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UC Non Dep Auto Calc not working

Ben
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The Welfare Consultancy, London

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UC claimant in receipt of enhanced rate DL to PIP with non dependants, in accordance with the regs there should not be a non dep deduction.

However UC is applying a monthly non dep deduction and when questioned I was told that the auto calc does not work. So the clmt has to beg each month for a manual payment. This has been going on since April 2018.

  “8 Aug 2018 at 9:34am -I have found a resolution after communicating with Catherine - the auto calc system is not
  taking the legislation into account properly and this will be fixed in the long term via software updates - in the mean
  time I will retro calculate the correct award and issue the difference to you and in future, when an auto calc shows
  for yourself, I will reject it if possible and manually calculate your award ( hopefully by doing this I will be able to
  override the faulty part of the soft ware.)”

Has anyone come across this scenario many claimants might be losing out?

Mike Hughes
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Senior welfare rights officer - Salford City Council Welfare Rights Service

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Yes, ask the work coach to pin the info. about this to the top of the journal. It should then be in their faces.