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<p>Universal Credit claimants receive the first payment 5 weeks after their date of
entitlement (6 weeks if waiting days are served). The assessment period runs for a
full calendar month from the date of entitlement, and the UC pay date is 7 calendar
days after the end of the assessment period. The most vulnerable are already exempt
from waiting days, and waiting days will be abolished from all new Universal Credit
claims from February 2018. This will further reduce the waiting period for a claimant’s
first monthly payment by 1 week and create entitlement from the very first day of
their claim.</p><p> </p><p>Data published on 2 October 2017 shows that, nationally,
81% of new full service claims received their first payment in full and on time. Across
the whole of Universal Credit 92% of all households received full payment on time.
The published data can be found here.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-timeliness-january-to-june-2017"
target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-timeliness-january-to-june-2017</strong></a>.</p>
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