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Open consultation Moving claimants to Universal Credit from other working age benefits
Open consultation
Moving claimants to Universal Credit from other working age benefits
Summary
The SSAC is consulting on government proposals for moving claimants to Universal Credit from other working age benefits.
This consultation closes at
10am on 20 August 2018
Consultation description
From 2019 the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will start to move claimants on one or more of the following benefits to Universal Credit:
- Working Tax Credit
- Child Tax Credit
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Income Support
- Housing Benefit
The proposals are set out in the draft Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Managed Migration) Amendment Regulations 2018.
The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) has begun this consultation to help inform the advice it provides to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the proposals.
Read more about the consultation in the press release Government proposal to move claimants on ‘legacy’ benefits to Universal Credit: consultation announced.
The ‘Keeling schedule’ shows how earlier regulations would be changed by the new regulations.
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Published 22 June 2018