ESA corvid £20 extra

hass
hass Online Community Member Posts: 220 Empowering
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Hi   all Hope your well.
Does anyone know if DWP  have agreed to 

Pay £20  extra during corvid.

Thank you




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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Hi @hass

    I havent seen anything regarding this but I am sure other members will be able to advise
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,155 Championing
    Hi @hass - I've just had a look; altho it was asked for, I can't find any indication that it has been agreed upon.
  • hass
    hass Online Community Member Posts: 220 Empowering
    Thank you all  ****
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    I don’t know if it’s been paid but I thought it only applied to UC payments?
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    HI,

    Nothing has been agreed for the extra £20 per week and it's unlikely to be agreed. It's only paid in working tax credits and Universal Credit.
  • TeddyB22
    TeddyB22 Online Community Member Posts: 178 Contributor
    I don't think this applies in N. Ireland. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    TeddyB22 said:
    I don't think this applies in N. Ireland. 

    Hi,

    The increase to Universal Credit standard allowance and working tax credits also applied to Northern Ireland.

    There was no increase to ESA amount.

  • soconfused
    soconfused Online Community Member Posts: 105 Contributor
    hass said:

    Hi   all Hope your well.
    Does anyone know if DWP  have agreed to 

    Pay £20  extra during corvid.

    Thank you

    Only for Universal Credit until March it's £20 a week on top. 



  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    @soconfused the increase in the standard allowance is in place until April 2021 and not March.
  • CJ61
    CJ61 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Contributor
    Apologies for being so late to the thread. I hope everybody is doing as well as can be expected in these horrible times. 
    Does anybody know why ESA is not paying the extra £20? It doesn't seem very fair to me. 
  • CJ61
    CJ61 Online Community Member Posts: 70 Contributor
    Thank you @woodbine

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