Losing transitional payment.

Fridge65
Fridge65 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
in Universal Credit (UC)

Hi everyone.. My first post.

Has anyone else had their transition taken off completely because they had to apply for a brand new rent element payment as that is what has happened to me.

I know my overall uc is now more than what it was but I'm still £237 out of pocket as I see it.

I receive lcwra and pip and just seem to having to use this money for paying bills instead of making my life easier as I thought it was for.

I feel ripped off.

Thanks.

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  • tracywilsher61
    tracywilsher61 Online Community Member Posts: 15 Listener

    dident even get mine they deducted it and my lcwra

  • strawberrydate28
    strawberrydate28 Scope Member Posts: 2 Listener

    personally I find it very confusing to know what you are entitled to receive, even if you have a good understanding of benefits.
    They don’t communicate well with clients or explain the adjustments they make to the monthly figures that they previously calculated from previous payments you received which could have been insufficient at the time causing hardship but it is not explained. They don’t keep you updated about your claim whatsoever. I think there should be clear communication when you are asking anything related your financial income, and because they lack communication and give insufficient information they often leave financial instabilities for the people who are in receipt of benefits.

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 8,568 Championing
    edited February 12
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1101244#Comment_1101244

    As explained on your own thread, you do get Housing Element, LCWRA & Standard Allowance, after all that is added up a deduction is made for the New Style ESA that you also get.

    You still get the exact same amount of money compared to a person in identical circumstances, that gets no New Style ESA and 100% of their income from UC.

    Universal Credit & NS ESA are both income replacement benefits, under the welfare system a person is entitled to one income replacement benefit which is why Universal Credit deduct the NS ESA from your UC award.

    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/143410/uc-not-paying-enough

    To answer the OP, unfortunately yes Transitional Protection is designed to reduce by the full amount of any new elements.

    TP is added if at the time of transfer you are worse off on UC than legacy benefits. This does erode over time as other elements go up or new elements are added, or ends entirely with a major change of circumstances.

    This is how Universal Credit was designed and how it works as passed into legislation.

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