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hello12345 said: thank you @calcotti and do you know how long it will take DWP to make the initial decision?
Hi
Can you tell me when the notification appeared on your Universal Credit please as i was recently told that this was an upgrade to the system in January 2024 that now generates a to do for the need of an extra bedroom cross referencing claimants who receive PIP? I am awaiting a tribunal regarding the back dating but would be very helpful to myself if I had evidence of Universal Credit notifying claimants of "tell us whether you use an extra bedroom due to your disability" before January 2024. If anyone can help me it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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If you don’t currently have a PIP daily living award if the Tribunal awards it then make sure you report the changes to UC. If this doesn’t automatically generate the extra bedroom question then report to them that one is needed and why it’s needed.
Hi Poppy
Thank you for your reply. If the thread is more than 3 years old then that would confirm that Universal Credit telling me the upgrade only took affect in January 2024 isn't completely correct. I have received PIP & UC for 6 years, the first 4 years was a single claim then my partner moved in & it was changed to a joint claim even though he works full time. I was stressing out changing the claim as UC is the most complex, no common sense system I have ever known. One day I stated on my journal how stressful it was because there were no options for my situation. What I meant by this was it asked how many bedrooms my house gzd but not how many we used & why etc. The journal entry was never addressed as is normal with UC they pick & choose what they answer. Anyway all of a sudden in February 2024 I receive a "to do" that generated in my Universal Credit which was tell us if you use an extra bedroom due to your disability. I filled out the form stating this had been since my joint claim started & I received confirmation that I was entitled to the extra bedroom but not the back payment as it was the claimants responsibility to report this change. I explained on my journal that I never reported any change as there hadn't been a change since my joint claim & I'm now awaiting a tribunal. Universal Credit then identified the reason the "to do" generated automatically was because an upgrade was done to the system in January 2024 which identifies claimants who receive PIP & UC that may require an extra bedroom due to disability. But if I'm reading the above post correctly then this blows what Universal Credit have told me out the water as this claimant is saying this happened to them 3 years ago!! Honestly the system has you thinking you are going bonkers & all to claim just what you are entitled to its mad.
Thank you again for any information that can be of use to me.
I can see that this is the norm when it comes to UC and backdated "extra room". I also received my PIP after an MRI which was backdated 5 months.
While the carrer element was backdated by 5 months, the "extra room" was not. The DM told me that these are their rules and they don't pay back. I don't know if that's the case but I left it as it is.
It is not automatically paid because not everyone needs regular overnight care or is unable to share a room with a partner.
I know, I also received a notification after a successful MR,
I filled it out, waited 1.5 months and after a telephone conversation with DM and I was accepted,
but from AP when the decision was made, not from the day I submitted the PIP application. (5 months)
HI, thank you for the information. When did you receive the notification on your UC after your MR was it before January 2024?
no it was Feb 2024, just 3 days after MR decision if I remember.
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