Hi, my name is Paulwillows! Will state pension have any impact on ESA?

Paulwillows

Hello hope you can help I'm getting near to claiming my state pension partner is claiming contribution esa would my state pension have eny affect on the esa

Ross_Alumni

Good morning @Paulwillows and welcome to the online community, how are you this morning?

Thank you for posting your first thread, I hope you have navigated the community without issue so far, and I look forward to hopefully seeing you get involved more across the site.

I found the below information over on this Citizens Advice page, hopefully it can be of use to you:

When you reach State Pension age, the DWP should stop your ESA automatically. If they don't stop your ESA, contact them and make sure they know you've reached State Pension age.
You can check your State Pension age on GOV.UK.

Whether this applies to just the person claiming or anybody in the household I'm not sure. Just to clarify, your partner is claiming contribution based ESA and isn't currently getting state pension?

I have included below a few of the pages I’d recommend having a look through to get used to the online community:

• 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.

calcotti

If their ESA is contribution based only then your SP will not have any impact. They are separate claims for separate people.

Are either of you claiming any other benefits?

Paulwillows

Yes I claim carers allowance for my partner and my partner is on the support group of esa 

calcotti

Paulwillows said:

Yes I claim carers allowance for my partner and my partner is on the support group of esa 

When your State Pension starts your Carer's Allowance will stop.

Paulwillows

Thank you 

Tori_Scope

I hope that the above replies have been helpful @Paulwillows How do you feel about nearing your state pension?

Paulwillows

I find nearing retirement stresfull at the moment I stopped working 18 months ago  so I could care for my partner 

Tori_Scope

That's understandable @Paulwillows. How do you find caring for your partner? 

Paulwillows

Yes she's a lot happier now thanks 

Tori_Scope

That's good @Paulwillows Do you mind me asking what kind of work you did previously?

Paulwillows

I was a service engineer tor a fork truck company 

Tori_Scope

That sounds interesting @Paulwillows Did you enjoy it? 

Paulwillows

Yes it was a good job I was sad to give it up 

L_Volunteer

That sounds tough @Paulwillows. How are you feeling about it at the moment? I hope you are well but we are here for you if you need anything. I appreciate it has been a little while since you last posted on this thread now though