to 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. |
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| Citation | 2009 c. 24 |
| Introduced by | James Purnell, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions |
| Territorial extent | England & Wales and Scotland (mainly) |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 12 November 2009 |
| History of passage through Parliament | |
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| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It reforms the law relating to social security benefits.
The Act established Employment and Support Allowance, which replaces exisiting Incapacity Benefit. [2]
The act introduced increased benefit conditionality, expanded requirements to undertake work-related activity and introduced sanctions for non-compliance with various obligations. [3]
The act gave disabled people a "right to control" state support spent on them. [4]
