ESA & Pension!!!

Morglin

celinepatricia wrote: »

Can anybody help me?


My husband is in the ESA support group and has a terminal illness. He receives 243.30 per fortnight. At the beginning of December he received a visit from a compliance officer concerning a small company pension that he receives.


The pension works out at 35.88 per week and today we have been told that his weekly benefit of 121.65 is going down by 34.80 which means he will receive 86.85.


surely this cannot be correct.. his pension is 35.88 per week and they are stopping 34.80 which actually means his pension is 1.08.


He last got any payment on 6/12 and since then not a penny!


If a compliance officer is coming to your house do they have to let you know beforehand or is it normal for them just to show up?
If you are in the support group can they just stop your money and not inform you?
are you not allowed a small pension without it affecting your esa payment


thanks for you help in advance.

Anyone that started claiming sickness benefit after 2003, will find their ESA is affected, by private pension/s.

However, it usually only affects you if the private pension/s are over about £85 per week, as far as I know.

Anyone that started to claim before 2003 is not affected.

You should be informed, by letter, of any intent to stop paying you, and why.


Lin

Just_About_60

I currently get contribution based ESA (Support group) and was migrated to this from IB.


My health has deteriorated considerably and my disabilities have increased further despite recent surgery.


I currently have a carer (paid for by me) but my husband is considering early retirement to look after me as my needs are not being sufficiently met at the moment. He will be eligible for his works pension which will be in excess of the £85 previously mentioned here. Will I have to declare his pension to the DWP or will it not affect my ESA?

celinepatricia

Right, just had a conversation with a young man from jobcentre+.

He told me that my husband qualifies for both income related and contributory esa. he was getting 121 per week as he was classed as contributory but now he gets 35.88 per week pension he is suddenly classed as income related esa and they take all that pension off him.


If we decided (if possible) to cash that pension in and pay off the house would this be classed a sdeprivation of income? and would he go back ino contributory esa?

Morglin

celinepatricia wrote: »

Right, just had a conversation with a young man from jobcentre+.

He told me that my husband qualifies for both income related and contributory esa. he was getting 121 per week as he was classed as contributory but now he gets 35.88 per week pension he is suddenly classed as income related esa and they take all that pension off him.


If we decided (if possible) to cash that pension in and pay off the house would this be classed a sdeprivation of income? and would he go back ino contributory esa?

Write to the DWP, and ask permission to do this, and if they ok it,get it in writing.

Lin

Morglin

Just_About_60 wrote: »

I currently get contribution based ESA (Support group) and was migrated to this from IB.


My health has deteriorated considerably and my disabilities have increased further despite recent surgery.


I currently have a carer (paid for by me) but my husband is considering early retirement to look after me as my needs are not being sufficiently met at the moment. He will be eligible for his works pension which will be in excess of the £85 previously mentioned here. Will I have to declare his pension to the DWP or will it not affect my ESA?

His pension won't affect your contributory ESA, but, obviously, if you will be claiming ANY means tested benefit, including housing benefit and council tax benefit, then it has to be declared, as does all other income and savings, and it may affect that.

Lin

pmlindyloo

celinepatricia wrote: »

Right, just had a conversation with a young man from jobcentre+.

He told me that my husband qualifies for both income related and contributory esa. he was getting 121 per week as he was classed as contributory but now he gets 35.88 per week pension he is suddenly classed as income related esa and they take all that pension off him.


If we decided (if possible) to cash that pension in and pay off the house would this be classed a sdeprivation of income? and would he go back ino contributory esa?

Something is wrong here.

If you are working 30 hours a week then your husband would not be entitled to income based ESA.

As far as I am aware they cannot change your husband's contribution based ESA (the support group) to income based because he has a pension.

Can you find your husband's award letter for his ESA and tell us what it says?

You have told them that you are working?

celinepatricia

He isn't claiming anything for me.. the dwp told me he is on contributory based esa. the jobcentre told me he is eligible for both contributory which is 121.00 per week and income based which is 106.00 per week. up until Dec he was receiving 121.00 but now because he has a small pension they have put him into the in come based? he is in the support group and I didn't think they could do this??

Indie_Kid

This makes no sense. You can receive both income and contributions based ESA. But you can't go on to income based and then on to conts based. When you make a claim for ESA, they check your NI record first and if no entitlement, they check income.

pmlindyloo

celinepatricia wrote: »

He isn't claiming anything for me.. the dwp told me he is on contributory based esa. the jobcentre told me he is eligible for both contributory which is 121.00 per week and income based which is 106.00 per week. up until Dec he was receiving 121.00 but now because he has a small pension they have put him into the in come based? he is in the support group and I didn't think they could do this??

Please find his original award letter and tell us what it says.

And please tell us if the Job Centre know you are working.

McKneff

celinepatricia wrote: »

Right, just had a conversation with a young man from jobcentre+.

He told me that my husband qualifies for both income related and contributory esa. he was getting 121 per week as he was classed as contributory but now he gets 35.88 per week pension he is suddenly classed as income related esa and they take all that pension off him.


If we decided (if possible) to cash that pension in and pay off the house would this be classed a sdeprivation of income? and would he go back ino contributory esa?

Not sure what you mean by this in bold. You cant cash a pension in that you are already receiving.