UC payment minus ESA amount help please

longtallsally67

Hi all

I’ve noticed on my UC statement the decision for ESA is £598.87 but I’m not actually getting that amount I’m getting £198.82 fortnightly, I believe it’s due to some deductions but it’s around £50 a week difference. Would anyone know if this could be right or if they’ve taken off too much ESA?

I hope that made sense as I’m not great at putting things into words.

As always thank you in advance

longtallsally67

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Kimmy87

The deduction is a standard deduction and correct for the full weekly rate of ESA.

I'm not sure if they take into account any ESA deductions for individual circumstances.

Speaking generally, ESA is a weekly benefit and UC is a monthly benefit.

ESA £138.20 x 52 divided by 12 = £598.86/month deducted.

longtallsally67

thank you for your reply, I’m only getting £99.41 a week though? £198.82 a fortnight. I’m incredibly confused by all of this 🫤

Kimmy87

I see from your other thread you've been told your ESA will go up to the rate mentioned on the 23rd October.

I don't know whether UC will take into account you are currently getting less ESA, or whether the standard deduction is applied to everyone.

You could put a Journal message (under payments) querying the UC deduction as you are currently not actually getting that amount of ESA.

longtallsally67

yes that’s correct. I just wasn’t sure if UC were deducting too much or if it was correct and they do it as if I was getting the full weekly ESA rate, thank you for your help and advice.

poppy123456

I don't know what the deductions are for, for the ESA but the deduction for UC will be calculated as follows…

£138.20 x 52 divided by 12 = £598.86/month. This is because there's 4.3 weeks in a month, not 4 weeks. ESA is a weekly benefit and UC is monthly.

longtallsally67

thank you @Kimmy87 and @poppy123456