The report states that moving to a single funding formula «inevitably creates winners and losers», and so the government has put in place
transitional protections for schools.
It provides guidance on free school meal eligibility and the introduction of
transitional protection arrangements under Universal Credit for those already receiving free school meals.
«What we are doing with this is seeking to ask the Chancellor to
produce transitional protection for existing families and, as wages rise, tax credits, which are means - tested, fall.»
The Hollis motion said the upper house would decline to approve the tax credit cuts until the government delivered a «scheme for
full transitional protection for a minimum of three years for all low - income families and individuals currently receiving tax credits before April 6 2016».
The peers» narrow vote on Monday to delay the tax credit cuts until there is a plan for
transitional protection also puts the onus on Osborne to look for policy solutions.
In the interests of transparency, EFA has published a workbook - Post-16
transitional protection (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 28.2 KB)- detailing institutions that have received transitional protection funding during the 2013 to 2014 academic year, in line with our published arrangements.
Information relating to
transitional protection for specialist provision for 2014 to 2015 is available on GOV.UK.
When the full Universal Credit rules are in place (expected to be from 1 November 2018), no third child will get the child element even if born before 6 April 2017 unless they qualify for
transitional protection.
This transitional protection means that many existing customers will not be affected until January 2012 and some will see no change until March 2012.
This guidance gives details on the career average pension scheme introduced from April 2015 for most members, how career average works, an overview of the scheme and
the transitional protection arrangements.
The main paper on High Needs funding arrangements stated that the second consultation will cover detailed factor weightings, the impact for LAs,
transitional protection, the distribution of post-16 high needs funding including proxy indicators and how to recognise that some SEND would not be captured by any proxies.
And the High Needs funding technical note also mentions «values and weightings for the various factors and adjustments, more detail on how the formula would work in practice and the impact, including the arrangements for
transitional protection.»
Vikki Massarano noted that both cases concluded that there was legitimate aim, the key difference is whether it was justified to bring in
the transitional protections.