New style esa

julie2419

i received this today,

what exactly is new style esa and what commitments do they want me to agree to ?

You must take part in your New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) telephone appointment at 02.45 PM on 23/11/2024. The number may show as unknown or 0800. We will call you within 10 minutes of this time. This appointment is to enable you to agree your commitments with us to get New Style ESA. If you do not accept a claimant commitment we will not be able to pay you any New Style ESA and may close your claim. If you need to rearrange your appointment or no longer wish to claim New Style ESA call 0800 169 0190

Kimmy87

Have you recently migrated from legacy benefits to UC?

Kimmy87

julie2419

@ kimmey87 i was on income related employment support allowance,i have migrated to UC but it is still in process and payment will start 1 week of dec

Kimmy87

This letter means part of your ESA was in fact contributions based.

When someone is on both CB & IR ESA, upon migration the IR ESA ends and is replaced by UC, the CB ESA converts automatically into New Style ESA.

UC and NS ESA are separate benefits, administered by different departments.

NS ESA will be paid separately from UC, fortnightly at a rate of £276.40.

This will be deducted in full (598.68) from each UC payment.

As UC is a monthly benefit and ESA weekly, the numbers may look wrong, but are right.

The commitments interview for NS ESA is a formality, your commitments will be to keep them updated with any changes.

You are still automatically entitled to LCWRA under UC, and Support Group NS ESA.

julie2419

@Kimmy87 thank you soo much for helping me understand this.