Consultation outcome

Moving claimants to Universal Credit from other working age benefits

• From: Social Security Advisory Committee
• Published: 22 June 2018
• Last updated: 5 November 2018 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

We published the draft Universal Credit (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018: SSAC report and government statement on 5 November 2018 following this consultation.

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Original consultation

Summary

The SSAC is consulting on government proposals for moving claimants to Universal Credit from other working age benefits.

This consultation ran from
22 June 2018 to 10am on 20 August 2018

Consultation description

From 2019 the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will start to move claimants on one or more of the following benefits to Universal Credit:

• Working Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credit
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Income Support
• Housing Benefit

The proposals are set out in the draft Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Managed Migration) Amendment Regulations 2018.

The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) has begun this consultation to help inform the advice it provides to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the proposals.

Read more about the consultation in the press release Government proposal to move claimants on ‘legacy’ benefits to Universal Credit: consultation announced.

The ‘Keeling schedule’ shows how earlier regulations would be changed by the new regulations.

Documents

Explanatory memorandum and letter to the SSAC Secretary

PDF, 425 KB, 50 pages

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The draft Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Managed Migration) Amendment Regulations 2018

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Keeling schedule: Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014

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Tax credits: SSAC's questions to DWP and HMRC following its meeting on 20 June 2018, and responses

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Published 22 June 2018
Last updated 5 November 2018 + show all updates

1. 5 November 2018

   We published the 'Draft Universal Credit (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018: SSAC report and government statement' on 5 November 2018 following this consultation.

2. 14 August 2018

   Added 'Tax credits: SSAC's questions to DWP and HMRC following its meeting on 20 June 2018, and responses'.

3. 22 June 2018

   First published.