ESA TO UC FIRST PAYMENT involving Carers & WRAG money

JaneDoeJohnDoe

Just want to be sure that my first UC payment is correct, in terms of my ESA has been taken over properly & hence my WRAG status still exists as UC does not actually mention that only the Transitional amount. 

Could someone 'in the know' run their expert eye over it please?

I think it is ok. My Rent amount of UC is correct.

Here is my old ESA amount ..

LIVING EXPENSES £92.05

EXTRA MONEY AS CARER £46.40

WORK RELATED ACTIVITY GROUP* £36.55 (*note this has continued from pre NOV 2017)

TOTAL ---£175.00

CARER'S ALLOWANCE £83.30 

£175.00 minus £83.30 = £91.70 weekly

The First UC payment....

Your payment this month is £905

This will be paid by 8pm on 3 July 2025

What you're entitled to

Standard allowance

£400.14

You get a standard amount each month. You said you're single

Housing

£508.13

Need help understanding your housing?

You said per month the total rent for your property is £532.05 and the service charges are £58.80.

You will have to pay your housing costs to your landlord.

Monthly, we can pay you £508.13 towards your housing costs. We cannot pay the full amount you told us about because:

based on your household, we have decided you have 1 spare bedroom

-£82.72

Carer

£201.68

You said that you are caring for someone.

Transitional protection

£156.52

You get this because of other benefits you were on before you moved to Universal Credit.

The payment will continue until you have a significant change of circumstances.

Total entitlement before deductions

£1,266.47

What we take off (deductions)

Other benefits

We take money off your payment

As this is an average of other benefits that you're continuing to claim

Carer's Allowance minus ‑ £360.97

Money, savings and investments

minus ‑ £0.00

We have taken £0.00 off your Universal Credit payment because you have money, savings and investments of £5,104.22.

You must tell us if this changes so that we can pay you the correct amount on time.

The first £6,000 of your money, savings and investments does not affect your payment. If you have over £6,000 up to £16,000, every £250 reduces your Universal Credit by £4.35. For any remaining amount that is not a complete £250, a further £4.35 is also deducted.

Total deductions

minus ‑ £360.97

Your total payment for this month is

£905.50

Thanks in advance

KxMx

The deduction for Carers Allowance is correct. 

When a person is entitled to payment for both LCW (for a pre APRIL 2017 award via UC or ESA) and Carers Element, only the higher element is put into payment.

I do not know if LCW at zero payment would actually be listed alongside Carers Element. From the below figures it looks like it has been acknowledged. 

Converting your previous weekly legacy benefits to monthly (excluding housing benefit) gives an amount of £397.366.

The calculation is multiply by 52 (weeks) then divide by 12 (months) . 

Subtracting your Housing Element your UC payment is £397.37.