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Welcome to our Universal Credit calculator

This calculator is for working out Universal Credit for social housing tenants. It is quick and easy to use - if you are unsure of a question just click on the help button next to it. Because it is quick and easy to use it is not suitable for assessing a Universal Credit award for: students, self-employed people, prisoners, people under 18 and people from abroad. The result will only be an estimate: to increase your chances of getting the best estimate please read the information below before using it.

Please note we cannot guarantee accurate results if data has been input without checking the information boxes.

To continue with a previous calculation enter your 5 digit code here:

Otherwise hit the 'Start' button below to get started with a new calculation!

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Step 1. About You (and your family)

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Date of Birth

Your age (and your partner's age) can affect your Universal Credit award – so please make sure you enter your (and your partner's) date of birth accurately.

Please note that this calculator cannot estimate entitlement if you are (or your partner is) age 16-17. This is because the rules are more complicated – please seek advice.

As you are over the Pension Credit Age you can not claim Universal Credit. You can claim Pension Credit and/or Housing Benefit instead.

All 'mixed age' couples should get advice before making a claim for Universal Credit – they can end up worse off. And, even after the change to the rules from 15th May 2019, some mixed age couples can still make new claims for Pension Credit and/or Housing Benefit and may not need to claim Universal Credit.

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Couples

If you have a partner answer 'yes' to this question if:

  • You are married or registered as civil partners and are living together as husband and wife or as civil partners, or
  • You are not married or registered as civil partners but are living together as if you were, or
  • Your spouse, civil partner or partner is not living with you at the moment but this is only a temporary situation, for example because they are in hospital.

If your situation is more complicated you should seek advice.

NOTE: if your partner is abroad for more than a month or they are currently on remand or in prison then you will have a ‘single’ claim although any income or savings your partner has will be taken into account. This calculator is not set up to assess such situations – please seek advice.

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Specified Accommodation

You will be classed as living in ‘specified accommodation’ if:

  • You are living in a domestic violence refuge run by a Local Authority, Housing Association, registered charity, or non-profit making voluntary organisation, or
  • You are living in a hostel run by a Local Authority where you receive care, support or supervision and you have to share cooking facilities and/or meals are provided, or
  • You are living in a supported housing scheme run by a Housing Association, registered charity or non-profit making voluntary organisation and you receive several hours a week care, support or supervision from them, or
  • You are living in a supported housing scheme run by a Housing Association, charity or non-profit making voluntary organisation which you moved to in order to receive several hours a week care, support or supervision provided either by your landlord or by another organisation.

If you are unsure contact your landlord.

Please make a claim for Housing Benefit to help you pay any rent.
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Temporary Accommodation

'Temporary Accommodation' is accommodation that does not fall under the definition of 'exempt accommodation', and which has been provided to the claimant because they were homeless or threatened with homelessness to discharge the LA's duty under the Housing Act, and which they rent from:

  • A Local Authority, or
  • Any other social housing provider following an arrangement with a Local Authority.

For further information, please see the website.
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Please make a claim for Housing Benefit to help you pay any rent.
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Assessable Savings

Some savings you have may be disregarded, this includes:

  • Lump Sum Bereavement Support Payment - for 12 months from date of payment.
  • Payments made for arrears of, or compensation for late payment of some social security benefits.
  • Certain personal injury payments.
  • Certain compensation payments such as support related to Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and payments from the London Bombings Relief Charity Fund (LBRCF) 'We love Manchester Emergency Fund' (WLMEF) and the 'London Emergencies Trust' (LET).
  • Payments under the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
  • Insurance pay out where in connection to the loss or damage to the home or personal possessions.
  • Amounts earmarked for special purposes such as house purchase or essential repairs to property.
  • Funeral plans
  • Certain types of property

If you are not sure - seek advice.

Please note: Some savings/captial are disregarded - please see website for full list.

If you have savings totalling more than £16,000 you are not eligible for Universal Credit
(UNLESS able to claim due to manage migrating onto UC from Tax Credits and the Transitional Capital Disregard applies in which case answer NO to this question)

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Capability For Work

Fit for Work

Choose this option if none of the below apply.

Note: if you are working you can still fit into one of the below categories
Awaiting a Work Capability Assessment

Choose this option if you have provided the D.W.P. with a sick note and they have referred you for a work capability assessment or you are awaiting the outcome of a work capability assessment that you have recently attended.

Limited Capability for Work

Choose this option if you have been found to have a limited capability for work by the D.W.P. ie that you are currently unfit for work but capable of undertaking some 'work related activities'.

Limited Capability for Work Related Activities

Choose this option if you have been found to have a limited capability for work related activities by the D.W.P. ie that you are currently unfit for work and also not capable of undertaking any 'work related activities'.

Challenging a Limited Capability for Work Decision

Choose this option if you are challenging a limtied capability claim decision - either you have requested a 'mandatory reconsideration' or an appeal.

Retired

Choose this option if you have stopped working / looking for work due to your age.

If you are not sure please seek advice from a Benefits Advisor or D.W.P.

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(if your ESA award included a WRAG/Support component then answer yes to this question)
If you are not sure please contact the DWP to find out.
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If you are not sure please contact the DWP to find out.
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Carers

Choose 'Yes' if you are getting paid Carers Allowance or you meet the conditions for Carers Allowance (whether or not you have claimed it), or would do so except for your earnings being too high ie:

  • You are caring for a severely disabled person or child (someone on mid or high rate care component of DLA, a daily living component of PIP/ADP, Armed Forces Independence Payment, Attendance Allowance or Constant Attendance Allowance), and
  • You are caring for them 35 hours a week or more, and
  • You are not in full time education (or 21 hours a week of supervised study), and
  • No-one else gets Carers Allowance or a Carer Element for looking after them.
If you are not sure please seek advice.
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Capability For Work

Fit for Work

Choose this option if none of the below apply.

Note: if your partner is working they can still fit into one of the below categories
Awaiting a Limited Capability Assessment

Choose this option if your partner has provided the D.W.P. with a sick note and the D.W.P. have referred them for a work capability assessment or they are awaiting the outcome of a work capability assessment that they have recently attended.

Limited Capability for Work

Choose this option if your partner has been found to have a limited capability for work by the D.W.P. ie that they are currently unfit for work but capable of undertaking some 'work related activities'.

Limited Capability for Work Related Activities

Choose this option if your partner has been found to have a limited capability for work related activities by the D.W.P. ie that they are currently unfit for work and also not capable of undertaking any 'work related activities'.

Challenging a Limited Capability for Work Decision

Choose this option if your partner is challenging a limtied capability claim decision - either you have requested a 'mandatory reconsideration' or an appeal.

Retired

Choose this option if you have stopped working / looking for work due to your age.

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(if their ESA award included a WRAG/Support component then answer yes to this question)
If you are not sure please contact the DWP to find out.
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If you are not sure please contact the DWP to find out.
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Carers

Choose 'Yes' if your partner is getting paid Carers Allowance or they meet the conditions for Carers Allowance (whether or not they have claimed it), or would do so except for their earnings being too high ie:

  • Your partner is caring for a severely disabled person (someone on mid or high rate care component of DLA, a daily living component of PIP/ADP, Armed Forces Independence Payment or Attendance Allowance), and
  • Your partner is caring for them 35 hours a week or more, and
  • Your partner is not in full time education (21 hours a week of supervised study).
If you are not sure please seek advice.
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Approved Foster Carers

You are an approved foster carer if you have been approved as a foster carer (or kinship carer) by your Local Authority and you:

  • Have a child placed with you, or
  • Are between placements but only for a period of up to 52 consecutive weeks from the date of the last placement, or
  • Are a newly approved foster carer and it is no more than 52 consecutive weeks from the date of the approval, if no child has been placed with you yet, or
  • Have a child placed with you prior to an adoption order being made.

Please read the information box before chosing 'yes'
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Need for a Non-Household Carer

If you, your partner, a dependent child or foster child have a recognised need for an overnight carer, and someone who does not normally live with you stays to provide that care on a regular basis, then this can make a difference to your Universal Credit award.

The person / child requiring the care must be in receipt of:

  • Middle or highest rate care component of Disability Living Allowance / Child Disability Payment, or
  • A daily living component of Personal Independence Payment / Adult Disability Payment, or
  • Armed Forces Independence Payment, or
  • Constant Attendance Allowance
  • Attendance Allowance.

A non-household carer will be staying on a regular basis where:

  • They stay often and steadily enough overnight to require a bedroom to be kept for them – this does not need to be for the majority of the nights.

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Separate Bedrooms

To be allocated a bedroom each under the Bedroom Tax / size criteria rules the disabled member of the couple must be getting:

  • Middle or high rate component of Disability Living Allowance / Child Disability Payment, or
  • A daily living component of Personal Independence Payment / Adult Disability Payment, or
  • Armed Forces Independence Payment, or
  • High rate Attendance Allowance

AND due to their disability they cannot share a bedroom with their partner (eg because they cause an unreasonable disruption to their partner during the night, or due to them needing specialist equipment there is no room for both members of the couple to sleep in the bedroom).

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  • Disability Living Allowance / Child Disability Payment, or
  • Personal Independence Payment / Adult Disability Payment, or
  • Armed Forces Independence Payment, or
  • Constant Attendance Allowance, or
  • Attendance Allowance
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Note: If their partner's UC award currently includes a Transitional SDP Element then this will end.
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Severe Disability Premium

Entitlement to the Severe Disability Premium is based on three factors:

  1. Receiving a 'qualifying' disability benefit ie daily living component of Personal Independence Payment / Adult Disability Payment, mid or high rate care component of Disability Living Allowance, Armed Forces Independence Payment, constant Attendance Allowance (or Attendance Allowance),
  2. Not living with:^
    • a non-disabled^^ partner, or
    • a non-disabled^^ non-dependant or
    • Living as a non-dependant with a non-disabled^^ tenant/home owner,
    • ^^where the person they are living with is not themselves getting a 'qualifying' disability benefit, and
  3. Nobody is getting paid* Carer’s Allowance or has the Carer Element# included in an award of UC for looking after the claimant.

^ The Regulation actually says 'normally resides with' - so if it is not the claimant's normal home then they should not be seen as 'normally residing' there.

* Sometimes a carer may be entitled to Carers Allowance, claims it but does not receive a payment of it because of the 'overlapping benefit rules'. It is often still worth them claiming CA - as having an underlying entitlement to it can mean more IB-JSA, IR-ESA, IS, HB. And having an underlying entitlement does not cause a problem for the SDP.

# Carers can get a Carer Element in a UC award even when they are not getting paid any Carers Allowance - this would still mean that the disabled person they are looking after would not qualify for the Severe Disability Premium.

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Severe Disability Premium

Entitlement to the Severe Disability Premium is based on three factors:

  1. Receiving a 'qualifying' disability benefit ie daily living component of Personal Independence Payment / Adult Disability Payment, mid or high rate care component of Disability Living Allowance, Armed Forces Independence Payment, constant Attendance Allowance (or Attendance Allowance),
  2. Not living with:^
    • a non-disabled^^ partner, or
    • a non-disabled^^ non-dependant or
    • Living as a non-dependant with a non-disabled^^ tenant/home owner,
    • ^^where the person they are living with is not themselves getting a 'qualifying' disability benefit, and
  3. Nobody is getting paid* Carer’s Allowance or has the Carer Element# included in an award of UC for looking after the claimant.

^ The Regulation actually says 'normally resides with' - so if it is not the claimant's normal home then they should not be seen as 'normally residing' there.

* Sometimes a carer may be entitled to Carers Allowance, claims it but does not receive a payment of it because of the 'overlapping benefit rules'. It is often still worth them claiming CA - as having an underlying entitlement to it can mean more IB-JSA, IR-ESA, IS, HB. And having an underlying entitlement does not cause a problem for the SDP.

# Carers can get a Carer Element in a UC award even when they are not getting paid any Carers Allowance - this would still mean that the disabled person they are looking after would not qualify for the Severe Disability Premium.

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No LCWRA Element can be included until you provide a fit note and then only after the 3 month 'relevant period'.
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No LCWRA Element can be included until your partner provides a fit note and then only after the 3 month 'relevant period'.
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Where someone is getting paid Carers Allowance or a Carer Element in a UC award for looking after the claimant then they are not entitled to a Severe Disability Premium, therefore we have assumed that they will not be entitled to the Transitional SDP Element when assessing their UC entitlement.
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Your Children


NOTE: Please do not include any foster children
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Dependent Child

A dependent child is a child who you or your partner are responsible for, and who normally lives with you. Include:

  • any dependent child up to 1st September following their 16th birthday, and

If aged 16 or over,

  • any dependent child up to the September following their 19th birthday if they are still in full time (12 hours a week) non-advanced education or training. eg studying A levels, BTEC, NVQ (up to and including level 4), HND, HNC, Diploma of Higher Education, Access to Apprenticeship, Employability Fund.

If a child is away from home temporarily, for example in hospital or on holiday, you should still include them.

But do not include any young person who receives one of the following benefits in their own name: Income Support, Income-Related Employment and Support Allowance, Income- Based Jobseeker's Allowance, or Universal Credit.

If your child is in care or you are not sure whether to include them seek further advice.

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Please give details of each dependent child below.

Date of Birth Gender On DLA/PIP/Sight Problems Enhanced Disability Own Room due to Disabilities
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NOTE: Please do not include any childcare paid for foster children.
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Eligible Child Care Charges

Universal Credit will only take account of certain types of registered or (in some parts of the UK) approved childcare. This includes childcare provided by:

  • a registered child-minder, nursery, or playscheme, or
  • an out of hours club on school premises run by the school or Local Authority, or
  • a domiciliary worker or nurse from a registered agency who cares for the child or children in your own home.

Your childminder or childcare provider should be able to tell you whether or not they are approved or registered.

You cannot claim for the costs of childcare in your home if the childcare provider is a relative of the child, even if that relative is a registered childcare provider.

What NOT to include in the figure you enter as your childcare costs

Don’t include costs covered by any of the following:

  • Childcare vouchers in return for a reduction in your pay – this is called a ‘salary sacrifice’
  • Childcare payments or grants from the Government, for example to help you start work
  • Childcare costs met by your educational or local authority for your child’s nursery childcare.
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NOTE: Please do not include any foster children
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Non-dependants

Where you have a non-dependant^ living in your home and they are responsible* for a child or young person who also lives with you, then that child/young person will be classed as living with you and allocated a bedroom.

^ A non-dependant is someone who lives with you and is generally related to you - such as a grown up son or daughter, sister, brother, mother, father and can include friends - who does not live with you on a commercial basis ie not a lodger, sub-tenant or joint tenant.

* This is where the child / young person 'normally lives' with that parent who has main responsibility for them and would usually be demonstrated by an award of Child Benefit.

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Please give details of each non-dependant child below.

Date of Birth Gender Own Room due to Disabilities
No Non-Dependant Children
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Help With Rent


Note: Rent includes lodger charges, 'use and occupation' charges and 'permission to occupy' charges BUT does not include rent paid by a non-dependant to their parent.
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Note: if they have a joint tenancy but the joint tenant is no longer living in the property please answer 'No'
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The DWP may say that you have an 'untidy tenancy' - you should still get 100% of your rent covered and if living in social housing could be excluded from the Bedroom Tax. Please see website for more information.
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Eligible Rent

This is amount your landlord charges you for living in the property less any service charges that are ineligible ie cannot be covered by Universal Credit – such as personal heating/lighting/water charges; personal care and support charges; personal alarms; leisure items – this is not the full list.

If you are unsure how much your eligible rent is contact your landlord.

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Rent Free Weeks

Some local authorities and housing providers do not charge rent for 52 weeks a year. If you rent from a council or housing provider that operates a policy of ‘rent free’ weeks then enter the number of weeks that you do not pay rent.

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Bedroom Tax

As you live in social housing your Housing Benefit award may be reduced if you are deemed to live in a property too large for your needs.

Please enter the number of bedrooms in the property as outlined in your tenancy agreement.


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Sanctuary Scheme

'Sanctuary Scheme' means a scheme operated by a provider of social housing enabling victims of domestic violence to remain in their homes through the installation of additional security to the property or the perimeter of the property at which the victim resides.

HB claimants will be excluded from the Bedroom Tax if:

  • Domestic violence has been inflicted upon or threatened against the claimant, their partner, dependent child/qualifying young person or non-dependant (the victim) by the victim’s partner or former partner or relative*,
  • Their social housing property has had additional security installed under a sanctuary scheme due to an ongoing threat of domestic abuse,
  • The perpetrator of the abuse does not live at the property – except where they are a qualifying young person who is a dependent of a member of the household,
  • The claimant provides written evidence from a person acting in an official capacity**, who they have contacted in relation to the domestic abuse, and
  • The person acting in an official capacity confirms that the circumstances are consistent with those of a person who has had domestic violence inflicted upon or threatened against them.

Note: Count a couple as one joint tenant. The DWP may split the rent differently, ie divide the total rent between all the joint tenants (even those that are a couple). You can request that the rent is split differently if this is more appropriate.
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Eligible Rent

This is amount your landlord charges you for living in the property less any service charges that are ineligible ie cannot be covered by Universal Credit – such as personal heating/lighting/water charges; personal care and support charges; personal alarms; leisure items – this is not the full list.

If you are unsure how much your eligible rent is contact your landlord.

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Rent Free Weeks

Some local authorities and housing providers do not charge rent for 52 weeks a year. If you rent from a council or housing provider that operates a policy of ‘rent free’ weeks then enter the number of weeks that you do not pay rent.

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Joint Tenant Carer
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Bedroom Tax

As you live in social housing your Housing Benefit award may be reduced if you are deemed to live in a property too large for your needs.

Please enter the number of bedrooms in the property as outlined in your tenancy agreement.


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Sanctuary Scheme

'Sanctuary Scheme' means a scheme operated by a provider of social housing enabling victims of domestic violence to remain in their homes through the installation of additional security to the property or the perimeter of the property at which the victim resides.

HB claimants will be excluded from the Bedroom Tax if:

  • Domestic violence has been inflicted upon or threatened against the claimant, their partner, dependent child/qualifying young person or non-dependant (the victim) by the victim’s partner or former partner or relative*,
  • Their social housing property has had additional security installed under a sanctuary scheme due to an ongoing threat of domestic abuse,
  • The perpetrator of the abuse does not live at the property – except where they are a qualifying young person who is a dependent of a member of the household,
  • The claimant provides written evidence from a person acting in an official capacity**, who they have contacted in relation to the domestic abuse, and
  • The person acting in an official capacity confirms that the circumstances are consistent with those of a person who has had domestic violence inflicted upon or threatened against them.
You don't need to answer this section as you are not liable for any rent payments.
You don't need to answer this section if you are living in Specified Accommodation.
You don't need to answer this section if you are living in Temporary Accommodation.
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NOTE: Special rules apply if you are self-employed and have been trading for 12 months or more.
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Monthly Assessment Period

Universal Credit is assessed in chunks of a month called Monthly Assessment Periods.

If you are making a new claim for Universal Credit please consider the calendar month from the date your claim for Universal Credit starts. For example if you made your claim on 10th July, you would include any earnings that you expect to be paid between 10th July and 9th August.

If you are already receiving Universal Credit then the dates of your Monthly Assessment Period will be on your award notice. If you are not sure, seek advice.


NOTE: See information box for more details. If you have been affected by these rules then the DWP will have notified you on your UC account.
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Surplus Earnings

The Universal Credit 'surplus earnings' rules affect Universal Credit claimants if they receive a very large payment of earnings from work which reduces their UC award to nil.

These rules are quite complex, but basically mean that a Universal Credit claimant whose earnings are too high to entitle them to Universal Credit in an Assessment Period, will, in certain circumstances, have some of those earnings taken into account when their Universal Credit is reassessed (for a maximum of 5 Assessment Periods).

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Your Partner's Benefits

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Monthly Assessment Period

Universal Credit is assessed in chunks of a month called Monthly Assessment Periods.

If you are making a new claim for Universal Credit please consider the calendar month from the month you made your claim. For example if you made your claim on 10th July, you would include any earnings that you expect to be paid between 10th July and 9th August.

If you are already receiving Universal Credit then the dates of your Monthly Assessment Period will be on your award notice. If you are not sure, seek advice.

Savings


IF able to claim UC due to manage migrating onto UC from Tax Credits and the Transitional Capital Disregard applies then put £16,000 if actual savings above this.
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Savings

Include savings held in bank accounts, building society accounts, ISAs etc as well as the value of shares, investments and certain property.

Please note: Some savings/captial are disregarded - please see website for full list.

If you have savings totalling more than £16,000 you are not eligible for Universal Credit.
UNLESS able to claim due to manage migrating onto UC from Tax Credits and the Transitional Capital Disregard applies.

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Non-Dependant Household Members

If you share your home with someone who is not your partner, a dependent child, a lodger/boarder, or joint tenant, your Universal Credit award may be reduced under 'non-dependant' rules. Non-dependants are often people like grown up sons and daughters and other relatives.


NOTE: Where you have a joint tenancy, do not include anyone who has already been treated as a non-dependant in your joint tenant's award of UC.
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Non-Dependants

A non-dependant is a person who is living with you but who is not dependent upon you - this includes grown up children, other adult family members (not a partner), and friends. It does not include boarders or lodgers who live with you on a commercial basis.

NOTE: non-dependant couples are treated as individual people when deciding whether a deduction will apply.

No deduction will apply where:

  • You or your partner is getting mid or high rate care DLA, daily living PIP/ADP, Attendance Allowance, or is registered blind.

Or where the non-dependant is:

  • Aged under 21 (regardless of their circumstances), or
  • Is responsible for a child under 5 (regardless of their circumstances), or
  • On Carers Allowance, or
  • On mid or high care component of DLA, or
  • On a daily living component of PIP/ADP, or
  • On Attendance Allowance, or
  • On Constant Attendance Allowancce, or
  • On Pension Credit, or
  • On remand or in prison, or
  • A son or daughter who is in the Armed Forces and away on operations.

NOTE: Count non-dependant couples as two people
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Please enter the number of people living with you for each of the following criteria (each non-dependant should only fit into one category).

Please give details of each non-dependant below.

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Exclusion from Shared Accommodation Rate


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Care Leavers

Someone who was formerly in social services care under a court order (under section 31(1)(a) of the Children Act 1989 in England and Wales, or equivalent provisions in Scotland), which applied (or continues to apply) after their 16th birthday OR were formerly provided with accommodation by social services (under section 20 of Children Act 1989 in England and Wales, or equivalent provisions in Scotland) but is no longer in that accommodation or remains in it but that accommodation is no longer provided by social services.

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MAPPA

MAPPA (Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements) are a set of arrangements for supervising offenders in the community.


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Former Residents of Specialist Homeless Hostels

A person who has stayed in a homeless hostel (not self contained) for homeless people for at least three months (not necessarily continuously and not necessarily in the same hostel).

To benefit from this exemption you will need, while in the hostel, to have been offered and to have accepted support services to enable you to be rehabilitated or resettled into the community.


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Domestic Violence

For this exclusion to apply they provide evidence to the DWP from a person acting in an official capacity which demonstrates that their circumstances are consistent with their having had domestic violence inflicted upon or threatened against them; and they must have contacted a person acting in an official capacity in relation to such an incident.

"Domestic violence” is defined as: any incident, or pattern of incidents, of controlling behaviour, coercive behaviour, violence or abuse, including but not limited to—

  • psychological abuse;
  • physical abuse;
  • sexual abuse;
  • emotional abuse;
  • financial abuse,

regardless of the gender or sexuality of the victim


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Human Trafficing

This applies if you have been the subject of a positive conclusive grounds determination relating to modern slavery ie a determination made by a competent authority that an individual is a victim of trafficking in human beings, slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour.

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Benefit Cap

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Benefit Cap

You will be excluded from the Benefit Cap where you / your partner
  • Work and earn £722 (in total) or more a month, or
  • Have been found to have a ‘limited capability for work related activity’ ie your UC award will include a LCWRA Element.
  • In a Benefit Cap 'grace period' - see the website for more information
Or are on:
  • The support component of Employment and Support Allowance
  • Carers Allowance / Carer Element in Universal Credit award
  • Guardians Allowance
  • Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
  • War Disablement Pension / Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Payment
  • War Widows/Widowers Pension
Or they, their partner or a dependent child/young person is on:
  • Disability Living Allowance / Child Disability Payment
  • Personal Independence Payment / Adult Disability Payment.
  • Armed Forces Independence Payment
  • Attendance Allowance or Constant Attendance Allowance.

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Greater London

You live in Greater London if you live in any of these council areas:

Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster.

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