IRRV Alert - week ending 4th January 2019
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Universal Credit national expansion 2015 to 2016
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Universal Credit national expansion 2015 to 2016
Local authorities and jobcentre areas that began to deliver Universal Credit as part of national expansion during 2015 and 2016.
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Universal Credit is now available everywhere in Great Britain.
Index of Relevant Districts (issued 20 July 2015)
This is a list of the postcodes where Universal Credit was planned to go live between September 2015 and April 2016.
* Note – Purley, Thornton Heath and Great Yarmouth
The list issued on 20 July 2015 includes postcodes administered by Purley, Thornton Heath and Great Yarmouth jobcentres. This indicates that a Universal Credit service for single jobseekers will launch in those areas from 18 January, 15 February and 7 March 2016 respectively.
A new Commencement Order has been made which specifies that Universal Credit will not now launch in these 3 postcode areas on the dates specified in the index. This reflects the plan for the expansion of the Universal Credit Digital Service during 2016.
Index of Relevant Districts (issued 10 February 2015)
This is a list of the postcodes where Universal Credit was planned to go live between February and July 2015.
Tranche 3 (September 2015 to November 2015) and tranche 4 (December 2015 to April 2016)
This lists the local authority and jobcentre areas where Universal Credit was planned to go live between September 2015 and April 2016.
Tranche 1 (February 2015 to April 2015) and tranche 2 (May 2015 to July 2015)
This lists the local authority and jobcentre areas where Universal Credit was planned to go live between February and July 2015.
More information
This page is part of the Universal Credit toolkit for partner organisations.
Last updated 2 January 2019 + show all updates