Will this get sorted out?

Nellie12345

Hi need some help myself and my husband we’re both on esa and getting sdp we moved this January 2nd and was told had to to claim uc we have lost the sdp part of esa I have heard the government will sort this out before July 2019 is this correct any help greatly appreciated 

steve51

Hi @Nellie12345

Welcome & Good Afternoon to you both.

I am one off the “Community Champion’s” here at Scope.

Here’s some info on ESA/SDP.

https://www.gov.uk/disability-premiums-income-support/eligibility

Please let me know if there’s any problems??????

@steve51

Antonia_Scope

Hi @Nellie12345
Thank you for sharing this with us. Some of our members may be able to answer your question.

poppy123456

Hi,

There's talk of money being given to compensate those that lost out because they had to move to UC and were previously claiming the SDP, however at the moment it's just talk and there's no plans been put in place. I'm afraid it's just a matter of waiting to see what announcements are made in the future but there's no announcements that it's going to be July this year. In July there will be transitional support protection in place but that won't apply to you because you've already moved to UC.