Moving from ESA & PIP to State Pension & PIP

Hello,
My wife will be changing from ESA & PIP to State Pension and PIP on the 1st of August this year, she has recieved notification that her first payment into her bank with be on 15th August 2022.

On all of the letters she receives, it states that 'any changes' should be passed along to the DWP so I enquired about this on my wife's behalf at the CAB helpline. I was told we didn't need to do anything other than watch to see if we saw that the ESA payments were still being made, we would then have 14 days to inform the DWP of this.

My wife is going through a lot of pain at the moment due to another fall and is worrying about this so much that she's not sleeping as she thinks they will feel she is commiting fraud. Could you please let us know what it is we are meant to do in these circumstances as I know my wife has contacted you in the past and very much values the information she has received over the years. Thank you in anticipation.

Hi Joalan,

I reached state pension age at the beginning of the year. I am also in receipt of PIP. My ESA continued until my 66th birthday when it stopped - and was replaced by my State Pension.

I certainly don't remember any correspondence saying I should contact the DWP.

I hope this helps,

Regards,

Phrank.

Hi there,

I forgot to mention that you have to claim yout state pension, It doesn't happen automatically. You can do this online (which I did) or phone the state pension claim line.

Sorry if I misled you.

Regards,

Phrank.