ESA + UC - Change ESA to monthly instead of bi-weekly payments

Yeah well the person definitely said ESA is possible monthly and that was through the DWP, it could have the requirement of the UC add-on I suppose, but If you think about it, it makes no sense to throw so much stress at us trying to manage when bills come out and how much budget is left of the 2 weeks, and of the next and of the month on top of that because then everything keeps shifting back and forth. Pretty sure he is right that it is possible, I just couldn't believe that the method was via a signed, named, titled and dated letter rather than a simple online form.

I have 5 years worth of working on a 4-week BACS PAYE payment method, I know whats involved, and the only way you get your actual amount back instead of the reduced salary is via saving on bills which lie outside of a certain month, and that can be 1-3 months per year, but you'd have to precisely calculate that, which is absolutely horrendous, and no 'buffer saving' is going to help you with that. I know how buffer saving works, i do it myself, however i have to constantly scan ahead whether bills and expenses are affordable, sometimes ESA get's paid 3x in one UC month period, bet you didn't know that did you?

I remember this advisor telling me to write FREEPOST on the address label of the envelope, I then looked this up, and found out, governmental offices which use these, allow customers to send them letters free of charge, proof also here:

https://www.royalmail.com/business/mail/replies-responses/freepost-name

Governmental Addresses to write to:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-dwp-postal-addresses/mail-opening-units#annex-b-other-offices-using-the-new-service

Anyway, I have sent a note to my journal on the UC online platform now with payment as category of contact, and the following text, for all those who also genuinely just want help (removed due to content - Holly)

"Dear Sir or Madam,

I had been on the phone with a DWP advisor some time ago, asking how to change the payment period dates of ESA from 2-weekly to monthly instead. The reason for this was due to the horrendously difficult way of having to constantly calculate and scan ahead which bills come out when and for me as mentally disabled and physically disabled, this is far too hard. Back in the past I did work for a company that used 4-weekly BACS PAYE payment periods, so I know the only way to not miss out on this reduced payment style, is to adjust for 1-3 months per year where bills lie outside of the 4-week payment period, this creates unnecessary work and vast confusion for me, causing me massive panic attacks every time a bill is coming out. The advise I was given was, to send a signed, titled, named and dated handwritten letter to the DWP department, marked with a 'FREEPOST' on the address label of the envelope. Upon looking up said method via: https://www.royalmail.com/business/mail/replies-responses/freepost-name

and

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-dwp-postal-addresses/mail-opening-units#annex-b-other-offices-using-the-new-service

I come to the conclusion that [My constituency] does not have this mark available anymore on their addressable offices while others do, and I would have to pay for postage, however I cannot at all afford that, and also it's a rather convoluted and surely failing approach to something which could easily be done via a short online form or in this case note to my advisors / responsible department workers via this very note i am writing now. So please could you change the payment period for my ESA to monthly instead of every 2 weeks, starting on the date of the 12th January 2025?

Thank you very much,
yours kindly"