Submitted on Monday 14th June 2021
Rejected on Monday 21st June 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Review How Child Element Of Universal Credit Is Calculated
The way UC is calculated means that often a resident parents UC ends with a new partner. This leaves some parents (mostly women) and children at a financial disadvantage. Child element should be calculated on the parents incomes, not the resident households income.
Calculating child element of universal credit on the qualifying childs parents income and not the household income will significantly improve many children's quality of life.
It enables a calming parent to be more financially independent, not relying on new partners to cover the shortfall after UC has stopped even though their personal income may not changed or has has greatly reduced due to their claim ending.
And stops partners being financially responsible for children that are not theirs.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/580593
If you and your partner live together you have to apply for Universal Credit as a couple. This means that your Universal Credit award, including any child element, is based on your and your partner's income.
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