I'm hoping someone can shed some light because I'm very confused.
Right I had to migrate to uc as I had a migration notice that my tax credits and housing benefit was ending. I did the claim on the 8th Feb. Everything verified etc. My partner is in receipt of esa has been for years I think hes on a mixture of income based and contribution based as he transferred to Esa from Incapacity Benefit in 2013.
This is where my confusion is. I thought that changing to uc his esa rates would change but as up till last week he's still receiving the full amount as he did before our claim for UC. He received a letter dated the 21st to say they have looked at claim again following a recent change ,because of a change of money coming in. It states the same weekly amount and says the amounts will apply from the 5th Feb to the 18th Feb. But he received the same usual weekly amount again on the 4th March. Also the esa benefit helpline says he'll receive his usual amount again on the 18th March. I've just received my first statement which is all correct, couple, housing, lcwra element etc. So obviously UC have received his support group status. They have however deducted the whole amount he received from ESA during this assessment period which is around £900.
I'm just so confused, should his Esa rates have changed after moving over? It doesn't make any sense to me at all.
I've popped a picture on of the letter to see if anyone can help or advise
