Lcwra need help

We seem to be going round in circles here. 

maxine1211 said:

Can i ask i think this is where im going wrong ... so once my sick notes are in continous from 4th of jan they give me the work allowance if im assessed with lcwra from then not just from the 4 month is that correct

Yup, that's pretty much what it is. 

maxine1211 said:

Please coukd i ask so my first sick note was 4th jan ... what are my waiting ap please 

I've already answered the question here. 

poppy123456 said:

You have misunderstood what you’ve read. The waiting period is 3 full assessment periods. It’s then paid from the 4th month after you provided your first fit note and first payment is the end of that 4th month. The LCWRA element isn’t paid at all during this period.

Your waiting period will be Jan/Feb, Feb/March, March/April… LCWRA starts from assessment period 10th April to 9th May and first payment will be 16th May. No LCWRA element is owed.

This is assuming there were no gaps in your fit notes. 

maxine1211 said:

Does dec/ jan count my ap is 10th to 9th

No because you provided your first fit note in the middle of that AP so that doesn't count for the LCWRA element. As I advised, it has to be 3 full AP. See comment above for the waiting period. 

No problem. 

maxine1211 said:

Hi ive been awarded lcwra today and im confused they didnt give any dates or payments does that come after ?

The decision letters are just standard letters and never give any information on when the extra money starts from. 

maxine1211 said:

Thankyou for that my ... ive just checked on my journal and its says change of cucumstances 14th feb but they said on journal effective from 4th jan i dont understand ... i first went sick 4th of jan handing sick note to employet not uc then on 14th feb handed to uc as employer couldnt pay me anymore sick pay does 4th jan count or 14th feb ?

It's not the date on your first fit note that counts, it's the date you actually provided it, which i did ask at the start of the thread. 

This does change when the extra money is paid from. Your waiting period will be March/April, April/May, May/June... LCWRA starts from assessment period 10th June to 9th July and first payment will be 16th July. No LCWRA element is owed. 

It also changes when the work allowance is paid from. Rather than it being from 10th Dec to 8th Jan like I advised. It will be from AP 10th Feb to 9th March. If you received earnings from that AP then you will be owed some money for that. If you didn't then you won't be owed any money. 

No problem. At the time for you because you're claiming help with the rent the work allowance was £379/month. With earnings of £473 your deduction at the time was £260.15.

With the work allowance the deduction would be £51.70. Which means they will owe you about £208 but the exact amount will depend on the exact figures. 

UC is a digital claim and you will not receive any letters in the post. Letters are uploaded onto your journal and you already receive the decision letter you said.

You won’t receive any other letters with award dates because LCWRA is an ongoing award until a new decision says otherwise. It has no end date.

I did advise earlier in the thread that it’s not unusual for it to take quite a few weeks to pay what is owed, which will be a small amount for the work allowance.