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Logo. Universal Credit is a United Kingdom based social security payment. It is means-tested and is replacing and combining six benefits, for working-age households with a low income: income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), and Income Support; Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC); and Housing Benefit.
English: These Regulations contain provisions in relation to universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5) (“the Act”). They also include provision for a benefit cap under section 96 of the Act.
It shows the total points score and ends with a statement on whether significant disability is likely or unlikely, and a prognosis. After the assessment, a report from an official at the DWP decides on entitlement to Employment and Support Allowance (or to an enhanced rate of Universal Credit).
When entitlement to JSA(C) is exhausted, Universal Credit may then have become payable if eligible (see below). Certain other benefits including Statutory Sick Pay , Statutory Paternity Pay , Statutory Maternity Pay , statutory adoption pay , Employment and Support Allowance , bereavement benefit , Carer's Allowance and JSA(C) itself also ...
As with Universal Credit, there is an additional Element available for people suffering from certain levels of disability. The additional amount is called Extra Amount for Severe Disability and amounts to £53.65 per week (in 2010/11 prices); as with most elements of Pension Credit, it is added to the core amount, and the whole thing is paid as ...
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