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Originally Posted by denphone
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It was almost certainly "botched" before 2010.
It's related to being transferred from contribution based IB to ESA, but possibly being entitled to income based ESA. Rather than delay and complicate the transfer, they weren't assessed for income-related benefits, which in certain instances pays additional premiums.
It was the post-2010 rule of limiting contribution based ESA to a year that provided MORE money for claimants. Those that had been contribution based for more than a year, were suddenly income-related and possibly entitled to MORE money.
Overall the mistake happened as a result of trying to be helpful(claimant not having to submit additional info), and being more generous with additional benefits.