IB ESA threshold

poppy12345

calcotti said:

Jita76 said:

Yeah it was contributory with income based added on, and then it was income based only. 

Was your partner moved from Support Group to Work Related Activity Group at some point?

Can you answer this question please? ^^

Jita76

I'm not sure all I can see on any of the letters says support group 

poppy12345

If he's always been in the Support Group and he transferred from Incapacity benefit (which you stated in your other thread) then part of his claim must be Contributions based.

calcotti

Jita76 said:

Yes and that's when we were informed it was CB and element of IB. 

So why have you now said

Jita76 said:

Yeah it was contributory with income based added on, and then it was income based only. 

The answer will make a big difference to the amount of overpayment that has occurred.

Jita76

That's what I'm saying away, back in June when all the messing about happened when we called they said part of it was contributions and part of it was income related. Now on the letter it says he is not entitled to esa (ir), hence my confusion. I have tried to call them today on hold for just under 2 hours, had to hang up to get kiddie from nursery so will attempt again in the morning

Spoonie_Turtle

Jita76 said:

That's what I'm saying away, back in June when all the messing about happened when we called they said part of it was contributions and part of it was income related. Now on the letter it says he is not entitled to esa (ir), hence my confusion. I have tried to call them today on hold for just under 2 hours, had to hang up to get kiddie from nursery so will attempt again in the morning

Edit: I've just reread your post, I think I must have misread it before!  That means he's not entitled to the income-related part but the contributions-based part will continue.

poppy12345

Jita76 said:

 Now on the letter it says he is not entitled to esa (ir), hence my confusion. I have tried to call them today on hold for just under 2 hours, had to hang up to get kiddie from nursery so will attempt again in the morning

Agree with Spoonie here. This doesn't mean he isn't entitled to any ESA at all. If part of his claim was Income Related then any overpayment will need to be repaid back.

Best time to ring them is as soon as they open.

calcotti

Jita76 said:..they said part of it was contributions and part of it was income related. Now on the letter it says he is not entitled to esa (ir), hence my confusion. 

Exactly - there is no entitled to the income based part.
Entitlement to the contribution based part remains.
This doesn’t mean all of the existing award is income based.

Jita76

Thankyou folks, I'll give them a ring first thing to see what's what. Head is fried with it all. 

Robbie64

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Good luck phoning the DWP. I had to phone the DWP (ESA) yesterday morning. Phoned at 8am and it had just gone 10am when I managed to speak to someone. That's by far the longest I've been on hold and by the time I did get to speak to someone my anxiety levels had gone through the roof.