Benefit cap

hallac

Hi,

this may my a silly question but I have just been looking at my uc account and my partner claims lcwra. I noticed on the benefit cap part it says the benefit cap will not apply to me until the 12th November 2025. So my questions is, is this a random date or does it mean something? Why the 25th November?.

thanks.

hallac

25th November that should say**

OverlyAnxious

Hi,

Have you recently stopped working yourself? There is a grace period that can apply to the benefit cap in this case.

However, with a LCWRA element on a joint account, you shouldn't be affected by the cap anyway. That sentence might just be automatically added for anyone on in the grace period.

hallac

I recently have been off work sick for 6 weeks due to health issues and have recently returned back to work full time but they have sent me a message on my journal to review my work commitments. Is this because my pay dropped because of ssp and will it be a simple phone call to tell them I am still in employment full time and just been off ill?. I normally earn above the amount each month to stop them bothering me with commitment meetings etc.

OverlyAnxious

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/999056#Comment_999056

Yes, it sounds like the drop in earnings has triggered this review.

Hopefully it will be a simple call but I can't be totally sure of that.