ESA Support Group Benefit & Savings
Options

StuartH40
Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
HI,
Shortly I am due to retire & have a pension from my work, which includes a 25% tax free lump sum that I can take when I retire. This figure is quite substantial & is over £16,000. However my wife is in a support group for ESA (she was previously on Incapacity Benefit). If I take my lump sum, will it have an impact on my wife's benefits?
0
Comments
-
Hi and welcome to the community glad you have joined us.
I am not too sure of the answer so will tag in our expert in this area who will answer when they are available
@poppy123456 Can you advise here please0 -
Hello and welcome to the community @StuartH40!
Just to let you know, I've moved your post into the ESA category so that our other members will find it easier to discover and answer your post0 -
HI and welcome,As she was previously claiming Incapacity benefit then at least part of her ESA should be Contributions based, which won't be affected by and sayings/capital. You will need to check for sure which exactly she's claiming because some ESA is contributions based with an income related top up. If part of it is Income related then she will lose that part.If you're not sure then she will need to ring DWP to ask.1
-
Hello @StuartH40 and a very warm welcome to the community
I hope to see you around here more in the future!
0
Categories
- All Categories
- 15.2K Start here and say hello!
- 7.2K Coffee lounge
- 88 Games den
- 1.7K People power
- 119 Announcements and information
- 24.1K Talk about life
- 5.7K Everyday life
- 398 Current affairs
- 2.4K Families and carers
- 863 Education and skills
- 1.9K Work
- 523 Money and bills
- 3.6K Housing and independent living
- 1K Transport and travel
- 880 Relationships
- 255 Sex and intimacy
- 1.5K Mental health and wellbeing
- 2.4K Talk about your impairment
- 863 Rare, invisible, and undiagnosed conditions
- 922 Neurological impairments and pain
- 2.1K Cerebral Palsy Network
- 1.2K Autism and neurodiversity
- 39.2K Talk about your benefits
- 5.9K Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- 19.5K PIP, DLA, ADP and AA
- 8.1K Universal Credit (UC)
- 5.6K Benefits and income