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<p>Welfare claimants whose circumstances remain the same will not see their benefit
entitlement reduced as a direct result of being moved on to Universal Credit through
managed migration, as they will receive transitional protection. This will ensure
that claimants who are managed migrated will have total entitlement to Universal Credit
that is at least as great had been their total entitlement to existing benefits at
the point they are migrated, so safeguarding their benefit entitlement until their
circumstances change.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants whose entitlement is less in Universal
Credit than their legacy entitlement will receive transitional protection to ensure
their benefit allowance remains the same at the point of transition. The other claimants
who are migrated onto Universal Credit as part of managed migration will receive the
same or an increased entitlement as they receive on legacy benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally,
we have announced that Tax Credits claimants with capital in excess of the £16,000
capital threshold will now receive a 12-month grace period during which they can receive
transitional protection if eligible.</p><p> </p><p>We have also announced that, from
16 January 2019, we will prevent those claimants who are, or have been within the
past month entitled to an award of an existing benefit that includes a Severe Disability
Premium (SDP), from naturally migrating to Universal Credit following a change of
circumstances. These claimants will continue to receive the relevant legacy benefit(s)
appropriate to their change of circumstance and will only move to Universal Credit
via managed migration (and therefore be eligible to transitional protection), safeguarding
their existing benefit entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>We will also provide both an on-going
monthly payment to eligible claimants who have already lost the SDP as a consequence
of moving to Universal Credit and an additional monthly payment to cover the period
since they moved. Eligibility for these payments will depend on a number of criteria
being satisfied, which include whether the basic qualifying conditions for SDP continue
to be met.</p>
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