68 weeks of esa backpay taking too long :|

gingerlocks

:mad:
I am really writing this for support from anyone else who is in the same position really.

I am 32 and suffer sever mental health problems thus i have been on income support for 7 years in DEC 2011 went to a atos medical and failed i appealed and was only seen one month ago 25th of April my appeal began 10th Feb 2012 so its been a long haul!

I just don't understand why it takes so long for them to calculate the correct monies? its 28.45x68!! simple maths!
Then the cwp payment of which there is 3 i am due 3x25!!!
i have called up many many times and only got to talk to an actual benefits person 3 days ago and he is now telling me that even tho i have waited a month already could be mid July!!!

UNACCEPTABLE! WHY? I NEED THE MONEY NOW ITS MY MONEY!

Dogger69

The ESA teams currently have a massive backlog. If you have confirmed they have the tribunal award, then you will have to wait for them to process it.

gingerlocks

I am 31 that was a typo not that it matters lol

KxMx

I would recommend contacting you MP and see if they can chase it up.

It's amazing when the DWP owe us money we are told they are busy, we must be patient etc etc, yet if we owed them money we would be up in court before we blinked!

No way would they accept any valid reasons why we needed to delay paying them yet people are expected to wait sometimes months for money that legally is theirs.

Horseunderwater

gingerlocks wrote: »

:mad:
I am really writing this for support from anyone else who is in the same position really.

I am 32 and suffer sever mental health problems thus i have been on income support for 7 years in DEC 2011 went to a atos medical and failed i appealed and was only seen one month ago 25th of April my appeal began 10th Feb 2012 so its been a long haul!

I just don't understand why it takes so long for them to calculate the correct monies? its 28.45x68!! simple maths!
Then the cwp payment of which there is 3 i am due 3x25!!!
i have called up many many times and only got to talk to an actual benefits person 3 days ago and he is now telling me that even tho i have waited a month already could be mid July!!!

UNACCEPTABLE! WHY? I NEED THE MONEY NOW ITS MY MONEY!

Have you not had any money in all this time? Surely you should have been on your old Income support rate as there is transitional protection in place for people being moved from IS to ESA. (Also it would not be £28.45 x 68 as that rate only applies from 8th April this year. Previous to this it was £28.15 and before that £26.75.) IS for y/e April 2012 was £110.40 for 2013 was £116.15 and this year it is £117.85 so if you have been getting that amount per week then you will not get the ESA WRAG component as it is not due. Maybe this is why it is taking time to sort it all out.

tracy0770

you will get it, should be in your next payment, they said same to me, pay you june, please do not worry, if your normal money does not go in its cos they trying put it in manualy each week backdated on computer, not long now x

somethingcorporate

Wow, that is quite a wait! Pretty shocking delay.

I'd suggest involving your MP too, it should give them a kick up the backside they obviously need although if there is a backlog you'll be in a queue of all the rank and file queries (as well as your big one).

osdset

I won an ESA appeal on 2nd August 2012, it took three weeks to get the DWP to acknowledge the award as they 'mislaid' their copy from the tribunal twice, I ended up scanning my copy and forwarding it via e mail. I was then told it would be twelve weeks minimum before any back pay would be calculated. I received the back payment at the end of November 2012.

gingerlocks

thanks everyone!

gingerlocks

omgoodness for 3 and half months from tribunal- mine was 25th april 2013 and it was acknowledged 30th so five days later but the fello i spoke to yesterday said it would be july i was quite shocked and he then told me he would "have a word" with them upstairs an try to push things along???
So is it a case o whoever shouts the loudest?
If is is i will shout very loud indeed like someone else said its my money they made the error they need to fix it as if i owed council tax i would get threatened with fines,court and even prison very quick!
Plus why should dwp have mine and 100,s of other peoples owed money in there account gathering interest- no wounder they drag there heels!:T

ArtoDeeto

gingerlocks wrote: »

I NEED THE MONEY NOW ITS MY MONEY!

Technically not - but messing you around is not acceptable.