ESA payment

lyn44

Hi I normally get paid my ESA at midnight on a Saturday I'm disabled so don't need to go for any jobcentre assessments but I haven't been paid today and jobcentre is closed on Saturday I'm now worried as I have certain bills I have to pay today don't no what to do it has happened before but no took this amount of time to go in it's been 7 hrs now and still nothing 

poppy123456

Hi,

Your payment day is actually Monday, the only reason you receive it on a Saturday is because your bank process the payment early because of the weekend. Some banks still do this and some banks stopped it quite some time ago. I bank with Natwest and they stopped it quite a long time ago.

Are you sure you're due to receive payment today? Have you recently had a work capability assessment for ESA? or have you received a work capability assessment form (ESA50) recently?

lyn44

No as I don't have to have one as I'm fully.disabled.and in support group and I'm enhanced rate for both on pip 

lyn44

My bank is Barclays so.if they have it's only.jst  been this weekend as I always get mine on Saturday and yes I was due a payment Hun  

steve51

Hi @lyn44

Good morning & Welcome.

I’m one off the Community Champion’s here at Scope.

I have just checked my payments for you.

My dates are every Wednesday.

I bank with NatWest.

@steve51

poppy123456

lyn44 said:

No as I don't have to have one as I'm fully.disabled.and in support group and I'm enhanced rate for both on pip 

There's lot of people that are fully disabled, in the Support Group and also receive PIP but that doesn't exclude them from future re-assessments for ESA.

DWP open tomorrow morning at 8 am if you haven't received payment tomorrow then you'll need to ring them to ask why. If you haven't missed a work capability assessment or failed to return a work capability assessment form then there's no reasons for your ESA to stop. Do be aware that it can take an hour for them to answer the phone.

lyn44

Thankyou for Ur advice and help and no I haven't been sent for one or receivied anything to send back so don't no why I'll be ringin them in morning

poppy123456

Do let us know once you've rang.

lyn44

Hi rang them and it was a error on there side didn't automatically go threw to bank so now sorted and been paid 

Adrian_Scope

That must have been really worrying @lyn44. I'm glad you've been paid now!

lyn44

It was especially when u got bills and kids to feed 

Chloe_Alumni

I'm glad it's now been sorted @lyn44! A massive relief!