Does ESA stop and one has to claim UC if you go over the 28 day travel abroad limit?

williewonder

What would happen to my ESA if I was abroad longer then 28 days due to no fault of my own and this dastardly fog that is plaguing the UK. Would I have to inform the DWP that I was away longer then 28 days and what would happen to my benefits?

marcia_

williewonder said:

What would happen to my ESA if I was abroad longer then 28 days due to no fault of my own and this dastardly fog that is plaguing the UK. Would I have to inform the DWP that I was away longer then 28 days and what would happen to my benefits?

 Yes you would need to inform them 

https://www.gov.uk/claim-benefits-abroad/illness-injury-benefits

poppy12345

Income Related ESA stops after 28 days. The day you go and come home are not counted. When you do return you would need to claim Universal Credit. How soon is it before you go?

https://www.gov.uk/claim-benefits-abroad/illness-injury-benefits

elsien

A fog that lasts for 28 days would be extremely unusual.
However, I’m pretty sure if you haven’t asked this specific question you’ve asked very similar ones in the past, and you also have an appointee and a financial deputy to sort this out for you.
and because of your specific circumstances you know you are not going to run out of money if your benefits do go on hold for any reason. 

You’re not helping your mental health  by repeatedly posting very similar questions - Is this something you can discuss with your support team as to why you’re feeling the need?

Muttleythefrog

Agree with above... please try to stop posting these threads which are not benefit enquiries as they purport to be. They will not help you and you have people to support you who you can go to with such matters should they ever arise. This problem does not exist and is unlikely to exist for you. Sorry to sound harsh but your mental wellbeing should come before pointless threads which simply meander across the same themes of what ifs... and there is risk as before seen that you simply attract (presumably) unwanted attention and comments from people who really don't give two hoots about your wellbeing... while you ignore the intendedly helpful responses that you never started the thread for.

If you want to talk about your holidays or engage in holiday community specific spots that interest you then social media can be very good for such groups especially where those places have significant British tourism or ex pats. Have a look if that's what you're after.

peteuk

Working in the travel sector, I get to see all kinds of issues.  Weather being one of them, but a number of things can go wrong which delays your return.

My main advice is don't plan long holidays (26+ days) because any issue would have the potential to push you over the 28 day limit.

Just remember an outbound flight becomes an inbound flight, eg MSE 1 Heathrow to Cape Town, becomes MSE 2 Cape Town to Heathrow.  If MSE 1 is cancelled then it cant be MSE 2.  If your constantly running the risk of going over the 28 days then odds are you’ll. get caught out one day.

born_again

YBH, & no offence to the OP.
I would have thought from their posting history, they would be very well versed in DWP policy when traveling overseas 🤷‍♀️