Help needed to work out ESA

robballs

Hi, hopefully someone can help me.

I had a review today regarding my income support claim, everything was ok but i was told that due to my income support claim being based on my incapcity to work that next year my income support will be switched to employment support allowance and so i have been trying to work if i will be any worse off on ESA.

On income support i currently get £138 a week.

I have a partner and we have 2 children, one is 6 and one is a month old.

We have under £6000 in savings.

I get income support, DLA high rate care and mobility.

My partner gets carers allowance.

We get child benefit, full child tax credits and full housing benefit.

We rent our home from a private landlord.

Due to the nature of my disability the man i saw today said i should be in the support group for ESA.

Also am i right in thinking that i will be on the income related ESA instead of the contribution based ESA?

So based on that I have worked out:

£ 31.40 support component
+102.75 couple component
+ 19.65 enhanced disabilty premium
+ 30.50 carer premium
=184.30
- 53.65 carers allowance
=130.65 ESA per week

Can anyone tell me if i have worked this out correctly.

Thank you

robballs

Can anyone help me with this?

welshmoneylover

robballs wrote: »

Hi, hopefully someone can help me.

I had a review today regarding my income support claim, everything was ok but i was told that due to my income support claim being based on my incapcity to work that next year my income support will be switched to employment support allowance and so i have been trying to work if i will be any worse off on ESA.

On income support i currently get £138 a week.

I have a partner and we have 2 children, one is 6 and one is a month old.

We have under £6000 in savings.

I get income support, DLA high rate care and mobility.

My partner gets carers allowance.

We get child benefit, full child tax credits and full housing benefit.

We rent our home from a private landlord.

Due to the nature of my disability the man i saw today said i should be in the support group for ESA.

Also am i right in thinking that i will be on the income related ESA instead of the contribution based ESA?

So based on that I have worked out:

£ 31.40 support component
+102.75 couple component
+ 19.65 enhanced disabilty premium
+ 30.50 carer premium
=184.30
- 53.65 carers allowance
=130.65 ESA per week

Can anyone tell me if i have worked this out correctly.

Thank you

Am going to sit on my fingers with this one.....

Indie_Kid

You'll get income based ESA; but unless you meet the criteria for the support group, you won't get the support group component.