I'm trying to get my head round Universal Credit payment dates and the period they're supposed to cover - is my understanding of this accurate, please ? If a UC payment is 25th of the month you count back seven days giving you the 'assessment period' (from when the original claim was made) i.e last day of this would be 18th of the month So that payment is in arrears covering the period 19th of previous month to 18th of current month So UC housing element on September 25th would be to cover the rent from 19th August to 18th September October 25th payment would be for 19th September to 18th October November 25th payment would for 19th October to 18th November, and so on
Is this right or have I got something confused here?
Universal Credit is paid monthly, in arrears, within 7 days of the end of the monthly assessment period.
Universal Credit is worked out on a calendar monthly basis. The first assessment period will normally be the month beginningwith the first day that you are entitled to Universal Credit i.e 23 September to 22 October you would therefore receive your first payment on the 29th October.
Gary
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