![]() ![]() ![]() You should, if eligible, claim other benefits or remain on your existing benefits until you are told to claim Universal Credit. If you are entitled to an award of an existing benefit that includes a Severe Disability Premium, or have been entitled to an award of an existing benefit within the last month that included a Severe Disability Premium, and have continued to meet the Severe Disability Premium eligibility conditions, you cannot currently claim Universal Credit. This protection will also be maintained through family formation changes, such as splitting from a partner in a joint claim, or coupling to form a new joint claim.Įxceptions (special circumstances) that applied in a previous award of Universal Credit, Child Tax Credit, Income Support or Jobseeker’s Allowance will continue to apply in your new Universal Credit award, unless the conditions for that exception are no longer met. If you have been getting support for children in Universal Credit, Child Tax Credit, Income Support or Jobseeker’s Allowance in the last 6 months, you will continue to get the child amount for the same number of children, as long as you remain responsible for the same children. If you’re making a new claim, Universal Credit will pay an additional amount for all children born before 6 April 2017. You’ll need to provide documents to support this. This will not affect any amounts you may get for any other children in your household. If you’re responsible for a child or children through adoption or as part of non-parental caring arrangement then you’ll be able to receive an additional amount for these children. Note: If this happens and you’re being paid Child Tax Credit/Universal Credit for a child born after 6 April 2017, then you may not get Child Tax Credit/Universal Credit for that child unless an exception applies. If you’ve another child who isn’t living with you when you claim Universal Credit, but then returns to your household, you’ll be entitled to a child amount for them, as long as they were born before 6 April 2017. In general, you’ll be entitled to an additional amount for any child or qualifying young person born before 6 April 2017. You should report the birth of a child in the usual way for Universal Credit, Child Tax Credit and Income Support so that we can decide if an additional amount can be paid. If you become responsible for another child You will need to have been entitled to Severe Disability Premium within the month immediately before you move to Universal Credit. This is to make sure you don’t lose out financially when you move to Universal Credit. You will be contacted by the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) and told when you should claim Universal Credit. If you claimed Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit in the previous 6 months but it was stopped for a period of time, you’ll get the same support if you re-claim, as long as you remain responsible for the same children and your circumstances remain the same. If you’ve already claimed Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit ![]() If you currently claim benefits or tax credits and aren’t moving to Universal Credit until a later date, you’ll continue to be paid an additional amount for each child you look after as long as you remain responsible for the same children and your circumstances remain the same.īy child (or qualifying young person) we mean anyone aged under 16, or a young person aged under 20 who enrolled on, accepted or started full-time non-advanced education, such as A-levels, or approved training before they turned 19. This will depend on the new rules for claiming benefits for more than 2 children and your circumstances. If you’re getting Income Support with ‘dependents allowance’ for one or more children, and another child joins your household you need to tell the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP).ĭWP will tell you if the amount of dependents allowance you get will change. You won’t be paid an additional amount for more than 2 children, unless the children were born before 6 April 2017 (on or before 6 April for Income Support) or special circumstances apply. If you’re already getting benefits for more than 2 children you’ll continue to get those benefits. ![]()
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