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Scary letter from ESA
MaisieBoohoo
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Hi
i am writing this for my cousin as his broadband has gone up creak
he has received support group esa contribution rate for 2 yrs, never worked, as just not able. In May a university friend asked him about private work he did years ago and wanting to get hold of it. He said as it was his private scientific data, he would give it at a price. So the guy went and spoke to university and they agreed a price of £4,000 but they could not just give it too him, they would give him a 6 week contract and they would pay like that. Now he is not very benefit savvy, so he did it and not not contact esa, as he said to me, if an artist painted a picture 20 yrs ago, why would he be working if sold…
we have sat down today and written back, explaining all this including hospital report that he had been just diagnosed with heart problems when he was supposedly working
what do you think will happen, he also suffers from anxiety and depression and he is beside him self as an honest person.
thanks
i am writing this for my cousin as his broadband has gone up creak
he has received support group esa contribution rate for 2 yrs, never worked, as just not able. In May a university friend asked him about private work he did years ago and wanting to get hold of it. He said as it was his private scientific data, he would give it at a price. So the guy went and spoke to university and they agreed a price of £4,000 but they could not just give it too him, they would give him a 6 week contract and they would pay like that. Now he is not very benefit savvy, so he did it and not not contact esa, as he said to me, if an artist painted a picture 20 yrs ago, why would he be working if sold…
we have sat down today and written back, explaining all this including hospital report that he had been just diagnosed with heart problems when he was supposedly working
what do you think will happen, he also suffers from anxiety and depression and he is beside him self as an honest person.
thanks
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If he is treated as having done six weeks work for £4000 he will not have been entitled to ESA for those six weeks and will have been overpaid.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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@calcotti. Thanks, but he did not actually do 6 weeks only got his data, put in report form, max 5 hrs work.it’s purely because university could not hand over funding as a payment…..
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MaisieBoohoo said:@calcotti. Thanks, but he did not actually do 6 weeks only got his data, put in report form, max 5 hrs work.it’s purely because university could not hand over funding as a payment…..Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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@calcotti..yes they did deduct tax and no as he only received £3000 in the end
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He had a contract for 6 weeks and was apid £4,000 so he wasn't entitled to ESA for that period, he now owes them.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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I think he is worried they will think it is fraud, which he is the sort of person never to do that and has no ongoing offer of work
he never had an interview or checked his paperwork, so obviously not a job, as he is a Dr of biology….no one takes someone on at that sort of job without interview or certificates…..very frustrating…thanks though -
MaisieBoohoo said:@calcotti..yes they did deduct tax and no as he only received £3000 in the endInformation I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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Payments made will have reported to tax system and will have shown as earnings on dwp system so as above will have made his esa not eligible
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Will they stop his Esa altogether do you think?
thanks for your help with this…I am on and off phone reading replies….
he is more than happy to repay money. -
MaisieBoohoo said:Will they stop his Esa altogether do you think?
thanks for your help with this…I am on and off phone reading replies….
he is more than happy to repay money.When he was working for those amount of weeks, earning a large amount of money then his ESA should have completely stopped. Once it stopped then he wouldn't have been able to reclaim it if he didn't have enough NI contributions in the previous 2 tax years, which would be unlikely as he hasn't been working.I wouldn't like to guess what could happen here but he'll definitely have an overpayment for at least the amount of weeks he worked. Does he claim any means tested benefits like housing benefit? If so then there could likely be an overpayment of housing benefit too, with earnings of that amount.I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help. -
Because the period has been and gone I would hope they will do a closed period supercession and simply stop the ESA for the six week period, this will then be an overpayment. There may also be a penalty charge for not reporting.poppy123456 said: When he was working for those amount of weeks, earning a large amount of money then his ESA should have completely stopped.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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Hi thanks everyone
@poppy123456 no he does not get any means based benefits, contributions based esa support group at about £120 all he gets. It would of clicked with him If he was getting any means based benefits. He does not claim anything else despite now not having much money due to being sick for years and not claiming anything….this money was actually to sort his failing car out..
although £3,000 after tax and ni sounds loads, he essentially sold his life’s work for the data, which has not helped his depression much….
So when you say “when you were working for 6 weeks” it was not even like that…..it’s such a stupid situation, damm the university
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calcotti said:Because the period has been and gone I would hope they will do a closed period supercession and simply stop the ESA for the six week period, this will then be an overpayment. There may also be a penalty charge for not reporting.poppy123456 said: When he was working for those amount of weeks, earning a large amount of money then his ESA should have completely stopped.I would say it's not NsESA based on this comment..MaisieBoohoo said:Hi
he has received support group esa contribution rate for 2 yrs, never worked, as just not able.I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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