ESA award letter confusion

missjones
missjones Community member Posts: 2 Listener
edited September 2023 in Start here and say hello!
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good evening. My partner claims esa for us both, claim started in 2012. I am confused which one we get. Is it contribution based or income based? Our housing benefit claim says income based esa but i am confused with this latest award letter. Thank you 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    HI and welcome,

    I note from that letter that you're in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) this means that your ESA is entirely Income Based. Just so that you're aware, Contributions based ESA is only paid for 1 year unless you're placed into the Support Group.

    Hope this helps.
  • missjones
    missjones Community member Posts: 2 Listener
    Thank you very much. They're not the easiest letters to understand. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    missjones said:
     They're not the easiest letters to understand. 

    Can't disagree with that.