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Occupational pension in the AP
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.
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.