Budgeting loan

katiebradyyyy
katiebradyyyy Community member Posts: 8 Listener
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
So my mum was entitled to a budgeting loan every year and she always got one just before xmas stop help with my sisters presents. She’s been moved to new style esa and isn’t entitled to it anymore. Is there nothing else she can get? She’s on PIP also. Not on UC. 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 61,508 Championing
    edited November 2022
    No one can be "moved to New style ESA." Budgeting loans are not available when claiming this. What benefits exactly was she claiming before the ESA?
    Has she checked entitlement to UC?
  • katiebradyyyy
    katiebradyyyy Community member Posts: 8 Listener
    She was on normal esa she got the loan every year now she is on new style esa and isn’t entitled to it anymore. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 61,508 Championing
    edited November 2022
    You mean Income Related ESA? You can't move to New style ESA from this. She could be claiming the old contributions based ESA if her ESA was a combination of both Income Related and contributions based and she was no longer entitled to the Income Related top up. 
    In a previous thread you said she was receiving £235/fortnight. https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/98652/esa#latest
    When did her ESA claim start? Does she have savings of more than £6,000 or does she receive any pension?

  • alunbb6
    alunbb6 Community member Posts: 6 Listener
    How to get the Xmas funding
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 61,508 Championing
    alunbb6 said:
    How to get the Xmas funding

    Do you mean the £10 Christmas bonus? If so then you need to be claiming certain benefits, if you do then it's automatically paid sometime during this month. https://www.gov.uk/christmas-bonus/eligibility
    If this is not what you mean then i'm sorry but i have no idea what you mean by "Xmas funding"


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