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<p>On 20<sup>th</sup> October I laid secondary legislation in response to the Court
of Appeal Judgment made on 22 June in the case of Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart,
which concerned claimants who receive two calendar monthly payments of earnings in
one Universal Credit assessment period. This will allow us to reallocate a payment
of earnings reported via the Real Time Information service to a different Universal
Credit assessment period, either because it was reported in the wrong assessment period
or (in the case of calendar monthly paid employees) it is necessary to maintain a
regular payment cycle. This legislation will come into force on 16 November and will
mean that in future, claimants who are paid calendar monthly will have one salary
payment taken into account in each assessment period. It also means that certain claimants
will also benefit from any applicable work allowance.</p><p> </p>
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