Made joint esa claim - now losing money

mikey_bach

I dont know how they got the figures,
with your ESA conts, Pension and CA, I think this should wipe ESA IB out.
so therefore you should remain getting, your ESA conts. pension and CA.
I would be interested to see how £63 is reached please post when you get the breakdown.

epitome

missed a bit... ESA IR would be

112.55 PA
34.80 SGC
21.75 DP
33.30 CP
Sub Total 202.40
-59.75
-85.61
Total = £57.04 per week

But ESA C would remain payable at the higer rate of £106 per week

mikey_bach

EDP couple as the OP has high DLA care
but the pension
371 x 12 = 4452 divided by 52 = 85.61 a week for benefit purposes.
be interesting to see how they get £63

epitome

Corrected that now to 57.04 which is what I had said before... I thought I had missed something but I hadn't.

Just...Yvette

An update: I rang to check the progress of my claim yesterday, as I still haven't heard anything and am continuing to receive ESA at the original single claim rate.

The man said that, as the dual claim would work out at considerably less, I was to remain on the contribution based single claim indefinitely. I was so relieved! Can it be that the DWP have started to apply common sense to their application process? :eek:

Of course, I still don't have confirmation in writing, but I feel much more optimistic now. Thanks to all who offered advice.

Morglin

Yeah, they should leave you at whatever would be to your advantage, so query it if the don't.

Lin

epitome

You had incredibly bad luck in getting 2 advisors in a row to begin with who made the same mistake on the 17/10/2013 You should phone and complain against those 2 so they are educated to learn how this area of ESA works.

The recent ESA person you spoke to just knew what he was talking about.

martinsm45

Hi could you tell me if this was reverted back for you to a single claim,contribution based and still in the support group please.
Exactly and I mean exactly the same thing has just happened to me.

martinsm45

Do not ever fill in a JSA3 form if you are in the support group on Esa (c) as a single claiment it will cause massive problems.