Department for Work and Pension (DWP) can deduct money from your Universal Credit payment if you have a debt. There are a number of reasons why this could happen including overpayments,loan or advance repayments and third-party repayments.
You can view these deductions on your Universal Credit statement.To find your statement, sign into your online account and go to ‘Payments’.
On your statement, look for ‘What we take off – deductions’.Here is the full list of types of debt that could be deducted from your Universal Credit allowance.This is your repayment of a Universal Credit advance.This is when you have been paid too much Universal Credit.
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