Notice pay from redundancy

kirsty_baird

Hi,
I got made redundant in March and didn't get any universal credit until the end of June. We had to live off the credit card as my fiance is on a minimum paid job. He continued to work through the past few months and we relied solely on his wage.

I managed to secure a job in which I began last week in a school part time. My son attends nursery when I'm at work and it's 500 a month. We paid the first month upfront and was advised get help for this. I got a payment from the rpo of £1500, for my notice pay (12 weeks minus the universal credit we had the past 2 months). Today my payment is showing as 0 as the rpo put this as a wage, they have now not given us any payment or help towards my sons childcare. 
The £1500, we used 500 to pay his first month nursery and the other £1000 brought down the credit card balance. 

I have contscted universal credit to say iv not been paid and won't be for another 3 weeks. Surely I cant be entitle to nothing?when I asked about my redundancy payment affecting universal credits I was advised it didn't if below £6000,as clearly if I knew I had to live off it I wouldn't have spent it. Fiances earnings this month were around £1387.

Is this right and my redundancy payment does get taken into account?
Thanks for any advice 

calcotti

what is rpo?

calcotti

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/universal-credit/claiming/starting-your-universal-credit-claim/

Redundancy pay won’t affect how much you’ll get in your first Universal Credit payment unless it brings your total amount of savings to over £6,000. 

What does your UC statement show? Is the redundancy payment showing as earnings? If it does you should raise a Mandatory Reconsideration through your journal asking them to look again at the calculation on the grounds that the redundancy payment should not have been treated as earnings.

kirsty_baird

calcotti said:

what is rpo?

 Redundancy payment office

kirsty_baird

Thank you will try that calcotti

calcotti

kirsty_baird said:

calcotti said:

what is rpo?

 Redundancy payment office

Is this a department of your former employer or are you referring to the government Redundancy Payment Service? If the latter I would assume you have paperwork that will evidence the fact that the payment is a redundancy payment. If the former and the employer has reported it incorrectly it will be more difficult to get DWP to change the UC.

kirsty_baird

No my work went into administration its from the redundancy payments office who give it when your employer shuts down

kirsty_baird

Yes its the redundancy service 

calcotti

kirsty_baird said:

Yes its the redundancy service 

Request a Mandatory Reconsideration as suggested. Offer to upload copies of relevant documents from the RPS (UC can provide a link to allow you to do this if they choose to).

kirsty_baird

Thank you so much

kirsty_baird

So worried there right and this money counts towards our universal credit as no idea how we will pay everything.

Would this be why they also didn't pay any childcare?