How can I tell if I am on new style employment and support allowance

Hi Fortunate

From your post I would doubt that you are in receipt of New Style ESA.

I would advise you to seek help from your local Welfare Rights Organisation; advicelocal.uk they will be able to take all your circumstances into consideration.

If you have an award letter, if you look at the last page it will give you a breakdown on how they made the award.

UC is a means tested benefit, therefore your Occupational pension will be taken into account, as to whether or not you would get zero UC, that would depend on a number of factors, which we do not know, so we cannot tell you.

Gary

Fortunate wrote:

I am on contributions based ESA, and with it not being a legacy benefit

Actually, you are!

Legacy ESA is a single benefit with two components, CB ESA and IR ESA, if you receive any IR ESA then this will converted to UC subject to your circumstances, at the same time your CB ESA will be converted to New Style ESA.

Gordon

Hi Fortunate

Some claimants receive both CB ESA topped up with IR ESA depending on their circumstances.

Any work/private pension you receive would be deducted £ for £ from IR ESA, whereas If you are only receiving Contribution Based ESA then a lump sum will not affect your ESA but a regular payment will. If the pension is more then £85/week then there will be a £1/week deduction for every £2 in excess of the £85.

Gary