Hi I know this is an old letter , but is this mean I’m just on income related ESA thank you.

heather12
heather12 Community member Posts: 49 Listener

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing

    Yes, it means at least part of it is Income Related. The disability Income Guarantee is otherwise known as Enhanced Disability Premium and this is only payable when claiming Income Related ESA.

  • heather12
    heather12 Community member Posts: 49 Listener

    thank you, I got told it’s both but I don’t understand it , I’ve not worked due to health reasons

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Community member Posts: 491 Empowering
    edited 08:32

    Did you claim the old Incapacity Benefit?

    It was possible to claim under youth rules even if you hadn't worked (this is what I did).

    If the answer is yes, then your ESA would now be both Contribution Based & Income Related.

  • heather12
    heather12 Community member Posts: 49 Listener

    I think so I was on incapacity benefit then ESA, am I entitled to prescriptions, what happens when migrating to uc

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Community member Posts: 491 Empowering
    edited 09:57

    Yes you are entitled to prescriptions and other health costs, as part of your ESA is Income Related.

    Upon transfer to UC, IR ESA stops (after one additional payment of two weeks worth), CB ESA transfers automatically into New Style ESA and continues to be paid every fortnight.

    The NS ESA will be deducted in full from your UC award.

    I see from your letter you get PIP, does your ESA include a Severe Disability Premium?

    If so, under UC you will get transitional protection to ensure you aren't worse off at the time of migration. It does reduce over time when UC itself rises etc.

  • heather12
    heather12 Community member Posts: 49 Listener

    yeah I get the severe disability premium , I didn’t think that I’d get the new style esa

  • heather12
    heather12 Community member Posts: 49 Listener

    the reason I don’t think I’d get new style is because I’ve never worked

  • heather12
    heather12 Community member Posts: 49 Listener

    this is the full letter

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Community member Posts: 491 Empowering
    edited 11:49

    If you went from Incapacity Benefit to ESA then that benefit changed into CB ESA.

    So you get CB ESA with an IR top up.

    Once you claim UC, the CB ESA converts into NS ESA, and the IR ESA gets replaced by UC.

    Usually you need two years of NI contributions from work to qualify for NS ESA - but you claimed Incapacity Benefit under youth rules (I presume), thus the benefits changed as I've explained.

    Incapacity Benefit - CB ESA - NS ESA

  • heather12
    heather12 Community member Posts: 49 Listener

    what’s youth rules, I was over 18

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Community member Posts: 491 Empowering
    edited 12:16

    I believe you had to be under 20, I was 19 when I claimed Incapacity Benefit. It's difficult finding web pages with the information as it's such an old system.

    https://www.whereyoustand.org/useful-information/benefits/item/incapacity-benefit#:~:text=Incapacity%20Benefit-,Incapacity%20Benefit%20is%20a%20weekly%20benefit%20payable%20to%20people%20who,All%20claims%20will%20be%20reassessed.

  • heather12
    heather12 Community member Posts: 49 Listener

    tbh I can’t remember how old I was, what would happen with migrating to UC

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Community member Posts: 491 Empowering

    Once you claim UC, the CB ESA converts automatically into NS ESA, payment of £276.40 will continue fortnightly.

    The IR ESA gets replaced by UC.

    You'll get one further payment of the IR ESA (two weeks worth), this is not deducted from your first UC award.

    NS ESA will be deducted in full from the UC award each month.

    Transitional protection will apply so you aren't worse off at the time of claiming, but the TP amount will reduce overtime as the UC rate rises etc.

  • heather12
    heather12 Community member Posts: 49 Listener

    at the moment my ESA is 318, so is that what I’ll get.