Universal Credit claimants to get fee enhance from in the present day
Many claimants of Universal Credit will begin to obtain their elevated funds from in the present day, May 16.
Universal Credit funds together with many different advantages went up by 10.1 p.c with the brand new charges coming into impact from April 10.
As funds are made in arrears, folks is not going to obtain the uprated quantities till this month.
Labour MP Dame Nia Griffith requested employment minister Guy Opperman if the boosted quantity “was paid to claimants in their April benefit payment”.
Mr Oppperman mentioned in a written response: “Increases in Universal Credit come into force from the start of the first assessment period
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“As Universal Credit is a calendar monthly assessed benefit that is paid monthly in arrears, a claimant will receive their uprated benefit award in payments due from May 16.”
How a lot is Universal Credit rising?
Below is a full record of the brand new month-to-month charges for the totally different parts of Universal Credit with the ten.1 p.c enhance utilized.
Standard allowance
- Single beneath 25: £292.11
- Single 25 or over: £368.74
- Joint claimants each beneath 25: £458.51
- Joint claimants, one or each 25 or over: £578.82.
Child quantities
- First little one (born earlier than April 6, 2017): £315.00
- First little one (born on or after April 6, 2017)/second little one and subsequent little one (the place an exception or transitional provision applies): £269.58.
Disabled little one additions
- Lower fee: £146.31
- Higher fee:£456.89.
Limited functionality for work
- Limited functionality for work quantity: £146.31
- Limited functionality for work and work-related exercise quantity: £390.06.
Carer quantity
Childcare prices quantity
- Maximum for one little one: £646.35 (not modified)
- Maximum for 2 or extra kids: £1,108.04 (not modified).
Non-dependants
- Non-dependants’ housing value contributions: £85.73.
Work allowances
- Higher work allowance (no housing quantity) for claimants with a number of dependent kids or restricted functionality for work: £631.00
- Lower work allowance a number of dependent kids or restricted functionality for work: £379.00.
The revenue enhance can be welcomed by claimants as many family payments elevated from April.
Energy payments and council tax have gone up in addition to water payments, cellular and broadband, whereas the price of meals continues to extend.
Other advantages that elevated 10.1 p.c from April embrace PIP, Attendance Allowance and Pension Credit.
People on sure means-tested advantages, together with Universal Credit, have been receiving the primary £301 instalment of a £900 value of dwelling fee in current weeks.
The fee goes out in three instalments with the second £300 instalment in autumn 2023 and the third fee of £299 in spring 2024.
People on incapacity advantages are additionally to get a £150 value of dwelling fee, which goes out this summer season.
The state pension also went up 10.1 percent within the new tax 12 months, together with funds for the fundamental and new state pension.
With the brand new charges, the total fundamental state pension is now £156.20 every week whereas the total new state pension pays £203.85 every week.
An individual usually wants 30 years of contributions to get the total fundamental state pension and 35 years of contributions to get the total new state pension.
Pensioners who obtain the Winter Fuel Payment this winter are to get a further value of dwelling fee of between £150 and £300, on high of the fee.
An particular person can examine how a lot state pension they’re on observe to obtain utilizing the state pension forecast tool on the Government web site.
An individual can learn the way a lot advantages they will declare utilizing a calculator software, such because the one on the Turn2us website.
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