Managed migration resulting in changes to council tax bills and social care costs
Case reference FOI2025/01352
Received 21 December 2025
Published 8 January 2026
Request
As a billing authority you will have been notified by the Department for Work and Pensions when an ESA claimant is migrated to UC. As a result you will have recalculated their council tax and any reduction they were getting. Therefore, I request the following information about this group: How many ESA to UC claimants have you been notified about? How many have seen their council tax bill increase? How many have remained the same? How many have decreased? While not every claimant who migrated from ESA to UC will be getting social care, some will. Therefore please share the following information. How many ESA to UC claimants are getting social care? How many have seen their social care charges increase? How many have remained the same? How many have decreased? Please provide response in excel format
Response
As a billing authority you will have been notified by the Department for Work and Pensions when an ESA claimant is migrated to UC. As a result you will have recalculated their council tax and any reduction they were getting. Therefore, I request the following information about this group:
How many ESA to UC claimants have you been notified about? 20
How many have seen their council tax bill increase? 20
How many have remained the same? 0
How many have decreased? 0
While not every claimant who migrated from ESA to UC will be getting social care, some will. Therefore please share the following information.
How many ESA to UC claimants are getting social care?
How many have seen their social care charges increase?
How many have remained the same?
How many have decreased?
We do not hold information regarding social care costs.
Documents
This is Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.