UC overpayment

Hi..
I hope you may be able to advise me.. I've received an overpayment in my universal credit account.. I was migrated from esa support group in november 2025 & my payments have been steady since then.. I was expecting the payments to be different due to the april yearly uprates but I was expecting it to be a lowering of the transitional protection with the overall amount being the same.. I am also now receiving new style esa.. As with others I thought I was income related esa but turns out also had some contributory.. My UC standard amount hasn't changed yet due to month in arrears.. My payments have been UC minus Esa but this month only £400.47 has been taken from esa instead of £609.05 meaning i've received £ 208.58 extra.. I'm hoping you may understand why or advise me on what I should do please..

Best wishes & thankyou for all you do..

leapoffaith

Hi ,

We had an UC overpayment recently, ie two payments in March.

I wanted an explanation. I posted a message on UCJ to payments and got a reply that partially answered the question, in that DWP CM confirmed the date the additional bank credit was made.

I ended up calling UC and the advisor looked into it and provided clarity.

My experience has been hit and miss with UCJ responses.

Good Luck

Thankyou for your replies.. I am absolutely too afraid to write anything in the journal.. I was hoping it was something commonly happening with the april uprates.. I think I will wait to see if it is corrected next month.. best wishes..

leapoffaith wrote:

My payments have been UC minus Esa but this month only £400.47 has been taken from esa instead of £609.05 meaning i've received £ 208.58 extra.. I'm hoping you may understand why or advise me on what I should do please.. Best wishes & thankyou for all you do.. leapoffaith

I've not had enough deducted for ESA either, in my case it's just under £150. I sent a message in my journal, a few days ago, but so far haven't heard anything. I'd advise you to report it as the Government website says "You may be prosecuted for benefit fraud or have to pay a penalty if you do not tell benefit providers about overpayments.".