LCW will Iget any backpay ?

Bobbin77
Bobbin77 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)

I have just been awarded LCW by a tribunal hearing I'm aware LCW doesn't give me any extra money but I have a higher 'work allowance' will I receive any backpay in relation to this not being applied in the time it has taken from my original application?

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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 7,610 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @Bobbin77, as far as I'm aware you wouldn't be able to get back pay for the work allowance. But it's not something I've come across a lot so I'm afraid I can't say for certain.

    You could try speaking to a benefits adviser to see if they can help clarify things for you. Turn2Us have a directory to search for some local help:

    Turn2Us - AdviceFinder

    Hope you can get some clarity soon.

  • tifo
    tifo Online Community Member Posts: 143 Empowering

    Looking at it logically, for example if you didn't have an allowance between January and June and thus had 55p deducted for every £1 earned and now you've been awarded LCW from January then the DWP should recalculate your payments as if the work allowance was on from January, which it now technically is.

    If it was the other way around they would definitely ask for money back.

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