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answer › question first answered	2020-06-08T12:59:35.293Z
min answer › date of answer	2019-02-26
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd

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01/06/2020

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Universal Credit

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on household incomes of the temporary change to the five-week wait for universal credit during the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permanently removing the five-week wait for universal credit.

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Dwyfor Meirionnydd

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Liz Saville Roberts

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08/06/2020

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There has not been a temporary change to the length of the Initial Assessment Period during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Universal Credit assessment period and payment structure are fundamental parts of the design. The assessment period runs for a full calendar month from the date of entitlement and the Universal Credit pay date will be within seven calendar days after the end of the initial assessment period. Subsequent pay dates will be the same each month. It is not possible to award a Universal Credit payment as soon as a claim is made, as the assessment period must run its course before the award of Universal Credit can be calculated. No claimant in need of support has to wait 5 weeks for payment under Universal Credit. New Claim Advances of up to 100% of a claimant’s estimated award are available within a few days if claimants need support during their first assessment period.

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Colchester

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Will Quince

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Will Quince

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