Little-known DWP payment could provide £617 cash 'in advance'

More than six cardinal radical successful the UK are connected Universal Credit, meaning they could beryllium eligible for this other currency support.

Millions of Brits could beryllium eligible for a little-known outgo from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of £617.60 “in advance”. In definite cases radical successful receipt of Universal Credit could beryllium eligible for a month’s worthy of the wealth up of time.

This is meant to screen immoderate indispensable payments that you are incapable to make, specified arsenic nutrient oregon rent. Depending connected your modular complaint of Universal Credit, you could get £617.60.

And immoderate households could besides beryllium entitled to other if they conscionable definite criteria. The Government website explains: “If you don’t person capable to unrecorded connected portion you hold for your archetypal outgo you whitethorn beryllium capable to get an beforehand of your archetypal Universal Credit payment.

“When you marque a caller assertion for Universal Credit you volition usually person your archetypal outgo 7 days aft the extremity of your archetypal appraisal period. You volition past beryllium paid monthly connected the aforesaid date, unless your outgo day falls connected a play oregon Bank Holiday.

“You tin use for an beforehand outgo of your Universal Credit if you are successful fiscal hardship portion you hold for your archetypal payment, for example, if you can’t spend to wage your rent oregon bargain food.”

However, it is important to cognize that this is simply a indebtedness and volition yet request to beryllium repaid, either deducted from aboriginal Universal Credit payments oregon retired of wages oregon different benefits.

“You volition request to wage backmost your beforehand a spot astatine a clip from your aboriginal Universal Credit payments, oregon by different means if you nary longer get Universal Credit, for example, from your wages oregon different payment you whitethorn beryllium getting,” Gov.uk says.

According to Government data, astir 6.4 cardinal radical successful the UK are connected Universal Credit. You get 1 modular allowance for your household.

The monthly modular allowance for Universal Credit is arsenic follows:

• If you’re azygous and nether 25 - £311.68
• If you’re azygous and 25 oregon implicit - £393.45
• If you unrecorded with your spouse and you’re some nether 25 - £489.23 (for you both)
• If you unrecorded with your spouse and either of you are 25 oregon over- £617.60 (for you both).

But you whitethorn get much wealth connected apical of your modular allowance for the pursuing circumstances:

• If you person children
• If your kid has a disability
• Childcare costs
• If you person a disablement oregon wellness condition
• If you attraction for idiosyncratic who gets a wellness oregon disability-related benefit
• Housing costs.

To use for a Universal Credit beforehand you tin talk to your Jobcentre Plus enactment coach, use done your online account, oregon telephone the Universal Credit helpline. For much information, sojourn gov.uk/guidance/universal-credit-advances.