The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently announced the payment schedule for the next wave of cost of living support worth up to £1,350 for those on a low-income, claiming disability benefits and pensioner households. The next round of support is worth £26 billion and expected to help millions of families across the country through the ongoing economic crisis.
However, not everyone claiming Universal Credit (UC) will automatically qualify for the £900 means-tested payment which is due to be made in three lump sums over the course of the new financial year. The self-employed and those in work must be awarded at least one penny in any of the three qualifying periods - not yet announced - to receive a payment of £301, £300 or £299.
DWP Minister Mims Davies MP, said the three payment periods over 2023 and 2024 “reduces the chance of someone missing out altogether as those who do not qualify for one of the payments due to their changing circumstances, may qualify for another one of the payments”.
