LCWRA back payment

jim123321

poppy12345 said:

As you were eventually awarded by DWP it may not take as long as i previously advised but may still take a few weeks. backdated money is often paid at a different time to your usual monthly payment. I'd give it at least a few weeks before contacting them.

Ok I’ve actually already put a message on my journal basically saying that I understand what I should be entitled to when it comes to backdating eg dates, amounts etc and if they have any idea when this should be payed, just so it’s on my journal and they can’t say well you didn’t get in touch etc. 

So now I will leave it a few weeks before contacting them again. 

Thanks very much for your help, honestly it’s really difficult to get any sort of useful information like this from UC, DWP, local job centre etc!

NedS

jim123321 said:

Ok I’ve actually already put a message on my journal basically saying that I understand what I should be entitled to when it comes to backdating eg dates, amounts etc and if they have any idea when this should be payed, just so it’s on my journal and they can’t say well you didn’t get in touch etc. 

So now I will leave it a few weeks before contacting them again. 

Perfect. Ask the question on your journal, put the info you want in writing, and then no one can say they didn't know or that you didn't ask.

You can now give your Case Manager a friendly nudge on your journal for updates from time to time, but you will probably find out quicker than them as a letter will be uploaded to your journal the moment back payment is made notifying you. Until then, there's really nothing they can tell you other than it hasn't been done yet (which you already know). Obviously if weeks pass, give them a nudge.

jim123321

NedS said:

jim123321 said:

Ok I’ve actually already put a message on my journal basically saying that I understand what I should be entitled to when it comes to backdating eg dates, amounts etc and if they have any idea when this should be payed, just so it’s on my journal and they can’t say well you didn’t get in touch etc. 

So now I will leave it a few weeks before contacting them again. 

Perfect. Ask the question on your journal, put the info you want in writing, and then no one can say they didn't know or that you didn't ask.

You can now give your Case Manager a friendly nudge on your journal for updates from time to time, but you will probably find out quicker than them as a letter will be uploaded to your journal the moment back payment is made notifying you. Until then, there's really nothing they can tell you other than it hasn't been done yet (which you already know). Obviously if weeks pass, give them a nudge.

Yes thanks I think that’s the best and only real thing that I can do right now and I’m very used to giving my case manager a weekly nudge as I got used to it when I was waiting for the results from my health assessment, then the reconsideration, then going to tribunal haha yes I’m very used to chasing things up with them. 

Thanks for the help!

coldplayfan11

Hi, I am new here and not sure if I am posting in the right place.
I have been on lcw for roughly 3 years, then they asked me to go to an assessment roughly march 2020 but I handed in my evidence in January 2020. my assessments got canceled 3 times till June this year, which I passed for lcwra and got the extra money for that month. They are saying I am not due to backdated money which seems unfair, as if my assessment had went ahead last year I would of been receiving the extra money for that time. Thank you

poppy12345

coldplayfan11 said:

Hi, I am new here and not sure if I am posting in the right place.
I have been on lcw for roughly 3 years, then they asked me to go to an assessment roughly march 2020 but I handed in my evidence in January 2020. my assessments got canceled 3 times till June this year, which I passed for lcwra and got the extra money for that month. They are saying I am not due to backdated money which seems unfair, as if my assessment had went ahead last year I would of been receiving the extra money for that time. Thank you

A new thread would have better rather than posting on the end of someone else's thread that's 10 months old.

To answer your question, if you reported a worsening of condition and prompted the review yourself then you would be entitled to backdated money.

If the review was prompted by DWP then it's from when the decision was made.

You could state that if it wasn't for Covid then you may have been assessed earlier but this may not help. Even before Covid, backlogs were long.