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I had a phone call from DWP last Monday saying I was being considered for SG and had to fill in an ESA1 and return it ASAP. Can you tell me 'is being considered' a positive or negative? Thank you for your help

songbird57 wrote: I had a phone call from DWP last Monday saying I was being considered for SG and had to fill in an ESA1 and return it ASAP. Can you tell me 'is being considered' a positive or negative? Thank you for your help

Hi sb57,

Looking back at your previous post : Here, it appears that you are currently in the WRAG and awaiting the outcome of a reconsideration to be placed into The SG ?

On this premise, I cannot see why you would be required to fill in and return an ESA 1 Form which is the form used when an initial or fresh claim is made for ESA :

www.gov.uk/employment-support-allowance/how-to-claim

I would take "I was being considered for SG" as said, in that they are reconsidering whether or not to give you SG status.

bro58

Hi sb57,

Are you sure that it isn't an ESA 3 financial assessment form to see whether you are entitled to Income Related (IR) ESA ?

The ESA 3 is around 50 pages long, here is a sample of an older version, I believe that there is now a newer version that still has around 50 pages :

Sample ESA 3 Form

bro58

Hi Bro 58, no it was definitely an ESA 1. It is quite a big form with 2 sections, the first asking again just general questions about health and if I had a works pension, the second larger part was about all income into the household. I know I am not entitled to IR ESA as my husbands pension is approx £25 more than the permitted allowance.

Just wanted to say thank you to all of you who help us out on this site, it's such a scary time. Thank you

songbird57 wrote: Hi Bro 58, no it was definitely an ESA 1. It is quite a big form with 2 sections, the first asking again just general questions about health and if I had a works pension, the second larger part was about all income into the household. I know I am not entitled to IR ESA as my husbands pension is approx £25 more than the permitted allowance.

Just wanted to say thank you to all of you who help us out on this site, it's such a scary time. Thank you

OK sb57,

In that case, I would pay heed to Gordon's advice.

Cheers

bro58