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Shannon1996
Shannon1996 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
My fiance is moving in with me next month,he works fulltime.i receive ESA,PIP&CARERS ALLOWANCE,obviously i will lose some of these,but would i lose them all.Thanks in advance.

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  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Online Community Member Posts: 5,188 Championing
    edited April 2018
    Hi Shannon and welcome

    PIP is not affected
    ESA CB may not affected
    ESA IR will be affected
    Who claims carers for who ?

    CR
  • steve51
    steve51 Online Community Member Posts: 7,121 Championing
    Hi @Shannon1996

    ”Welcome”

    It’s great to meet you this afternoon.

    We have got a “Benefit Calculator” here on our site.

    https://search.scope.org.uk/s/redirect?collection=scope-meta&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2Fcheck&index_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2Fcheck&auth=sN%2B7AvRM61Si5RLWTmoSQQ&profile=_default&rank=1&query=Benefit+calculator

    I would be very happy in helping you with this as it should be very helpful for you????


     Please please let me know if I can help you with this?????
  • Shannon1996
    Shannon1996 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    Hi,thank you for your reply,what does the (CB)&(IR) stand for after ESA? I get carers allowance paid directly to myself.
  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Online Community Member Posts: 5,188 Championing
    CB - contribution based
    IR -  income related

    You cannot normally claim carers allowance for your self, either you care for someone and claim it or someone cares for you and they claim it

    CR
  • Shannon1996
    Shannon1996 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    Hi,thank you for your reply,iv just checked my ESA,i get extra money for the categorys,severely disabled,disability income guarantee, for being in the support group and daily living expenses.It also says i havent enough N.i. contributions to be used in this assessment,so i think i will lose my ESA.
  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Online Community Member Posts: 5,188 Championing
    Unfortunately, not having enough NI contributions means that your ESA will be income related. and your fiances income will affect this as it depends on household income. Unless you can retain some part of your ESA you will also lose the premiums.
    Your PIP award will not be affected

    CR
  • Shannon1996
    Shannon1996 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    Thanks for the reply,much appreciated,i dont understand the bit about retaining part of my ESA,and losing my premiums,also would i still get carers allowance,through my cousin.so glad i will still get my PIP.
  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Online Community Member Posts: 5,188 Championing
    Income related takes into consideration your household income and savings , so depending on what your fiance brings might mean that you won't lose your entire ESA amount
    Do you claim carers for looking after your cousin ?
  • Shannon1996
    Shannon1996 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
    Thank you so much for helping me.