UC payment wrong 😑

Lainybear

I’ve just received my first uc statement

They are now only paying for 1 bedroom I have 3 and have always had 2 bedrooms paid this is due to being a friends and family foster carer and having my adult son who also gets pip stay over when he’s not coping as I’m his carer

My trasistional payment on benefits calculator is £535

But uc saying it’s only £200

I NEED HELP PLEASE

Lainybear

I get pip myself

poppy123456

I don't understand how you were able to claim for an extra bedroom for your son if you're his carer and he has his own place to live, especially if he's claiming help with the rent himself.

If you need regular overnight care yourself then you can claim for an extra bedroom for that. It's not automatically paid and you will need to claim for that.

For the Transitional Protection it will depend on what the figures were for your previous benefits and what they are for UC, as I don't know any of your details it's not possible to advise.

I wouldn't rely on the information given to you through a benefits calculator because they are only as good as the information you put into them.

They very often have the calculations on your first statement wrong. If you think the Transitional Protection isn't correct then put a message onto your journal under the payment section and tell them you think it's incorrect. Someone will reply to you at some point.

Lainybear

Hi Poppy

That is what I’ve done

2nd bedroom was because I was a friends and family foster carer

And my son only has a 1 bedroom so he stays at mine when he’s struggling

He gets pip

As do I

On legacy benefits I was getting

£175 for myself with the disability premium’s weekly

£81 for being my sons carer

£654 4 weeks for my rent

On uc

Allowance for myself

Career’s element

Minus £354 as I get carers weekly at £81

Rent which is now £100 less

£590 monthly

poppy123456

I can't advise about the friends and family foster carer and extra bedroom, sorry. It does seem odd because he has his own place and claims benefits for that bedroom.

If there's no Transitional Protection included on that statement then put the message on your journal as I advised in my previous comment. It's not unusual for them not to calculate it in time for your first statement.

Were you claiming Income Support or ESA before UC?

Lainybear

No i Was just on old style benefits

So I got basic weekly amount for myself but it all went up when I got my pip myself 2 years ago there is a £200 traditional payment included with my uc

poppy123456

Yes, I know it was old style benefits but there's quite a few of them. One of them is likely to be either ESA or Income Support, it would help to know which one it was that you were claiming.

As there's TP included then I'd advise you to get some expert advice from an agency near you and they will be able to tell you if your payment is correct.

Lainybear

sorry I was income support and I got spd added to that when I was awarded pip myself