xmass payment esa payed twice?

jox_2

hi just a quick question i had 2 payments enter my bank today both from esa one for the ammount of £121.10 and another for the amount of £72.00.

now im unsure weather they have payed me 4 weeks money because today i recived a letter from esa saying. " A CHANGE IN YOUR ESA" from the 30th oct 2008 your esa will be £60.55 a week

your living expense £47.95

Extra money because of disability income gurantee £12.60

total esa £60.55

what is the "Extra money because of disability income gurantee" for? dose it have something to do with my dla?

my last payment for esa before this double payment was £95.90 have they payed me for 4 weeks or have they added that disability income and backdated it and thats why i have 2 payments????

cw18

the extra guarantee is payable if you get one of the DLA elements at the higher rate (I think that's right - but it's certainly DLA linked).

so the one payment is two weeks including the extra, and the other is presumable back pay (though it's not quite 6 weeks, so I assume you must have been awarded it part way through a week )

healy

cw18 wrote: »

the extra guarantee is payable if you get one of the DLA elements at the higher rate (I think that's right - but it's certainly DLA linked).

so the one payment is two weeks including the extra, and the other is presumable back pay (though it's not quite 6 weeks, so I assume you must have been awarded it part way through a week )

It sounds like the enhanced disability premium which is awarded if you get DLA care at the highest rate, but I have also read that it is awarded otherwise too.

jox_2

thanks i think thats what it is then as applied for dla and esa at the same time, dla obviosly took longer so it seems they have backdated it.