The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently announced that more people on Tax Credits will start to receive letters inviting them to claim Universal Credit (UC) as the UK Government expands the migration of legacy benefit claimants to the modern welfare system.
A further update in the May edition of the LA Welfare Direct bulletin indicates that the expansion will continue into other parts of the country and that by September this year, “move to UC activity will be taking place in all regions of Great Britain”. However, no locations in Scotland have been listed to start before September.
Original estimates by the DWP suggest that of the one million people on Working Tax Credits or Child Tax Credits due to transfer as part of the managed migration process, some 700,000 will receive a higher entitlement on Universal Credit. But its data also indicates that 300,000 will receive a lower entitlement.
