Will closing UC claim trigger review in another?

OliverLoving

Hi, if you close your UC claim due to being too anxious to do the review, will it prompt a review in the likes of PIP and ESA?

Many thanks

OverlyAnxious

Hi,

PIP & New Style ESA are completely separate from UC.

So closing the claim won't trigger a review in those.

However, UC may not allow you to close the claim if a review has already been started.

Obviously you will be left with less money in future as well. So please think carefully about whether closing the claim is the best decision overall.

Kimi87

You would also lose automatic entitlement to thinks like free/discounted health costs, neither PIP or New Style ESA qualify you for those although you could still make an application every year for help through the NHS Low Income Scheme.

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/help-with-health-costs/nhs-low-income-scheme-lis/