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Why does the DWP keep getting the amount from my private (works) pension wrong?
1 year 11 months ago - 1 year 11 months ago #270152 by Gary
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Replied by Gary on topic Why does the DWP keep getting the amount from my private (works) pension wrong?
Hi Ian
Welcome to the forum.
You might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explains where everything is; www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/faq/forum
I have to admit that I have not come across the same issue as you on the forum.
I cannot answer the last part of your question although a few members on the forum might.
I would contact DWP by phone as there is an issue with their post.
If you received an occupational or personal pension that pays more than £85 a week then your contributory ESA payment is reduced by half of the amount over this limit. For example, if you receive £105 a week before tax from a personal pension , your ESA is reduced by £10, ie half of the excess figure of £20. If you receive more than one pension then they are added together for the calculation.
£107 pm is only £24.69 a week, therefore your NS ESA should not be affected.
Gary
Welcome to the forum.
You might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explains where everything is; www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/faq/forum
I have to admit that I have not come across the same issue as you on the forum.
I cannot answer the last part of your question although a few members on the forum might.
I would contact DWP by phone as there is an issue with their post.
If you received an occupational or personal pension that pays more than £85 a week then your contributory ESA payment is reduced by half of the amount over this limit. For example, if you receive £105 a week before tax from a personal pension , your ESA is reduced by £10, ie half of the excess figure of £20. If you receive more than one pension then they are added together for the calculation.
£107 pm is only £24.69 a week, therefore your NS ESA should not be affected.
Gary
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1 year 10 months ago #270815 by Ian
Replied by Ian on topic Why does the DWP keep getting the amount from my private (works) pension wrong?
Thank you for your reply.
As an update, I have now received a letter with the correct amount for my pension, but asking - again - for the details of the company managing my pension, and by how much it increasing in the next financial year. This is all information that I have previously sent them.
To cap it all, I have received a letter from DWP stating that I am in receipt of a pension from my Local Authority! This is the first I new about it. I have, over the past five years, worked a few days as a Polling Station Clerk and a Vote Counter, but that's it.
Not a question, just a rant, really! But if anyone has had similar experience, it would be good to know about it.
As an update, I have now received a letter with the correct amount for my pension, but asking - again - for the details of the company managing my pension, and by how much it increasing in the next financial year. This is all information that I have previously sent them.
To cap it all, I have received a letter from DWP stating that I am in receipt of a pension from my Local Authority! This is the first I new about it. I have, over the past five years, worked a few days as a Polling Station Clerk and a Vote Counter, but that's it.
Not a question, just a rant, really! But if anyone has had similar experience, it would be good to know about it.
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