DWP warns people of "six" advantages on two problems that will affect payments

By virtue of the managed migration of the DWP, transitional protection helps your transition to a universal credit.

The Ministry of Labor and Pensions warned that six advantages could change due to two circumstances. Under the managed migration of the Dwptransition protection helps in your visit to Universal credit.

If it is eligible, this protection means that you can obtain a transitional protection payment added to your universal credit right if you receive more of your tax credits or previous social benefits. This is known as “the transition element”.

This means that you can claim a universal credit and have money, savings and investments of more than £ 16,000 for 12 evaluation periods if you have received tax credits. This is known as “contempt for transitional capital” and ask for a universal credit if you or your partner are a full -time student in higher education until the end of the course. This is known as “contempt for transition students”.

You don’t need to request transitional protection. The Department of Labor and Pensions (DWP) will send you a letter called a migration notice, asking you to claim a universal credit. To be eligible for the protection of the transition, you must claim a universal credit by your deadline.

The DWP has warned that changes in the relationship declaration or benefits can cause your payments to change. The DWP said: “If you have a significant change in circumstances before claiming a universal credit, you cannot be entitled to certain elements of transitional protection.

“The changes in the state of your relationship before claiming will mean that you are not entitled to the transition element. If a partner moves into your household and that he has not received a migration notice, You will not be entitled to any transitional protection elements.

“The modifications made to your tax credits or to the benefits before claiming can mean that you will not be entitled to any transitional protection elements.” The universal credit replaces 6 advantages called “inherited advantages”. These are:

Housing service
Employment and support allowance related to income (ESA)
The income -based job applicant allowance (JSA)
Children’s tax credits (CTC)
Work tax credits (WTC)
Income support