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9 years 9 months ago - 9 years 9 months ago #123276 by bro58
Replied by bro58 on topic ESA
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The £72.40 Assessment Rate of ESA is "supposed" to only be paid for the initial 13 weeks assessment phase of ESA.
Ideally, within that assessment phase period you should undergo the WCA, with or without the need for a face to face assessment.
However, due to the huge backlog of assessments/reassessments, many, many claimants are being forced to survive on the Assessment Rate for many months.
You are correct in that payments of Contribution Based (CB) ESA are limited to 365 days, at the Assessment Rate or in The WRAG. ( i.e. Not in The Support Group (SG) )
Therefore, if you remain in the Assessment Phase or are placed into The WRAG in receipt of payment CB ESA only, said payments will cease after 365 days.
12 Month Limit for ESA(CB)
When you eventually receive a decision on your WCA, an award of WRAG or SG would be back dated to the start of week 14 of your claim, and any arrears of The WRA or SG Component should be paid from that date.
If it was the case that payments of CB ESA ceased, you should then be financially assessed using an ESA 3 Form to see whether you are entitled to payment of Income Related (IR) ESA.
Asset rule for ESA(IR)
24 hour work rule for ESA(IR)
My best suggestion would be to contact ATOS to obtain an update :
Phone : 0113 230 9175. Or 0800 2888 777. E-Mail : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
If you get no joy from ATOS you could complain to your M.P. who may be able to expedite your WCA.
Contacting your MP
bro58
Welcome to Benefits and Work Forum !!
If your forum name is also your real name, you may wish to change it to maintain some anonymity.
This can be done quite easily by following the instructions on this FAQ :
My full name is showing, how can I stop it?
The £72.40 Assessment Rate of ESA is "supposed" to only be paid for the initial 13 weeks assessment phase of ESA.
Ideally, within that assessment phase period you should undergo the WCA, with or without the need for a face to face assessment.
However, due to the huge backlog of assessments/reassessments, many, many claimants are being forced to survive on the Assessment Rate for many months.
You are correct in that payments of Contribution Based (CB) ESA are limited to 365 days, at the Assessment Rate or in The WRAG. ( i.e. Not in The Support Group (SG) )
Therefore, if you remain in the Assessment Phase or are placed into The WRAG in receipt of payment CB ESA only, said payments will cease after 365 days.
12 Month Limit for ESA(CB)
When you eventually receive a decision on your WCA, an award of WRAG or SG would be back dated to the start of week 14 of your claim, and any arrears of The WRA or SG Component should be paid from that date.
If it was the case that payments of CB ESA ceased, you should then be financially assessed using an ESA 3 Form to see whether you are entitled to payment of Income Related (IR) ESA.
Asset rule for ESA(IR)
24 hour work rule for ESA(IR)
My best suggestion would be to contact ATOS to obtain an update :
Phone : 0113 230 9175. Or 0800 2888 777. E-Mail : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
If you get no joy from ATOS you could complain to your M.P. who may be able to expedite your WCA.
Contacting your MP
bro58
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