Use this template to challenge the DWP's refusal to stop a universal credit (UC) managed payment to landlord when the claimant has provided evidence confirming that they are not the claimant's current landlord.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's refusal to either reinstate DWP legacy benefits or compensate your client for the loss of the transitional element as they had not yet received a universal credit (UC) migration notice when a third party fraudulently claimed UC in their name.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's refusal to accept a claim for personal independence payment (PIP) ('gatekeeping') because the claimant does not have a national insurance number, whether or not applied for one before they applied for PIP.
Use this letter to challenge the DWP's refusal to include a housing costs element in your client's universal credit (UC) award as your client's accommodation has been misidentified as ‘specified’ supported accommodation as they receive care, support or supervision, but their accommodation is provided by a private landlord and so cannot be.
Use this letter to challenge the DWP's refusal to stop a deduction for rent arrears from your client's universal credit (UC) award when your client has cleared their rent arrears and their rent account is now in credit, including where your client's landlord is requesting ‘rent in advance’.
Use this letter to challenge the DWP's decision to suspend your client's universal credit (UC) payments when your client had a non-EEA leave to remain with recourse to public funds and applied to the EU settlement scheme (EUSS) before their existing leave expired but has not yet received a decision.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's decision to end your client's UC entitlement due to your client's failure to accept a universal credit (UC) claimant commitment when your client has complex needs and was called to 'meeting' rather than asked to accept an actual commitment.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's decision to 'close your client's claim', ie, to revise the decision on their initial claim to refuse entitlement from the start of their award and to create an overpayment, due to your client's failure to provide ID evidence for 'reverification' when your client was awarded universal credit (UC) during Covid easements.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's decision to 'close your client's claim', ie, to revise the decision on their initial claim to refuse entitlement from the start of their award and to create an overpayment, due to your client's failure to provide ID evidence for 'reverification' when your client was awarded universal credit (UC) during Covid easements and your client is no longer in receipt of UC.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's failure to decide your client's any time or specified grounds income-related employment and support allowance (irESA) revision request within a reasonable time.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's refusal to reduce the rate of a deduction from your client's universal credit (UC) award for a new claim advance when all the deductions from your client's UC total 25% of their standard allowance.
Use this template to challenge the DWP's decision to 'close' your client's 'claim', ie, to revise the decision on their initial claim to refuse entitlement from the start of their award creating an overpayment, due to your client's failure to provide a selfie as ID evidence for 'reverification' when your client was awarded universal credit (UC) during Covid easements. Your client has requested a mandatory reconsideration of the DWP's decision which has not been decided within reasonable time.
