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UC Claimant dies

ElaineS
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Welfare benefit advisor - MHS Homes, Chatham

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Hi Just want to make sure my thinking is right that no payment is made for the whole of the assessment period in which the claimant dies.  This is for a single claimant

Elliot Kent
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Yes - changes of circumstances are backdated to the start of the AP in which they occur. This applies to death as with any other change.