Universal credit

flip3

my daughter is paid every 4 weeks by her employer. Therefore getting 13 payments a year. Whilst on tax credits they also paid every 4 weeks. Now on universal credit being paid monthly. This has resulted in her pay going in twice in December. So she had zero payment in January. Resulting in £600 loss. This will happen every year even tho her salary has not increased. 

Anyone else have this problem. DWP no help. 

poppy12345

flip3 said:

my daughter is paid every 4 weeks by her employer. Therefore getting 13 payments a year. Whilst on tax credits they also paid every 4 weeks. Now on universal credit being paid monthly. This has resulted in her pay going in twice in December. So she had zero payment in January. Resulting in £600 loss. This will happen every year even tho her salary has not increased. 

Anyone else have this problem. DWP no help. 

Yes this is perfectly normal when claiming UC and receiving earnings every 4 weeks and once a year 2 earnings will be received during one assessment period. UC entitlement is based on earnings received each month and unfortunately that’s the way it works. 

When claiming Tax credits this was based on the previous annual income so much different to how UC works. 

p00hsticks

It's unfortunate about the timing and it's effect on her budgeting, but will she actually lose out over the year as a whole?


For each of the eleven months she does get a payment, it's going to be based on income of four weeks salary rather than a full months, so her payment will be slightly higher than if she was paid monthly ?