Esa

dane-katie

I have just spoke to job centre plus and they say i am now on income based ESA, but i used to be on contributions based ESA, can anyone tell me the difference?

Income as follows:

ESA £105.05 per week (including disabled element, main phase)
DLA £90.35 per week

Partner has just been accepted for carers allowance at £53.90 but wont get it for a while as they need to speak to ESA about his backdate amount?

I was sent a change of circumstances form few weeks ago and filled it in and since then i seem to be on income based ESA.

Can anyone shed any light?

Thanks

dane-katie

My DLA is HRC and LRM.

dane-katie

Anyone???? please

Mum2twins98

dane-katie wrote: »

I have just spoke to job centre plus and they say i am now on income based ESA, but i used to be on contributions based ESA, can anyone tell me the difference?

Income as follows:

ESA £105.05 per week (including disabled element, main phase)
DLA £90.35 per week

Partner has just been accepted for carers allowance at £53.90 but wont get it for a while as they need to speak to ESA about his backdate amount?

I was sent a change of circumstances form few weeks ago and filled it in and since then i seem to be on income based ESA.

Can anyone shed any light?

Thanks

Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance

You may be entitled to claim contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance if you have paid enough National Insurance contributions.
Income-based Employment and Support Allowance

You may be entitled to claim income-based Employment and Support Allowance if you do not have enough money coming in, or you have not paid enough National Insurance contributions, and you satisfy the entitlement conditions.
This means that you have savings of less than £16,000 and, if you have a partner or civil partner, they work for less than 24 hours a week on average.

dane-katie

Thanks, does that mean my money will change? i cant find out much IR ESA is.

NASA_2

Income Related is means tested and can be paid to a couple - which appears like it is happening for you. It can be paid at a higher rate than ESA(C).

Mum2twins98

dane-katie wrote: »

Thanks, does that mean my money will change? i cant find out much IR ESA is.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/FinancialSupport/esa/DG_171896

dane-katie

Thanks for all the help and info! im useless at finding stuff, how do i find out what the couple rate is?

NASA_2

dane-katie wrote: »

Thanks for all the help and info! im useless at finding stuff, how do i find out what the couple rate is?

It was £100.95 a week. Its going up by a pound or so this week.

dane-katie

So im guessing mine will go up to roughly £140 per week? im getting a call back tomorrow to explain more to me, the nice man told me mine was going up to £105.05 a week.

Thanks so much for all your help it has eased my mind a bit, i was worried i was going to not get any ESA lol

NASA_2

dane-katie wrote: »

So im guessing mine will go up to roughly £140 per week? im getting a call back tomorrow to explain more to me, the nice man told me mine was going up to £105.05 a week.

Thanks so much for all your help it has eased my mind a bit, i was worried i was going to not get any ESA lol

Not sure what the payment will be exactly, you will get the carer premium, but when the recovery is sorted they will start taking the £53.10 (£53.90) into account too.