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Work Capability Assessment decision

Hi,
I had to fill in a form for the Work Capability Assessment back in September, and I have received a letter regarding a decision they have made.
They responded "Following your work capability assessment, we have decided that you have limited capability for work and work related activity. This means we will not ask you to search for work or prepare for work".
What group does this mean I have been placed in?
In addition, will I be getting the additional £336 per month element as part of Universal Credit?
I currently received enhanced rate for both care component and mobility component fo PIP. Furthermore, I have been claiming ESA. Will this end now?
I had to fill in a form for the Work Capability Assessment back in September, and I have received a letter regarding a decision they have made.
They responded "Following your work capability assessment, we have decided that you have limited capability for work and work related activity. This means we will not ask you to search for work or prepare for work".
What group does this mean I have been placed in?
In addition, will I be getting the additional £336 per month element as part of Universal Credit?
I currently received enhanced rate for both care component and mobility component fo PIP. Furthermore, I have been claiming ESA. Will this end now?
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It sounds like you have been placed in the Limited Capability for Work Related Activity group (LCWRA).
This does mean that you should get the additional £336 per month.
This does not have any impact on your PIP.
Are you getting Contribution based/New Style ESA? If so, this will continue and be deducted from your UC.
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I receive my housing benefit through UC, but nothing else. I originally received £146 per week from UC at the beginning. But once ESA was accepted, they took it away because I was paid it through ESA. So I now just get £500 for housing benefit.
I started my claim for UC back in May, and my ESA the first week of June.
Is my understanding correct? I will continue getting UC for housing benefit, and ESA for £111 per week. In addition, I will be paid £336 per month by UC for being in the support group?
I receive no payments from UC except housing, so there isnt anything to deduct money from.
Yes that makes sense.
I've already been deducted UC for ESA, as I couldn't claim both. I am now receiving ESA £146 per week plus UC housing payments of £500.
Also, the letter said it will be paid from the 14th week, but in some circumstances sooner. What are those circumstances?
My evidence was first sent to DWP UC and ESA on the 25th May 2019, via medical certificates.
After 13 weeks, the DWP Work Capability Assessors Independent Assessment Services wrote to me with a questionnaire to be filled in and submitted. This was completed with attached medical records (Dr letters and specialist letters etc) and submitted in September 2019.
Today I heard back and they placed me in the relevant group for not being capable of working.
Hope this helps with deducing what I am entitled to.
Does the ESA increase from £73 per week to £111 per week also get backdated?
My total UC payments is £495 per month for housing. That is it. No other payments. Will they take £1 for £1 off of this? So £152 will be deducted from by £495 rent payments. Otherwise, where will the £1 for £1 be deducted from, other than from £111 ESA. But then why bother to pay £111 if they take £38 off of it.
Not exactly correct, as i advised previously. Your ESA will be £111.65 per week.
I get £595 PIP per month, which isn't deductible.
So my understanding is I would receive £111 per week ESA, and UC will continue to pay me £495 for my rent plus £336 per month for the disability element.
So my total monthly income is as follows:
ESA: £444 (£111 per week)
UC: £831 (£495 for rent, £336 for support group)
PIP: £595
As you stated above, I would receive £111 from ESA. But I would also receive £336 from UC for the disability element.
If I receive £336, the only deductions would have to be from £111 ESA.
If I cant receive ESA and the UC disability element, then ESA would stop. And I would only receive £336 from the UC. This would equate to £84 per week, an additional £11 per week.
This is because your ESA will increase to £111.65. As I advised a few times your UC monthly payment will be £664 per month and your ESA will be £223 every fortnight. With the PIP on top. This means in total between ESA and UC you will be £336 per month better off.
Before you were given LCWRA your UC was £495 and your ESA was £146, so as you can see you are better off.
To make it easier to understand, I just added it as follows:
ESA £292 per month (£146 / week)
UC £495 + £336
Total £1123
+ PIP = £1718
Universal Credit can be really confusing and gets more complicated with NS ESA too.
Currently I imagine your UC statement looks something like this:
Standard Allowance: £317
Housing: £495
DEDUCTIONS:
Payment to your landlord: £495
Deduction for overlapping benefit (ESA): £317(ish)
So you get £0 Universal Credit paid directly to you and then you get £73.10 ESA per week (or £146.20 fortnightly).
Now you have LCWRA both your UC and your ESA should increase.
You should now receive £111.65 ESA per week (£223.30 a fortnight).
Then your Universal Credit will look something like this:
Standard Allowance: £317
Housing: £495
LCWRA: £336
DEDUCTIONS:
Payment to your landlord: £495
Deduction for overlapping benefit (ESA): £483
UC payment: £170
So going forward you should receive:
£170 UC a month (in addition to your housing)
£111.85 ESA per week
PIP
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I'm now confused.
I get an additional £336 UC for being In the support group. My ESA increases by £38 per week to £111. However, I lose some of the £336 from UC. So £336 - (4 × 38) = 336 - 152 = £184.
If I only get £170 then I don't really get 336 extra a month. Because more is taken then given by the above calculations.