ESA,large increase.

silver58
silver58 Online Community Member Posts: 10 Listener
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Hi all,hope you can shed some light on this one!
My wife received a letter regarding an increase in her esa.
From 4th October(day b4 I retire) her esa rises from £122.55 to £235.80.
Not much explanation given except a chang in Social Security Rates.
Is my retirement the next day of this increase connected?
Thank you for any assistance.

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    edited April 2024
    It will be impossible to advise on such little information. It should give a breakdown in the letter some where of what's included. If it doesn't then she will need to ring them to ask. 

    The amount at the moment of £122.55/week suggests that there's some deductions for something. 
  • silver58
    silver58 Online Community Member Posts: 10 Listener
    Thank you poppy,my wife gets a reduced payment as I have a former pension coming in from a local govt pension scheme,its the large increase she will be getting from Oct 4th that's puzzling.
    Thank you again.
  • silver58
    silver58 Online Community Member Posts: 10 Listener
    Thank you everyone,finally solved the esa increase.DWP informed me that its a premium increase due to my reaching pension age the day after the increase given.
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 9,713 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Ah excellent, I'm glad you were able to get to the bottom of it all @silver58 :)

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