Hi, my name is peacelilly! I haven't received my esa payment today

peacelilly

Hi. I haven't received my esa payment today. I have recently been awarded pip. I phoned benefits and they said I will receive a payment on 1st August. That can't be right. Can it ?.

Hannah_Alumni

Hello @peacelilly

Welcome to the community!  

Sorry just to clarify, did you call and they said your ESA payment will be the 1st? or PIP?

poppy123456

If your ESA was due today then they should have made a fast payment to you so that you'll receive it today and not 1st August. Was it ESA you rang?

The reason it most likely wasn't paid is because of the new PIP award, which does often suspend another benefit but only because the computer system would have flagged a change.