Submitted claim for ESA migration to UC Support Group. What next? Follow up questions

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  • kittenface19
    kittenface19 Online Community Member Posts: 37 Contributor

    How's it going? Any updates? I've heard nothing since I submitted mine. Just incredibly stressed out by the news today. I have no idea where I stand.

  • moosee
    moosee Online Community Member Posts: 110 Contributor

    Hi. Only just heard from them today. They're coming beginning April to do home ID check.

  • moosee
    moosee Online Community Member Posts: 110 Contributor

    Hi, I'm v confused as usual.

    I submitted my migration to UC on 3rd March and am having my ID checked at home later this week. I have just logged into my online banking account and see that I received my usual full payment of ESA on 12th March and also another full ESA payment of 26th March.

    Is this correct? Is the full ESA payment on the 26th March my last one?

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 4,498 Championing

    ESA is paid two weeks in arrears.

    If there has been any overpayment (it happens) this will be deducted from your UC award.

  • moosee
    moosee Online Community Member Posts: 110 Contributor

    So it's just because of the timings of my ESA payments and the date I made my migration to UC?

    I don't need to do anything?

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 3,994 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1010508#Comment_1010508

    Yes. This is what happened with mine. The ID verification took so long that I ended up with an extra ESA payment. That was then deducted from a future UC payment as it had been overpaid.

  • moosee
    moosee Online Community Member Posts: 110 Contributor
    edited March 31
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1010536#Comment_1010536

    Thanks for that. Glad it's not just me.

    I assume you mean that it was automatically deducted from you UC payment? With an explanation as to what the deduction was for?

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 3,994 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1010541#Comment_1010541

    Yes, it was automatically deducted in full in my case.

    I did also have a housing benefit overpayment. That one was not deducted in full automatically. I got a letter in the journal about choosing to either repay in small amounts each month, or to pay that off in full via bank transfer. I chose to also pay that one off in full to get it over with.

  • kittenface19
    kittenface19 Online Community Member Posts: 37 Contributor

    Hi,

    I received my second and most likely final ESA payment on the 18th March. That should be my last payment from them....now I just wait to see what happens.

    Hope the home visit goes well @moosee ๐Ÿ™ let us know how it goes.

  • moosee
    moosee Online Community Member Posts: 110 Contributor

    Ok. Thank you for your replies, OA.

  • moosee
    moosee Online Community Member Posts: 110 Contributor
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1010563#Comment_1010563

    TThanks Kittenface.

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