Regulation 5 Payment on account of benefit where there is no award of benefit
The Secretary of State may make a payment on account of benefit to A if—
either of paragraphs (2) or (3) applies;
it appears to the Secretary of State likely that the conditions of entitlement for benefit are satisfied; and
the Secretary of State is satisfied that A is in financial need.
This paragraph applies where A has made a claim for benefit but the claim has not yet been determined.
This paragraph applies where A is not required to make a claim for benefit by virtue of—
regulation 6 or 7 of the UC etc. Claims and Payments Regulations (claims not required for entitlement to universal credit or an employment and support allowance in certain cases); or, as the case may be,
regulation 3 of the Claims and Payments Regulations (claims not required for entitlement to benefit in certain cases) f1,
but an award of benefit has not yet been made.