{"id":86595,"date":"2017-11-23T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=7076057fade1a6c2b5cd040b0b2e5751"},"modified":"2017-11-23T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T12:54:00","slug":"press-release-more-detail-on-1-5-billion-package-of-support-for-universal-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=86595","title":{"rendered":"Press release: More detail on \u00a31.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The measures announced include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>local authorities being able to recoup over 80% of the money they spend on temporary accommodation directly from the Department for Work and Pensions (<abbr title=\"Department for Work and Pensions\">DWP<\/abbr>) rather than from the claimant, preventing losses of more than \u00a370 million over 2018\/19<\/li>\n<li>extended partnership working with Citizen\u2019s Advice, to provide more face to face support to Universal Credit claimants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This follows the package of improvements for new claimants announced in yesterday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/topical-events\/autumn-budget-2017\">Autumn Budget<\/a>, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>abolishing the 7 waiting day period to reduce the wait for payment from 6 weeks to 5 from February 2018<\/li>\n<li>extending the repayment of advances from 6 to 12 months, and allowing people to receive 100% of their payment upfront from January 2018 (people who make a claim in December can get a 50% advance, and then in January can ask for a top up to 100%)<\/li>\n<li>making it possible for people to apply for advances online from spring 2018, making it even easier for a claimant to access an advance if they need it<\/li>\n<li>paying an additional 2 weeks\u2019 of housing costs after the end of someone\u2019s Housing Benefit claim and into their Universal Credit claim from April 2018<\/li>\n<li>making it easier for claimants to continue having their housing costs paid directly to landlords once they are on Universal Credit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To allow these improvements to be made as quickly as possible, we will also be changing the rate of Universal Credit full service rollout for 3 months from February 2018 to 10 jobcentres a month, increasing to 41 in May 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/universal-credit-transition-to-full-service\">timetable<\/a> of the Universal Credit full service transition has been updated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/commons\/2017-11-23\/debates\/36ef5fee-7fb1-4841-a242-7625ed73fca0\/universalcredit\">Read the Secretary of State\u2019s oral statement<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"contact-press-office\">Contact Press Office<\/h2>\n<p>Media enquiries for this press release \u2013 020 3267 5144<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_827\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Press Office<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Caxton House<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTothill Street<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"locality\">London<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1H 9NA<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">London Press Office (national media and London area enquiries only \u2013 not questions about personal claims)<\/span><br \/>\n              020 3267 5144\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out-of-hours (journalists only)<\/span><br \/>\n              076 59 108 883\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">England and Wales (local media enquiries)<\/span><br \/>\n              029 20 586 then 097 or 098 or 099\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Scotland (local media enquiries)<\/span><br \/>\n              0131 310 1122\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow <abbr title=\"Department for Work and Pensions\">DWP<\/abbr> on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/dwppressoffice\">www.twitter.com\/dwppressoffice<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Facebook \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dwp\">www.facebook.com\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dwp\">www.linkedin.com\/company\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>YouTube \u2013 <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwp\">www.youtube.com\/dwp<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More details of the \u00a31.5 billion package of support for Universal Credit were set out today by David Gauke, the Secretary of State for Work and 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