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<p>Managed migration will commence in July 2019 and up to 10,000 claimants will be
migrated as part of the testing period, which will ensure that we can move claimants
smoothly when we begin to migrate higher volumes of claimants. As such, we have not
yet settled on a detailed plan for the managed migration process beyond 2020, including
the order in which we will move cases over. It is not possible therefore to provide
an accurate estimate at this stage beyond those set out by the Office for Budget Responsibility
in their latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook publication.</p><p> </p><p>There are provisions
in the draft Universal Credit (Managed Migration) 2018 regulations laid on 5 November,
which prevent claimants in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium from migrating
naturally to Universal Credit, and so these vulnerable claimants will not be moved
to Universal Credit until they qualify for transitional protection. In addition, the
draft regulations also make provision for an on-going payment to claimants who have
already lost this premium as a consequence of moving to Universal Credit and an additional
payment to cover the period since they moved. The benefits for disabled claimants
in these regulations are, however, subject to parliamentary approval. Overall, many
disabled people will be better off on Universal Credit as it provides a higher level
of support for the most severely disabled people than the benefits it replaces.</p>
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