Reassessment process query

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In the vast majority of cases claimants should receive a new ESA50 when they are being re-assessed once they have completed this and returned it with any available evidence, a decision will be made on whether a face to face assessment is required. Whether one is or not an assessment report will be prepared with recommendations on whether the claimant meets the criteria or not and a Decision Maker will then decide on what award to make.

Although the Decision Maker would need to justify moving you out of the Support Group, if you qualified under the Exceptional Circumstances, which appears to be the case, then you must demonstrate that you still meet these requirements, you cannot rely on your previously having qualified as reason for you to remain in the SG.

I want to stress that the changes are not to the ESA legislation, Regulations or Descriptors, they only affect the guidance issued by the DWP in regard to this area, I am not suggesting that this has not potentially made it more difficult to qualify for the SG through this route, but it has most certainly not removed it.

Have a look at our current ESA guides, they explain the changes and how they affect claimants. See

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/esa1

Gordon