Moving on from ESA and PIP

Hi Wayne

I would not say that ESA is paid in lieu of a salary, but paid due to ill health. There are two types of ESA, contribution based and Income related.

Yes, when your wife reaches State Retirement Age her ESA will cease, try putting her information in to one of the online benefit calculators to see if she qualify for anything else.

gov.uk/benefits-calculators

PIP is not means-tested (it doesn’t depend on your income) and not contributory (it is not dependent on your record of National Insurance Contributions).

Therefore getting your state pension has no impact on your entitlement to this sort of benefit. This means that your wife's PIP would continue, unaffected, when she started to draw her state pension.

Gary

Hi Wayne

If you are already in receipt of DLA or PIP then you cannot claim Attendance Allowance (AA).
AA is claimed by claimants of Pension Credit age who cannot apply for PIP due to their age. There is no mobility component with AA, it is purely based on care needs.

If you get PIP before you retire you will continue to receive PIP until you are next re-assessed, if you pass your re-assessment then you will continue to receive PIP.

If you are on the standard mobility component once you reach pension credit age you will not be able to claim the enhanced mobility component even if your mobility deteriorates.

Gary