Will universal credit close my claim

maxedwards123

Hi,

I was made redundant from my job at the end of last month and recieved the below payments as a result, will my claim be closed as I will have a NIL payment for 1 month (as unfortantley I wont be able to return to work due to illness, I have been signed off from work all of this year and also recieve LWCRA)

Payments I recieved (pre tax)

• £915 payment in lieu of notice
• £915 statutory redundancy pay
• £795 from accured holiday that was unused

Post tax the money that came into my account was £2573

I am worried about this as it took so long to get LCWRA and I am worried that my claim will be closed and I will lose that as I need this money to live

Thank you for your help

Kimmy87

Universal Credit claims are only closed after 6 consecutive months of nil entitlement.

maxedwards123

thank you so much for the help, it has given me a massive amount of relief

maxedwards123

Morgan_Scope

@maxedwards123, when you received your statement be sure to check the deductions. Payment in lieu of notice and accrued holiday pay should both be counted as income, but statutory redundancy pay is not normally treated as income and should usually be treated as savings/capital instead.