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Backdating UC

Dan Manville
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I’m sure this has been covered before but I can’t find it so here goes.

DWP tell us, on an MR for a backdating request, that once a claim is awarded it can’t be backdated.

S8(2) SSA 1998 extinguishes the claim at the date of decision and creates an award instead, but only claims can bebackdated.

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Elliot Kent
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See this thread: https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/15252/

And the other ones I linked to there.