Hi, my name is Trilby! Do I have to pay UC my backdated payment of ESA?

Trilby

Hi, I have had a claim for uc since febuary and just received a back payment of ESA im in the contibutory esa and limited cPbility for work on uc, Do i have to pay uc my backdated payment of esa or does it just take esa of my uc standard rate and i get to keep the limited capable for work benefit?

Ross_Alumni

Hello @Trilby and welcome to the community, I hope you are well, it's lovely to see you join us and make your first post   

 

This is a very supportive and welcoming site to be a part of so I’m hopeful that you’ll find it to be a positive outlet. Feel free to have a look around and get involved wherever you’d like 😊 I have included below a few of the pages I’d recommend having a look through to get used to things:

• The virtual coffee lounge which is one of our categories, in which we play games and talk about general subjects such as hobbies and interests
• The recent discussions page, which shows an overview of everything happening across the community
• The categories page, which shows a full list of discussion groups on the community

If you have any questions at all then don’t hesitate to ask.

I have moved your discussion over to our Universal Credit category and changed the title so that other members know what your post is in relation to. 

Take care

poppy123456

Your ESA will be deducted in full from any UC entitlement, which will reduce the total amount payable. When in the Support Group for ESA, you will also receive the LCWRA element for UC.

Trilby

So do i pay uc the esa back payment or do i keep that?, im so confused.. im getting £74 a week esa and the standard rate 77 a week uc and the limited capabality element of uc..What is it i lose? just the uc standard rate or the limited rate aswell meaning ill just get 74 a week esa?

calcotti

Trilby said:

So do i pay uc the esa back payment or do i keep that?, im so confused.. im getting £74 a week esa and the standard rate 77 a week uc and the limited capabality element of uc..What is it i lose? just the uc standard rate or the limited rate aswell meaning ill just get 74 a week esa?

UC will recalculate your previous UC payments to take account of the ESA entitlement. This will likely result in there having been an over payment of UC. They will inform you of this and will then recover it by deduction from your future monthly payments of UC.

Trilby

Ok Thank you.

L_Volunteer

Please let us know if you have any other questions or if we can do anything else to help you @Trilby