Very interesting decision CH/392/2009, confirming that, a) the date of claim for HB is the date that the guarantee element of PC is awarded from (as long as the claim is received by LA within 1 month of the PS decision) and b) the further backdating provisions beyond the date of claim (now 3 months, previously a year).
This LA got it wrong, and likely has been doing so since PC introduced. Worth checking if your LA's are doing the same. Could amount to vast sums and need to ask the LA's to trawl through awards made since 2004.
I have emailed copy to rightsnet and asked that they post it on the site.
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