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1 day 21 hours ago #312711 by soulgal
OCCUPATIONAL PENSION INCREASE was created by soulgal
Hello

I am currently in receipt of New Style ESA and a small top up of UC.

I receive a monthly Occupational Pension of £375.00 per month which is deducted in full from my benefits. It is due to increase slightly next month.

My question is, who do I inform about the increase? ESA or UC?

Many thanks

soulgal

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1 day 11 hours ago #312718 by David
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Hi soulgal

I would inform both and also Council Tax if you pay it, just to be on the safe side.
Just check that the pension is only deducted from the UC and you get the full amount of NS ESA.

David

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22 hours 25 minutes ago #312732 by soulgal
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Hi David

Many thanks for your reply. I will do as you suggest.

After posting this I had another thought, will the increase (and also the yearly benefit increases) erode my transitional protection?

Kind Regards

soulgal

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3 hours 46 minutes ago #312745 by David
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Hi soulgal

Your annual pension increase isn't taken off Transitional Protection it's deducted from your UC standard allowance. However the annual UC Benefit uprating is lost to those with TP from which it is deducted.

David

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3 hours 27 minutes ago #312750 by soulgal
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Hi David

Thanks for explaining that, really helpful.

Kind Regards
soulgal
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