Universal Credit
(asked on 12th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the requirement for people undergoing managed migration from Legacy Benefits to Universal Credit to make a new application.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 20th July 2022
Section 33 of the Welfare Reform Act prescribes for the abolition of legacy benefits for the move to UC and sets a requirement for a new claim to be made.
As a consequence, everyone who is required to move will receive a managed migration notice informing them that they need to make a claim for Universal Credit.