DWP refusal of new claim advance when survivor of domestic abuse changes from a couple to single UC award and the perpetrator has taken the final couple payment

Use this template to challenge DWP’s refusal of a new claim universal credit (UC) advance when your client is a survivor of domestic abuse who previously received UC as a couple with the perpetrator of the abuse, is treated as having made a new claim as a single claimant, and DWP has been informed that your client's ex-partner took the final couple payment of UC leaving your client with no money until the end of their first UC assessment period as a single claimant.