Universal credit

Richardson44

hi my husband claims esa in suport group hes on a lot of medication he is the claimant and iam on their to when we get the migration letter for universal credit will it be ok if I claim it for my disabled husband or shall I keep him as the claimant thought it would be easier for me to be the claimant instead of him as he gets very muddled and confused on his meds and would be better if they need to contact the claimant I could do it instead of him he also don’t have an email can any one advise me please

Thank you x

Emilee

You will be joint claimants, you will both need to submit claims to UC, but once you fill in the initial details you will be supplied a linking code which you enter to join the claims and only one of you will need to fill in all of the details about housing and circumstances.

You will both continue to have separate log in details, and there may be occasional times they will want an action completed by one account or the other, but mostly it can be managed by one person.

He will need his own email account in order to claim though. Are you able to set one up for him?

Richardson44

thank you I haven’t got a laptop and I can’t type and I don’t spell that good either but iam sure my daughter will help me this is so very stressful so hoping the letter don’t come this side of Christmas xx

Jimm_Scope

Hi @Richardson44, I hope we can reassure you can help with some support. I'm glad to hear your daughter is helping you! You can request that Universal Credit is handled mainly over the phone or in person if you do not have access to something that can help you manage it online.

We also have an advice page on the migration process here: Moving to Universal Credit and transitional protection | Disability charity Scope UK

I hope it can help you out with what to expect as you migrate to Universal Credit. Of course don't start anything until you get the letter.