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LCWRA and SSP

ASH
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Welfare officer - St Christopher's Hospice, SE London

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I’ve got confused over entitlement to LCWRA and UC.  My client has been on SPP for 6 months diagnosed with cancer and getting UC for housing costs only.  She has been getting standard dl PIP throughout the period too.  No UC50 ever sent.  I am now sending a ds1500 but can I argue that they should have awarded LCWRA from start of claim as cancer diagnosis or 13 weeks after when they should have completed a WRA.

[ Edited: 17 Aug 2017 at 11:19 am by ASH ]
Daphne
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He has to wait three months to get the LCWRA - can only get it straight away via terminal illness, as you say, or linking rules - see CPAG pg 262-3