Strange ESA Payment. NOT Christmas/New Year Related As Far As I Can Tell...

outtawork

I re applied for ESA on 18 Oct, got a fortnight & a few days payment & have not received any payments since. I have had a DLA payment go in & thought that was it, got my bank statement & realised on saturday I am owed about 8 weeks. At least you got money.

JillyJolly_2

By the way my DLA, is some 3-7 days early.

yazoobrigand

i fought for 18 months to get my medical evidence looked at properly and my atos medical looked at again as it was recorded and the recording and paperwork contradict each other the atos worker lies all the way through the paperwork so im hoping that this isnt a sign of it all getting messed up again id rather wait for the normal day to get the correct ESA payment!

System

And we're trusting these people to get UC credit right?:doh:

Horseunderwater

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

And we're trusting these people to get UC credit right?:doh:

Precisely. They have trouble getting ESA or DLA right. Mind you I should not complain - so far mine has been correct.

yazoobrigand

exactly!! in the end i had two mp`s a tome of medical evidence all my records etc off them i won an appeal to have it overturned again by someone who didnt actually have the jurisdiction to do that! so it stuffed everything up again!! if that was someone doing a job in say an office for a private company they would surely have got the sack for the incompetence

wolf1978

My partner just rang the esa line and the payment i recived is a weeks payment early and i am expected to recive another weeks payment on my normal pay date so instead of getting my normal ammount of money for the 2 weeks they have paid it weekly instead for some odd reason :S but they told my partner on the phone that its a weeks payment now and then another one next week on my original payment date hope this helps

Horseunderwater

yazoobrigand wrote: »

exactly!! in the end i had two mp`s a tome of medical evidence all my records etc off them i won an appeal to have it overturned again by someone who didnt actually have the jurisdiction to do that! so it stuffed everything up again!! if that was someone doing a job in say an office for a private company they would surely have got the sack for the incompetence

I am surprised that they were able to sign into their computer system and overturn it like that. I know back in the day when I worked in main gov't - you had differing levels of authority and could only do certain tasks. Not saying I ever made many mistakes, but I made far less than the idiot who was acting up to next grade who said on lots of occasions that he did not ever make any. My line manager back then, asked him if he was God as he was so perfect, then said no you must be even better than God as he makes lots of mistakes. I was on flexi leave that day, so missed it all. He kept telling my line manager that there was no way I could understand a manufacturing contract and all the terminology as I was just a girl and they did not know about such stuff. I got so good at it, that everyone in the office used to come to me for advice on how to word the submissions to our underwriters. Even the underwriters used to word it how I said. All my customers were very happy with me. But then I had been in Tax prior to that and that is very complex indeed.

yazoobrigand

Horseunderwater wrote: »

I am surprised that they were able to sign into their computer system and overturn it like that. I know back in the day when I worked in main gov't - you had differing levels of authority and could only do certain tasks. Not saying I ever made many mistakes, but I made far less than the idiot who was acting up to next grade who said on lots of occasions that he did not ever make any. My line manager back then, asked him if he was God as he was so perfect, then said no you must be even better than God as he makes lots of mistakes. I was on flexi leave that day, so missed it all. He kept telling my line manager that there was no way I could understand a manufacturing contract and all the terminology as I was just a girl and they did not know about such stuff. I got so good at it, that everyone in the office used to come to me for advice on how to word the submissions to our underwriters. Even the underwriters used to word it how I said. All my customers were very happy with me. But then I had been in Tax prior to that and that is very complex indeed.

I dont really know what happened, but i kept getting different people making really basic mistakes, at one point we asked for everything they held on me as i was told over the phone in a really flippant way that the medical condition i had was nothing to worry about as they would probably find a cure for it! i was fuming so hence asked for the info, in that info we also got some other peoples paperwork! quite sensitive stuff as well about a medical, couldnt believe it! if i was getting that what were people seeing of mine! anyway its all sorted and having seen the lady above's partner has phoned and was told it was a weeks payment that will do for me for today as ive had a terrible night and really cant face talking to them today! thanks for the help guys!

probablyedible

wolf1978 wrote: »

My partner just rang the esa line and the payment i recived is a weeks payment early and i am expected to recive another weeks payment on my normal pay date so instead of getting my normal ammount of money for the 2 weeks they have paid it weekly instead for some odd reason :S but they told my partner on the phone that its a weeks payment now and then another one next week on my original payment date hope this helps

This should be correct for almost everyone.

Just came back from my local Job Centre, here's the info:

For some reason which even the job centre staff couldn't explain, people are being paid one weeks worth of money a week or so early. You WILL get the second weeks worth on your usual payment date. For me that would be the 8th as I believe it is for most people with this problem.

The Job Centre had just received an email informing them this would be the case for everyone on JSA. However seeing as I'm on ESA they telephoned someone with a little more knowledge. It would seem that many people on ESA and possibly some other benefits will be receiving this early payment too.

This is NOT an extra payment and it does not mean there is anything wrong. In the highly unlikely event that there is some issue on your regular payment date, phone or visit your local Job Centre Plus.

So... I'm not going to touch it until the 8th when the second amount comes in!