Paying out underpayments from incap to esa

poppy123456

You definitely misunderstood the reasons why you qualified for the Income related top up because paying too much NI Contributions is not one of the reasons.

Not living with a partner or having no savings will have qualified you.

stillpoorly

at the time i had no partner or savings so i might be lucky then 

poppy123456

It will also depend on which group you were in when you transferred across...WRAG or Support Group. If it was WRAG there's less change of being owed any money.

Monstermunch1310

Hi I’m new to this chat . I also got changed over from incapacity to esa back in 2011. Have filled in esa3 form and sent back . I have lived alone also was getting independence payment. Am I right in believing as was/am living alone I will be getting sdp for that time. In this last few months I Have started to get sdp premium with my esa. Many thanks

poppy123456

Monstermunch1310 said:

Hi I’m new to this chat . I also got changed over from incapacity to esa back in 2011. Have filled in esa3 form and sent back . I have lived alone also was getting independence payment. Am I right in believing as was/am living alone I will be getting sdp for that time. In this last few months I Have started to get sdp premium with my esa. Many thanks

You will only receive SDP during that time if you were claiming a qualifying benefit such as PIP daily living or DLA mid/high rate care. If you weren't claiming any of those at any time during the dates in the letter then you won't be entitled to the SDP.

stillpoorly

ive always been in support group and high rate dla since 2011 as far as i can remember

poppy123456

You must have been assessed for the Income Related at some point because you're already claiming the SDP and that's only paid as part of Income Related.

stillpoorly

cant remember that far back how can i find out when i first got on suport group 

poppy123456

DWP will have all that information. The dates in question will be the dates stated on the letter you received with the ESA3 form. You also don't need to be in the support group to receive the SDP because it's paid in either group, including assessment rate. If other criteria apply of course.

All you can do is wait for a decision to made on the ESA3 form, which can take between 12-20 weeks.

stillpoorly

ok il wait n see thanks

Chloe_Alumni

I hope you manage to get this sorted @stillpoorly

Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to help. 

stillpoorly

what does wrag stand for

poppy123456

stillpoorly said:

what does wrag stand for

Work Related Activity group.

stillpoorly

never been in that group  ,thanx