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8 years 5 months ago #146462 by Alice
Replied by Alice on topic Allowance enquiries
Hi Mrs hurtyback thank you so much for reply.
So are you saying, it won't effect on ESA straight after if she lost,
But she would lose eventually.
And for housing benefit, no effect on it?!
Is this what I can explain to my friend?
I'm sorry I have no idea about this. So confusing.
This must be so scary to her
So are you saying, it won't effect on ESA straight after if she lost,
But she would lose eventually.
And for housing benefit, no effect on it?!
Is this what I can explain to my friend?
I'm sorry I have no idea about this. So confusing.
This must be so scary to her
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8 years 5 months ago #146473 by Gordon
If your friend is receiving any ESA Premiums solely due to her DLA award then she will lose these if she does not get a PIP award or one that does not enable the Premiums. The Premiums will continue in payment, as will her DLA for four weeks and will then be stopped.
Housing Benefit is calculated from scratch although the rules are similar to those for Income Related ESA, so the loss of her DLA/PIP may have an effect on her Housing Benefit depending on her personal circumstances and she would likely lose entitlement to any Council Tax reductions that are enabled by her current DLA award.
We can't give a definitive statement on how she will be effected as we don't know the details of her current payments, so if she is really concerned about the impact she needs to get face to face advice from a trained advisor who can go through her payments with and calculate how they would be effected, get her to do an internet search for "welfare advice" with her postcode, town or county.
Gordon
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Replied by Gordon on topic Allowance enquiries
Alice wrote: Hi Mrs hurtyback thank you so much for reply.
So are you saying, it won't effect on ESA straight after if she lost,
But she would lose eventually.
And for housing benefit, no effect on it?!
Is this what I can explain to my friend?
I'm sorry I have no idea about this. So confusing.
This must be so scary to her
If your friend is receiving any ESA Premiums solely due to her DLA award then she will lose these if she does not get a PIP award or one that does not enable the Premiums. The Premiums will continue in payment, as will her DLA for four weeks and will then be stopped.
Housing Benefit is calculated from scratch although the rules are similar to those for Income Related ESA, so the loss of her DLA/PIP may have an effect on her Housing Benefit depending on her personal circumstances and she would likely lose entitlement to any Council Tax reductions that are enabled by her current DLA award.
We can't give a definitive statement on how she will be effected as we don't know the details of her current payments, so if she is really concerned about the impact she needs to get face to face advice from a trained advisor who can go through her payments with and calculate how they would be effected, get her to do an internet search for "welfare advice" with her postcode, town or county.
Gordon
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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