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10% increase not showing

alaskajade1987

I am paid on 2nd of may and just seen my new statement however it’s not showing the 10 percent increase that was meant to be applied in April??? I am fuming ? I really thought they had done an increase on all benefits by ten percent on April the 10th!!! What’s going on? Shall I ring up?? Have any of u guys had the increase applied

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poppy123456

The increases start from 10th April. UC is paid one month in arrears and no one will receive the increase this month. The first increases will be for those with assessment periods that start from the 10th of the month and they will see the increase in the payment on 16th May.

For you, you won't see any increase until your payment on 2nd June, when you will then receive the full amount. No one will miss out and everyone will still receive the increase for 12 UC payments.

alaskajade1987

Thanks again poppy I almost rung up UC phone line in a rage…. But I thought better of ,it and wanted to check first with you… so thank you again for quick response and reassurance you really are a legend 🙏🙏😊

poppy123456

You're welcome. There's been quite a few people that have asked the same question.

Sofia123

It may be due to you being on UC then. I am on income-related ESA and get paid every fortnight. I had the same response as you at first however my Tuesday payment showed that 10% increase. Instead of £209 I now get £230 every 2 weeks.

Kimi87

Sofia123 said:

It may be due to you being on UC then. I am on income-related ESA and get paid every fortnight. I had the same response as you at first however my Tuesday payment showed that 10% increase. Instead of £209 I now get £230 every 2 weeks.

Universal credit is paid one month in arrears, ESA two weeks in arrears.

poppy123456

Sofia123 said:

It may be due to you being on UC then. I am on income-related ESA and get paid every fortnight. I had the same response as you at first however my Tuesday payment showed that 10% increase. Instead of £209 I now get £230 every 2 weeks.

ESA increases will show much sooner than UC will.

tifo

UC are saving money by giving you the increase from the first full assessment period after 10 April and not from 10 April.

Child benefit has been increased from 10 April and paid pro rata.

Kimi87

Not really as those people (myself included) will still get 12 payments at the new rate. We just have to wait longer for it to start.

poppy123456

tifo said:

UC are saving money by giving you the increase from the first full assessment period after 10 April and not from 10 April.

Child benefit has been increased from 10 April and paid pro rata.

That’s not correct at all. There’s no money being saved. As I advised earlier in the thread everyone is entitled to 12 payments at the new rate, regardless of which month it’s paid from.

Child benefit is a weekly benefit so completely different!

tifo

Yes, let me correct myself, UC are saving some money now and the claimant will still get 12 months of the increase.

alaskajade1987

I don’t understand what u guys mean by getting the UC saved and receiving 12 payments at the increased rate ????? Does that mean we will have a bit of back pay on my June universal credit??? Or have I misunderstood?

Kimi87

Hi alaskajade, what we mean is despite the rise starting in April, some people will be waiting until June to start getting the increase. That is totally normal and how UC is supposed to work, and no one will lose money because despite not starting until June for some, those people will still get 12 monthly payments at the increased rate.

alaskajade1987

Oh ok thanks for explaining that 😊

trb10

I disagree with this. My assessment period is 5th April to 4th May so basically you're saying in my next payment I won't see any increase in the rate from 10th April to 4th May? How am I not losing out?

poppy123456

trb10 said:

I disagree with this. My assessment period is 5th April to 4th May so basically you're saying in my next payment I won't see any increase in the rate from 10th April to 4th May? How am I not losing out?

Yes, you won't see any increase until your June payment. You're not missing out because as i advised, everyone will still have 12 payments with the increases because there's 12 months in a year and UC is paid monthly in arrears.

If benefits increase again next year and you're still claiming UC then you will see the increase again in your June payment... which means you will have had 12 increased payments.

trb10

You are still dipping out though because it for example your entitlement to UC ended in October, you won't have had the increase from 10th April until your 1st assessment period after that date. My PIP for example this month I received 3 weeks at the old rate and 1 week at the new rate so I don't see why UC can't do the same.

poppy123456

PIP is completely different to UC.

trb10

poppy123456 said:

PIP is completely different to UC.

Doesn't answer the question. The simple fact is no-one is seeing any increase until June so they are in fact short changing people.

poppy123456

trb10 said:

poppy123456 said:

PIP is completely different to UC.

Doesn't answer the question. The simple fact is no-one is seeing any increase until June so they are in fact short changing people.

Apologies I clicked post comment too quickly. The reason is because PIP is a weekly benefit paid 4 weekly.

UC is a monthly benefit and the system can’t work out part payments for part of the month. No one is being short changed at all!

alaskajade1987

I think the government should have made this much more CLEAR. As I what I took from what i read was after 10th April you get the benefits increase it didn’t mention about assessment periods etc… but luckily u guys have now explained it for me … the media really doesn’t help with certain issues regarding benefits , or maybe DWP should have issued a statement to all claimants that this increase won’t start immediately it will start at different times for people 🙄