Universal credit Work Capability

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cjsiwuwuwu
cjsiwuwuwu Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener
edited April 2022 in Universal Credit (UC)
Hi everyone I have been told to fill a form for work capability and I did this just after I received my pip award, I filled it on September 2021 it’s now been nearly 7 months and I’ve not receive any update on this benefit anyone help?

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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Hi @cjsiwuwuwu and welcome to the community :) I hope you're well this evening.

    I'm sorry to hear you've been waiting so long to hear more, have you contacted anyone about it recently? Or left a note on your journal?
  • cjsiwuwuwu
    cjsiwuwuwu Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener
    I have yes numerous times and they have said they haven’t got any update yet, I filled the work capability form and that’s all I’ve done so far and it was about 7 months ago 

  • cjsiwuwuwu
    cjsiwuwuwu Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener
    What happens cos I filled the work capability form questionnaire out do they need to do a telephone assement after o filled that or 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    Yes, they will usually do an assessment and there are long waits for these. Numerous threads on the subject on this forum.
  • cjsiwuwuwu
    cjsiwuwuwu Online Community Member Posts: 19 Listener
    So they shall be a backdate from when I first sent the work form out 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    So they shall be a backdate from when I first sent the work form out 
    If found to have LCWRA then there’s a full 3 month waiting period. The extra money is paid from the 4th month after you reported your health condition. It’s not paid at all during the waiting period. 
    If found to have LCW there’s no extra money.