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I've been awarded LCWRA. Will I get an additional amount backdated for 3 month waiting period?

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garfield2010
garfield2010 Community member Posts: 3 Listener
edited June 2021 in Universal Credit (UC)
hi all I’m looking for advice please I’ve been awarded lwcra  think that’s right  Abbreviation
from 9th March 2021 my assessment period is from 24th to 25th  if that makes sense I’m told I get additional amount from august 2nd but does this get back dated for the three months waiting period ? Thank u for yr time 
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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Community member Posts: 21,964 Disability Gamechanger
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    Hi there

    Congratulations on the award

    No the waiting period isn't paid you get payment from the 4th month after reporting the condition 
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  • garfield2010
    garfield2010 Community member Posts: 3 Listener
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    thank u some people say it is some say it’s not so confused 
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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Community member Posts: 21,964 Disability Gamechanger
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    I can assure you the first 3 months are not paid I claim it myself and there are lirs if posts about it on here with advice from other too 

    Have a read of some of them in recent discussions or uc section 
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  • garfield2010
    garfield2010 Community member Posts: 3 Listener
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    As u can tell this is all new to me .. thank u for yr help 
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  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,492 Disability Gamechanger
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    Welcome to the community @garfield2010 :) Thanks for joining, and for posting your question. I hope that Janer1967's post has cleared that up for you. 

    Just to let you know, I've renamed your post a bit and moved it into our category for discussions relating to universal credit.
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  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,010 Disability Gamechanger
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    garfield2010 said:
    hi all I’m looking for advice please I’ve been awarded lwcra  think that’s right  Abbreviation
    from 9th March 2021 my assessment period is from 24th to 25th  if that makes sense I’m told I get additional amount from august 2nd but does this get back dated for the three months waiting period ? Thank u for yr time 
    The reason it's called a waiting period is because you don't get paid the extra LCWRA element during this period.
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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