Universal Credit claimants could get extra £370 from DWP Universal Credit recipients could be eligible for cash from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), potentially worth up to £370 in some instances.
As for repaying a hardship payment, it's typically automatically deducted from your Universal Credit payments each month once your sanction has ended.
Hardship payments, a specific type of DWP payment, are available to those who have experienced a reduction or sanction on their benefit payments.
Therefore, if someone receiving the maximum monthly standard allowance of £617.60 for a claim where they live with their partner and either are over 25, they could receive a hardship payment of just over £370.
It's crucial to remember that a hardship payment is a loan that must be repaid to the DWP once the sanction period ends.
