SMI help required

I have been receiving Support for Mortgage Interest payments from the DWP for several years. Due to delays on the part of the DWP, despite repeated requests by me I did not receive the SFMI loan documents for the new loan scheme until June. I signed and returned the loan agreement in mid-June. I heard from the DWP in early August that they would pay me an SFMI loan from 10 April. As I did not apply for a loan until mid-June and it was not awarded until August, my understanding is that the DWP should continue to pay my SFMI as a benefit (not a loan) until at least mid-June (when I returned the loan agreement) and possibly early August (when they informed me that my loan had been approved). Please could you advise if this is correct.

thanks anyway Gordon, keep up the good work.