Under the Current Rules, Benefit Claimants Who Have Received Compensation AFTER A CRIMINAL CONVICTION May Find TheelSelves Inelligible for Some Means-Tested Benefits
Victims of miscarriages of Justice Will No Longer Have Their Compensation Taken Ino Account when Claimimg Benefits Such As Universal Credit.
Under the Current Rules, Benefit Claimants Who Have Received Compensation AFTER A CRIMINAL CONVICTION May Find Thermoves Inelligible for Some Means-Tested Benefits, Which Aresed to People InCome and How Money have in Savings.
For example, you are not Eligible for Universal Credit if you have more than £ 16,000 in savings or investments. But Moving Forward, A Rule that Meant Compensation Payments were Included As Part of Your Capital Has Now Been Scrapped.
This Applies to Six Means-Tested Benefits Including: Universal Credit, Incom-Based Jubseeker’s Allowance, Incom-Related Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Housing Benefit and Pension Credit.
It comes after the ministry of Justice (moj) increasing the maximum amout miscariage vicims can recipes through the miscarriage of justice compression scheme £ 1million to £ 1.3million.
Sir Stephen Timms MP, Minister for Social Security and Disability, Said: “Rebuilding Trust in Our Systems Begins by Resting Trust With The System Has Failed.
“We Can’t Return the Years Lost by MisCarriage of Justice Victims – but we can, and must, enure they have made toreir live so that can make the most of the years ahead.”
Alex Davies-Jones, Minister for Vicims and Violence Against Women and Girls, Added: “MisCarriages of Justice Steal Irreplaceable Time and Devastate Lives.
“Better Benefit Support Combined with the Uplift of the Compensation Cap Will Make a Real Difference, Providing Not Financial Redress But RightFully Deserved Recognition to Affected.”
If you claim universal credit and you have over £ 6,000 in Money, Savings and Investments, Your Benefit is Normally Be Reduced by £ 4.35 for Every £ 250 You Have BetWene £ 6,000 and £ 16,000.
If the amout you have saved doesn’t add up exactly to £ 250, but is over the threshold, another £ 4.35 is dedicated from your universal credit.
For example, if you have £ 6,300 in savings, the first £ 6,000 would not be subject to any deductions, but the other £ 300 would see your payments dedicated by £ 8.70.
This Wold Be £ 4.35 deduced for the first £ 250, THEN ANOTHER £ 4.35 for the Remaining £ 50 That Makes Up The £ 300. These figures Apply if you’re a single Clalaimant, or claing as part of a couple.
You are normally not Eligible for Universal Credit if you have more than £ 16,000 in savings. If you claim tax credit and you’ve been asked to moving to universal credit, you May Still be able to universal creed for up to a year if you have more than £ 16,000.
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