LCWRA proof for backdating

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stevie66
stevie66 Online Community Member Posts: 35 Contributor
in Universal Credit (UC)
Hi, as I understand it, you don't get the benefit till the fourth month after providing evidence.

It is stated the benefit can be backdated to first fit note.

My question.
The providing evidence, is this when asked to do so?

Or could this be from the first fit note sent in.

To clarify my situation.
Have been sending in fit notes for over 1 year, started getting pip 6 months ago, 2 months ago got sent the forms for LCWRA and just been awarded but not as yet received any benefit.
So is it taken from providing evidence for the LCWRA forms?

Thanks for your time.

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  • L_Volunteer
    L_Volunteer Community Volunteer Adviser, Scope Member Posts: 7,922 Championing

    Hi @stevie66. Thanks for your post. What a great question as well!

    Unfortunately, LCWRA is not an area of my expertise. This means I can only hope someone with more knowledge in this area will be able to respond to you soon.

    In the meantime, I just want to say we hear you and are here for you  :)

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    The waiting period starts from when you reported your health condition, providing you sent a fit note within 7 days of this. You must have continued to send in fit notes without any gaps until a decision was made on your WCA.
    It's 3 full assessment periods and the extra money is paid from the 4th month. When it's paid from will depend on what date you reported your health condition and the dates of your assessment periods (or when you usually receive payment each month)
  • stevie66
    stevie66 Online Community Member Posts: 35 Contributor
    Thanks for your answers.
    Looks like I should get back pay on this then. 🤔 
  • stevie66
    stevie66 Online Community Member Posts: 35 Contributor
    Hi all, getting my first payment on the 12th but no sign so far of back pay!
    Does it normally come later?
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    edited May 2022
    stevie66 said:
    Hi all, getting my first payment on the 12th but no sign so far of back pay!
    Does it normally come later?
    It will come separately. Before they can pay arrears, DWP have to recalculate your entitlement for previous months and then compare that with what you were previously paid 
  • stevie66
    stevie66 Online Community Member Posts: 35 Contributor
    Thanks Calcotti
  • calcotti
    calcotti Online Community Member Posts: 10,001 Championing
    If you haven't had anything by the end of the week post a query on your UC journal as a payment query.
  • Kate56
    Kate56 Online Community Member Posts: 36 Connected
    Hi, sorry to jump on I had my first LCWRA payment on 4th May but haven't heard anything since about backpay I sent a message to enquire and as if yet I have no reply
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Kate56 said:
    Hi, sorry to jump on I had my first LCWRA payment on 4th May but haven't heard anything since about backpay I sent a message to enquire and as if yet I have no reply

    It's not unusal for it to take a few weeks. When you put a message on your journal did you put it under the payment section? If you didn't then you should do that.
  • Kate56
    Kate56 Online Community Member Posts: 36 Connected
    Yes I put it under payment section, I have been in touch by phone and a note has been added to my journal that I must be contacted by 6pm tomorrow, we can only hope!
  • Kate56
    Kate56 Online Community Member Posts: 36 Connected
    My phone call to DWP this morning has left me with a big smile I had a phone call back to say my backpay is going in bank by 8pm tonight £6,800 whoop whoop
  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    Thanks for the update @Kate56, super news :) 
  • stevie66
    stevie66 Online Community Member Posts: 35 Contributor
    Yes brilliant news Kate. I feel a spending spreeeeeee coming your way.
  • Breacon
    Breacon Online Community Member Posts: 103 Contributor
    Very interesting reading about this LCWRA payment, Poppy is helping me with it, but it's the first I've heard of it, who should have told me about it. I've been signed of work since Aug 22, just recently gone into the support group, but no one has mentioned the above to me at all.
    Can anyone tell me please.
    Many thanks
  • stevie66
    stevie66 Online Community Member Posts: 35 Contributor
    Hi @Breacon
    I'll try with my basic understanding of the benefit.
    Well normally after 3 or 4 months of putting in what use to be called sick notes you should have automatically been sent assessment forms, or so I belive. Any way there are two groups lcwra where you are not expected to look for work and lcw when your still expected to do limmited work thus continue to look for work.
    I'm not sure if the payments are diffrent as I've only had lcwra and that's about £330 per month.
    The best thing to do is send copies of the paperwork of anything you have from NHS and doctors appointments, hospital appointments  any assessments back with the assessment form.
    You may have an assessment in person and or a phone call from them.
    They were realy good when I when myself and on that day just happened  I was having a really bad day I thing due to the stress of it all. But the were very helpful.
    Hope that helps
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    stevie66 said:
    Hi @Breacon
    I'll try with my basic understanding of the benefit.
    Well normally after 3 or 4 months of putting in what use to be called sick notes you should have automatically been sent assessment forms, or so I belive. Any way there are two groups lcwra where you are not expected to look for work and lcw when your still expected to do limmited work thus continue to look for work.
    I'm not sure if the payments are diffrent as I've only had lcwra and that's about £330 per month.
    The best thing to do is send copies of the paperwork of anything you have from NHS and doctors appointments, hospital appointments  any assessments back with the assessment form.
    You may have an assessment in person and or a phone call from them.
    They were realy good when I when myself and on that day just happened  I was having a really bad day I thing due to the stress of it all. But the were very helpful.
    Hope that helps

    Breacon has already been through the WCA and was placed into the Support Group for ESA. Advice is already being given here on this thread regarding their UC claim.  https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/91454/lcwra-and-council-tax-benefit#latest

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