placed in support group but still no money

beepeez wrote: Thank you Gordon, I will just await the outcome and try not to worry. Do you happen to know how long they may take to pay anything once they have the ESA1 back? I am of course assuming that I will be paid something!!
By the way, you and all the moderators should be beatified in my opinion. You really are a lifeline for the rest of us. A massive thank you!

Hi b,

It is hard to give a definitive answer in the current climate.

However, I would be chasing the DWP for an update if I had not received any payments within 10-14 days of receipt of The ESA 1.

Sending Documents to the DWP or ATOS

I have learnt a new word today, "beatified", at first I thought that you wanted all us poor Mods "beating up" , then I found out the real meaning :

Beatified

Thanks for your kind comments.

bro58

You are all very welcome! However, it goes without saying that I wish you all a very long and happy life first!!!!

Hi again.
Sent off my ESA1 1st class recorded delivery on 27th May. Not a word yet and 15 dys since they would have received it. Is it unreasonable to have expected some money or communication by now?
Thanks.

beepeez wrote: Hi again.
Sent off my ESA1 1st class recorded delivery on 27th May. Not a word yet and 15 dys since they would have received it. Is it unreasonable to have expected some money or communication by now?
Thanks.

Hi b,

I believe that "Forms" and correspondence can take a minimum of 14 days from receipt before they are scanned on to your file. (Especially if they go via The Wolverhampton DWP Mail Processing Sites)

You could contact The DWP for an update, Phone : 0345 608 8545 Press Option 3 for ESA.

bro58

Hi everyone,
The nightmare continues. Contacted DWP and asked for an update into payments etc. They said they had paid the backdated benefit into my account but were only backdating it until 12,April.2014 which was the week before my WCA on 17th April 2014. I explained that I had requested a supersession at end of September 2013 and had been made to wait until April 17th 2014 for an ATOS assessment because of backlogs not because I had asked for supersession then. They are still refusing to backdate back to when my time limited contributions ran out and I just dont know what to do. I was relying on the backdated money to sort out some of the debt problems I have got due to having no money since 28.09.2013.
On top of that they had paid the money into my old closed account which is in arrears and on a debt management token payment plan despite me providing my new basic bank account etails on the ESA1 I returned.
Can they really not backdate the ESA payments to when I requested the supersession in Sept/Oct 2013? I am scared to argue with them as they are so unhelpful. Surely that can't be right especially as the backlogs for assessments are not my fault. Could they have superceded a different decision or not superceded it at all? Am I missing something?
Any help appreciated.
B