Regulations introducing universal credit £5,000 or more arrears disregard reported to both Houses

The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments has drawn the special attention of both Houses to the Social Security (Treatment of Arrears of Benefit) Regulations 2018 (SI.No.932/2018) on the ground that ‘they require elucidation’.

DWP response includes clarification of what the terms ‘during the current award;’ and ‘an award of an existing benefit’ mean in new regulation 10A(1)(a) of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 - used to describe the periods when benefit arrears of £5,000 or more can be received that benefit from the extended disregard for the lifetime of the universal credit award.

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201719/jtselect/jtstatin/201/20102.htm