UC disabled child backdate

[Oilytoe90]

A few people are waiting for the uc backdate for the disabled child element. So thought I'd make a thread about it instead of doing it on the dla thread lol x

@Oilytoe90 aw ano but it's just so draining and frustrating, no one's even replied to any of.my journal messages since the 23rd of September still 🤷‍♀️ x

Ladies just checked my bank and back date was in then checked my journal and there was a message saying wat was going in x

@Noneyerbuisness11234 yaaaay!!! That's excellent news 😀

I called yesterday they said there was no time scale for the backdate as someone else has said but it has been approved/signed off.. god knows. She put a note on my journal for work coach.
I’m just worried now that there going to take most of it for an old tax credits debt (we were overpaid)
got my first UC statement yesterday and out of £146 getting paid £14.50, they’ve deducted the rest 🙄

@Sarahjlk surely they aren't allowed to take that much off you!? U can call them and say that you're struggling to pay it back and ask them to lower how much u pay back. Also they are deffo not allowed to take back dated money off you x

thanks @Oilytoe90 I’ve left a note to say it’s a bit extreme in comparison to how much was supposed to be getting. I’ll need all the back date with having a week off unpaid due to covid!

@Sarahjlk it is way too much to be taking off you. Oh no bless you. Did you suffer with it? X

Got a letter yesterday from carers allowance saying they've received my claim and they're going to look at my benefits from February to see if I'm entitled to that and backdated too fingers crossed x

@Oilytoe90 hopefully get some answers tomorrow. yea very much so.. all 3 of us had it.. worse week ever.

I rang up about the 150 cost of living coz I was backdated to February they z I'll have it end of the month u had to be getting dla in may to b entitled to it I z that I only got the decision but from feb he z I'm entitled and will defo get it if that helps anyone not sure wether Ull get it or not x

Glad I found it. The decision was made the day after I requested the back payment that it would be backdated to may. I have sent a couple of messages over the last 3 weeks but have been ignored x

@Noneyerbuisness11234 ahh that's annoying I got awarded from June 😭 so not entitled to it x

@Girlmum25 it can take a while and they literally never respond to messages. So annoying x

@Oilytoe90 hopefully will hear this week I got the decision on the 24th sept. It's crazy they used to be really quick at replying to messages but now they don't 😂

@Oilytoe90 finally got a reply today saying my payments have been recalculated and are now with the checking team? 🤷‍♀️ hopefully a step closer anyways haha x

@Shannon26 yeesssss!! Finally x

@Oilytoe90 ahah i know fingers crossed not much longer!! did you get that message? X

@Shannon26 yeah I did. The day after I let them know of the changes x

@Oilytoe90 oh finally seems like I'm on the right tracks now god knows what they've been doing this whole time! How long after that did you get your message to say how much you were owed and when you'd get it? X

Got letter saying I'm not entitled to carers allowance is that coz I got carers element x

@Shannon26 it was about 10 days x

@Noneyerbuisness11234
No hun, would have nothing to do with that. Maybe call them and ask why x

@Oilytoe90 thanks hun just so I have a rough idea when to expect to hear anything again x

I'm tinging up now to see what's going on, really annoying that they just don't answer journal messages

They have just told me on the phone that I am not getting any back pay and I haven't been told that I am. I'm really confused. I received this letter on the 24th of September she said its just a change of circumstances did anyone receive this letter