Recommendation 16

The starter payments we have recommended would also be available to people making claims under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness. We recommend that the Department consider what further support it could offer to people making claims for Universal Credit under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness. That might include paying the starter payment more quickly on receipt of a DS1500 form; offering a larger starter payment to people making claims under the Special Rules; or proactively offering backdating (beyond the current limit of a month) of claims to people diagnosed with a terminal illness who have, understandably, not made a claim immediately on becoming eligible. (Paragraph 80) Advance payments