End the Pension Credit, Child Benefit and CTC qualifying young person status for Income Support in own right

changelog.d/cb-qyp-school-leaver-routes.fixed.md

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+- Added the Child Benefit qualifying young person conditions for young people who have left education (Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 regs 4, 5 and 7): a 16-year-old counts until the 31 August after their 16th birthday, in any year that starts before it, and two new inputs place the 20-week extension period and the terminal date. Housing Benefit, the legacy benefits and Council Tax Reduction young persons follow. Child Benefit is not paid for a young person who qualifies only through the terminal date and works 24 hours or more a week (reg. 7(3)).

changelog.d/ctc-qyp-school-leaver-routes.fixed.md

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+- Counted a 16-year-old who has left education as a Child Tax Credit qualifying young person until the 31 August after their 16th birthday, in any year that starts before it (Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002 reg. 4), and added an input for the 20 weeks after leaving while registered for work or training (reg. 5(3)(b)). Remunerative work of 24 hours a week ends both for a young person who has left education (reg. 5(4)(a)).

changelog.d/means-tests-dependants-income.fixed.md

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+Housing Benefit, Income Support, tax credit and Council Tax Reduction means tests no longer count a child's or young person's own income, tax or personal benefits as the claimant's (HB Regs 2006 reg 25(3), IS Regs 1987 reg 23(2), Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regs 2002 reg 3(1), the Council Tax Reduction applicant-and-partner rules).

changelog.d/qyp-income-support-exclusion.fixed.md

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+- Stopped counting a young person who receives Income Support in their own right as a qualifying young person for Pension Credit, Child Benefit (and so Housing Benefit and the legacy benefits) and Child Tax Credit (SPC Regs 2002 reg. 4A(5); Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 reg. 8(2)(a); CTC Regs 2002 reg. 5(4)(c)), read from their own reported Income Support while it was in payment.

changelog.d/qyp-terminal-date-19.fixed.md

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+- Placed the 1 September following a qualifying young person's 19th birthday from their date of birth, for Universal Credit and Pension Credit (UC Regs 2013 reg. 5(1)(b); SPC Regs 2002 reg. 4A(1)(b)). A 19-year-old in education now counts for Universal Credit by default in household calculations, as in the microdata, and Pension Credit applies the date, which it did not model.

changelog.d/uc-pc-qyp-sixteen-route.fixed.md

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+- Counted a 16-year-old outside education as a Universal Credit and Pension Credit qualifying young person until the 1 September following their 16th birthday (UC Regs 2013 reg. 5(1)(a); SPC Regs 2002 reg. 4A(1)(a)), in any year that starts before that date.

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/pension_credit/guarantee_credit/child/eligibility/terminal_date_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Age from which Pension Credit qualifying young person status is limited to the period before the 1 September following the 19th birthday.
+values:
+  0001-01-01: 19
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  label: Pension Credit qualifying young person terminal date age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 reg. 4A(1)(b)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1792/regulation/4A

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/tax_credits/child_tax_credit/eligibility/extension_period_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Age limit below which a person who has left education or training may be a Child Tax Credit qualifying young person for 20 weeks while registered for work or training.
+values:
+  0001-01-01: 18
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  label: Child Tax Credit extension period age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: The Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002 reg. 5(3)(b)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2007/regulation/5

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/tax_credits/child_tax_credit/eligibility/remunerative_work_hours.yaml

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+description: Weekly hours of paid work from which a person is in remunerative work for Child Tax Credit rules.
+values:
+  0001-01-01: 24
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  label: Child Tax Credit remunerative work hours
+  reference:
+    - title: The Child Tax Credit Regulations 2002 reg. 2(1), "remunerative work"
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2007/regulation/2

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/hmrc/child_benefit/eligibility/extension_period_age_limit.yaml

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+description: Age limit below which a person who has left education or training may be a Child Benefit qualifying young person during an extension period.
+values:
+  0001-01-01: 18
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  label: Child Benefit extension period age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 reg. 5(1)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/223/regulation/5

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/hmrc/child_benefit/eligibility/remunerative_work_hours.yaml

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+description: Weekly hours of paid work from which a person is in remunerative work for Child Benefit rules.
+values:
+  0001-01-01: 24
+metadata:
+  unit: hour
+  label: Child Benefit remunerative work hours
+  reference:
+    - title: Child Benefit (General) Regulations 2006 reg. 1(3), "remunerative work"
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/223/regulation/1

policyengine_uk/tests/policy/baseline/finance/benefit/child_qualifying_young_person.yaml

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         age: 19
         age_started_or_accepted_current_education_or_training: 18
         current_education: POST_SECONDARY
+        # Set explicitly: a person left unset takes the date fact's value,
+        # which is true for anyone under 20 on 6 October.
+        is_before_universal_credit_qualifying_young_person_terminal_date: false
       under_terminal_date_age_limit:
         age: 18
         current_education: POST_SECONDARY