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fluffycat
fluffycat Online Community Member Posts: 284 Empowering
in Universal Credit (UC)

please can I seek clarification,


if anybody claims UC (migration letter) say 1st of month,

they get 2 weeks run on of HB and 2 Weeks legacy ESA? (Say to 14th month)

Q1. WHEN does UC officially start (with rent included and LCWRA top-up) ?? (They deduct NS ESA)

Q.2 WHEN does New Style ESA begin ?

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,461 Championing

    If you claim UC on the 1st April , you would receive first payment on 8th May.

    This would be your money for April 1-30.

    Then each month you would be paid on the 8th, unless that day falls on a weekend or bank holiday, in which case you'd recieve it on the nearest preceding working day.

  • fluffycat
    fluffycat Online Community Member Posts: 284 Empowering


    thanks for replying @Kimi87


    Would 1-30 April be UC LCWRA and rent ?


    Would NS ESA commence 1/4/25 or 15/4/25 ?


    Need to style budget with fortnightly and monthly payments when migration happens

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,461 Championing

    Yes 1-30 April will be UC LCWRA and rent.

    I'm not sure when the ESA payments would change, ESA is paid two weeks in arrears.

    The payment at current rate is £276.40 a fortnight, changing to £281.10 in April.

    You may get a payment of £278.75 (one week at old rate, one week at new).

  • fluffycat
    fluffycat Online Community Member Posts: 284 Empowering

    @Kimi87 Thanks for replying


    I have the migration letter and trying to get some background before I go all in.


    (using 1st April as an illustration)


    Does Legacy ESA stop 14/4/25 and NS ESA commence 15/4/25

    or does NS ESA start from 1/4/25?

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,461 Championing

    It's not something I know the answer too, hopefully someone else does 😊

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