ESA And UC getting lower with transitional protection - Bottom line amount?

B1AVENGER
B1AVENGER Community Member Posts: 23 Connected
in Universal Credit (UC)

Hello,

I get new style ESA

£291.80 (fortnight) - £598.86 (month)

And presumably my UC is made up of £854.70 (standard and lcwra) ignoring rent for now aged over 25

I currently get £414. it was higher but going down due to Transitional protection decreasing and rent going up etc) (no sanctions)

My question is- if the standard ammount of UC and lcwra is £854.70 and ESA £598.85 which they take off the UC, then is the lowest amount the UC could ever goto is £255.84? regardless of how much TP i have etc.

Basically ignoring rent and TP calculations etc, there must be a standard ammount it cant ever go lower than?

Thanks

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 8,802 Championing
    edited June 15

    I'm not sure it's possible to answer your question exactly.

    To convert a weekly benefit into a monthly you multiply the weekly amount by 52 then divide by 12.

    So the ESA deduction is currently £632.23.

    Which would leave a UC award of £222.37.

    Deductions can be made for other reasons, leaving a lower amount or even no UC in payment.

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