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ESA Confused
daveamy
Posts: 2 Newbie
My partner was receiving inapacity benefit, also gets DLA and I receive carers.
We received 2 letters saying he was now on ESA. One letter states the money is unchanged but the other letter states it is now less. He phoned up and they would not give an explanation as to why.
We are now receiving the lower payment.
Can anyone help me figure out why this is please ?
Thankyou
We received 2 letters saying he was now on ESA. One letter states the money is unchanged but the other letter states it is now less. He phoned up and they would not give an explanation as to why.
We are now receiving the lower payment.
Can anyone help me figure out why this is please ?
Thankyou
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Can't really help unless you provide the previous figures (for IB) and the new figures and breakdown for ESA. Theoretically you shouldn't be any worse off when transferring over but without more info I can't help.0
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£168 per week (IB) down to £110per week (ESA)0
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£168 per Week seems an awful lot, are you sure its not once a fortnight.make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
Can you give the breakdown of that amount?0
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His money should be unchanged due to transitional rules - they seem to have forgotten to add on the "transitional addition" payment in the second letter- people moving from Incapacity Benefit to ESA are entitled to some extra money above the usual ESA rates:
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/ib-reassessment-transitional.pdf0
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