Universal credit - PIP - ESA - going back to work!

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ESA claim would have to be closed as soon as you start employment of 16 hours per week or more or earn more than £167 per week. And once ESA closed you would not have the ESA amount deducted from UC award.

 

Universal credit would be adjusted to take into account employment earnings. So if you earned £35k per year which would be about £2300 take home per month, the monthly UC award, would be reduced by about £1050 taking into account work allowance and 55p per £1 deduction rate.

 

 LCWRA under UC would continue and be subject to reassessment when this is due. Returning back to work will not affect this before reassessment outcome, however the medical professional is bound to consider that you have proved capability to work.

 

UC carer element can continue, as returning to work does not alter eligibility of your partner caring for you.

 

With the PIP claim, as soon as you start the 12 month course with guaranteed employment at the end of it, you would need to contact them with all information to see if the grounds for claiming have changed. Have the health/disabilities impact on daily living and mobility changed since you were last assessed for the benefit? The employment does not directly affect PIP, as earnings are not relevant, but of course actual work activities could suggest a change to the circumstances that led to the PIP elements being awarded.