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UIN 6135

Universal Credit

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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21 January 2020

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28 January 2020 · Answer

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28 January 2020

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to award the housing element of universal credit to claimants who have moved accommodation within their assessment period, to cover any cost of rent due before their move.

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  1. 21 January 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to award the housing element of universal credit to claimants who have moved accommodation within their assessment period, to cover any cost of rent due before their move.

    Source: Commons

  2. 28 January 2020

    Answer

    The Universal Credit award is calculated to reflect the claimant’s circumstances at the end of their assessment period. To do this, we treat all changes as applying from the beginning of the assessment period in which they take place (if reported in the a...

    Source: Written answer

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