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Hi, my name is toby50! Lcwra my award ends this month, will my money end?

toby50

hi am on Lcwra my award ends this month very worried my money will stop is there a backlog ? Are they not doing assessments any more please help

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Kimi87

LCWRA unlike PIP doesn't have an end date.

Re assessments have been suspended for some time and I've not heard about them resuming in any significant number.

There will certainly be backlogs, years worth by now.

Albus_Alumni

Heya @toby50 and welcome to the community. 😊

As others have said, please try not to worry too much, LCWRA is an ongoing award and the date is only a rough guide.

toby50

thanks for all your comments, does anyone know why all assessments have been suspended?

OverlyAnxious

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/913113#Comment_913113

Simple answer is too many claimants & too few staff.

The priority is to get everyone on legacy benefits migrated to UC as soon as possible. Assessments can be delayed while they're focussing on migrations.

toby50

thanks for reply …

toby50

is everyone on legacy benefits going to be moved to u.c ? Thanks

Kimi87

Everyone on these benefits yes, copied from gov.uk

Tax credits: Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit

Housing Benefit

Income Support

Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)

Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

Also I'd say re assessments got derailed during covid and haven't yet recovered.

Assessment providers have just been changed

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-your-health-assessment-provide

and recruitment is happening for staff. So at some point they will start in greater numbers, Liz Kendall's upcoming speech and the Budget statement (both next month) may well give additional information about this.

Kimi87

Yes, copied from gov.uk everyone on these benefits:

Tax credits: Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit
Housing Benefit
Income Support
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

I'd also say covid derailed re assessments and they haven't yet recovered.

The assessment providers have just been changed

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-your-health-assessment-provider

and recruitment for staff is happening. So they will resume in bigger numbers at some point.

Next month Liz Kendall will be making a statement, and the Budget is also being announced. I'd expect more clues as to the way forward lies within those.