How long until I can just relax please?

@ChasingRainbows You'll receive a New Style ESA payment separately from UC, every fortnight. If you are Support Group, £276.40 at current rates.

In your UC payment statement you'll see a deduction for the New Style ESA.

It will seem more than you actually receive, that's because NS ESA is a weekly benefit and there are 4.3 weeks in a month.

UC pays monthly so the ESA deduction is for a months worth, not 28 days.

Also, while payment statements are officially ready 4 days before payment, they often are ready 5 or 6 days before so it can be worth checking 😊

@Kimi87 I checked my journal first thing this morning and my summary/payment statement was there! So 2 days early, as you’d said it might be! 😊

Apart from the warning notice to tell ESA I had migrated to UC in my journal and the fact they’ve deducted amounts I’m not too sure about (way more than the 4.3 weeks 😳) it all seems straight forward enough.

As I’m in Scotland, my housing payment has already been set up to go directly to my Housing Association from the 31st, which is great!

I rang ESA who confirmed my payments are definitely now the reduced New Style ESA and are sending a letter of entitlement, in case I need to show or email a copy to anyone.

Left a note in my journal about the reductions too, so I’m sure that’ll be looked at and explained or reviewed.

I’ve really made my conditions worse by stressing about the process, when I had no need to 🙈

I know it’s a big change and a scary time for a lot of people but I know now that it’s not worth making yourself ill over.

Thanks again for your reply last night - I actually slept! 😅

I think that’s exactly what’s happened - though I don’t know if they’ve allowed for the 2 week run on period after I claimed?
If I’m still allowed the 2 week run on with my prev ESA with underlying CB, then they’ve deducted too much? My ESA payment on 6th March was during my 2 week run on. I had expected the deduction to be made re my ESA payment on the 20th.

Either way, whatever happens I know it will get looked at and I don’t owe the DWP any money, which is the main thing!

You really have been a great help 😊

Were you getting SDP with your ESA?

If not, yes you will be better off.

Using current rates, ESA will be paid at £276.40 a fortnight.

Monthly equivalent £598.86, this will be deducted from UC of £809.64 (Standard Allowance & LCWRA).

Leaving £210.78 of UC payable.

Total monthly income £809.64.

Previous ESA monthly income (assuming no SDP) £689.21.

It's probably as a result of your ESA claim changing due to migration. As suggested you can always phone them to ask.

MiMigrated from Income Based ESA to UC told one last payment ESA then 23 April first monthly UC I was on support group so automatically transferred onto LCWRA did well in time so transitional protection set. All I want is to avoid WCA pain as long as possible I know deductions but hope TP swallow that if you get me

I've only ever known that text sent in relation to a PIP claim, but it makes sense to also send it for a change in ESA due to migration. Maybe it's something new they've introduced, or are testing.

Hi @SM9346

I was exactly the same with my ID online.

It was someone from my local job centre who rang and asked me to confirm my name, address, which benefits I currently claimed (ADP and ESA migrating) and that was about it!
A sleepless night over nothing 🙈

She said a lot of people aren’t passing failing the online ID but most of it’s completed and because it’s on the system, they usually have all the info anyway.

So you shouldn’t have to go in. It was a really quick call … a lot more than I thought!