Part 1: Means-tested additional payments Section 2: Qualifying entitlements: social security benefits
Section 2 defines the qualification criteria that the Secretary of State must apply in order to make additional payments to people entitled to eligible social security benefits.
	Subsection (1) provides that a person has a qualifying entitlement in respect of a qualifying day if they are entitled to a payment of at least 1p in respect of an assessment period ending during the period of one month ending with the qualifying day (for people in receipt of universal credit); or entitled to a payment of at least 1p on any day during the period of one month ending with the qualifying day (for people in receipt of state pension credit, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, income support or income-related employment and support).
Example (1): Qualifying entitlement to universal credit for the means-tested additional payments
If the qualifying day for a particular means-tested additional payment was 1 January 2023, to be eligible for that means-tested additional payment a person would need to have an entitlement to a universal credit payment of at least 1p in respect of an assessment period that ends between 2 December 2022 to 1 January 2023 inclusive. These dates are examples only; qualifying days will be set out in regulations.
Example (2): Qualifying entitlement to income support for the means-tested additional payments
If the qualifying day for a particular means-tested additional payment was 1 January 2023, to be eligible for that means-tested additional payment a person would need to have an entitlement to an income support payment of at least 1p on any day in the period 2 December 2022 to 1 January 2023 inclusive. These dates are examples only; qualifying days will be set out in regulations.
	Subsection 2 provides for a person with an entitlement of less than 10p in respect of state pension credit, income-based jobseekers allowance, income support or income-related employment and support allowance, who do not receive a payment of those benefits as a result of de minimis rules, to be treated as if they were entitled to a payment of the qualifying benefit. This enables them to then receive an additional payment. The de minimis for universal credit is 1p and therefore a person with entitlement of less than 10p, but 1p or more, in respect of universal credit has entitlement to additional payments.