Colin's question

Hi I'm new to the forum,

I recently got moved, from WRAG to SG after a reassessment F2F interview. I wanted to know how long my SG award was for? So I called the DWP. I was informed, the award was only for 12 months. How's that possible? when my WRAG award was for 3 years plus! I was moved to SG, because my condition had worsened. I just don't get, how the award length's shorter than the previous one.

Hi Colin and Welcome to the forum, you might want to have a look at the following FAQ which explains where everything is

Welcome to Benefits and Work

I have moved your query to its own topic to save confusion.

In reality, ESA is an open ended award that can be reassessed at any time once 3 months has passed since the decision. The length of award does not form part of the decision and cannot be appealed.

At the moment the system has a huge backlog, so you could well find that it is more than 12 months before you are reassessed anyway.

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