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Guidance

Universal Credit national expansion 2015 to 2016

Local authorities and jobcentre areas that began to deliver Universal Credit as part of national expansion during 2015 and 2016.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
9 December 2014
Last updated:
2 January 2019
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  1. Updated to say that Universal Credit is now available everywhere in Great Britain.

  2. Added a note to the page explaining a change to the postcodes that are planned to go live by April 2016.

  3. Published a revised 'tranche 3 and 4' PDF – updated with latest national expansion information.

  4. Published a revised 'tranche 3 and 4' PDF – updated with latest national expansion information (version July 2015).

  5. Published latest 'Index of Relevant Districts' - this is a list of the postcodes where Universal Credit will go live between September 2015 and April 2016.

  6. Published revised 'tranche 1 and 2' and 'tranche 3 and 4' PDFs – amendments made to the national expansion plans following discussion with local authorities and Jobcentre Plus.

  7. Published Universal Credit national expansion information for tranche 1 (February 2015 to April 2015), tranche 2 (May 2015 to July 2015), tranche 3 (September 2015 to November 2015) and tranche 4 (December 2015 to April 2016).

  8. Published Index of Relevant Districts.

  9. Published list of local authorities and jobcentre areas that will begin to deliver Universal Credit May to July 2015.

  10. First published.

Documents

Universal Credit: Index of Relevant Districts (issued 20 July 2015) *Note the amendments to this index in the detail below

PDF, 747 KB, 62 pages

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Universal Credit: Index of Relevant Districts (issued 10 February 2015)

PDF, 397 KB, 37 pages

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Universal Credit national expansion tranches 3 and 4

PDF, 252 KB, 16 pages

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Welsh: Ehangu Credyd Cynhwysol yn genedlaethol – Cyfran Tri a Phedwar

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Universal Credit national expansion tranches 1 and 2

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Welsh: Ehangu Credyd Cynhwysol yn genedlaethol – Cyfran Un a Dau

PDF, 301 KB, 10 pages

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Details

Universal Credit is now available everywhere in Great Britain.

Index of Relevant Districts (issued 20 July 2015)

This is a list of the postcodes where Universal Credit was planned to go live between September 2015 and April 2016.

* Note – Purley, Thornton Heath and Great Yarmouth

The list issued on 20 July 2015 includes postcodes administered by Purley, Thornton Heath and Great Yarmouth jobcentres. This indicates that a Universal Credit service for single jobseekers will launch in those areas from 18 January, 15 February and 7 March 2016 respectively.

A new Commencement Order has been made which specifies that Universal Credit will not now launch in these 3 postcode areas on the dates specified in the index. This reflects the plan for the expansion of the Universal Credit Digital Service during 2016.

Index of Relevant Districts (issued 10 February 2015)

This is a list of the postcodes where Universal Credit was planned to go live between February and July 2015.

Tranche 3 (September 2015 to November 2015) and tranche 4 (December 2015 to April 2016)

This lists the local authority and jobcentre areas where Universal Credit was planned to go live between September 2015 and April 2016.

Tranche 1 (February 2015 to April 2015) and tranche 2 (May 2015 to July 2015)

This lists the local authority and jobcentre areas where Universal Credit was planned to go live between February and July 2015.

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