Answers · Benefit
Who can get Universal Credit?
Working-age means-tested benefit. Housing element depends on the Local Housing Allowance, which this check does not look up.
- Paid by Department for Work and Pensions.
- The catalogue looks for: Under State Pension age, or a couple where both are under that age.
- The catalogue looks for: Savings under £16,000.
- The catalogue looks for: Habitually resident, with a right to reside where the test applies.
- The catalogue looks for: Income low enough that a payment remains after the taper.
- This is not a decision. The department or the council decides.
Department for Work and Pensions
Indicative only. Not advice. Confirm it on the official page before you rely on it.