Son in ESA support group but payment reference has changed and now says JSA?

RS2014

Hello my son is receiving the ESA support group payment with enhanced disability premium.

He would normally receive £247.40 every fortnight.

Yesterday we logged onto his account and he had been paid £250.10 in total – I am assuming the extra bit is because of the new tax year? He had also been paid a day earlier.

The thing that concerned me, that I noticed in addition to this,
was that the payment reference said

Faster payments receipt from (his N.I. number) DWP JSA......................Job seekers allowance?

The payment reference has always previously said

Bank Giro Credit Ref (his N.I. number) EESA then a series of numbers

Has anyone seen or had this before, and know why this has happened?

I have had a quick look online and saw someone else within the last couple of months posted the following on the "benefits and work" forum; -

ESA does not actually have its own payment system and is piggybacked onto the JSA payment system.

So when ESA payments are interrupted by a DWP worker accessing your file, or for some other reason, it is restarted manually on the JSA payment system.

As long as your money is correct, I wouldn't worry. The Payee Ref should revert back to EESA in the coming weeks.

I know the best thing to do is ring DWP on his behalf but I am always wary as our experience has been that we get told different things by different agents, so always try to avoid it.

Any advice or clarification would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

GirlFromMars_2

The answer you found and quoted is the correct one. It's just an anomaly of the system, your son hasn't been moved to JSA without realising.

RS2014

Thank you very much for the information.