Use this template to challenge the DWP's decision to suspend your client's universal credit (UC) award in full when DWP has the power to suspend only in part and only some of your client's entitlement is in doubt (drafted for when one partner in a UC couple's immigration status has been called into question).
Use this template to challenge a failure of the DWP to exempt your client, who is in Great Britain under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, from the habitual residence test (HRT) for universal credit (UC), and consequent refusal of or delay in deciding entitlement.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's decision that your 16-17-year-old client is 'receiving education' or 'living with someone in place of a parent' and therefore not entitled to universal credit (UC), when another person is not acting in place of your client's parent, your client is exempt from the requirement not to be receiving education, and DWP has not provided a written decision or notified your client of their appeal rights.
Use this template to challenge HMRC's failure to decide a claim for child benefit within a reasonable time when that claim is made by a survivor of domestic abuse and the perpetrator of the abuse is currently receiving child benefit for their child(ren) and the child(ren) live(s) with the claimant.
Use this template to challenge DWP's refusal of a flexible support fund (FSF) payment for upfront childcare costs to enable your client to attend training necessary for them to take up a firm offer of employment.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's decision that your client aged 19+ is receiving education and therefore not entitled to universal credit (UC), when your client is in non-advanced education and severely disabled, such that if their capability for work is assessed, they will have limited capability for work and work-related activity, so their non-advanced education will not be incompatible with their work-related requirements.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's refusal to administer a universal credit (UC) award by telephone/paper when your client has a disability and cannot manage their online account.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's refusal to accept your terminally ill client's SR1 (or DS1500) and to process their claim for personal independence payment (PIP) under the special rules for end of life because your client is receiving ongoing treatment, though the treatment does not affect their prognosis.
Use this template to challenge DWP's refusal to reduce the deductions from your client's universal credit (UC) (for example, amounts deducted and paid to third parties, to recover overpayments, or to recover a UC advance) when the total deducted reduces you client's UC payment to zero (rather than 1p).
Use this template to challenge DWP's refusal to include the limited capability for work-related activity (LCWRA) element from the start of your client's universal credit (UC) award when your client was previously assessed as having LCWRA for employment and support allowance (ESA) and has been entitled to national insurance (NI) credits since their ESA entitlement ended (ie, ESA did not end because your client was found not to have LCWRA).
