
Originally Posted by
nukecad
Having checked the numbers then what you are getting for UC is correct.
Re-doing the calculation from above to add in the Carers Allowance and UC-Carer Element, and adjusting for your new figures now with pence included.
(I've also put it in the same order as your UC statement)
£ 594.04 UC Standard Allowance couple over 25. (Includes covid uplift).
£ 420.85 Housing Element. (Your figure)
£ 162.92 Carer Element.
£ 341.92 LCWRA.
£1519.73 Total UC amount before deductions.
£ 5.04 Deduction for partners earnings above the Work allowance.
£ 492.05 Deduction for income from ESA-LCWRA. (£113.55 x 52 / 12).
£ 291.42 Deduction for income from Carers Allowance. (£67.25 x 52 / 12).
£ 420.85 Rent direct to landlord. (Your figure).
£1209.36 Total adjustments to be deducted.
£1519.73 Total UC amount before deductions.
£1209.36 Total adjustments to be deducted.
£ 310.37 UC payable.
I think your initial confusion about LCWRA being added and then deducted is because there are two different things called LCWRA on your statement.
Typical DWP way to confuse people.
The LCWRA that is added is the amount for 'UC LCWRA'.
The LCWRA that is deducted is 'ESA Standard Rate plus ESA LCWRA'. (They have just shortened it to fit the form/screen, if they had shortened it to ESA it would be clearer).
There is also a slight difference to what I calculated the ESA deduction to be before.
That is because for both ESA and CA the DWP are calculating the deduction as: Weekly Payment x 52 weeks / 12 months.
It averages out over a year and so avoids one month a year having more deducted and your UC going down that month, which would otherwise happen.
(That's because one month a year you will get 3 ESA payments, instead of the usual 2 ESA payments, between UC payments - it's just the way that weeks and months line up differently).
Of course your PIP and CB ESA, and your partners CA, all still get paid as well as the UC.