I was contacted by DWP about underpayment of ESA. Has anyone received payments for this?

Rie2020

Hi I was contacted by the Dwp over an underpayment of esa I’ve always been in the support group they ask me a few questions about my illness back in 2013 so when was the underpayments rectified an has anyon received payments off the dwp my anxiety is through the roof

poppy123456

HI,

This is regarding the Incapacity benefit to ESA underpayment. Yes, lots of people have received many thousands of pounds in backdated money because they were underpaid. Information here. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-underpayments-progress-on-checking-june-2021/june-2021-esa-underpayments-numbers-affected-expenditure-and-final-update-on-checking