ESA reduced

ketokid

Hi I got my ESA payment a couple of days early because my pay day would have been on boxing day , however its £35 less for some reason I had a pip review about two weeks ago by telephone but that's for pip so not sure why my ESA is less I've had no letters or anything to say why. any ideas please thanks

chiarieds

I'm afraid you'll have to wait until Thursday to ring up & find out why this has happened.

poppy123456

My first thoughts are does your ESA include the SDP? If so then a decision may have been made on your PIP and if you haven’t been awarded daily living PIP then the SDP will stop. Although the SDP is £76.40/week, it will depend on when the decision was made.

Either way, you will need to ring them when they open, which will be Thursday now. 

ketokid

Hi poppy I will have to have a look at my letters telling me exactly  what I get I will do it over the next few days, the person that rang me up to do my review for my pip was not sympathetic in ant way it really upset me and made my anxiety and mental heath worse . she said it could be 8 weeks before I here anything . how do I tag you poppy ? I'm not very good on computers 

poppy123456

How much ESA do you normal receive every fortnight? To tag someone you put an @before their name but i would prefer people not to tag me.

ketokid

Hi sorry poppy I read it wrong I thought you said for people to tag you, my apologies. I get £ 727 every two weeks

poppy123456

ketokid said:

I get £ 727 every two weeks

That is a typo because it’s impossible for you to receive that much ESA every 2 weeks. 

Ada said:

I don’t get that a month. I guess you have Family or it includes rent. 

ESA doesn’t include help with any rent. It can include a small amount extra for a partner but it doesn’t include money for any dependent children. 

ketokid

 Hi merry Christmas no sorry that's what I get in total will look at my letters 2moz to see exactly  what i get cant remember 

ketokid

Hi sorry yes it was a typo,

poppy123456

Were you able to contact ESA to ask why your ESA was less than usual?

ketokid

Hi yes we managed to get in touch, and it was regarding a very small monthly pension which I had forgot about and I  thought my partner had informed them about it  for me 

poppy123456

Glad you managed to ring them. Yes, a weekly/monthly pension income will reduce any Income Related ESA you're claiming £1 for £1.