All areas of England and Wales should now be taking new claims for Universal Credit(end of 2018). This is termed natural migration and is prompted by a change of circumstance such that a client needs to (but can no longer) claim a legacy benefit- Income Support, Employment and Support Allowance(IR), Job Seekers Allowance(IB), both Tax Credits and Housing Benefit.
Remember that on the first page, we heard how those who have the SDP(and in the month before) will still be able to make new claims for legacy benefits. Those requiring help with rental housing costs in temporary or supported accommodation will still be able to make new claims for Housing Benefit.
Managed Migration, on the other hand, is where clients are invited to move over to Universal Credit. It is due to start for around 10,000 claimants later in the Summer as part of a trial. The Government forecast that all existing claimants will have been migrated over by the end of 2023.
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