MIGRATION FROM INCOME RELATED ESA TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT

latetrain wrote:

Hi Angela You are correct for IR-ESA but the rules are different for CB-ESA; If you receive an occupational or personal pension (including permanent health insurance payments, Pension Protection Fund periodic payments and Financial Assistance scheme payments) that pays more than £85 a week, than your New Style or 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 NS-ESA is reduced by £10 a week, ie half of the excess. If you receive more than one pension , they are added together for this calculation. Gary

Hi Gary

The OP, Kris ,is asking if his pension will be deducted from his UC, it will be deducted £ for £ as UC is a means tested benefit.

I know this as I have an occupational pension and have recently moved to NSESA with a UC top up and it is deducted in full as it previously was when I received a combination of IR/CB ESA.