Hi sfros

In my opinion it should. Current recipients of IB also receive a class 1 National Insurance credit, which will count towards contribution based ESA.

There's probably something in the Transitional Protection regulations which I'm not well enough to read and digest at present.

In any event, current IB claimants won't start to be migrated from IB to ESA until 2010, and will take until 2013 to complete according to the DWP.

Before then, there'll be a General Election, so anything could happen !!!!!!!!!!!!

Jim