baffled about LCWRA payment dates, conflicting info from advisors!

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 61,285 Championing

    You're welcome. 😊

  • SBC
    SBC Community member Posts: 10 Listener

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

    HI Poppy.....

    When I migrate over to universal credit from my current income related esa support group, will I still be entitled to free prescriptions and eye checks and dental treatment like I am now? It says something about ,if your take home amount,and I don't understand it... Thanks you.

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 61,285 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/905534#Comment_905534

    Yes, if earnings are less than £935 in your last assessment period. Earnings refer to earned income.

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

    SO if im on LCWRA which I should be as I'm on esa support group now...I won't ever earn any monies as I won't be working... so will that mean I'm still entitled to free scripts etc ...sorry ...all this I find very confusing and worrying 😟...

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 5,144 Online Community Team

    If you are not employed, self-employed (including a for-profit trade) at all, and so receiving no earned income, then you will be entitled to the free scripts still @DawnBiiwoo, I hope this helps 🙂

    If you would like to read up about earned income yourself you could try reading this part of the Turn2Us site

    How Your Earnings Affect Universal Credit | Turn2us

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

    THank you so much Jimm, that makes sense now, and yes it really helps. Thanks again. Much appreciated 🙏

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

    HI , my sister had her migrate letter,she is on income support & housing benefit and as far as I was aware you payments roll on for 2 weeks when you make your claim ,yet the woman told her that her payments stopped right away!! No roll on for a further 2 weeks. 🫣🤔

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 61,285 Championing
    edited September 4
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/906360#Comment_906360

    Who advised her that? because they are not correct. Income Support as well as housing benefit, if she claims that will both continue for 2 weeks once the UC claim has been submitted.

    If she's claiming Tax credits then that will stop once she submits her claim for UC.

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

    YEs that's what I did, because that's what the kind people here told me, and also I looked on Gov.com website and it states the s ame there .even in my own migrate lettwr it states tax cred ends as soon as you make uc claim but other benefit payments continue and will end in 2 was after uc claim. The woman who she gave all info to on uc phone line as she has no Internet so had to do claim by phone, I was there and I said "so her housing benefit and income support continue for 2 weeks and the woman said "no,that is incorrect, they end as soon as she made the claim on the day she made the claim!!!

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

    Who should she speak to to sort this out? Would it be nest to mention mention another job centre? As she has to go there tomorrow and take her ID in.. thanks

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

    WHat would I tick on the prescription during the time I'm migrating to uc ? As I get free scripts

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

    I'm on alot of medication 💊 and am worried as I get free scripts and dental etc as to are they still free whilst I'm mid migration to uc and what box should I tick on the prescription? Thanks

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 4,252 Online Community Team

    Hi @DawnBiiwoo, as you're not working, you would still be entitled to free prescriptions while your migration is happening. Until you're all set up on UC, I would continue to tick the box that you normally tick. But if you're worried about it, maybe you could mention it to the pharmacist when you go to collect your prescriptions. I'm sure they'd be able to let you know which one's best 😊

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

    Thank you, I was so worried that I wouldn't be able to get my meds...there's no info that I could find that mentions what happens to those who get free prescriptions etc when you have to move to uc in that 5 week wait period....I'd imagine many people will be really worried about it if they need thier medicines 💊....thank you. 😊

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

    CAn anyone Please tell me....I get free scripts and dental etc....on esa support group ...but what will happen I the 5 weeks wait period when I migrate to universal credit?? Will I still get my free scripts etc, as I'm really worried because I'm on alot of different medications 💊 😟

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Community member Posts: 907 Pioneering

    What I did was pay for my prescriptions during that 5 week period, each time I asked for an official receipt (FP57), this allowed me to claim the money back once I had confirmation of my first UC payment.

    I did that by taking the FP57's and my first UC statement into any pharmacy, to have the money refunded.

  • DawnBiiwoo
    DawnBiiwoo Community member Posts: 50 Connected

    That's not an option for me, I am on 16 different medications,💊 and no way would I be able to afford them all and wait 5 weeks until I got it back!!!

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Community member Posts: 907 Pioneering

    Two weeks after claiming UC you will get a final payment of ESA. So you can tick your normal box.

    For the other three weeks you can pay & claim a refund, or tick the UC box of comfortable doing so. Because you'll be entitled to UC, just won't have confirmation yet.

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