Annual uprating letter

niknoo
niknoo Community member Posts: 46 Connected
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Hi all, I’m just wondering if any of you are still waiting to get your annual uprating letter? I usually get mine end of feb/first week of March and nothing yet. For neither ESA or PIP ? Things like this send my anxiety SKY HIGH :( my friend got hers like usual but is there anyone like me, still waiting!? :neutral:

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  • niknoo
    niknoo Community member Posts: 46 Connected
    @woodbine thank you, still not had it. Although I’ve had my PIP one, don’t know why these things stress me out so much!? :( 
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Community member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    I haven't had any letters either as yet as above I dont always get them so I dont really worry about it 
  • niknoo
    niknoo Community member Posts: 46 Connected
    @janer1967 thank you for your reply :) puts my mind at ease knowing I’m not the only one. 
  • littleacorn
    littleacorn Community member Posts: 383 Empowering
    I have had mine and not worth waiting for, less than £1.00 rise for both benefits. Probably cost more to do the letter. Its a disgrace really.
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Community member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    They should save the money what a waste producing all those letters and postage 

    Surely the money could be put to something more worthwhile 
  • MarkM88
    MarkM88 Community member Posts: 3,121 Connected
    It would be better if you could just opt in to something like text updates for stuff like this..
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Community member Posts: 16,350 Championing
    You beat me to it @MarkN88 - I was just about to write the same thing! :)
  • MarkM88
    MarkM88 Community member Posts: 3,121 Connected
    @chiarieds great minds think a like :) 
  • niknoo
    niknoo Community member Posts: 46 Connected
    I’ve had my PIP one last week, which took 9 days from date of printing to come, just waiting on ESA. I’m sure it’ll come in the next few days! :) 
  • MarkM88
    MarkM88 Community member Posts: 3,121 Connected
    Mine go straight through the shredder..
  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community member Posts: 2,975 Championing
    edited March 2021
    Haven't had mine yet.  As others have said, it seems a huge waste of money and paper.  Can't even be easily recycled due to the personal info.  I'd gladly opt in for paperless updates via email if that was an option.

    I find emails much easier to organise (all in date order and I can see which ones I've read, whereas post can get jumbled).  Plus they can be searched within seconds and a second copy printed when needed to save wading through all the near-identical PIP/ESA letters looking for the most recent one!
  • niknoo
    niknoo Community member Posts: 46 Connected
    @OverlyAnxious I love the name, sums me up to a T too :) xx
  • niknoo
    niknoo Community member Posts: 46 Connected
     @MarkN88 lol ? ??
  • niknoo
    niknoo Community member Posts: 46 Connected
    Still nothing :( but I agree, an email would be far better! Easier to organise, keep safe and it would definitely save some money, with postage etc! 

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