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Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27
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10 Apr 2026
Chapter 41: Universal credit system work-related requirements
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Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27
Part 6: National insurance, work and work-related rules
Chapter 41: Universal credit system work-related requirements
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Chapter 41: Universal credit system work-related requirements
Key facts
1. The claimant commitment
Accepting your claimant commitment
Reviewing your claimant commitment
2. The work-related requirements
Work-focused interviews
Work preparation
If you have a disability
If you are aged 16 to 24
Work search
All reasonable action
Work availability
Able and willing to take up work or attend an interview immediately
Limitations on availability and search for work
The type of work and rate of pay
The number of hours
The location of the work
The effect of the rules on minimum working conditions
Other interviews
3. Which requirements apply
No work-related requirements
Domestic violence or abuse
Looking after children and other caring responsibilities
Sick and disabled people
You are earning enough
Other situations - pension-age claimants and claimants in education
Work-focused interview requirement only
Work-focused interview and work preparation requirement only
All work-related requirements
No work search or work availability requirement for a period
Other temporary circumstances
This chapter covers your responsibilities when you are getting universal credit (UC), new-style jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) or new-style employment and support allowance (ESA).
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CPAG. "Chapter 41: Universal credit system work-related requirements." In
Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27.
, 2026. Accessed April 30, 2026.
CPAG,
https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-270460CITANCHOR.
CPAG. "Chapter 41: Universal credit system work-related requirements." In
Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27.
, 2026. Accessed April 30, 2026. https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-270460CITANCHOR.
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Welfare Benefits Handbook 2026/27
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March 11, 2026
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