Guidance to staff re SSWP v AT [2022] UKUT 330 (AAC)
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
Please disclose any guidance or operational instructions issued to case managers and/or decision makers for universal credit concerning what approach should be taken to cases which may benefit from the judgment in SSWP v AT (UC) [2022] UKUT 330 (AAC).
Please disclose not just the guidance or instructions issued concerning whether to stay such cases under s.25 Social Security Act 1998 but also any guidance or instructions on how to assess whether SSWP v AT applies in cases where it is accepted a stay is inappropriate because the claimant is in hardship.
Many thanks,
Martin Williams
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Dear Martin Williams,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 16th
August.
Yours sincerely,
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