MaxGhenis · Oct 1, 2026 · Oct 1, 2026 · Oct 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026
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+The LHA size criteria now count other families' children, give foster children no bedroom of their own and add the foster-parent, adopter and overnight-care bedrooms (UC Regs 2013 Sch 4 paras 9-12 and 29(9A); HB Regs 2006 reg 13D(3)-(3B)), with new inputs for adoption placements, foster parents between placements, non-resident overnight carers and adopters who are a foster parent or close relative of the child (UC reg 89(3)(a)). Housing Benefit counts a child placed with a non-dependant, boarder or lodger in the claimant's size criteria (reg 21(3) names only the claimant or partner), and the legacy household, Income Support (Sch 1B paras 2 and 2A) and Tax-Free Childcare leave out a child placed for adoption. A Universal Credit renter whose claim counts a non-dependant from another family, such as a sharer's foster child aged 16 or 17 who is not a qualifying young person, no longer gets the shared accommodation rate (Sch 4 para 28(4)).
diff --git a/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/LHA/overnight_care_benefits.yaml b/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/LHA/overnight_care_benefits.yaml
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+description: Disability benefits whose recipients, if non-resident carers regularly stay overnight to care for them, give an additional bedroom in the LHA size criteria. The law also lists the Scottish devolved equivalents (child disability payment, adult disability payment, Scottish adult disability living allowance, pension age disability payment), which the model has no variables for.
+values:
+  2011-04-01:
+    - attendance_allowance
+    - armed_forces_independence_payment
+    - dla_sc_middle_plus
+    - pip_dl
+metadata:
+  unit: list
+  label: LHA overnight care qualifying benefits
+  reference:
+    - title: Universal Credit Regulations 2013 Sch 4 para 12(3)(a)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376/schedule/4/paragraph/12
+    - title: Universal Credit Regulations 2013 reg 2, "attendance allowance" (includes armed forces independence payment)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376/regulation/2
+    - title: Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 reg 2(1), "person who requires overnight care"
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/regulation/2
+    - title: Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2006 reg 2(1), "person who requires overnight care"
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/214/regulation/2
diff --git a/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/LHA/overnight_care_beyond_claimant.yaml b/policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dwp/LHA/overnight_care_beyond_claimant.yaml
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+description: Whether the overnight care additional bedroom in the LHA size criteria covers people other than the renter or claimant and partner, such as non-dependants, other occupiers and foster children.
+values:
+  2011-04-01: false
+  2017-04-01: true
+metadata:
+  unit: bool
+  label: LHA overnight care covers the household
+  reference:
+    - title: Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/213) regs 4 and 6
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/213/made
+    - title: Universal Credit Regulations 2013 Sch 4 para 12(A1)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376/schedule/4/paragraph/12
+    - title: Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 reg 13D(3A)(a)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/regulation/13D
diff --git a/policyengine_uk/parameters/household/demographic/looked_after_child_age_limit.yaml b/policyengine_uk/parameters/household/demographic/looked_after_child_age_limit.yaml
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+description: Age below which a person can be a child looked after by a local authority, and so a foster child.
+values:
+  2010-01-01: 18
+metadata:
+  unit: year
+  label: looked-after child age limit
+  reference:
+    - title: Children Act 1989 s.22(1) (a child who is looked after by a local authority) and s.105(1) ("child" means a person under the age of eighteen)
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/section/105
+    - title: Universal Credit Regulations 2013 reg 2, "foster parent" and "looked after by a local authority"
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376/regulation/2
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		The LHA size criteria now count other families' children, give foster children no bedroom of their own and add the foster-parent, adopter and overnight-care bedrooms (UC Regs 2013 Sch 4 paras 9-12 and 29(9A); HB Regs 2006 reg 13D(3)-(3B)), with new inputs for adoption placements, foster parents between placements, non-resident overnight carers and adopters who are a foster parent or close relative of the child (UC reg 89(3)(a)). Housing Benefit counts a child placed with a non-dependant, boarder or lodger in the claimant's size criteria (reg 21(3) names only the claimant or partner), and the legacy household, Income Support (Sch 1B paras 2 and 2A) and Tax-Free Childcare leave out a child placed for adoption. A Universal Credit renter whose claim counts a non-dependant from another family, such as a sharer's foster child aged 16 or 17 who is not a qualifying young person, no longer gets the shared accommodation rate (Sch 4 para 28(4)).