Currently, receipt of any Universal Credit is a "passporting" benefit
for DFG means-test purposes. There is no income limit as there is for
those in receipt of Working and/or Child Tax Credit. This does means
that not only are those who receive UC instead of income-related ESA
passported, but also that those who receive UC where the work income
is considerably higher than the £15,050 figure used for tax credits
will be passported.
There may be some difficulties with "evidence" that customers are in
receipt of UC, as the benefit is administered wholly online so there
are no "award letters" as such. We would urge authorities to be
flexible in accepting evidence of receipt of UC.