Moving from England to Scotland

notnap
notnap Community member Posts: 22 Listener
in Benefits and income

I am looking to move from England to Scotland and am selling my property would my esa be affected as I would have 60k in my bank

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing

    Which ESA are you claiming, contributions based/New style or Income Related? If Income Related are you buying another property?

    Are you claiming a disability benefit such as PIP or DLA? If so then when you move to Scotland you will be transferred to Adult Disability Payment. (ADP)

  • notnap
    notnap Community member Posts: 22 Listener

    I am claiming employment based esa but am unable to work due to my health and am claiming pip

    I will have 60k in my bank when I sell my proerty

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing

    Yes, I know you're claiming ESA but is it Income Related? Income Related ESA is means tested so if you have £60,000 in your bank then your ESA will stop.

    Council Tax reduction will also stop.

    Savings/capital of more than £16,000 means all means tested benefits will stop.

    You didn't answer my other question either, are you planning on buying another home to live in once you sell your current one?

  • notnap
    notnap Community member Posts: 22 Listener

    I made a mistake I am on contribution based esa and am looking at moving in with my fiancé who is living in council rented property

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing

    To be clear, if your ESA is more than £138.20 per week (£276.40/fortnight) then at least part of it will be Income Related. With savings of more than £16,000 the Income Related will stop.

    Contributions based part will continue and you will receive £138.20/week.

    If your partner is claiming any means tested benefits their self then all those will stop as well. You must both report the changes to all benefits departments that pay your benefits.

  • notnap
    notnap Community member Posts: 22 Listener

    thank you

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing

    No problem.

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 4,297 Online Community Specialist

    Let us know how your move to Scotland goes! We also don't get as many people sharing their experience with ADP as compared with PIP. So we'd be grateful if, when you switch to ADP, you let us know how your experience goes 😊

  • notnap
    notnap Community member Posts: 22 Listener

    I am not moving for at least for two possibly three years as the cost would be around 2 to 3 grand minimum and selling my flat might take some time

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