Moving from UC onto state pension

I have a tenant on UC who reaches pension age on 08/05, his assessment period ends 22/05 - he has made advanced claims for state pension, pension credit and housing benefit and wants to know how it will all pan out. I just want to check my understanding which is:

When somebody on UC reaches pension age, if they receive a payment of state pension within their final assessment period, it is taken into account as unearned income pro rata (ie, from the date they turn pension age until the end of the assessment period). HB and PC are not listed in UC regs as unearned income so are not taken into account.

What I’m not sure about is if an award of state pension is made, but payment will be received after his UC has been closed (because it is paid in arrears), will it still be included as unearned income in that final assessment period?

Also, HB will start from the date he reaches pension age (he has been told by the Council it will start after his UC ends, but I’m pretty sure that is nonsense).

There have been a few threads about this.  Here is one in which there is a link to another.

While the regulations provide for SRP paid in arrears after the final AP to be accounted for, so there would be a UC overpayment, in practice this possibly does not happen because UC don’t have a procedure for it - for them, the claimant is a pensioner who is no longer on their books.

HB will start from the Monday after pension age, see Reg 5 of the UC(TP) Regs 2014

That’s great - thank you