Universal credit

Jesterrmum1703

Hi I had to apply for universal credit we got awarded £1882.30 but when it came to our statement we only got paid £611 we had over £1200 took off us we are a family of 6 with 4 children aged 11years old upto 18 yrs old my 17yr old is still in college and I'm a carer also have health issues and so has my partner I don't want to apply for esa as they take that along with my carers allowance off my allowance so not prepared to lose anymore or should say I can't afford to lose anymore. Is there anything I can do 

huckster

Sorry but your post has very little information for anyone to guess what the issues might be. If you want help, please post more information in future.

What was the award before deductions ? Std allowance ? Housing ? Children ? Carers Element ?
What are the £1200 of deductions on the claim ?  Yes Carers Allowance is deducted, but what else ? Earnings deduction ?

calcotti

UC works by giving you a maximum entitlement. The amount you are paid will be reduced by other income (although there are some exclusions such as DLA or PIP).

Jesterrmum1703

huckster said:

Sorry but your post has very little information for anyone to guess what the issues might be. If you want help, please post more information in future.

What was the award before deductions ? Std allowance ? Housing ? Children ? Carers Element ?
What are the £1200 of deductions on the claim ?  Yes Carers Allowance is deducted, but what else ? Earnings deduction ?

Sorry we are a couple claim with 3 children from 17yrs old in college down to 11 yrs old and a 18yr old daughter that's had to claim uc I'm a carer and my partner has had to self isolate due to copd plus he has athristis and gets esa plus my rent which is £375 gets taken out and paid directly to my landlord but they had my partner has earning over £650 for last month which he hasn't as he's had to stay home so took money off for that plus money off for our advance payment which is right. Just didn't think they would take nearly 80% off us and leave us to live off just over £150 a week for a family of 6 

teachermark

These payments are 5 weeks in arrears so your earnings would have gone back a few weeks.
Also, if you log into your account online everything is very clearly spelled out for you.

Spoonie_Turtle

Jesterrmum1703 said:

huckster said:

Sorry but your post has very little information for anyone to guess what the issues might be. If you want help, please post more information in future.

What was the award before deductions ? Std allowance ? Housing ? Children ? Carers Element ?
What are the £1200 of deductions on the claim ?  Yes Carers Allowance is deducted, but what else ? Earnings deduction ?

Sorry we are a couple claim with 3 children from 17yrs old in college down to 11 yrs old and a 18yr old daughter that's had to claim uc I'm a carer and my partner has had to self isolate due to copd plus he has athristis and gets esa plus my rent which is £375 gets taken out and paid directly to my landlord but they had my partner has earning over £650 for last month which he hasn't as he's had to stay home so took money off for that plus money off for our advance payment which is right. Just didn't think they would take nearly 80% off us and leave us to live off just over £150 a week for a family of 6 

Did your partner receive the money during your assessment period?

A small technicality, but your UC is for a family of 5, not 6 as your 18yo daughter claims UC in her own right. 

Jesterrmum1703

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Jesterrmum1703 said:

huckster said:

Sorry but your post has very little information for anyone to guess what the issues might be. If you want help, please post more information in future.

What was the award before deductions ? Std allowance ? Housing ? Children ? Carers Element ?
What are the £1200 of deductions on the claim ?  Yes Carers Allowance is deducted, but what else ? Earnings deduction ?

Sorry we are a couple claim with 3 children from 17yrs old in college down to 11 yrs old and a 18yr old daughter that's had to claim uc I'm a carer and my partner has had to self isolate due to copd plus he has athristis and gets esa plus my rent which is £375 gets taken out and paid directly to my landlord but they had my partner has earning over £650 for last month which he hasn't as he's had to stay home so took money off for that plus money off for our advance payment which is right. Just didn't think they would take nearly 80% off us and leave us to live off just over £150 a week for a family of 6 

Did your partner receive the money during your assessment period?

A small technicality, but your UC is for a family of 5, not 6 as your 18yo daughter claims UC in her own right. 

What do you mean assessment period and yes sorry family of 5. We've only been on uc since April so last month was our first payment we had a advance payment due to this current circumstances with covid-19 

huckster

Assessment period (AP) runs from start of your claim for a month and the claim is then month by month.

e.g. If you Started claim on 10th April 2020, your first AP would run from 10/04/20 to 09/05/20, your second AP would run from 10/05/20 to 09/06/20 etc etc.  And for each AP, everything that relates to or is reported in the AP would be taken into account, when your statement is calculated.

  So if your husbands employers reported earnings to HMRC during any AP, the earnings would be taking into account. Universal Credit receives earnings information from HMRC, which an employers has added to the HMRC RTI earnings system.  So if your Husbands employers did not pay any money to him during your Universal Credit claim, your Husband first needs to contact his employers to ask them to correct the HMRC reporting, if they have made a mistake. Once the employers have corrected any error, then contact Universal Credit to raise an earnings dispute. Universal Credit will then look into this and if necessary contact HMRC and HMRC may contact the employers,

Please log into your Universal Credit claim online and on your home page, you should be able to view your payments.  The payment statements will provide all of the information your claim is based upon. If you can share this information, we might be able to see whether a mistake has occurred.  If you don't want to share this information,then phone Universal Credit and discuss your claim with them, saying you want to check the statements to see if they are paying you the correct amounts,

poppy12345

Jesterrmum1703 said:

huckster said:

Sorry but your post has very little information for anyone to guess what the issues might be. If you want help, please post more information in future.

What was the award before deductions ? Std allowance ? Housing ? Children ? Carers Element ?
What are the £1200 of deductions on the claim ?  Yes Carers Allowance is deducted, but what else ? Earnings deduction ?

plus he has athristis and gets esa

Is your partner claiming New style ESA or Contributions based ESA? If so then the ESA will be deducted in full from your UC entitlement.

calcotti

It would be sensibleforyou to try and understand how UC works. This might help https://www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/new-to-universal-credit/how-much-youll-get/

[Deleted User]

Would it not be easier to reply with the amounts you were awarded and deducted? People will be able to understand then.