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<p>Introducing an income assessment could cause delay to Universal Credit (UC) new
claim advances, the purpose of which is to provide fast access to a payment for people
in financial need until their first UC payment’s due.</p><p> </p><p>The Department
will increase the maximum recovery period for advances on new claims from 12 months
to 16 months from October 2021. If an unforeseen event occurs that would result in
hardship once recovery begins, in certain circumstances, repayments can be deferred
for up to 3 months.</p>
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