Income support & esa

Tiswas wrote: Thanks Gordon, I did see something which said i could apply for income related esa but didnt think i could get it because i was on contribution based.
Thankyou for your help.

The way it works is that they calculate what you should receive with ESA(IR) and as long as it is more than the ESA(CB), you get paid the difference.

If you were transferred from IB, then you may be receiving a Transitional Payment, this will be added to your ESA(CB) as part of the calculation and may prevent your receiving the ESA(IR) top-up.

Gordon

Tiswas wrote: Ah right. Well they sent me this letter with my award saying i could possibly be eligable for income related. I dont have a partner or any savings etc . Seems to be different everywhere Well i will ask them anyway and see what they say. I know someone who gets esa,income support top up together. They are not due for assesment until 2015 though.

If you are currently receiving Income Support due to Incapacity you will definitely be transferred to ESA(IR), as you will not qualify for ESA(CB).

Gordon

Fawlty wrote: Thanks for that Gordon, starting to wonder how much of the information in the letters I get is out of date or if they have already decided my fate before even filling in the ESA50, that letter with reference to JSA was a month before the ESA.

Some of the standard DWP letters appear to be referring to JSA, even though the claimant is in receipt of ESA, I would not worry about it. Just another example of DWP incompetence.

Gordon