2014-06-23

Updated: Added 5 jobcentre areas: Arbroath, Blairgowrie, Forfar, Montrose and Perth.

You may be able to claim Universal Credit if you live in a jobcentre area listed below. Further jobcentre areas will be added to this list as Universal Credit expands.

You can also use our Universal Credit map to see areas where you can claim or when an area is due to go live.

If you are not able to claim Universal Credit yet you may be able to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance or other benefits.

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Latest updates

The tables below were last updated on 25 April 2016 with the following areas added:

Arbroath

Blairgowrie

Forfar

Montrose

Perth

Jobcentre areas where you can claim Universal Credit, beginning A – B

If you live with your partner, or have children, you will only be able to claim Universal Credit if you live in a jobcentre area that is marked with an asterisk (*).

Jobcentre areas

Aberdare

Aberdeen, Ebury House

Abergavnny

Abertillery

Aberystwyth

Abingdon

Accrington*

Acton

Aintree*

Airdrie

Aldershot

Alexandra Park, Manchester*

Alexandria

Alfreton

Alloa

Alnwick

Alton

Altrincham*

Amlwch (new claims taken at Llangefni)

Ammanford

Andover

Annan

Anniesland, Glasgow

Arbroath

Arnold

Ashford

Ashington

Ashton-in-Makerfield*

Ashton-under-Lyne*

Atherstone

Atherton*

Aylesbury

Ayre

Banbury

Banff

Bangor

Bargoed

Barking

Barnet

Barnsbury

Barnsley

Barrhead

Barrow-in-Furness*

Barry

Barton-upon-Humber

Basildon

Basingstoke

Bath*

Bathgate

Batley

Beccles

Bedford

Bedlington

Bedminster

Bedworth

Beeston

Belle Vale, Liverpool*

Bellshill

Belper

Berwick

Beverley

Bexhill

Bexleyheath

Bideford

Biggleswade

Billingham

Bilston

Birkenhead*

Birmingham City

Birmingham South West

Bishop Auckland

Bishopsworth

Blackburn*

Blackpool North* (new claims taken at Blackpool South)

Blackpool South*

Blackwood

Blairgowrie

Blandford

Blaydon

Blyth

Bodmin

Bognor Regis

Bolsover

Bolton Black Horse Street*

Bolton Great Moor Street*

Bootle*

Borehamwood

Bordon

Boston

Bournemouth

Bracknell

Bradford Eastbrook Court

Bradford Westfield House

Braintree

Brecon

Brentwood

Bridlington

Bridgend

Bridgeton, Glasgow

Bridgnorth

Bridgwater

Bridport

Brighouse

Brighton

Bristol Central

Brixham

Brixton

Broad Street, Birmingham

Bromborough*

Bromley

Bromsgrove

Brownhills

Broxburn

Buckie

Bude

Bulwell

Burnley*

Burton upon Trent

Bury*

Bury St Edmunds

Buxton

Jobcentre areas where you can claim Universal Credit, beginning C – D

If you live with your partner, or have children, you will only be able to claim Universal Credit if you live in a jobcentre area that is marked with an asterisk (*).

Jobcentre areas

Caernarfon

Caerphilly

Caldicot

Campbeltown

Camberley

Cambridge

Cambuslang

Canning Town

Cannock

Canterbury

Canvey Island

Cardiff Alexandra House

Cardiff Charles Street

Cardigan

Carlisle*

Carmarthen

Castleford

Castlemilk, Glasgow

Chatham

Cheetham Hill*

Chelmsford

Chelmsley Wood

Cheltenham

Chepstow

Chesham

Chester*

Chesterfield

Chester-le-Street

Chichester

Chippenham

Chorley*

Chorlton*

Cinderford

Cirencester

City Tower, London

Clacton

Clapham Common

Clay Cross

Clevedon

Clitheroe*

Clydebank

Coalville

Colchester

Coleford

Colne*

Colwyn Bay

Congleton*

Consett

Corby

Cosham

Coventry Tile Hill

Coventry Cofa Court

Cowdenbeath

Cramlington

Crawley

Crewe*

Cromer

Crook

Crosby*

Cumbernauld

Cumnock

Cupar

Cwmbran

Dagenham

Dalkeith

Dalston

Darlington

Dartford

Darwen*

Daventry

Derby, Normanton Road

Derby, Forester House

Dereham

Devizes

Devonport

Dewsbury

Didcot

Didsbury*

Dingwall

Dinnington

Diss

Dolgellau

Doncaster

Dover

Drumchapel, Glasgow

Dudley

Dumbarton

Dumfries

Dundee Wellgate

Dunfermline

Dunoon

Dunstable

Durham

Jobcentre areas where you can claim Universal Credit, beginning E – G

If you live with your partner, or have children, you will only be able to claim Universal Credit if you live in a jobcentre area that is marked with an asterisk (*).

Jobcentre areas

Ealing

Eastbourne

Easterhouse, Glasgow

Eastleigh

East Ham

East Kilbride

Easton, Bristol

Ebbw Vale

Eccles*

Edge Hill, Liverpool*

Edgware

Edinburgh City

Edmonton

Elgin

Ellesmere Port*

Eltham

Ely

Enfield

Epsom

Erdington

Eston

Evesham

Everton*

Exeter

Eyemouth

Fakenham

Falkirk

Fareham

Farnborough

Farnworth*

Felixstowe

Felling

Finchley

Finsbury Park

Fleetwood*

Flint

Folkestone

Forest Hill

Forfar

Forres

Fort William

Fraserburgh

Frome

Fulham

Gainsborough

Galashiels

Garston, Liverpool*

Gateshead

Girvan

Glenrothes

Glossop

Gloucester

Goldthorpe

Goole

Gorseinon

Gosport

Govan, Glasgow

Grangemouth

Grantham

Gravesend

Grays

Greenock

Grimsby

Guildford

Guisborough

Guiseley

Jobcentre areas where you can claim Universal Credit, beginning H – J

If you live with your partner, or have children, you will only be able to claim Universal Credit if you live in a jobcentre area that is marked with an asterisk (*).

Jobcentre areas

Hackney

Halesowen

Halifax

Hamilton

Hammersmith*

Handsworth

Hanley

Harlesden

Harlow

Hartlepool

Harrogate*

Harrow

Harwich

Hastings

Hatfield

Havant

Haverfordwest

Haverhill

Hawick

Hayes

Haywards Heath

Heanor

Helensburgh

Helston

Hemel Hempstead

Hemsworth

Hendon

Hereford

Herne Bay

Hertford

Hessle

Heywood*

Hexham

Hinckley

Highgate

High Riggs, Edinburgh

High Wycombe

Holyhead

Honiton

Horfield, Bristol

Hornchurch

Horsham

Houghton-le-Spring

Hounslow (*available to couples/people with children in certain postcode areas)

Hove

Hoxton

Hoylake*

Huddersfield

Hull, Britannia House

Hull, Market Place

Huntingdon

Huyton*

Hyde*

Hythe, Hampshire

Ilkeston

Immingham

Invergordon

Inverness*

Ipswich (including the MyGo youth employment centre)

Irlam*

Irvine

Jarrow

Johnstone

Jobcentre areas where you can claim Universal Credit, beginning K – M

If you live with your partner, or have children, you will only be able to claim Universal Credit if you live in a jobcentre area that is marked with an asterisk (*).

Jobcentre areas

Keighley

Kendal*

Kennington Park

Kentish Town

Kettering

Kidderminster

Kidsgrove

Kilbirnie

Kilburn

Killingworth

Kilmarnock

Kings Heath

King’s Lynn

Kingston

Kingswood, Bristol

Kirkby*

Kircaldy

Kirkintilloch

Kirkwall

Lanark

Lancaster*

Langside, Glasgow

Launceston

Laurieston, Glasgow

Leamington Spa

Leeds, Eastgate

Leeds, Park Place

Leeds, Southern House

Leicester, Charles Street

Leicester, New Walk

Leicester, Wellington Street

Leigh*

Leighton Buzzard

Leiston

Leith

Leominster

Lerwick

Letchworth

Leven

Lewes

Lewisham

Leyland*

Leytonstone

Lichfield

Lincoln Orchard Street

Liskeard

Littlehampton

Livingston

Llanddrindod Wells

Llandudno

Llaneli

Llangefni

Llantrisant

Loftus

London Bridge* (available in certain postcode areas only)

Long Eaton

Longsight*

Longton

Loughborough

Loughton

Louth

Lowestoft

Luton

Lymington

Lytham St Anne’s*

Macclesfield*

Machynlleth

Madeley

Maesteg

Maidenhead

Maidstone

Maltby

Malvern

Mansfield Hill House

Margate

Market Drayton

Market Harborough

Maryhill, Glasgow

Matlock

Melton Mowbray

Merthyr Tydfil

Mexborough

Middlesborough

Middlesborough East

Middleton*

Mildenhall

Milford Haven

Milton Keynes

Minehead

Mitcham

Mold

Montrose

Morecambe*

Morley

Morpeth

Morriston

Motherwell

Mountain Ash

Musselburgh

Jobcentre areas where you can claim Universal Credit, beginning N – Q

If you live with your partner, or have children, you will only be able to claim Universal Credit if you live in a jobcentre area that is marked with an asterisk (*).

Jobcentre areas

Neath

Nelson*

Newark

Newbury

Newcastle City

Newcastle East

Newcastle West

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Newhaven

Newlands, Glasgow

Newmarket

Newport

Newport, Isle of Wight

Newquay

Newton Abbott

Newton Aycliffe

Newton Heath*

Newton-le-Willows*

Newtown

Norris Green, Liverpool*

North Kensington

North Shields

North Walsham

Northallerton

Northampton

Northwich*

Norwich

Nottingham, Loxley House

Nottingham, Parliament Street

Nottingham, Station Street

Nuneaton

Oban

Oldbury

Oldham*

Openshaw*

Ormskirk*

Oswestry

Oxford

Paisley

Palmers Green

Parkhead, Glasgow

Partick, Glasgow

Peckham

Pembroke Dock

Penarth

Penicuik

Penrith*

Penryn and Falmouth

Penzance

Perry Barr

Perth

Peterborough

Peterhead

Peterlee

Petersfield

Plaistow

Plymouth

Pontefract

Pontypool

Pontypridd

Poole

Poplar

Port Glasgow

Port Talbot

Porth

Porthcawl

Porthmadog

Portree

Portsmouth

Preston*

Prestwich*

Pudsey

Pwllheli

Pyle

Jobcentre areas where you can claim Universal Credit, beginning R – T

If you live with your partner, or have children, you will only be able to claim Universal Credit if you live in a jobcentre area that is marked with an asterisk (*).

Jobcentre areas

Ramsgate

Rawtenstall*

Rayleigh

Reading

Redbridge

Redcar

Redditch

Redhill

Redruth

Renfrew

Retford

Rhyl

Richmond

Ringwood

Rochdale*

Romford

Ross-on-Wye

Rotherham

Rothesay

Rugby*

Runcorn*

Rushden

Rusholme*

Rutherglen

Ryde

Ryedale

St Albans

St Andrews

St Austell

St Helens*

St Marylebone

Salford*

Salisbury

Saltcoats

Scarborough

Scunthorpe

Seacroft

Seaham

Selby

Selly Oak

Sheerness

Sheffield, Bailey Court

Sheffield, Cavendish Court

Sheffield, Chambers Court

Sheffield, Eastern Avenue

Sheffield, Hillsborough

Sheffield, Woodhouse

Shepherds Bush

Shettleston, Glasgow

Shipley

Shirebrook

Shirehampton, Bristol

Shotton*

Shrewsbury

Sittingbourne

Skegness

Skelmersdale*

Skipton

Sleaford

Slough

Smethwick

Solihull

South Shields

Southall

Southampton

Southend

Southport*

Southwick

Spalding

Sparkhill

Spen Valley

Spennymoor

Springburn, Glasgow

Stafford

Staines

Stalybridge*

Stamford

Stanley

Staveley, Chesterfield

Stirling

Stockport*

Stockton

Stockwell

Stornoway

Stourbridge

Stowmarket

Stranraer

Stratford

Stratford-upon-Avon

Stretford*

Stevenage

Streatham

Stroud

Sudbury

Sunderland

Sutton* ( available in certain postcode areas only )

Sutton Coldfield

Sutton in Ashfield

Swadlincote

Swansea

Swindon

Tamworth

Taunton

Telford

Tewkesbury

Thetford

Thornaby

Thorne

Tipton

Tiverton

Todmorden

Tonbridge

Tonypandy

Torquay

Totnes

Tottenham

Toxteth*

Tredegar

Treorchy

Trowbridge

Truro

Tunbridge Wells

Twickenham

Jobcentre areas where you can claim Universal Credit, beginning U – Z

If you live with your partner, or have children, you will only be able to claim Universal Credit if you live in a jobcentre area that is marked with an asterisk (*).

Jobcentre areas

Upton*

Uxbridge

Wakefield

Wallasey*

Walsall Bayard House

Walsall Bridle Court

Wallsend

Waltham Cross

Walthamstow

Wandsworth

Warrington*

Washington

Washwood Heath

Watford

Wavertree*

Wellingborough

Wellington

Wells

Welshpool

Wembley

West Bromwich

West Derby, Liverpool*

Wester Hailes, Edinburgh

Westminster

Weston Super Mare

Weybridge

Weymouth

Wick

Whitby

Whitchurch

Whitehaven*

Whitley Bay

Whitstable

Widnes*

Wigan*

Willenhall

Willesden

Williamson Square, Liverpool*

Wilmslow*

Winchester

Winsford*

Winton

Wisbech

Witham

Witney

Woking

Wolverhampton, Chapel Court

Wolverhampton, Molineux House

Wombwell

Woodbridge

Wood Green

Woolwich

Worcester

Workington*

Worksop

Worsley*

Worthing

Wrexham

Wythenshawe*

Yardley, Birmingham

Yate

Yeovil

York Monkgate

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