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Is Permitted Work a Trigger for a UC claim?

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If someone is currently on IRESA in a UCFS area, is starting permitted work a trigger for a UC claim?

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There is no such thing as a “trigger for a UC claim”.

Your client cannot make a new claim for a legacy benefit in a full service area. Your client can choose to claim UC in a full service area. Otherwise, everything continues as before.

In this case, if the client simply stays on ESA and starts doing permitted work, no new claim is involved so everything stays as before.

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Apologies, my wording was shorthand for ‘a change of circumstances which would necessitate a new claim, that being for Universal Credit’. 

I know that it would not have been a new claim pre-UCFS but am just very wary about the potential consequences of any CoC.

Many thanks.

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Yes - I don’t mean to get on a soapbox but I think the language of “triggers” just confuses things. There are a million and one things which can happen during a benefits claim and writing down a big list and categorising them as “trigger” or “not trigger” just makes life more difficult than it needs to be.

The question is just - would this require a new claim in old money? If it would, then your client will have to decide if they want to claim UC or just stick with their existing benefits. If not, then life carries on as before.

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Thanks for that. I see various lists of so-called ‘triggers’ on numerous council and benefit sites and it does get confusing so your explanation is clearer.