UC overpayment

ET22

Hi wondering if anyone can shed any light on my situation. I started to be paid UC at the beginning of  April of 210 pounds pm because i am in the support group of new style esa. 

The second payment beginning of May was for 499 pounds saying that my average income ( ESA) was half that of what the April statement said despte the same amounts of ESA payments.  

The trouble wth all this is, that i cant make arranegments to pay people if i dont know what the right amount is supposed to be. 

As far as i am aware , it is 210 pounds only and 499 pounds just seems like an odd number out of the blue ( it has had 14.50 deducted for an advance payment) . The statement says it deducted 295.33 because it is an average. Its not, i received two payments of ESA in April.

I dont want to commit to making payments to people then the dwp say ive bene overpaid and will only get 100 . 

The benefits system is a mess. I cant work out whats going out because i cant work out with certainty what is coming in. Its making a bad situation worse because its making me sick with worry  
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KxMx

This is a bug due to the ESA rate changing in April. I was affected last year. I've seen others affected this year. 

You need to add a Journal note (using the payment option) stating you were overpaid this month due to an incorrect ESA deduction. 
They will take care of it.

When sorted they will add a letter onto your Journal stating the amount of overpayment, along with repayment options. 

ET22

Great ,thankyou for your help. Your post explains how its happened and ressures me its not likely to happen again..