AA v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (UC): [2025] UKUT 394 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Jacobs on 24 November 2025.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 12 December 2025

• Categories: Claims and payments and Residence and presence conditions
• Sub-categories: Claims and payments - period of claim and Residence and presence conditions - temporary absence from Great Britain
• Judges: Jacobs, E
• Decision date: 24 November 2025

Read the full decision in UA-2023-001431-USTA.

Judicial Summary

Residence and presence conditions (29.8 – temporary absence from Great Britain)

Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (SI No 376) – regulation 11(1)-(2) – to be read to avoid retrospective removal of entitlement – AM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2024] UKUT 137 (AAC) explained.

Period of claim (6.5 – period of claim)

Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 (SI No 380) – regulation 26 – cannot bypass conditions of entitlement.

Published 12 December 2025