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Incapacity benefit while in receipt of Pension Credit
Hi there
I saw a client this morning who is receiving PC & incapacity benefit and has received an ESA50 to migrate over to ESA. I checked with the Pension Service and Incapacity Benefit as to why he is having to go through the migration when he has been in receipt of PC for nearly 2 years. I was advised that he could close his incapacity claim - it was up to him and that there was no advantage in remaining on incapacity.
Is there any benefit in the client staying on incapacity/migrating over? He does not want to endure an Atos assessment due to severe learning difficulties (on HRC DLA indef).
Many thanks
I have seen a previous post - it mentions deprivation of income. Should my client just not return his ESA50?