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Transitional award
Is my understanding correct, when a cl. is on Incap & SDP they are invited to migrate to ESA but as the rate is lower than before a transitional amount is paid until the award is the same - (105 v 73.10) - and this goes on until all are equal, which they become when you add the relevant component. If later the sup comp is stopped due to being patient for 52 weeks does the transition come back as they are then short the £35 or so
You may already know al lthis, but:
Incapacity Ben converts to contributory-ESA. The claimant is either (a) successful in their ESA assessment and moves to the work or support group, with transitional protection if relevant - or (b) they are found fit for work, and transitional protection is then irrelevant to whatever benefit they claim going forward.
If they successfully convert, and there was previously an Incap age addition say, there will be transitional protection to top up to the previous level. As you say, the transitionally-protected amount is static, and annual uprating may eventually overtake it (though I think protection ends in 2020 in any event).
Income Support (which would likely have been the benefit that included the SDP) converts to income related-ESA. If the claimant successfully converts, then ir-ESA can similarly include a transitional addition to avoid an overall drop.
Just off the top of my head, I would think that extended hospital admission is not an end of the ESA award, and so no legal reason for transitional additions to be lost. In practice it might work differently.