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Hello, I received this letter from DWP and I do not understand what to do? Or is there guides to help me fill in these forms














Phone xxxx xxxxxxxx
TEXTPHONE for the deaf/hard of hearing ONLY xxxx xxxxxxx
Date 12/07/2013
THE BENEFIT YOU RECEIVE IS CHANGING
You currently receive Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance, or Income Support on the grounds of illness or disability. We are phasing out these benefits. This letter explains how this will affect you and what you need to do.
We need to assess you for Employment and Support Allowance^This is a new benefit that helps people with an illness or disability move into work and provides people with the support they need.
Please take time to read the Further Information section included with this letter, which will help to answer your questions and will tell you more about the changes we are making to your benefits.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO
We will telephone you soon to talk about how this change will affect you and to answer any questions you have. We will ask you some questions to confirm your identity. After the call, we will send you a questionnaire to complete with details of your illness or disability. This questionnaire is called Limited Capability for Work.
The number we will call you on is xxxxxxx. If you haven't heard from us within two weeks of the date of this letter, or if the number we have for you is not correct, please call us on the number above between Monday and Friday, from 8.00am to 6.00pm. This is a local rate call. If you have speech or hearing difficulties you can contact us using a textphone on the number above.

Stephen Mcinally wrote: Hello, I received this letter from DWP and I do not understand what to do? Or is there guides to help me fill in these forms















TEXTPHONE for the deaf/hard of hearing ONLY
Date 12/07/2013
THE BENEFIT YOU RECEIVE IS CHANGING
You currently receive Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance, or Income Support on the grounds of illness or disability. We are phasing out these benefits. This letter explains how this will affect you and what you need to do.
We need to assess you for Employment and Support Allowance^This is a new benefit that helps people with an illness or disability move into work and provides people with the support they need.
Please take time to read the Further Information section included with this letter, which will help to answer your questions and will tell you more about the changes we are making to your benefits.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO
We will telephone you soon to talk about how this change will affect you and to answer any questions you have. We will ask you some questions to confirm your identity. After the call, we will send you a questionnaire to complete with details of your illness or disability. This questionnaire is called Limited Capability for Work.
The number we will call you on is xxxxxxx. If you haven't heard from us within two weeks of the date of this letter, or if the number we have for you is not correct, please call us on the number above between Monday and Friday, from 8.00am to 6.00pm. This is a local rate call. If you have speech or hearing difficulties you can contact us using a textphone on the number above.

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Hi,

This letter means that your transfer over to ESA has begun.

This "migration" over to ESA for IB, IS and SDA recipients has been going on since March 2011, and is due to be completed by Spring 2014.

Have a read through this document :

"Being transferred from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance. A 22 page guide to the transfer process."

At the top of this page :

ESA Claims Guides

As you will see you first receive a letter, then a phone call, (which you don't have to take) then the ESA50 Questionnaire.

Once you have received the ESA50 Questionnaire, you must fill it in and return it to ATOS by the deadline given.

You may wish to consider :

Using The PDF Version Of The ESA50 Questionnaire

Whilst referring to the ESA Claims Guides under the heading :

"New ESA50 form"

On the same page as above :

ESA Claims Guides

See also :

How long do I have to complete the ESA50?

ESA50 too big for the envelope

&

Sending Documents to the DWP or ATOS

It may also help, if you read through our :

IB, IS, SDA, Migration to ESA FAQ’s

And our :

ESA FAQ’s

It may seem a lot to take in, so you might wish to Favourite/Bookmark this page, so that you can revisit it easily.

You can then pose any further queries, as and when they crop up by replying to the topic.

bro58