MaxGhenis · Oct 9, 2026 · Oct 1, 2026 · Oct 1, 2026 · Oct 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026
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+- Bar Income Support when the claimant is engaged in remunerative work, 16 hours a week or more of paid work, or the partner is, 24 hours or more (SSCBA 1992 s.124(1)(c); IS Regs 1987 reg 5(1) and (1A), with 24 hours for both before 7 April 1992 and 16 for the partner until 6 October 1996). A carer within Sch 1B para 4, claimant or partner, is not treated as engaged in remunerative work (reg 6(4)(c)). The hours come from the new `income_support_remunerative_work_hours`, which is usual weekly hours and can be entered directly to average fluctuating hours or to leave out work that reg 6(1) excludes, such as child minding at home or a councillor's duties.
+- Bar Income Support when the claimant is entitled to a jobseeker's allowance of either kind, or the partner to income-based JSA (s.124(1)(f)). The partner's contribution-based JSA does not bar it. Income-based JSA is the award on the claimant's and partner's reported amounts after the JSA capital test. A `jsa_income` that holds anything the reported amounts do not give (neither that award on everyone's reports nor their plain total), such as an award entered directly or a reform that removes it, is taken to be theirs. As for ESA, an amount within half a penny of zero is no award, so a float residual does not bar the claim.
diff --git a/...ne_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/income_support/eligibility/remunerative_work/claimant_hours.yaml b/...ne_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/income_support/eligibility/remunerative_work/claimant_hours.yaml
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+description: Income Support treats a claimant as engaged in remunerative work at this many weekly hours of paid work or more.
+values:
+  1988-04-11:
+    value: 24
+    reference:
+      - title: Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 reg. 5(1) (as made)
+        href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/regulation/5/1988-04-11
+  1992-04-07:
+    value: 16
+    reference:
+      - title: Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 reg. 5(1) (as at 7 April 1992)
+        href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/regulation/5/1992-04-07
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  period: week
+  label: Income Support claimant remunerative work hours
+  reference:
+    - title: Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 s. 124(1)(c)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4/section/124
+    - title: Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 reg. 5(1)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/regulation/5
diff --git a/...ine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/income_support/eligibility/remunerative_work/partner_hours.yaml b/...ine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/income_support/eligibility/remunerative_work/partner_hours.yaml
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+description: Income Support treats a claimant's partner as engaged in remunerative work at this many weekly hours of paid work or more.
+values:
+  1988-04-11:
+    value: 24
+    reference:
+      - title: Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 reg. 5(1) (as made)
+        href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/regulation/5/1988-04-11
+  1992-04-07:
+    value: 16
+    reference:
+      - title: Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 reg. 5(1) (as at 7 April 1992)
+        href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/regulation/5/1992-04-07
+  1996-10-07:
+    value: 24
+    reference:
+      - title: Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 reg. 5(1A), inserted by SI 1996/1944
+        href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/regulation/5/1996-10-07
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  period: week
+  label: Income Support partner remunerative work hours
+  reference:
+    - title: Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 s. 124(1)(c)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4/section/124
+    - title: Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 reg. 5(1A)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/regulation/5
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		- Bar Income Support when the claimant is engaged in remunerative work, 16 hours a week or more of paid work, or the partner is, 24 hours or more (SSCBA 1992 s.124(1)(c); IS Regs 1987 reg 5(1) and (1A), with 24 hours for both before 7 April 1992 and 16 for the partner until 6 October 1996). A carer within Sch 1B para 4, claimant or partner, is not treated as engaged in remunerative work (reg 6(4)(c)). The hours come from the new `income_support_remunerative_work_hours`, which is usual weekly hours and can be entered directly to average fluctuating hours or to leave out work that reg 6(1) excludes, such as child minding at home or a councillor's duties.
		- Bar Income Support when the claimant is entitled to a jobseeker's allowance of either kind, or the partner to income-based JSA (s.124(1)(f)). The partner's contribution-based JSA does not bar it. Income-based JSA is the award on the claimant's and partner's reported amounts after the JSA capital test. A `jsa_income` that holds anything the reported amounts do not give (neither that award on everyone's reports nor their plain total), such as an award entered directly or a reform that removes it, is taken to be theirs. As for ESA, an amount within half a penny of zero is no award, so a float residual does not bar the claim.