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I was on enhanced disability premium and they stop it without me knowing why can anyone tell me why?

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Member Posts: 31,344 Disability Gamechanger
    edited November 2020
    marcushodgkiss93 said:
    Hi can you help me please back in 2018 i was on enhanced disability premium and receiving £175.09 every to weeks and they stop it with out me knowing why can any one tell me why when I never reported a change or anything 

    HI,

    There's no such benefit on it's own as enhanced disability premium. This is a disability premium added to certain means tested benefits like Income Related ESA.

    If your benefits stopped in 2018 did you ring DWP at the time to ask them why your benefits stopped?

    Looking back at various past threads of yours i see that you've asked about various benefits in the past. I also see that you're claiming PIP.

    If you're not claiming any other benefits and you're not working or you haven't working in the previous 2 tax years and paid the correct about amount NI contributions then the only benefit that you could claim now is Universal Credit. Whether you're entitled to this will totally depend on your circumstances. If you live with a partner, you claim as a couple. If you have savings/capital of more than £16,000 then you're excluded from claiming UC.

    It's extremely difficult to give you any advice without knowing all of your circumstances. I'd advise you to speak to an advice agency near you and they will do a full benefits check for you based on all of your circumstances.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Member Posts: 31,344 Disability Gamechanger
    marcushodgkiss93 said:
    I was getting EESA £175.09 every 2 weeks I have bank statements to prove this and yes there looking at what arrears they owe me. 

    You haven't given any details at all for anyone to be able to help or advise you firther and without more information it's impossible to give you any advice.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Member Posts: 31,344 Disability Gamechanger
    marcushodgkiss93 said:
    What you mean with out what information I have just given you some information 

    You haven't given enough of information. We can't tell you why your ESA stopped, only DWP can tell you that. We could only guess the reasons why. You need to speak to DWP.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Member Posts: 31,344 Disability Gamechanger
    marcushodgkiss93 said:
    What would be the reason please I an just asking 

    I have no idea sorry. You will need to speak to DWP and they will tell the reason why it's stopped.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Member Posts: 31,344 Disability Gamechanger
    We are not DWP and only they will be able to tell you the reason why it stopped. They open on Monday morning at 8am and the number you need to ring is 0800 169 0310.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Member Posts: 31,344 Disability Gamechanger
    marcushodgkiss93 said:
    I know but could you tell me some resons why it might have been stopped 

    No. I realise it's very frustrating not knowing the reasons why but we can only guess those reasons. Please ring DWP first thing Monday morning when they open again.
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  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Posts: 9,644 Scope online community team
    Hi @marcushodgkiss93 :) Just so you know, I made your comments into a post of their own. 

    Did you manage to ring the DWP today? 
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  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 8,578 Scope online community team
    Hello @marcushodgkiss93, it must be very stressful to suddenly find your money stopped with no reason given.
    How recently did they stop this? Have you had a re-assessment for ESA any time recently? 

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