25. Benefit arrears
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25. Benefit arrears
Any payment you have received in the past 12 months to cover arrears (or compensation for the late payment) of the following is disregarded:
    ■universal credit;
    ■a pre-universal credit means-tested benefit (see Chapter 14(1) );
    ■maternity allowance, if you received the arrears or compensation during the current universal credit award or while on a pre-universal credit means-tested benefit and were migrated onto universal credit within one month of the earlier benefit ending; or
    ■any UK social security benefit not listed as taken fully into account as income in 10 above .
    UC Regs, Sch 10 , para 18; UC(TP) Regs, reg 10B
A payment to cover arrears made to compensate for an official error or an error on a point of law which is £5,000 or more which would be disregarded from an award of housing benefit (see Chapter 23(26) ) and you receive during your universal credit award, can be disregarded until the end of the award. This also applies if you received such a payment w
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