Partner moving in what will happen with our benifits

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misstracey
misstracey Online Community Member Posts: 91 Empowering
hello and thank you  in advance i live with my son i recieve esa in a support  group and pip my son is on jobseekers allowance the father of my son lives else where he is on esa for his illness we was talking about getting back together and him moving in with me my son is moving out to be with his girlfriend.So he will not be here how does it effect our benefits   if we are both are claiming esa would we be on 1 claim for esa or would we have to make a new claim or even have to be put on universal credit  very confused thanxs

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    HI,

    It will depend what ESA you are both claiming. Is it Income related, Contributions based or New style ESA? If you're not sure then you will both need to ring DWP to ask.  Do either of you have any dependent children?
  • misstracey
    misstracey Online Community Member Posts: 91 Empowering
    no dependent children poppy123456
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    What about the other question, is it contributions based or income related that you're both claiming? If you don't know then you'll both need to ring DWP to ask.
  • misstracey
    misstracey Online Community Member Posts: 91 Empowering
    i will phone and ask thankyou x
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,754 Online Community Programme Lead
    Hi @misstracey. Did you manage to find out if you were on income-related ESA?