Universal Credit: Managed Migration pilot begins in Harrogate

30 Jul 2019 12:31 PM

A managed migration pilot scheme has launched in the Yorkshire town of Harrogate.

Managed Migration is the process whereby benefit claimants on the old system move on to the new Universal Credit system.

The regulations for the scheme can be found online here.

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd MP has previously confirmed that up to 10,000 claimants across the country who are on the old system would be moved to Universal Credit under the pilot scheme.

RLA campaigning on Universal Credit

The RLA has campaigned extensively for changes to Universal Credit in recent years.

Earlier this month, a cross-party group of MPs backed RLA suggestions on ways that Universal Credit could be improved. In a report published by the All-Party-Parliamentary Group for Universal Credit, plans to improve the Universal Credit system by ending the benefits freeze and promoting direct payments to landlords were put forward.

The RLA provided evidence to the APPG’s inquiry into reform of Universal Credit. The report recommends that the Department for Work and Pensions:

• End the five-week wait
• Make payments fortnightly by default
• Offer all claimants the option of direct payments to their landlord from the start of the claim
• Inform landlords of this system in order to avoid people unnecessarily falling into rent arrears
• Spilt payments to each member of a couple
• End the benefits freeze

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