With the warmer weather arriving and the six-week summer holidays fast approaching, many families are beginning to organise days out and plan trips abroad. However, those claiming Universal Credit will want to be aware of the rules before heading abroad, as claimants need to notify the Department for Work and Pensions if travelling overseas.
Claimants can continue to claim their benefits if they are away from the UK for up to one month at a time, but during this time they need to stick to the requirments of their claimant commitment. This means some may need to look for work whilst abroad.
Those part of intensive work groups should be spending 35 to 37 hours a week looking for work, and this does not change just because you go on holiday. Claimants will need to be able to show evidence of the jobs they have looked at and applied for whilst they've been away reports Derbyshire Live.
