GOV.uk<\/a> website.<\/p>","endNodeData":"","endNodeType":"","entry_object_ref":"http:\/\/api.transversal.com\/mfapi\/objectref\/EntryStore\/Entry\/http:\/\/www.metafaq.com\/mfapi\/Metafaq\/Clients\/rnib\/Modules\/money-benefits\/Topics\/benefits:3071819045:10","entry_ref":"3071819045","entry_ref_encrypted":"TKOTA25ELF4LUE70GICB8SMJEA","entry_uid":"auf7myipsvowwl5cmvupxtigy6","label":"","question":"Managed migration ","choices":[]},"3071819046":{"ID":"UC-transitional-payments_2","answer":"The term natural migration is used when a legacy benefit claimant has a change of circumstances which means you will have to claim UC because you can no longer make a new claim for a legacy benefit, or you no longer meet the criteria for the legacy benefit you were receiving.<\/p>\n
An example of the first reason (no new claim<\/b>) would be if you rent your property, claim housing benefit, and move from one local authority to another. Housing benefit is run by each local authority so it will stop when you move out of the local authority that currently pays your housing benefit. If you try to make a new claim for housing benefit in the local authority you have moved to, you will not be able to. Instead, you would have to claim UC instead and receive the housing element of UC to help with rent. If you are receiving any other legacy benefits (such as IR-ESA), this will also stop as a result of you claiming UC.<\/p>\n
An example of the second reason (no longer meet the criteria<\/b>) would be if you claim income support because you are a carer of someone with a disability. If you stop caring for that person, then you no longer meet the criteria for income support and that claim would stop. You would then have to claim UC if you are on a low income.<\/p>\n
Moving to UC through this method does not have the same forms of transitional protection that are available with managed migration. The only financial protection available is if you are in receipt of Severe Disability Premium (SDP) as part of your award of income-based JSA, income-related ESA or income support.<\/p>\n
This transitional payment is intended to compensate for the loss of the SDP and not the Enhanced Disability Premium or anything else. You will not be entitled to a transitional protection payment if you are in receipt of legacy benefits and an SDP is not part of your award and you move to Universal Credit through a change in your circumstances (natural migration).<\/p>\n
Important<\/h3>\n
Please note that benefit calculators, which are typically used to estimate level of entitlement to means tested benefits, do not accurately reflect transitional protection. This means you could get a result that doesn\u2019t match your actual entitlement. If in doubt, the advice is always to seek specialist advice.<\/p>\n
The amount you receive as a transitional element will remain the same until:<\/p>\n
\n- your circumstances change. An example would be if you formed a couple of separated from a couple; this would cause your transitional protection to end, and you would no longer receive the extra payment.<\/li>\n
- or<\/b> the amount of UC you are entitled to catches up with the amount you were receiving under the old benefit or tax credits system. An example of this would be if you had a child and started to receive a child element. The additional amount of the child element would be deduced from the transitional element first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","endNodeData":"","endNodeType":"","entry_object_ref":"http:\/\/api.transversal.com\/mfapi\/objectref\/EntryStore\/Entry\/http:\/\/www.metafaq.com\/mfapi\/Metafaq\/Clients\/rnib\/Modules\/money-benefits\/Topics\/benefits:3071819046:10","entry_ref":"3071819046","entry_ref_encrypted":"T24QGR4KO86M5NRIOQ2UK6KKM2","entry_uid":"auf7mypppg36f75523unire4fc","label":"","question":"Natural migration","choices":[]},"3071819146":{"ID":"UC-transitional-payments_11","answer":"
The term voluntary migration is used when a legacy benefit claimant chooses to claim UC voluntarily without having received a migration notice from the DWP or experiencing a change of circumstances.<\/p>\n
Please note<\/b> the DWP regularly engage in advertising campaigns encouraging claimants of legacy benefits to move to UC voluntarily, as some will be better off financially. However, this is not the case for all claimants, many of whom will be significantly worse off.<\/p>\n
Moving to UC through this method does not have the same forms of transitional protection that are available with managed migration. The only financial protection available is if you are in receipt of Severe Disability Premium (SDP) as part of your award of income-based JSA, income-related ESA or income support.<\/p>\n
This transitional payment is intended to compensate for the loss of the SDP and not the Enhanced Disability Premium or anything else. You will not be entitled to a transitional protection payment if you are in receipt of legacy benefits and an SDP is not part of your award and you move to Universal Credit through a change in your circumstances (natural migration).<\/p>\n
Important<\/h3>\n
Please note that benefit calculators, which are typically used to estimate level of entitlement to means tested benefits, do not accurately reflect transitional protection. This means you could get a result that doesn\u2019t match your actual entitlement. If in doubt, the advice is always to seek specialist advice.<\/p>\n
The amount you receive as a transitional element will remain the same until:<\/p>\n
\n- your circumstances change. An example would be if you formed a couple of separated from a couple; this would cause your transitional protection to end, and you would no longer receive the extra payment.<\/li>\n
- or<\/b> the amount of UC you are entitled to catches up with the amount you were receiving under the old benefit or tax credits system. An example of this would be if you had a child and started to receive a child element. The additional amount of the child element would be deduced from the transitional element first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","endNodeData":"","endNodeType":"","entry_object_ref":"http:\/\/api.transversal.com\/mfapi\/objectref\/EntryStore\/Entry\/http:\/\/www.metafaq.com\/mfapi\/Metafaq\/Clients\/rnib\/Modules\/money-benefits\/Topics\/benefits:3071819146:9","entry_ref":"3071819146","entry_ref_encrypted":"PULIB654CEHRPVADDM2VCIOFNE","entry_uid":"b4bqgbqtqa222gnmf6njaiocwk","label":"","question":"Voluntary migration","choices":[]}},"start":"3071819044"}