Migrated to uc

sarge19846
sarge19846 Online Community Member Posts: 37 Connected
edited June 2025 in Universal Credit (UC)

Hi I migrated to uc end of April,got a letter from esa saying my payments stopped but still recive half what j usually get each fortnight,is this normal?should I say anything?thanks

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  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,814 Championing

    Hi,

    Are you getting an ESA payment of exactly £281.10 each fortnight?

    If yes, your old ESA was partly Contributions Based. In this case, the Income Related part gets migrated to UC, and the Contributions Based part gets replaced with New Style ESA. The NS ESA gets deducted from UC each month so it doesn't make any difference financially.

    If this is not the case and you are getting ESA at a different rate then that is caused by an error and will need to be reported as you'll be getting overpaid. They will need to claim any overpayments back so that needs to be sorted asap.

  • sarge19846
    sarge19846 Online Community Member Posts: 37 Connected

    Hi thanks for your reply I get about 228but I've had budgeting loans from them over the years so I guess their still taking that off

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,814 Championing
    edited June 2025
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1037468#Comment_1037468

    Hi,

    New Style ESA is a fixed payment of £281.10. I haven't seen it affected by past ESA budgeting loans so far, but I don't know how many people used those.

    Is there a deduction showing on your UC statement for ESA?

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