Universal credit in your postcode area
It is not currently possible to make a new claim for universal credit in your area, and you will not be able to make a new claim until roll-out of the ‘full service’ reaches you. See our
Future changes section below for more information on the roll-out of the full service.
If you have previously received universal credit in this postcode area or you are planning on making a joint claim with someone already claiming universal credit in this area after 1 January 2018, see
Changes to live service from 1 January 2018 from our revenue benefits website for more information.
NB - until 1 January 2018, you could claim universal credit in your area if you met certain gateway conditions. You must: have been aged between 18 and 60 years 6 months; and have met the other
gateway conditions.
Future changes
It is expected that the majority of people in your postcode area will be eligible to make a claim for universal credit in the future, with the full service expected to have rolled-out across the UK by the end of 2018. However, the exact date when that will happen in your postcode area has not yet been announced. You can check the government’s latest plan on gov.uk:
Universal Credit transition to full service.
From the date that universal credit full service rolls-out to your postcode area, it will not be possible to make a new claim for working tax credit, child tax credit, housing benefit, income support, income-related employment and support allowance or income-based jobseeker’s allowance in your postcode area unless, for housing benefit and tax credits, you (or your partner) have reached state pension credit age, or you have three or more children – see below.
