Sons new UC claim

Haribo1

My son has been off sick from work for 28 weeks so has finished receiving his ssp and has made a claim for uc as he is not entitled to ESA. What he wanted to know is, will he be entitled to a payment if he received his last ssp payment on the first day he made a claim for uc?

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Spoonie_Turtle

Haribo1 said:

My son has been off sick from work for 28 weeks so has finished receiving his ssp and has made a claim for uc as he is not entitled to ESA. What he wanted to know is, will he be entitled to a payment if he received his last ssp payment on the first day he made a claim for uc?

Thanks for reading

Yes, but it will be counted as earnings and he will receive a deduction from UC of 55% of the SSP (unless he has children, then a certain amount will be ignored before deductions start).  How much UC he recieves will depend on his situation - partner, children, renting or not, etc.

It would have been better to make the claim the day after his last SSP payment but it sounds like it's too late for that now.

Haribo1

Thanks for the reply Spoonie. I'll let him know.