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Occupational pension in the AP

Rebecca Lough
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Welfare rights - Greenwich Council

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Hi there,

We have a client who normally gets monthly pension of 500 odd a month. In July, payment dates were affected and he was paid twice in the AP. UC have held it as a double payment and I wanted to know if that was correct? We cannot yet see the next AP and therefore if he’s going to have one with no income.

Any thoughts welcomed.

Philippa D
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Weymouth & Portland Citizens Advice

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Occupational pensions are counted as unearned income for UC. Unearned income is calculated as a monthly amount or monthly equivalent (Reg 73(1)). If the amount fluctuates, a monthly equivalent is calculated over an identifiable cycle or, if no identifiable cycle, monthly equivalent calculated over 3 months or other period (Reg 73(3)).

This should, in theory, be fairly straightforward as there is a clear monthly amount and the client may have paperwork to prove this. Even if they take it as a fluctuating income, they should be able to calculate the usual £500 odd as the monthly equivalent as he should have the same number of payments overall.