Esa and dla

brad72 wrote: Sorry Gordon, but still not to sure wich office to send my further evidence to as really not sure which office is dealing with my claim, the last letter I had was from Wolverhampton, or do I just send it to the address that's on that letter thanks. Also it's been 8 weeks since I sent my esa50 form off and it's still with the health advisory doctors to see if I need to go for a face to face appointment is this a good thing that I'm waiting so long or is it the norm, I'm waiting to be transferred from sda so I'm still getting my money at present, thanks

The address will be something like

Somewhere BC
Post Handling Site A or B
Wolverhampton
WV99 1DZ

Gordon

brad72 wrote: Thanks gordon, is it worth sending my further evidance to the decision maker as they wont have received my case yet. Many thanks

It's entirely up to you, you can always wait until you are assessed to confirm that the information that you have asked to be included for the assessment actually has.

Gordon

brad72 wrote: Hia, I was just wondering if someone could help me with the esa transfer process I am currently on Sda and income support, what I want to know is if I'm successful on being transferred to esa will I loose my income support payment as I no you can not get this on esa as I was told I would be no worse of financialy if transferred. Thanks

It will depend on the award made after transfer and your personal circumstances..

Your SDA will be transferred to Contribution Based ESA, they will then calculate how much ESA you are entitled to based on your circumstances, if this is more than the ESA(CB) payment then you will receive this as an Income Related ESA top-up, they will then compare this to your payments of SDA and IS and if the new total is less than what you were receiving before the transfer then you will receive a Transitional Payment to make up the difference.

Factors that will affect payment of any ESA(IR) will be which group you are placed in, whether you are entitled to any ESA Premiums and whether you are married or not.

ESA(IR) is equivalent to Income Support.

Gordon