Will Universal Credit affect ESA?

JayneParkes
JayneParkes Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
edited October 2018 in Universal Credit (UC)
Hello Everyone...Thanks for letting me join. I am 63, and I just wanted to ask? I am on ESA, I haven’t heard from them, but what will happen about Universal Credit. Does it affect ESA? 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing
    Hi,

    Eventually yes it will for all those claiming Income Related ESA. Sometime from 2019 and most likely much later for a lot of people you'll be transferred from ESA to UC. If you claim housing benefit this will also be transferred just like ESA. At the moment you stay on ESA unless a change of circumstances prompts a move.
  • JayneParkes
    JayneParkes Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
    Thanks Poppy
  • Pippa_Alumni
    Pippa_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,761 Championing
    Welcome to the community, @JayneParkes!

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