Can I work if I am in lcwra? Will it effect my lcwra?

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  • ased444
    ased444 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Listener

    Hi

    Can anyone please tell me if they had experience in pip appeal to tribunal how long it took them to award for pip after appeal to tribunal? Thanks

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 4,089 Championing

    I waited 11 months between a failed assessment and a tribunal hearing. But waiting times vary across the country and at different times of year. There is no specific timescale for this.

  • ased444
    ased444 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Listener

    Hi,To Overlyanxious

    Your saying you waited 11 month between a failed assesment and a tribunal hearing?. Did you get pip awarded after the tribunal hearing ? I just have another question do they have option give pip award before going court or you have to attend court?

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 4,089 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1015952#Comment_1015952

    Yes, that's right. I did send the Mandatory Reconsideration letter within that time, but that also got refused. 0 points, same as the assessment.

    I did get awarded PIP at tribunal. I got Enhanced Daily Living but no Mobility. (That was correct for my circumstances, because the Mobility descriptors didn't cover my unusual situation).

    The DWP do sometimes make you an offer by telephone before it goes to Tribunal. But if they don't do that then you would have to go to tribunal.

    Just for reference, it's not actually a court, although they are sometimes held in court buildings.

  • ased444
    ased444 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Listener

    Hi

    Let me just be clear to understand if i appeal then they say that dwp has to respond on a date for example 1st of may and i need to know do they have to let me know before that date if they dont then it goes to tribunal if it goes to tribunal do i have to attend to triubnal or not ?

    I have another question about my friend he wants to know if dwp will allow him to become appointee for 2 person one for his mother and another person is his partner his mother is recieving pip and pension and his wife is on universal credit pip ?. Thanks

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 4,089 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1016148#Comment_1016148

    If you get refused PIP then the first stage is to send a Mandatory Reconsideration letter.

    If the MR letter is also refused then you move to the Tribunal stage.

    A tribunal date will be booked. And you should expect to attend the tribunal.

    In some cases the DWP might make an offer by telephone to stop it going all the way to tribunal, right up until the day of the tribunal. But you should not be expecting that to happen as it only happens in a small percentage of cases.

    If you don't attend the tribunal, they might decide to continue the hearing without your input. Or they might cancel it, and you would have to book another one, which could be many more weeks/months waiting.

    Yes, one person can be an appointee for 2 different people.

  • ased444
    ased444 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Listener

    Hi

    I also need to know please if my partner is in lcwra and i have illness unable to work is it possible for both of us to be in lcwra if not then can both person be able to be without going to see work coach or dont look for work and not to attend any training after the asesessment ? Thanks

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 4,089 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1016242#Comment_1016242

    Both of you can be put in the LCWRA group. Which means no work commitments and no work related activity.

    However only one LCWRA payment is allowed on a joint claim. You would not get 2 LCWRA payments.

    In this situation, it is often best for one partner to claim the Carers Element for looking after the other partner. That way they get one LCWRA element, plus one Carers Element, on the joint claim. That adds around £200 a month to the total payment.

  • ased444
    ased444 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Listener

    Hi

    As you saying it is best for one partner to claim the carer element for looking after the other partner but how do i claim this carer element as i put in journal last time i am carer of my partner but dont like to hear about that abd they said that my partner has to be in getting pip and then for me to claim carer allowance also if i am the carer i will also get appointment once a month for looking for jobs with work coach?

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 4,089 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1016572#Comment_1016572

    The person needing care needs be claiming the Daily Living part of PIP for this. If neither of you have PIP then you can't claim the Carers Element.

    Carers do not have any work commitments so no Work Coach appointments.

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