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Universal Credit application and housing benefit

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  • Rubyroobs
    Rubyroobs Posts: 1,084 Forumite
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    Annie2347 said:
    Thank you for your advice. I read your comment on another post and I was thinking of applying on his behalf down the carer route as I thought that the housing benefit element would be paid after the WCA assessment. 

    I’ve now learned that the housing element will be paid about 5 weeks after initial claim. 

    My son is physically and mentally incapable of going to the job centre, work or do any work related activities. 

    My thinking is if we did go down the carer route, when I die the carer element won’t apply anymore, and he’d have to go through the WCA application himself, and he couldn’t cope doing that himself. 

    Looking at the descriptors he does qualify for LCWRA. 

    He receives income support as he has been caring for me for years. 

    I’ve wanted to apply for PIP on his behalf for years but I’ve not been well enough. My son hasn’t been well for years. The universal credit migration has forced this application.

    Id be grateful for your thoughts. 


    If he's claiming PIP he needs to be careful that the caring he does for you for 35 hours a week doesn't contradict the reasons he's claiming PIP. 
  • poppy12345
    poppy12345 Posts: 18,880 Forumite
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    Annie2347 said:

    I’ve now learned that the housing element will be paid about 5 weeks after initial claim. 



    It's not just housing element around 5 weeks after submitting the claim. When claiming UC first payment is always around this time. Then it's paid monthly going forward on the same date each month, unless that date falls on a weekend or bank holiday and then it's paid on the Friday before. 
  • Annie2347
    Annie2347 Posts: 61 Forumite
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    Thank you for your help and advice, I really appreciate it.

    We received the drs fit note in the post. I read on the govt website that the fit note needs to be stamped and signed by the gp. There’s no stamp and the dr hasn’t signed it.

    Do I need to phone the surgery and send the fit note back to be stamped and signed?

    Thank you 
  • Spoonie_Turtle
    Spoonie_Turtle Posts: 10,307 Forumite
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    Is there anything in the box where a signature would be?  It's been a while since I had fit notes but I'm fairly certain if there are details typed in that box then it counts as having been signed.  Mine were certainly never stamped.
  • huckster
    huckster Posts: 5,284 Forumite
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    Agree fit notes issued digitally just have typed info in signature area, which is OK for benefit purposes. Don't need to be stamped. 
    The comments I post are personal opinion. Always refer to official information sources before relying on internet forums. If you have a problem with any organisation, enter into their official complaints process at the earliest opportunity, as sometimes complaints have to be started within a certain time frame.
  • Annie2347
    Annie2347 Posts: 61 Forumite
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    Thank you for your help. 
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