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Moving from England to NI in a few months. How will it effect my benefits? Currently on ESA

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SleepyKitty
SleepyKitty Community member Posts: 2 Listener
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Hello all, my first message here :)
I am currently living in England and receiving PIP, ESA support group with severe disability premium and housing benefit. I am being given a house to live in rent free in Northern Ireland so will be moving in a few months. I assume this is going to trigger me being moved from ESA to UC. I do not need to claim housing benefit any longer however. So what I'm asking is: what will this process look like? Will I have to be evaluated again? Will I just update my address with DWP and they will move me over? What can I expect? 
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,830 Disability Gamechanger
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    As you will not be claiming for help with any rent then moving house will not trigger a claim for UC. You will just need to report a change of address for ESA and PIP.
    If you will no longer be living alone or treated as living alone then your SDP will stop.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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    SleepyKitty Community member Posts: 2 Listener
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    poppy123456 said:
    As you will not be claiming for help with any rent then moving house will not trigger a claim for UC. You will just need to report a change of address for ESA and PIP.
    If you will no longer be living alone or treated as living alone then your SDP will stop.
    Thank you! How does the ESA keep coming even if I have moved to a council that doesn't offer it anymore? I will be living alone (its a property my family inherited and my sister has since left it so its open for me to use now) but I think my father may be covering most of if not all the utilities. When I had to prove I lived alone for my SDP I had to send my utility bills with my name on them. Do you think my father paying the bills will effect my SDP? He has his own home obviously that he also pays the bills on 
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    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,830 Disability Gamechanger
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    SleepyKitty said:
    poppy123456 said:
    As you will not be claiming for help with any rent then moving house will not trigger a claim for UC. You will just need to report a change of address for ESA and PIP.
    If you will no longer be living alone or treated as living alone then your SDP will stop.
      How does the ESA keep coming even if I have moved to a council that doesn't offer it anymore?

    ESA is administered by DWP or DFC in NI. It's nothing to do with any local Authority.

    SleepyKitty said:
     Do you think my father paying the bills will effect my SDP? He has his own home obviously that he also pays the bills on 

    That will have no affect on your SDP entitlement.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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