Hi, my name is minard46! I've separated from my husband. Can I take his name off my ESA claim?
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minard46
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I have currently separated from my husband I am the main claimant for esa can I take his name of my esa claim and just claim as single person he sil lives here but moving out I’m so stressed out about all this as I suffer with mental illness and don’t know what to do thank you
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Can any one Help I’m in a dilemma as I don’t know what to do
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Are you moving out? Will you live alone? Yes of course you can remove his name and are you on other benefits or premiums? I am on benefits new style esa as i have personality disorder and i live alone. You may have to claim UC
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It is stressful i recently moved and my housing benefit ended so i am forced to claim UC sadly because i have housing costs. Change in circumstances mean you now have to claim UC this is new rules for disabled people since 27th January - before that date we could have chosen to stay on the old systems legacy benefits. I am tense about new style esa myself as i haven't received it yet and not sure when i will get it and i have rent to pay!!!!
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Hi yes if you are the claimant you can take him off your claim
This will not force a move to uc but your eda will be recalculated as a single claim
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Thank you I hope my new claim claim dosent take to long as I’m struggling atm
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My ex partner is living out I’m not at this is my home and only my name is on the tenancy so I can take his name of my esa claim can you tell me how long I wil have to wait as I’m on pip to
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Your PIP will not effected
Like I said you need to ring dwp to ask about your payments of esa only they can answer that -
I will ring them thank you
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Welcome to the community @minard46 Thanks for joining.
I'm sorry to hear that you're in this situation. Are you currently receiving any support for your mental health? -
Yes getting help of gp
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minard46 said:Thank you I hope my new claim claim dosent take to long as I’m struggling atm
As he is still living in the house with you DWP are likely to ask about your living and financial arrangements in order to confirm that you are separated.
When he moves out you should report that too. If you will then be living alone and your PIP includes a Daily Living you will be entitled to the Severe Disability Premium in your ESA if nobody is claiming Carer’s Allowance for looking after you.
Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK. -
kami24 said: Change in circumstances mean you now have to claim UC
A partner joining or leaving is not a change of circumstances that requires someone to claim UC instead of staying on ESA.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK. -
So I can still claim as a single person on esa even though my husband haven’t moved out yet I’m so confused about all this it’s just a change of circumstances then
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minard46 said:So I can still claim as a single person on esa even though my husband haven’t moved out yet I’m so confused about all this it’s just a change of circumstances then
DWP guidance here.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/890631/dmgch43.pdf
Have a look a5paragraph 43027, example 2 is similar to yours. If you still share a bank account you will be less likely to be treated as separated.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK. -
I have my own bank account as I claim for my husband but like you said I just need a change of circumstances to get his name of my claim Ashe be moving out shortly
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this is a booklet that explains how you go about claiming as a single person when your ex is still living in the same home as you -https://www.advicenow.org.uk/guides/survival-guide-benefits-and-living-together
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minard46 said:I have my own bank account as I claim for my husband but like you said I just need a change of circumstances to get his name of my claim Ashe be moving out shortlyInformation I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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I’m due my payment for esa tomorrow willl I still get paid if I ring dwp today and do a change of circumstances and get my husbands name of my esa claim I really don’t think I will
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If you're worried just leave ringing them until after you've been paid. That gives you two weeks to get things sorted.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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I could wait for 2 weeks but my husband wants to go job centre today to do a change of circumstances knowing that I’m going to get paid my esa tomorrow he is making things complicated for me so I want get no esa that’s the truth if the matter he have been in control of my money for nearly 10 years as he have had my on line banking on his phone I have been to the bank and changed all my details so only I have access to my money now and going to open a new account with the bank
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