Underpayment of esa for 12 years
Hi im on income based esa suport group with enhanced disibility premium,im shure ive been getting the amount that thoes in the work related activity group get,why ill tell u when i moved over from income suport to income based esa 12 years ago dwp made a mistake and made me go to work foucus interviews in a wheelchair n doubly incintinent to receave my benifit money i was made to go..anyway my carer sent in a massive complaint wich i got an appoligy and was put strait into the suport group without an assessment..im single always have been anyway since being in the suport group 12 years my payments dont look enogh they look rong ive never challenged it ive just exsepted it..today i looked at all my esa payment letters and the payments look as if ive been being paid the work capability amounts instead of the suport group amounts i get the enhanced disibility premium £20.85p and £90 liveing alowence and £42.05p because i have a disibility is this correct? Because ive just migrated to UC so hopefuly if this is rong and ive been under paid im hopeing UC will notice the error and backdate it n pay me what im owed
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For 2024/2025 ESA Support Group is:
£90.50 + 20.85 + £47.70
=£159.05 a week.
I think you were being paid for the Support Group because WRAG would be:
£90.50 +20.85 + £35.95
=£147.30
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But if WRAG is 90. Plus 20.85 plus 35.95 then they have been paying me for the WRAG instead of suport group wich ive always been in never been in WRAG thats why im asking how much i should be getting in the support group im getting £90 a week to live off then a week £20.89 because im disabled and a week £42.05 for the enhanced disibility premium wich is not rite Suppourt group of old style esa should be more
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Im in the support group and checked online how much i should be receaveing and ive been under paid all these years Im shure UC will pick up on it n back pay me
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The 20.85 should be £21.20 and the £90 should be £110 and the the £42.05 should be £47.70
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UC wouldn't pick up any underpayment, they just get confirmation of your previous award from ESA and go from there.
You would need to challenge ESA about any historical mistakes with your claim.
You say you were never in WRAG but your opening post states you attended a Work Focused Interview after moving from Income Support which is part of being in the WRAG. Your payment letters also state WRAG.
Do you have any documents that say you were moved to Support Group?
I suggest you gather all paperwork and get an appointment with a local welfare rights organisation, take your carer and see if they can assist.
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I don't know where you are getting £110 from.
The 2025/2026 rates for a single person are:
Support Group
£92.05 + £21.20 + 48.50
=£161.75
Work Related Activity Group:
£92.05 + 21.20 + 36.55
=£149.80
As previously advised the 2024/2025 rates for a single person were:
Support Group:
£90.50 + 20.85 + £47.70
=£159.05 a week.
WRAG:
£90.50 +20.85 + £35.95
=£147.30
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Thankyou im not getting them amounts so ive been underpaid all this time were u ststed £92.05 i get £90
Were you stated £21.20 i get £20..85
Were you stated £48.50 i get £42.05 so theres still £6 under payment im not oweing any moneys bk i have never been overpaid so UC will notice it and pay me back ive not got no privite pention ither so dwp have defo made a mistake somewere
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And this is on 30th April statement i wounderd why some lady who was in the same situation as me got more money this was back last year she was on enhanced DP aswell single she got way more than i did if you work that £6 underpayment up over a year every year thats alot of money 12 years being underpaid ive got every single payment run down from esa from the day i migrated over n was being made to look for work 😱
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The rate of benefits goes up every April.
As it's May I wrote down both the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 rates.
UC will not notice this and pay you back.
You need to gather up paperwork and go with your carer to see a local welfare rights organisation who can advise you further.
Click on the purple text below to find this help.
Good luck with getting it all sorted out 😊
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When i migrated over from IS to ESA dwp sent me a letter stateing i had to atrend work focuse interviews..knowing i was doubly incontinent and wheelchair bound at the time...i attended there building wich had no accsess ramps or disabled toilets or floor space for wheelchairs...why??? Because disabled people should not have bk then been sent on these corses....after 4 weeks of attending for 10 minutes to get my bus money back i messed myself and needed the toilet to be told there arnt any disabled loos so had to go home asap soild on a bus when i got home my carer put in a massive complaint to dwp who was flapping around and relised i could of sued them for discrimination but the reson i was made to go was they had sent me a form to complite for an assessment to deside what group to put me in..but they had lost it so sent me anouther form that was filled in and they lost all that too i never knew they the srcond form but in the meen time i was waiting with no payments i was told if i did not attend these work foucus interviews my money would stop..after the complaint was put in a lady from dwp called me and said i should never of been asked to go on them interviews and said because id waited over 10 months for them to assess me and no money ither because they had lost both forms will all my information in them the lady asked my carer to email everything to her and she would sort it out ie fast track me into the support group asap and appoligised for the discrimination and humiliation i was put through i told her i want that oppligy in writting ive still got the letter of appoligy...now does it make sence of why im being under paid because they knew i could sue them they rushed to get me into the suport group adap fast they must of messrd up my payments...and my friend works for dwp and said that UC will notice the underpayments and will repay any moneys oweing bk to me from old style esa she told me that everything will be on file under my NI number
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Thankyou ill ask my support worker
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Yes they will my friend works for DWP and told me UC staff will notice that my esa payments are rong because they check everything to make shure ive not been over paid and underpaid and will back date any moneys and pay me whats owed no affence but your rong she knows she works for them
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Because they are away and not availible plus this platform is for asking advice is it not? I just needed to see if anyone on the same benifit was getting the same amount or more than me people on here mite beable to help with my post
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