LCWRA

hallac

Hi, 

my partner hasn’t worked for years due to illnesses and having to look after the kids. I work and we are on universal credit. 

She recently did a work capability assessment and was told she has limited capability for work and work related activity.

so my question is will we receive more money if she hasn’t work for the past 5 years? I’ve been told the person as to have worked and have enough national insurance credits.

Thanks 

poppy123456

LCWRA is part of Universal Credit and has nothing to do with NI contributions. There's an extra £354.28/month included in your maximum UC entitlement paid from the 4th month after you reported your health condition.

When it's paid from exactly will depend on what date the health condition was reported/or a fit note sent and what date you usually receive your money each month.

hallac

Thanks for the reply Poppy I think they got confused with esa which in turn confused me

hallac

poppy123456 said:

LCWRA is part of Universal Credit and has nothing to do with NI contributions. There's an extra £354.28/month included in your maximum UC entitlement paid from the 4th month after you reported your health condition.

When it's paid from exactly will depend on what date the health condition was reported/or a fit note sent and what date you usually receive your money each month.

So if she reported the health condition n February how many months will be backdated? It’s all a bit confusing for me

poppy123456

ESA is a different benefit. Without knowing the answers to these questions, it's not possible to tell you exactly when it's paid from exactly.

poppy123456 said:

When it's paid from exactly will depend on what date the health condition was reported/or a fit note sent and what date you usually receive your money each month.

Based on the limited information you gave it would be either June or July.

Alex_Alumni

Hello @hallac thanks for posting your query and welcome to the community, has poppy helped to reassure you about your partner's LCWRA payments?

Let us know if you have any further questions

Alex

hallac

Alex_Scope said:

Hello @hallac thanks for posting your query and welcome to the community, has poppy helped to reassure you about your partner's LCWRA payments?

Let us know if you have any further questions

Alex

Thank you, one last question if we owe advances will they be taken out of the back pay? 

Thanks 

poppy123456

hallac said:

Alex_Scope said:

Hello @hallac thanks for posting your query and welcome to the community, has poppy helped to reassure you about your partner's LCWRA payments?

Let us know if you have any further questions

Alex

Thank you, one last question if we owe advances will they be taken out of the back pay? 

Thanks 

It has been known for them to do that yes.

hallac

Hi, we have been told about back pay and amount due but it doesn’t state when it will be paid. Do you know when they usually pay it into your bank? Thanks 

poppy123456

Once it's paid it takes 3-5 working days to go into your bank.