Universal Credit.

sammyjammy

KORITFW83 said:

Thanks guy’s. I originally went through citizen advice because to be honest with you I’m absolutely clueless on claiming anything hence why I'm here. I’m 42 and worked my whole adult life so as I said I don’t know anything about it all. I can’t even follow them when I’m talking to them on the telephone. I think they automatically think I understand the information and terms they use but I suppose that irritates them too ha. Anyway enough complaining and back to the original point. When CA made the claim for me they said unfortunately I had missed 2 NI contributions from 2020-2021 the only possible reason I could think of was at the time was I was furloughed with being pregnant. They also would not let me top it up either so I wasn’t entitled to ESA at the time. The problem is my husband works a lot of overtime so some months we don’t have any UC but this assessment period he hasn’t done any so we would have definitely received something including the child care costs. The part I was collecting information on is I know because of weekly wages it can catch the wrong dates but it’s just the fact my assessment period is 12th-11th of each month so Friday is the last day of the assessment but his wage goes in at the same time and they are counting that as five weeks. It’s literally the same day so why wouldn’t they allow that? I could understand if it was a day over even but the same day is surely unfair? I mean it could possibly come down to a few hours even. I personally think it’s wrong. They have told me that the wage would still be counted but I’m wondering if I could somehow appeal it or even request a reconsideration? I’m asking for help on here to see if anyone has had the same experience and have managed to have the decision overturned?

20-21 is not a tax year they will be looking at, its currently 22/23 and 23/24, get that claim in, it can't hurt, you'll need a fit note from your doctor.

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA): How to claim - GOV.UK

you don't need help from CA for this, you can do it on the link above.