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benson16
benson16 Community member Posts: 8 Listener
edited September 2019 in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Can anyone help me with the ESA underpayment process? Thank you 
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,056 Disability Gamechanger
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    Hi,

    What is it you need help with and i'll do my best to help.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 10,938 Scope online community team
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    Hi @benson16 and welcome to the community.

    I've noticed Poppy has answered your queries regarding this in another post. I hope you hear back from them regarding a possible underpayment quickly. :)
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  • benson16
    benson16 Community member Posts: 8 Listener
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    They have advised me they cannot give any timescales out now. I've just phoned the contact centre and was told how longs a piece of string! What is the point of having a helpline that's not helpful in the slightest? I've waited 14 weeks already. And still nothing not a shred of information from them.
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,056 Disability Gamechanger
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    I totally understand how frustrating waiting is for a decision but backlogs can't be helped. There's thousands of people that were transferred across from IB to ESA and that's a lot of claims to go through. There's never any timescales for any decisions, whether it's underpayments or assessment decisions.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • benson16
    benson16 Community member Posts: 8 Listener
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    So scrap the dedicated helpline it's a pointless waste of money and people's time, calling them up to get told absolutely nothing. 
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  • benson16
    benson16 Community member Posts: 8 Listener
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    Is there a chance that I could be entitled to ESA underpayment backpay? I was on contribution based ESA in the support group. From 2012 till 2017 after conversion from incapacity benefit. And was receiving 110 a week payments. I had no savings or partner. 
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,056 Disability Gamechanger
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    I'm afraid it's impossible to answer that question on an internet forum without knowing every single detail of your circumstance during the dates stated.

    Hopefully you won't be waiting much longer for a decision.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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