Been moved to Universal credit from Esa a few weeks ago.Got a letter from Esa asking for my name,DOB,father and mothers name so they can calculate the right amount in entitled to.Does anyone understand why this might be?

[Emmanuel100]

Been automatically moved to new style Esa by migrating to UC .Got a letter from Esa asking me to either send my birth certificate or send my Name,DOB,my Dad and mum's names.I find this a bit strange.Does anyone know what this is for?

I migrated over in September. They didn't ask my for my parents' names. Are you very young?

Not at all.Mind you ,they asked for a birth certificate and if i didn't have it ,to provide my full name,date of birth,mother's name and father's name at time of birth.I guess these are details that are usually on a birth certificate.Did they ask for your birth certificate?