I think I've been receiving both IB and CB ESA. Help!

hughie1
hughie1 Online Community Member Posts: 60 Contributor
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

I am in the process of migrating to universal credit. I always absolutely assumed I have been receiving income based esa and contribution based just never applied to me.

I get £318.10 every 2 weeks. I am in the support group.

Just now I stumbled upon a post on Reddit which now makes me believe I have been getting both ib and cb simultaneously.

In it the guy mentions something about receiving a p60 type document about tax or something, once a year. I can't be sure, but I think I might have.

The other clue is that he said those (only) on cb get the Christmas bonus. I got £328.10 the first week in December.

I thought I was just going to be migrated to uc and lcwra. Now I don't know. The post I came across mentions something about being on uc and new-style esa.

This is stressing me out. I thought I would now just be paid monthly.

Can someone please enlighten me.

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  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Online Community Member Posts: 3,544 Championing

    Do you also get PIP?

    That also qualifies for a Christmas bonus.

    A P60 would indicate your ESA is part CB based yes.

    This thread here has the information on what happens when someone on CB +IR ESA migrates to UC:

    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/130268/ive-already-moved-to-universal-credit-but-ive-received-a-letter-from-esa
  • tealhoneydew16
    tealhoneydew16 Scope Member Posts: 27 Connected

    @hughie1 Hi I have just found out the same thing I've been in IR ESA Support Group them upon UC migration I found out mine was part CB ESA and that part will be going into New Style ESA and IR part of the ESA goes into UC calculations. This has been one of my hurdles to get over as I couldn't get anything confirmed in relation to this since Nov 24. The people on Scope I've found to be the best advice given on my part anyways and I wouldn't have known anything but reading the comments on here.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 3,860 Championing

    What does that mean if you get new style esa I get the highest amount on esa also seen someone recieved txt saying to change over to uc

  • hughie1
    hughie1 Online Community Member Posts: 60 Contributor
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/990593#Comment_990593

    Pip, no. Only esa.

    Any idea why I was on both IB and CB?

    Thank you.

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Online Community Member Posts: 3,544 Championing

    If you ever worked, or never worked and claimed either the old Incapacity Benefit or ESA under special youth rules.

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 642 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/990705#Comment_990705

    Unless your ESA is partly contributions based, you won't be claiming New Style ESA, only UC. I didn't know mine wasn't fully Income Related, until I was told during my follow up call from the Jobcentre. I refer to the call you receive after attending the i.d appointment.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 3,860 Championing

    What difference does it make hope your well

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 3,860 Championing

    What is difference

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 642 Championing

    I don't know that it makes any difference, Catherine, the NS ESA is deducted in full from my UC. I didn't have a choice, the cb part of ESA isn't included in the migration, only the IR part.

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Online Community Member Posts: 3,544 Championing

    It's paid fortnightly, isn't means tested, and NI credits are Class 1 which can sometimes count towards other CB benefits.

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