Direct payments with UC

blacklight
blacklight Online Community Member Posts: 25 Connected
in Universal Credit (UC)

I have been advised by CAB that Direct Payments are not to be declared as our own money savings and investments to Universal Credits is this correct?

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  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 4,177 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @blacklight. That is correct as it's not income but for funding for care requirements. 😊

  • blacklight
    blacklight Online Community Member Posts: 25 Connected
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1063597#Comment_1063597

    Its not my money savings or investments either right? So guess thats why CAB said not to declare it under MY money savings and investments declaration? Only to include my own money, savings investments such as my own personal money? Not the account which the DP go into as its only the DP that go into that account. So no requirement to add that account under my own money savings and investments?

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 4,177 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    I would say so, yes. 😊

    For the purposes of savings and investments declaration, DP doesn't need to be included.

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