ESA CB IR EDP Support group to UC with Housing (managed migration)

fluffycat

please can I seek clarification,

if anybody claims UC (migration letter) say 1st of month,

they get 2 weeks run on of HB and 2 Weeks legacy ESA? (Say to 14th month)

Q1. WHEN does UC officially start (with rent included and LCWRA top-up) ?? (They deduct NS ESA)

Q.2 WHEN does New Style ESA begin ?

Kimi87

If you claim UC on the 1st April , you would receive first payment on 8th May.

This would be your money for April 1-30.

Then each month you would be paid on the 8th, unless that day falls on a weekend or bank holiday, in which case you'd recieve it on the nearest preceding working day.

fluffycat

thanks for replying @Kimi87

Would 1-30 April be UC LCWRA and rent ?

Would NS ESA commence 1/4/25 or 15/4/25 ?

Need to style budget with fortnightly and monthly payments when migration happens

Kimi87

Yes 1-30 April will be UC LCWRA and rent.

I'm not sure when the ESA payments would change, ESA is paid two weeks in arrears.

The payment at current rate is £276.40 a fortnight, changing to £281.10 in April.

You may get a payment of £278.75 (one week at old rate, one week at new).

fluffycat

@Kimi87 Thanks for replying

I have the migration letter and trying to get some background before I go all in.

(using 1st April as an illustration)

Does Legacy ESA stop 14/4/25 and NS ESA commence 15/4/25

or does NS ESA start from 1/4/25?

Kimi87

It's not something I know the answer too, hopefully someone else does 😊