Claim Closed After Review

nicedude
nicedude Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)

My claim was closed for being over £16000 after a review, I have to pay back money which is fine and I intend to do so in full, but what is worrying me is LCWRA, does anybody know if there is a way to get my claim restarted after I paid back the money (I will be below £16000 after I paid it all back)

Or am I screwed and have to go through all the stress of re-applying for everything from scratch?

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,171 Championing
    edited December 2025

    Unfortunately you'll have to start from scratch.

    Rapid UC reclaim is only available if closure was due to earnings reducing UC award to zero, with a time limit of 6 months.

  • nicedude
    nicedude Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1089638#Comment_1089638

    Thanks for answering, this is said for the reason why it was closed, is this the same thing you're talking about or is it something complentley different?

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,171 Championing
    edited December 2025

    That's completely different to having more than £16k in capital which is the reason you gave for your claim closing.

    If your claim closed due to having more than £16k capital my advice was correct.

    I can't offer anything further.

  • nicedude
    nicedude Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener

    Interesting, I just assumed it was for being over 16k because I was before the review

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 3,562 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    Hi @nicedude and a warm welcome to the community from me!

    I see Kimi has already answered your question so I won't add anything else today but its lovely to have you here and I hope you enjoy your time on the community😊

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