Underpayment of ESA

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JH68
JH68 Online Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
edited December 2017 in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
It was reported on the news that thousands of people who were transferred from incapacity benefit to ESA have been underpaid and will be reimbursed, but then it's all gone quiet. Anybody know what's happening? Is there any way to find out whether you are one of the ones who were underpaid. (I am not disabled but I am the benefits appointee for a disabled person in receipt of ESA.

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  • Dory2
    Dory2 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    Hello, I had to go to the bank today and I have only been paid £10 of my esa this month, luckily I was able to have an overdraft on my account which has caught the shortfall, what do I do. 
  • CockneyRebel
    CockneyRebel Online Community Member Posts: 5,188 Championing
    Ring the DWP to find out what has happened.

    CR
  • Dory2
    Dory2 Online Community Member Posts: 4 Listener
    Thank you CR I will. 
  • Nikkibee
    Nikkibee Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
    I've worked out I was underpaid ESA for a year from 2013-2014 but unfortunately the court have ruled the dwp will only backdate underpayments to October 2014 which means amongst many others thats money we will never see! How can this be fair? 
  • pee14
    pee14 Online Community Member Posts: 172 Contributor
    JH68 said:
    It was reported on the news that thousands of people who were transferred from incapacity benefit to ESA have been underpaid and will be reimbursed, but then it's all gone quiet. Anybody know what's happening? Is there any way to find out whether you are one of the ones who were underpaid. (I am not disabled but I am the benefits appointee for a disabled person in receipt of ESA.
    They have said in the GUARDIAN today they have started paying but could take up to next year 
  • whistles
    whistles Online Community Member Posts: 2,046 Championing
    Nikkibee said:
    I've worked out I was underpaid ESA for a year from 2013-2014 but unfortunately the court have ruled the dwp will only backdate underpayments to October 2014 which means amongst many others thats money we will never see! How can this be fair? 
    Because they know the system better than us and knew if they kept quiet it would be from the court date. 

    It shouldn't take from 2014 to 2019, that's five years!!

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