ESA reduced

ketokid
ketokid Community member Posts: 75 Contributor
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
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

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  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Community member Posts: 16,361 Championing
    edited December 2023
    I'm afraid you'll have to wait until Thursday to ring up & find out why this has happened.
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,056 Championing
    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
    ketokid Community member Posts: 75 Contributor
    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
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,056 Championing
    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
    ketokid Community member Posts: 75 Contributor
    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
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,056 Championing
    edited December 2023
    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
    ketokid Community member Posts: 75 Contributor
     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
    ketokid Community member Posts: 75 Contributor
    Hi sorry yes it was a typo,
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,056 Championing
    Were you able to contact ESA to ask why your ESA was less than usual?
  • ketokid
    ketokid Community member Posts: 75 Contributor
    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
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,056 Championing
    Glad you managed to ring them. Yes, a weekly/monthly pension income will reduce any Income Related ESA you're claiming £1 for £1.

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