LCWRA review date?

Darkwolf666
Darkwolf666 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)
Good morning, don't know if anyone is able to help, or advise.

I act as an appointee for my granddaughter for all matters DWP/UC. She was awarded LCWRA in October 2020 and was sent a letter, via her UC account to this effect.

However, what the letter doesn't indicate is a review date, instead just saying "we may ask you to attend another Work Capability Assessment in the future".

I would like to know if a date has been set for a review, she has an Enhanced/Enhanced rate for PIP until 2031, but don't want to call them in case that alerts them to her case and they call her for review and all the hassle that goes with it, form filling etc.! Equally I hate the idea of the fact that the brown envelope could drop through the door at any point in time calling her in! It makes planning for her future quite difficult...

Any ideas or advice, gratefully received.

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing
    LCWRA is an ongoing award until a new decision says otherwise so it doesn't just stop. There are huge backlogs of people waiting for their first assessment and some have been waiting a year.
    It's very unlikely that they will be doing any reviews anytime soon because of this.
    When she eventually be reassessed there will be notification onto her journal to say that she's been referred and then shortly after that you'll receive the work capability assessment form in the post, which is usually a white envelope.
  • Darkwolf666
    Darkwolf666 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    poppy123456 said:
    LCWRA is an ongoing award until a new decision says otherwise so it doesn't just stop. There are huge backlogs of people waiting for their first assessment and some have been waiting a year.
    It's very unlikely that they will be doing any reviews anytime soon because of this.
    When she eventually be reassessed there will be notification onto her journal to say that she's been referred and then shortly after that you'll receive the work capability assessment form in the post, which is usually a white envelope.

    Thank you for your reply, much appreciated and helpful. I was however under the impression that the notification letter should/may contain a likely review period, i.e. 24 months.

    Now I've got to worry about brown AND white envelopes coming through the post! ;o)
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing
    Decision letters for the work capability assessment do not give any timescales for reviews unlike PIP does. Reviews for the work capability assessment can take place anytime from 3 months. There's no fixed timescale for awards.
  • Darkwolf666
    Darkwolf666 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    poppy123456 said:
    Decision letters for the work capability assessment do not give any timescales for reviews unlike PIP does. Reviews for the work capability assessment can take place anytime from 3 months. There's no fixed timescale for awards.
    Again, thanks for the reply and clarity, much appreciated. 

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