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INCOME SUPPORT TO ESA
13 years 7 months ago #77823 by aarmic
INCOME SUPPORT TO ESA was created by aarmic
Happy new year to you all, hope you had a wonderful xmas break.
As the whole area of ESA is new and confusing to me i would just like to get some clarification on the subject of moving from income support to ESA. I have been on income support for a number of years due to having young children, during this time my health started to decline and i now receive HRM and LRC. In previous years i have had to attend WFI's and was told last September that as my children would be approaching 7 at the end of 2012 i would have to move on to ESA and that i would need to complete the application for this around April 2012 as the application process takes a number of week. I have since read from another website that if you are already receiving DLA you will not be reassessed for ESA, i am not quite sure if this information is correct and would just like someone to clarify this. Would also like to inform others that are in a similar position to me that in Oct 2011 i received a letter from DWP informing me that due to a recent change in the law WFI's would be conducted on a quarterly basis, and true to their words i have mine tomorrow. So if you find yourself being called in 3 months after your previous visit please dont be alarmed, they are just applying the new change in law.
As the whole area of ESA is new and confusing to me i would just like to get some clarification on the subject of moving from income support to ESA. I have been on income support for a number of years due to having young children, during this time my health started to decline and i now receive HRM and LRC. In previous years i have had to attend WFI's and was told last September that as my children would be approaching 7 at the end of 2012 i would have to move on to ESA and that i would need to complete the application for this around April 2012 as the application process takes a number of week. I have since read from another website that if you are already receiving DLA you will not be reassessed for ESA, i am not quite sure if this information is correct and would just like someone to clarify this. Would also like to inform others that are in a similar position to me that in Oct 2011 i received a letter from DWP informing me that due to a recent change in the law WFI's would be conducted on a quarterly basis, and true to their words i have mine tomorrow. So if you find yourself being called in 3 months after your previous visit please dont be alarmed, they are just applying the new change in law.
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