Universal Credit

E58657

means-tested benefit social security benefit welfare benefit

Universal Credit is a UK welfare benefit that combines several means-tested payments into a single monthly payment for people on low incomes or out of work.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Universal Credit canonical	14
Income Support into Universal Credit	1
Universal Credit (work-related requirements elements)	1
Universal Credit housing costs element	1
Universal Credit welfare reform programme	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	means-tested benefit ⓘ social security benefit ⓘ welfare benefit ⓘ
administeredBy	Department for Work and Pensions ⓘ
announcedBy	Iain Duncan Smith ⓘ
benefitCapApplies	yes ⓘ
claimMethod	online claim ⓘ
component	carer element ⓘ child element ⓘ childcare costs element ⓘ housing costs element ⓘ limited capability for work element ⓘ standard allowance ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	age 18 or over with some exceptions ⓘ habitually resident in the UK ⓘ low income or no income ⓘ means-tested ⓘ
fullServiceRolloutCompleted	2018 ⓘ
hasAdvancePaymentOption	yes ⓘ
hasConditionality	work availability requirements ⓘ work search requirements ⓘ
includesHousingSupport	yes ⓘ
introducedBy	Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ
isTaxable	no ⓘ
linkedTo	National Minimum Wage incentives ⓘ
mainCriticism	five-week wait for first payment ⓘ impact on vulnerable claimants ⓘ use of sanctions ⓘ
paidTo	claimant ⓘ
paymentFrequency	monthly ⓘ
policyObjective	make work pay ⓘ simplify the benefits system ⓘ
relevantJurisdiction	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
replaces	Child Tax Credit ⓘ Housing Benefit ⓘ Jobseeker’s Allowance ⓘ surface form: Income Support Jobseeker’s Allowance ⓘ surface form: Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance Employment and Support Allowance ⓘ surface form: Income-related Employment and Support Allowance Working Tax Credit ⓘ
replacesSystem	legacy benefits system ⓘ
sanctionMechanism	reduction of payment for non-compliance ⓘ
shortName	UC ⓘ
startOfRollout	2013 ⓘ
supportingAgency	Jobcentre Plus ⓘ
targetGroup	people in low-paid work ⓘ people on low incomes ⓘ people out of work ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Department for Work and Pensions → responsibleFor → Universal Credit ⓘ

Carer’s Allowance → interactionWith → Universal Credit ⓘ

Cold Weather Payment → relatedTo → Universal Credit ⓘ

Jobseeker’s Allowance → relatedTo → Universal Credit ⓘ

Employment and Support Allowance → relatedTo → Universal Credit ⓘ

Maternity Allowance → relatedTo → Universal Credit ⓘ

Iain Duncan Smith → notableWork → Universal Credit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Universal Credit welfare reform programme

UC → standsFor → Universal Credit ⓘ

Working Tax Credit → supersededBy → Universal Credit ⓘ

Working Tax Credit → replacedInNewClaimsBy → Universal Credit ⓘ

Welfare Reform Act 2012 → creates → Universal Credit ⓘ

Welfare Reform Act 2012 → consolidates → Universal Credit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Income Support into Universal Credit

PIP → canBeReceivedAlongside → Universal Credit ⓘ

subject surface form: Personal Independence Payment

Support for Mortgage Interest → linkedBenefit → Universal Credit ⓘ

Support for Mortgage Interest → relatedProgramme → Universal Credit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Universal Credit housing costs element

Income Support → replacedBy → Universal Credit ⓘ

JSA → relatedTo → Universal Credit ⓘ

Jobcentre Plus → administers → Universal Credit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Universal Credit (work-related requirements elements)