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Underpayment ?

I’ve just moved over to universal credit which has made me aware of how much benefit I should be receiving.
I have a feeling that while on ESA I was underpaid. If I’m correct is it too late to do anything about this now I’m on UC? Like too late to get it backdated.
Is anyone very good at calculating these things, if there’s anyone that could possibly give me a rough estimate of what I should have been receiving a week I’d really appreciate it. I just want to check I’m not making a mistake.
I was on ESA in the LCWRA group.
Severe disability premium
and my claim started before April 3 2017 which means I should have been topped up with around £30 a week.
I have been on pip for years so I’m exempt from the benefit cap (as far as I’m aware).
I have a feeling that while on ESA I was underpaid. If I’m correct is it too late to do anything about this now I’m on UC? Like too late to get it backdated.
Is anyone very good at calculating these things, if there’s anyone that could possibly give me a rough estimate of what I should have been receiving a week I’d really appreciate it. I just want to check I’m not making a mistake.
I was on ESA in the LCWRA group.
Severe disability premium
and my claim started before April 3 2017 which means I should have been topped up with around £30 a week.
I have been on pip for years so I’m exempt from the benefit cap (as far as I’m aware).
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I was getting £164 a week.
£73.10
living expenses
£62.45
extra money for being disabled
£29.05
Extra money for being in work related activity group
On my UC claim they say I was in LCWRA when on ESA.
Just realised you asked when I moved over to UC, I moved over on the 1st may 2018.
My UC case manager is the one that looked into everything and said that I was in lcwra on esa.
She then added the lcwra element to my UC.
When I asked for a breakdown of the amounts that were lost and what they were for, my case manager came back to me and said that UC had made a mistake, that when I was on ESA I was on LCWRA then she awarded me LCWRA and backdated 9 months worth of payments.
She even apologised for any stress caused by being short of money. Now I’m very confused.
plus £317.82
It’s been one screw up after another during this switch.
Ok thanks for all your help I really appreciate it.