Notes from the workshop Sue attended about migration from legacy benefits to Universal Credit (UC).
These are notes from Sue’s experience of completing the Universal Credit (UC) migration from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for her daughter.
To quote a well known quote this document is about ‘known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns’ around SEND Transitions. As a workshop it is a light touch run through the many changes that might come your way when your young person approaches adulthood – raising awareness of what you might need to know. The following are the speaker notes from the workshop.
When a young person is living in supported living their rent is paid by Housing Benefit (HB) rather than by the housing element of Universal Credit. This document talks about HB and additional charges that may also be payable by HB.