The government has published draft regulations that deal with lots of issues relating to the migration of current
legacy benefit claimants onto Universal Credit.
The draft Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Managed Migration) Amendment Regulations 2018
cover-
● requirements for claimants on existing benefits to make a claim for universal credit- deadlines and
arrangements for ending their existing benefit;
and
● the calculation, award and ongoing treatment of transitional protection.
A good document to look at is the explanatory memorandum which gives more of the detail
In the explanatory memorandum to the draft regulations the government says -
'Between July 2019 and 2023, the final phase of universal credit roll out will take place. During this phase, the
Department will manage the migration of all the remaining claimants with awards of existing benefits to universal
credit.
From January 2019, we intend to start testing the full managed migration process on a small scale, with the
intention to increase volumes by July 2019. This will enable us to evaluate the initial process to ensure that it
supports claimants effectively. This ‘test and learn’ approach will allow us to change the process, where necessary,
before larger volumes of claimants are managed migrated to universal credit.' '
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