ESA back payments - ESA 3 (IBR) 06/18 help please

melannie wrote: Can someone please tell me if the DWP are trying to set people up for a bad fall with this "ESA back payments - ESA 3 (IBR) 06/18" form they sent me ??

I have had the form for months and so have a few people I know too and every single one of us think in one way or another if we respond to this form then we will get our benefits stopped/cut/forced onto UC/made to have yet another PIP or ESA face to face that is not required etc, it is ridiculous that me and others like me are petrified to make a claim for money that is due back to us from 2013.

I really do smell something bad if you get what I mean, and I personally think but hope I am totally wrong, I think they are setting us all up for a fall

I have nothing to hide at all but I'm absolutely terrified about this, the form has been sitting looking at me for months now and I really am unsure whether or not this is worth the risk as I could not face any of the above BAD things that in my mind could quite possibly happen.

I hope I am wrong, can anyone and everyone please give me there 100% honest opinion on this matter a.s.a.p please as this is driving me crazy not knowing what to do etc.

Thank you all

So just after the time I posted this original message up I went ahead and filled in the form and sent it.

Does anyone have any idea of roughly how long it takes to get a reply back as that was a month ago now ?

(I know in general usually they (dwp) aren't in any hurry unless it's to stop someones benefits (typical), but I'm just trying to get a rough idea of how long it may take ?

Thanks.

Thanks Gordon, but what do you mean with a face to face, I'm not due one of those for a long time if it happens at all that is ?

Or do you mean the whole dwp system is finding it hard to cope with the workload of other peoples face to face results and things like that ? Nothing to do with what I'm talking about originally no ?