LCWRA backpayment

glyntamdarcie
glyntamdarcie Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)
Hi, my partner has been awarded LWRCA,  we have 2 letters in our journal, the second one is with the amount of backpayment, but it has been referred to the debt recovery department to seeing they want to take any for depts to the dwp that we owe, does anybody know long it takes them to make a decision,  because we are waiting for them then they will make the payment to us.

Thanks

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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Hi and welcome 

    Hard to say how long as each case is different but I wouldn't think it would be that long 
  • glyntamdarcie
    glyntamdarcie Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    Thanks for your reply, but would you say less than a week, or longer, we need to buy a new car, and just trying to get a rough idea
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    I really couldn't say non of us know what is going on with DWP. They may have backlogs that may not.  They may have staff shortages or anything 

    Also depends on how your case is if it is complex or not, what the debt is , and is there plan in place


  • glyntamdarcie
    glyntamdarcie Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    Ok, thanks for your help
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,743 Online Community Programme Lead
    Hi @glyntamdarcie, it would be very unusual if it was less than a week, there are usually delays with debt management processing things and they're very busy. You can call them direct to discuss it and they can let you know if it's being looked at yet.

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