LCWRA and understanding how it works .

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Smod123
Smod123 Online Community Member Posts: 6 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)
I  applied for LCWRA  last October and  started sending the  fit notes in on my  journal  and  at the beginning of March I received confirmation I had been  awarded LCWRA  and  I  was expecting payments to start in March  but  March payment had no mention of it  and what has brought me here to the page is  2  main reasons . 1 my payment date is the 20th of each month and the cut off period is  normally the 13th of the month .Will the LCWRA be on  our universal payment for April  ?  The 2nd  question is  when beginning the process in October 2023  and  I wanted to ask will it be backdated  and if so when to ?  Since being  awarded it I have literally had 1 message on  my journal  and  I  just want to know what  I need to be doing  ? eg  do I keep sending  fit notes  ,is it backdated and if so how far is it backdated to and is there anything  I need to undertake ?

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    The decision letter will have advised you that you no longer need to provide fit notes. 

    There’s a full 3 month assessment period waiting time for the extra money. It’s then paid from the 4th month after you provided your first fit note, with first payment being the end of that month. It’s not paid at all during the waiting period.

    When it’s paid from exactly will depend on the answer to the following questions.

    what date exactly you provided your first fit note? 

    Did you continue to send fit notes without any gaps until the decision was made on your claim? 

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