ESA/ loss of income

pope

I understand that there is a high chance that ounce I receive my personal injury compensation the loss of future earnings will stop my contribution based ESA. 

If all of my compensation including the loss of future loss of income is put in a trust. Will I still be able to carry on claiming ESA? And if ESA not possible to claim would I have any entitlement to UC?

Thanks

huckster

You will need to report to ESA once you have all information, provide all the documents to ESA and wait for Decision Makers to decide.

I know you are looking for reassurance and DWP benefit guidance/legislation from this forum based on what you posted here and others may be willing to research and provide this, but you are still relying on ESA decision based on seeing all relevant documents.

You will see from this link, containing 269 pages of ESA guidance, that finding the relevant bits would take time. DWP publish so much guidance that finding it can be challenging and may be why Decision Makers don't always get it right.

dmg-ch-51.pdf https://share.google/pvCjnjwdiXd69C455

marcia_

pope said:

I understand that there is a high chance that ounce I receive my personal injury compensation the loss of future earnings will stop my contribution based ESA. 

If all of my compensation including the loss of future loss of income is put in a trust. Will I still be able to carry on claiming ESA? And if ESA not possible to claim would I have any entitlement to UC?

Thanks

 You get your solicitors to set up a personal injury trust. You inform esa and uc you have the cash in trust. Upload the trust document to uc and you will be able to continue claiming benefits forever. 

huckster

marcia_ said:

pope said:

I understand that there is a high chance that ounce I receive my personal injury compensation the loss of future earnings will stop my contribution based ESA. 

If all of my compensation including the loss of future loss of income is put in a trust. Will I still be able to carry on claiming ESA? And if ESA not possible to claim would I have any entitlement to UC?

Thanks

 You get your solicitors to set up a personal injury trust. You inform esa and uc you have the cash in trust. Upload the trust document to uc and you will be able to continue claiming benefits forever. 

Will drawing any money from the trust at any time affect benefits?

marcia_

huckster said:

marcia_ said:

pope said:

I understand that there is a high chance that ounce I receive my personal injury compensation the loss of future earnings will stop my contribution based ESA. 

If all of my compensation including the loss of future loss of income is put in a trust. Will I still be able to carry on claiming ESA? And if ESA not possible to claim would I have any entitlement to UC?

Thanks

 You get your solicitors to set up a personal injury trust. You inform esa and uc you have the cash in trust. Upload the trust document to uc and you will be able to continue claiming benefits forever. 

Will drawing any money from the trust at any time affect benefits?

 If you withdraw more than £6000 and leave it sitting in your current or normal savings accounts yes. Its best to just withdraw less than £6000 or if you are making a specific purchase and will spend it immediately. 

You will get a cheque book with the trust account so can make payments that way. 

huckster

As this thread relates to NS ESA, capital does not affect the claim.

I was corrected by Yamor in a previous ESA thread that unearned income that is backdated, is counted against benefit at the time it relates to and not when it is eventually paid. So if any of the money is to compensate for previous loss of income, ESA will take that into account.

marcia_

huckster said:

As this thread relates to NS ESA, capital does not affect the claim.

I was corrected by Yamor in a previous ESA thread that unearned income that is backdated, is counted against benefit at the time it relates to and not when it is eventually paid. So if any of the money is to compensate for previous loss of income, ESA will take that into account.

 Todays post asked if there would be entitlement to UC.