DWP shares 12 medical conditions that give Universal Credit claimants £320 boost - full list
manchestereveningnews.co.ukDepartment for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit claimants could receive a £390 monthly boost if they have a certain health condition.
The limited capability for work and work-related activity (LCWRA) provides a top-up for those on Universal Credit. This covers those with a health condition or disability that makes them unable to work.
What's better is that the boost will soon be worth £416 a month following an uprate in April. According to the DWP, 1.4 million out of two million UC claimants were placed into the LCWRA group and received the top-up between January 2022 and November 2023, the Mirror reports. Read more: Man’s heartbreak after his ‘kind’ XL bully dog 'Spooky' is killed by police less than 24 hours after going missing The LCW top up is only available to those placed into that group before April 2017.
The DWP issued a list on what conditions people had when undertaking the work capability assessment, as well as how many experienced said conditions: Of the 1.2 million assessed, around 69 per cent were recorded as having a mental health disorder.
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