Lcwra

lighty16
lighty16 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

hi I’m new here I don’t seem to be getting any answers from anyone so I thought I would try here so here goes

Last November 2023 I sent my questionnaire back to lcwra apparently I was on lcw so my universal credit has told me which I never knew anyway so from novemver till April I was waiting for my over the phone assessment which I had April 12th then June 12tg 2024 I had my letter to say that I have been given lcwra odviously I know that there is a waiting period I receive my first payment the 7th of November my question is am I due any back pay at all

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing

    As you were already found to have LCW then there's no waiting period. If this was a review started by UC and you didn't report any changes that prompted them to refer you then the extra money is paid from the assessment period in which the decision was made.

    If the decision was made in June then I would have expected you to have received the extra money way before now.

    Put a message onto your journal under the payment section and tell them that it was a review and you already had LCW before the review took place and there's no waiting period. Tell them that the extra money should have been from the assessment period in which the decision was made. (assuming it was a review started by them)

  • lighty16
    lighty16 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    thank you for messaging me back this is what I received yesterday

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing

    The first message showing on that is incorrect. The 2nd message from Gill is correct but you'll need to wait for a decision maker to make the decision. I don't know how long this will take. Once it's made a letter will be uploaded onto your journal.

  • lighty16
    lighty16 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    so will I get back pay if do from when please xx

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing

    If the decision was made on 12th June and your payment date is usually 7th of every month then your first payment would be 7th July 2024. Therefore they owe you for July, Aug, Sept and Oct.

  • lighty16
    lighty16 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener

    ok thank you roughly how long does it take to get a decision roughly