ESA corvid £20 extra

hass

Hi   all Hope your well.
Does anyone know if DWP  have agreed to 

Pay £20  extra during corvid.

Thank you

janer1967

Hi @hass

I havent seen anything regarding this but I am sure other members will be able to advise

chiarieds

Hi @hass - I've just had a look; altho it was asked for, I can't find any indication that it has been agreed upon.

hass

Thank you all  xxx

leeCal

I don’t know if it’s been paid but I thought it only applied to UC payments?

poppy123456

HI,

Nothing has been agreed for the extra £20 per week and it's unlikely to be agreed. It's only paid in working tax credits and Universal Credit.

TeddyB22

I don't think this applies in N. Ireland. 

poppy123456

TeddyB22 said:

I don't think this applies in N. Ireland. 

Hi,

The increase to Universal Credit standard allowance and working tax credits also applied to Northern Ireland.

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/universal-credit-payments-and-advance-payments

There was no increase to ESA amount.

soconfused

hass said:

Hi   all Hope your well.
Does anyone know if DWP  have agreed to 

Pay £20  extra during corvid.

Thank you

Only for Universal Credit until March it's £20 a week on top. 

poppy123456

@soconfused the increase in the standard allowance is in place until April 2021 and not March.

CJ61

Apologies for being so late to the thread. I hope everybody is doing as well as can be expected in these horrible times. 
Does anybody know why ESA is not paying the extra £20? It doesn't seem very fair to me. 

woodbine

Theres a new thread on this @CJ61

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/76991/have-goverment-decided-yet-bout-the-extra-20-pounds#latest

CJ61

Thank you @woodbine