Edwin wrote: The thing I have with the ESA allowance is that I can only find info on single person rates - I am married and get the DLA Mobility and mid rate of care at present, am pretty useless without my wife - I try and cook we run out of plates quickly lol -all the ESA seems to mention is single allowance, no married person rates shown? Was wondering if I would actually get anything due to her working and my pension - if I won't get a penny then they can - well you know what with their medical forms! Our income without benefits is about 1600 per month.
I had a quick look through your previous posts, but can't see whether you would be eligible for Contributions Based ESA or Income Related.
In both cases, there is no couples allowance, however, in the case of ESA(IR) the ESA payment is made up to the minimum income through Income Support payments. In this case the rate is currently £105.75.
Hope this explains it.
Gordon
