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Sweetpea8
Sweetpea8 Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
in Universal Credit (UC)
I had this question but do i clicj yes or no .

I have never worked at all so do i click yes or no to this queation

In the 12 months before you claimed Universal Credit, were there any gaps in your employment?
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  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,754 Online Community Programme Lead
    Hi @Sweetpea8, you would click “yes”. There have been gaps.
    It may then ask you if at any time you earned below a certain amount or how much you earned so you would just put zero.
  • Sweetpea8
    Sweetpea8 Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
    I ended up clicking No my mum told me to click no as i have never worked so there are no gaps
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    edited December 2021
    You would tick "yes" because you've never worked, which means there's gaps. It's a question related to the benefit cap grace period. https://www.gov.uk/benefit-cap/how-earnings-affect-when-benefit-cap-starts
    Looking back at previous threads of yours i note you're receiving PIP, which means the benefit cap doesn't apply to you anyway.

  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,754 Online Community Programme Lead
    It shouldn’t be a problem if you’ve pressed “no” instead, as it’s only asking with relation to the benefit cap and as @poppy123456 points out, as you’re receiving PIP the cap won’t apply to you anyway. 

    Did it then ask how much you earned? 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Which clearly means there's gaps. As advised, it makes no difference anyway because there's a PIP award here so the benefit cap doesn't apply.
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,754 Online Community Programme Lead
    Hi @woodbine. They ask to see if a claimant has earned over a certain amount each month for the last 12 to see if they’d be eligible for a grace period from the benefit cap. 
    If someone has never worked that is a gap in their employment history (one long gap). 
    It is a really poorly worded question and I’m surprised they’ve not updated it. It causes no end of confusion. 
    Fortunately, unless someone is actually eligible for a grace period, answering it incorrectly seems to have very little impact. 
  • Sweetpea8
    Sweetpea8 Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
    I do get pip. But i dont get universal credit its my 1st time applying
  • Sweetpea8
    Sweetpea8 Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
    Even though i clickee no does it effect the payment 
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,754 Online Community Programme Lead
    No it shouldn’t effect the payment. They’re just checking if the benefit cap will apply to you (but as you receive PIP it wont), so you don’t need to worry. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Out of curiosity are you a full time student?
  • Sweetpea8
    Sweetpea8 Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
    Im a fulltime college student yes and handed in fit note to universla credit too
  • Sweetpea8
    Sweetpea8 Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
    But i dont get student finance as im a college student im not in university.

    Im still in college as i havd EHCP 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    edited December 2021
    woodbine said:
    I'm a bit puzzled how can you have gaps  in employment when you have never been employed, @Sweetpea8 i'm sure you have done it right.
    I think it's one continuous gap (which i know isn't really correct use of the english language).
  • Sweetpea8
    Sweetpea8 Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
    @calcotti by whats been said it looks like it doesnt apply to me as im on PIp 
  • Sweetpea8
    Sweetpea8 Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
    @poppy123456 in in full tine education in college
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    edited December 2021
    Sweetpea8 said:
    But i dont get student finance as im a college student im not in university.

    Im still in college as i havd EHCP 

    Full time students are unable to claim UC unless it's very specific circumstances. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/universal-credit-and-students
    Have you started the claim for UC? If so have you told them you're a full time student?

  • Sweetpea8
    Sweetpea8 Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
    @poppy123456 they know im in full time education and i been tokd aswell how much i get got the ststement today they also got my fit note and i csn get it as im on PIP
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Usually full time students are unable to claim UC, even if receiving PIP.. unless it's very specific circumctances. https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/eligibility

  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    poppy123456 said:
    Usually full time students are unable to claim UC, even if receiving PIP.. unless it's very specific circumctances. https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/eligibility
    As OP refers to college and EHCP I infer it is non advanced education.
  • Sweetpea8
    Sweetpea8 Online Community Member Posts: 40 Connected
    Thats with university im not in university

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