AET and Universal Credit

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I'm hoping someone can help me understand this.

I was working 16 hrs as I'm a single parent and was meeting the AET until it increased.

I was under my work coach for some time as I waited and waited for work to increase my hours, it was not an easy task.

I was told by work coach that to meet the AET I would have to work 18 hrs pm. I work for civil service so the wage is about NMW but not by much.

All meeting stopped until now where I have another appointment at the job centre aa I am not meeting the AET. The AET is 892 a month. From my calculations 18 hrs at NMW does not equal this amount.

Where am I going wrong here?

I've done some quick maths and I think it's correct? Taking NMW at £11.44 (which is correct up until this April), 18 hours a week is £205.92.

Scaled up to a yearly amount, and then broken down to monthly, this comes to £892.32

I think you're right. It appears that work have messed up a payslip and then paid me the different in January. Hopefully this is the case.

Oh dear - hope you get it all sorted!