| answer text |
<p>The Department is committed to ensuring that Universal Credit works for all claimants.
We listen to the concerns and views of organisations and individuals and have delivered
improvements to better support claimants, and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>New
claimants can apply for a Universal Credit new claim advance, worth up to 100 per
cent of a claimant’s indicative award, and are available up front, if there is a need.
Advances are paid back over a period 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, up to 16 months.</p><p>This is just one of a number of measures the Department
has put in place to support claimants such as 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>
|
|
