Please will you clarify for me , whether once my appeal is registered and accepted for ESA , as I've been helped to lodge this by my local Unemployed Workers Bureau - I may ask DWP for the basic rate of ESA to be paid ?
I unfortunately lost mandatory reconsideration , but prior to this I've been receiving this money since leaving full time work in 1996 , despite losing it twice and getting it back on appeal before , I am 62 years old .. .
I'm not sure if I can still apply for basic rate whilst appeal goes to tribunal ?
I was receiving ESA , contributions based , prior to 30 November when they stopped it .
Yes, once the Tribunal Service have notified DWP that your appeal has been accepted, you can ask DWP to start paying you the basic rate again. You must submit fitnotes/sicknotes for the whole period for which you wish to be paid.
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