UC Advance Payment Query

Spoonie_Turtle

poppy12345 said:

grrrrrrrrrowl said:

Newcad said:

The amount available as an initial UC advance will change as the "calclated" UC entitlement changes.

For example when I migrated I was at first offered an advance of just standard rate, then a few days later it was standard rate plus LCW Element, then a few days later the Housing Element was also added to the amount that I could take as an advance.

You can take the initial offered advance, and then take more later if it increases.

I think it's changed recently to essentially 360% of the standard allowance meaning that £1416.42 will be the maximum advance you can currently get and it will be lower than that if your monthly payments are less.

I know of many people that have had advanced payments based on their maximum UC entitlement and this was recently. 

Were they migrating, or fresh claims?  And were they above 3x their standard allowance?  

poppy12345

Spoonie_Turtle said:

poppy12345 said:

grrrrrrrrrowl said:

Newcad said:

The amount available as an initial UC advance will change as the "calclated" UC entitlement changes.

For example when I migrated I was at first offered an advance of just standard rate, then a few days later it was standard rate plus LCW Element, then a few days later the Housing Element was also added to the amount that I could take as an advance.

You can take the initial offered advance, and then take more later if it increases.

I think it's changed recently to essentially 360% of the standard allowance meaning that £1416.42 will be the maximum advance you can currently get and it will be lower than that if your monthly payments are less.

I know of many people that have had advanced payments based on their maximum UC entitlement and this was recently. 

Were they migrating, or fresh claims?  And were they above 3x their standard allowance?  

Both and yes they were. 

grrrrrrrrrowl

I don't know exactly when this was implemented but the guidelines are there and my experience as of yesterday seems to fit those guidelines. If anyone has been offered a new claims or benefit transfer advance of higher than £1416.42 from here on out (or extremely recently) I'd be interested to hear about it.

grrrrrrrrrowl

I queried the pdf in my UC journal and the guidance in the pdf, as expected, has been confirmed.