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<p>Universal Credit payments are available on the first day of a claim in the form
of an advance payment of benefit. Advances of up to 100 per cent of a claimant’s expected
Universal Credit award are available from day one of their claim, if required. Advances
are paid back over a maximum of 12 months and in the Autumn Budget 2018, we announced
that from October 2021, the payback period for these advances will be extended further,
to 16 months.</p><p> </p><p>This is just one of a number of measures the Department
has put in place to support claimants during their first assessment period, such as
removing waiting days and paying those claimants moving from Housing Benefit onto
Universal Credit a two week ‘transitional housing payment’. We are also introducing
a two-week run on for eligible claimants of Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance
and Employment and Support Allowance from July 2020.</p>
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