ESA will stop after 12 months as was moved to wrag

Catriona wrote: My esa will run out in October as I was moved out of the support group into wrag and not entitled to income related payments, can I reapply in october

You have two options.

You can be assessed to see whether you are eligible for Income Related ESA, if you are then your payments should continue without interruption.

Or, you can in principle make a new claim for Contribution Based ESA. However, you will need to re-meet the two Contribution Conditions from scratch and one of the years used must be newer than the years used when you originally claimed.

The two Tax Years that will be used are 2015-16 and 2016 -17. You will need to have 50 weeks of NI Contributions or NI Credits in both years and 26 weeks of NI Contributions (from working) in one of the Tax Years and in the case of the latter it must be newer than the years used for your current claim.

Gordon

Catriona wrote: I’ve not been out my Home town unoccumpanied since 2012 so not worked. Thanks Gordon think I’m screwed then

Have yo checked your eligibility for ESA(IR)?

Gordon