My son's changing benefits
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wendival
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Hi my son had a letter saying that from feb13 due to changing benefits we sent the form back which they received. 6 dec 18 he has been paid 221 pounds every 2weeks he’s been on Dla middle band till october2017 then pip high band I have been told getting even though I be getting career allowance and he lives at home with me becarce he is single he should get 17 pound a week back dated from feb 2013 not got this yet but have phoned them and they say he has a clame and should get his money by feb 6 any body have any advice as people on hear are saying you have to live alone
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Hi @wendival
Good Afternoon it’s great to meet you today ???
We have got some info on Benefit’s.
Here’s the link below for you.
https://search.scope.org.uk/s/redirect?collection=scope-meta&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2Fadvice&index_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2Fsupport%2Fdisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2Fadvice&auth=cS5QioUSKAAiHJ7Ut3EdBQ&profile=_default&rank=1&query=Benefits
https://community.scope.org.uk/categories/carers-of-disabled-children-and-adults
Please please let me know if you require any further help???
@steve51
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Hi@steve 51 do you know how much the underpayment is each week for esa was in the wrong group for 6 years0
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Hi @wendival
I have passed this onto our benefit advisors and so I hope you get some answers soon.0 -
Hello Wendival
Currently ESA are contacting people that they have underpaid, the main group of people effected are those that transferred from Incapacity Benefit to ESA. If this is the case here, it maybe that your son has been underpaid an extra amount of ESA called the enhanced disability premium. This premium is paid to those for example in the support group of ESA, OR for people in receipt of high rate care of DLA/enhanced rate of daily living of PIP.
Of course you will not know what exactly has been underpaid until ESA send out a decision letter detailing the error. But if is the enhanced disability premium then in 2013/14 the enhanced rate for a single person was £15.15 a week, in 2014/15 it was £15.55 a week, in 2015/16 and 2016/17 it was £15.75 a week, in 2017/18 it was £15.90 a week and 2018/19 it is £16.40 a week.
It maybe also worth seeking advice from a local advice centre or CAB once you get the ESA letter to ensure that the arrears payment is correct.
Maria
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