work assesment

lucylucy

hi evertone, we werej ust migrated onto uc from income support im on pip high rate for care and mobility,i got a uc50 form a couple of days after our first commitment call,ive sent it off,my doctor is on maternity leave so if they write to her they will get a locom who doesnt even know me,so i worried about that, I can only walk a couple of steps with a frame and use a wheelchair mainly,my bladder doesnt work so need to be catheterized by partner who is my carer,i have gastric motility so need help with food and swallowing, i have no pancreas,spleen or gallbladder due to immune system fighting my own body and now have liver disease,i have a cyst on my spinal chord and collapsed discs in neck and spine , im in agony all the time due to spine and mutiple surgeries that has now got scar tissue wrapped round my organs that cant be removed,im on two differnet morphine medicatins and on nearly 50 tablets a day ,the work coach put my file on hold so i dont have any back to work calls untill had assesment im, do you have to get 15 points overall all or in each section thanks

Kimmy87

For LCWRA you need to get 15 points in one of these categories:

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/universal-credit-uc/uc-faq/limited-capability-for-work-related-activity

If you don't score from one of those descriptors, then it's 15 points total elsewhere.

That would award you LCW, which doesn't pay any additional money and would mean being under a work coach to do activities to prepare you for work.

lucylucy

hi kimmy thanks for the reply do you think i would get 15 points for any off these

i cant walk, i cant stand .i cant swallow,i cant go to the toilet need catheterized by partner ,i cant sit without pain, thanks

lucylucy

OverlyAnxious

It is often difficult to advise based on one or two forum posts but in this case I don't think there is any doubt that you should be awarded LCWRA.

lucylucy

thanks kim i hope so

lucylucy

lucylucy

hi everyone we just been migrtaed to uc and getpaid it fortnightly our last payment was 28th september next one due 14 october which is 16 days not 14 days is this normal thanks

OverlyAnxious

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/916591#Comment_916591

Hi,

If you have an APA with Universal Credit then you get 2 payments each month. As most months are not exactly 4 weeks, this means that some payments will be more than 14 days later. That is totally normal. It is not fortnightly in the same way that ESA was.

ChrisSCOPEhtfc94

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/916591#Comment_916591

it’s not paid in the same way as ESA - on occasions you’ll see a few extra days between your payments.

ChrisSCOPEhtfc94

It’s all dependant on the layout of each calendar month with weekends and any bank holidays.

ChrisSCOPEhtfc94

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/916591#Comment_916591

With a twice monthly frequency, it’ll be every 14-17 days. On ESA it’s always every 14 days. I’m on income-related ESA, I haven’t migrated yet, and my payment day is on a Wednesday, exactly every 14 days.

ChrisSCOPEhtfc94

I won’t mind just a few extra days between the payments occasionally - as long as I get mine paid twice monthly I’ll be happy 😁. Twice monthly, it’s more frequent than the default frequency of monthly, and that’s a winner for me. ✅✔️😀👌

I’d be entitled to £809.64 if I was on UC right now but I wouldn’t be able to stretch that amount from month to month. If my monthly payment date was on the 5th, for example, I just know I wouldn’t be able to stretch that amount until the 5th of the following calendar month 🗓️🗓️. I wouldn’t be able to do it at all.

Yes I absolutely know that £809.64 is a big chunk of money but if you don’t have that ability to do monthly budgeting, it can just be so hard to stretch any lump sum.

ChrisSCOPEhtfc94

It took me long enough 😂 @lucylucy to stop calling the more frequent payments “fortnightly” but I’ve now got it into my head that they’re “twice monthly” on UC.