diff --git a/changelog.d/609.md b/changelog.d/609.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..da1ab126d --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/609.md @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +- Add the 2023-24 Cost-of-Living Payments to the `cost_of_living_support_payment` parameters — £900 means-tested (paid in three instalments), £300 pensioner, £150 disability — announced at Autumn Statement 2022 and previously left at zero; values reset to 0 from 2024-01-01. diff --git a/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/disabled/amount.yaml b/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/disabled/amount.yaml index f210d5a95..5adb49963 100644 --- a/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/disabled/amount.yaml +++ b/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/disabled/amount.yaml @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -description: Payment to households receiving disability benefits. +description: One-off Disability Cost-of-Living Payment to households containing someone on a qualifying disability benefit. £150 in both 2022-23 and 2023-24, withdrawn from 2024-25. values: 2022-01-01: 150 - 2023-01-01: 0 + 2023-01-01: 150 + 2024-01-01: 0 metadata: unit: currency-GBP period: year - label: Payment to households on disability benefits + label: Disability Cost-of-Living Payment reference: - - title: Cost-of-living support announcement | GOV.UK + - title: 2022-23 Cost-of-Living Support package announcement (HMT/DWP, May 2022) href: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-of-most-vulnerable-households-will-receive-1200-of-help-with-cost-of-living + - title: Disability Cost-of-Living Payment 2023-24 (DWP guidance) + href: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payment-disability diff --git a/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/means_tested_households/amount.yaml b/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/means_tested_households/amount.yaml index 80e70503f..dc48eee30 100644 --- a/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/means_tested_households/amount.yaml +++ b/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/means_tested_households/amount.yaml @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -description: Payment to households on means-tested benefits. +description: One-off Cost-of-Living Payment to households on qualifying means-tested benefits. £650 across 2022-23 (Spring £326 + Autumn £324) and £900 across 2023-24 (Spring £301 + Autumn £300 + Spring 2024 £299). values: 2022-01-01: 650 - 2023-01-01: 0 + 2023-01-01: 900 + 2024-01-01: 0 metadata: unit: currency-GBP period: year - label: Payment to households on means-tested benefits + label: Cost-of-Living Payment (means-tested) reference: - - title: Cost-of-living support announcement | GOV.UK + - title: 2022-23 Cost-of-Living Support package announcement (HMT/DWP, May 2022) href: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-of-most-vulnerable-households-will-receive-1200-of-help-with-cost-of-living + - title: 2023-24 Cost-of-Living Payments (Autumn Statement 2022, DWP guidance) + href: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payments-2023-to-2024 diff --git a/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/pensioners/amount.yaml b/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/pensioners/amount.yaml index 5468b91fb..228e251b7 100644 --- a/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/pensioners/amount.yaml +++ b/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/pensioners/amount.yaml @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -description: Payment to pensioner households receiving benefits. +description: One-off Pensioner Cost-of-Living Payment paid as a top-up to the Winter Fuel Payment to households containing someone of State Pension age. £300 in both winter 2022-23 and winter 2023-24, withdrawn from winter 2024-25. values: 2022-01-01: 300 - 2023-01-01: 0 + 2023-01-01: 300 + 2024-01-01: 0 metadata: unit: currency-GBP period: year - label: Payment to pensioner households + label: Pensioner Cost-of-Living Payment reference: - - title: Cost-of-living support announcement | GOV.UK + - title: 2022-23 Cost-of-Living Support package announcement (HMT/DWP, May 2022) href: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-of-most-vulnerable-households-will-receive-1200-of-help-with-cost-of-living + - title: Pensioner Cost-of-Living Payment 2023-24 (DWP guidance) + href: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payment-pensioner diff --git a/policyengine_uk/tests/policy/baseline/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/cost_of_living_support_payment.yaml b/policyengine_uk/tests/policy/baseline/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/cost_of_living_support_payment.yaml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1f5c46ace --- /dev/null +++ b/policyengine_uk/tests/policy/baseline/gov/treasury/cost_of_living_support/cost_of_living_support_payment.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +- name: 2022 Cost-of-Living Payments — means-tested only + period: 2022 + input: + people: + person: + universal_credit_reported: 100 + benunits: + benunit: + members: [person] + households: + household: + members: [person] + output: + cost_of_living_support_payment: 650 + +- name: 2023 Cost-of-Living Payments — means-tested £900 (Autumn Statement 2022) + period: 2023 + input: + people: + person: + universal_credit_reported: 100 + benunits: + benunit: + members: [person] + households: + household: + members: [person] + output: + cost_of_living_support_payment: 900 + +- name: 2023 Cost-of-Living Payments — pensioner £300 stacks with means-tested + period: 2023 + input: + people: + person: + age: 70 + universal_credit_reported: 100 + benunits: + benunit: + members: [person] + households: + household: + members: [person] + country: ENGLAND + output: + # £900 means-tested + £300 pensioner (triggered via Winter Fuel Allowance + # which paid universally in 2023 before the 2024 means test). + cost_of_living_support_payment: 1200 + +- name: 2024 Cost-of-Living Payments withdrawn + period: 2024 + input: + people: + person: + universal_credit_reported: 100 + benunits: + benunit: + members: [person] + households: + household: + members: [person] + output: + cost_of_living_support_payment: 0