Use this template appeal submission to argue you have a right of appeal against a decision when the DWP has refused to carry out a mandatory reconsideration (MR) of the decision on the grounds that your MR request was late.
Use this template to argue that you have a valid right of appeal against a DWP decision despite the DWP not providing a mandatory reconsideration notice if the DWP has refused to revise the decision (for example by posting a note in a universal credit journal stating that a decision will not be changed).
Use this template to argue you can appeal without first needing to request a mandatory reconsideration if the DWP decision notice does not state that you must ask the DWP to reconsider its decision before you can appeal.
Use this template appeal submission if your client gave incorrect details of their housing costs on their initial universal credit (UC) claim and the DWP only changed the award from the date of correction instead of from the start of the award.
Use this template appeal submission if your client did not report any housing costs on their initial universal credit (UC) claim and the DWP changed the award from the date of correction and not from the start of the award.
Use this template when a student who is not a qualifying young person, is not in advanced education, and is not receiving student finance is refused universal credit (UC) without the DWP having considered whether their education is compatible with their work-related requirements.
Use this template when your client's universal credit (UC) claim has been 'closed' because your client did not attend the initial evidence meeting to prove their identity.
Use this template for a claimant who was granted leave under the Ukrainian scheme following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces in 2022 and who subsequently was granted pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme and as a consequence had their universal credit (UC) award ended on the ground that they no longer satisfy the habitual residence test.
Use this template appeal submission for a client who has transferred to universal credit (UC) from child tax credit (CTC) under the managed migration process if, when calculating entitlement to the UC transitional element, the DWP wrongly included a child element in the ‘indicative UC amount’ for a young person experiencing an interruption to their education and for whom your client was getting CTC.
This template challenges the rule which treats a claimant who migrates to universal credit (UC) from employment and support allowance (ESA) (and whose ESA included both income-related and contributory ESA) as if they had received new-style ESA for the whole of the first UC assessment period. It does so on human rights discrimination grounds because, compared to a claimant who was getting income-related ESA only, such a claimant will be worse off in their first assessment period on UC.
Use this tool to check if your immigration status means you are defined as a 'person subject to immigration control' and therefore excluded from entitlement to many social security benefits.
Use this tool to work out which work-related requirements, if any, should apply to you in connection with your universal credit claim. The tool also gives you the legal basis of those requirements.
