New style ESA and universal credit

whufcjay
whufcjay Online Community Member Posts: 32 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)

Hi I’ve just migrated from esa to universal credit and been awarded the full universal credit rate and the LCWLA rate too which is £823.41, also I’ve been put in the new style esa support group which is £562.20 a month but I’m being paid over two fortnightly payments , I was told I would only be deducted the £562.20 a month from my universal credit and they only take what you get on esa no more , yet I’ve been deducted £609 a month when it should only be £562.29 , I rang them up and they said it’s worked out on percentage averages? I only get £562.20 a month on esa so that’s what should be deducted , I’m £50 short a month , how can I get this back

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,486 Championing

    The deduction is correct, see this thread for information:

    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/134866/uc-shows-incorrect-new-style-esa
  • whufcjay
    whufcjay Online Community Member Posts: 32 Listener

    thank you I read your link but I am still confused as even if it is a weekly payment I’m still down on the £823 I was awarded I’ll only get £776 how can this be fare when I was told I would only be deducted my esa amount

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,486 Championing
    edited July 2025

    ESA is £140.55 a week and there are 4.3 weeks in a month.

    UC is a monthly payment (30 days).

    You need to think of ESA as a monthly amount @ £609.05, calculated as explained in the thread I linked too.

    So instead of £823.41 a month UC, you are receiving £609.05 ESA + £214.36 UC.

    This adds up to the same money, £823.41 a month.

    You are only being deducted for the ESA and you are not worse off.

  • whufcjay
    whufcjay Online Community Member Posts: 32 Listener

    Now the penny has dropped , thank you 🙂

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