Esa

I've just received a letter saying they have put me on esa , I'm now on less money than I was getting is there anything else I can claim , also I don't know how long this is for and if I have to re-apply again for benefit , do they get in touch with me after a certain amount of time ,any advice would be much appreciated it's stressing all this new stuff you don't know where you stand with anything.

S . Hawes wrote: I've just received a letter saying they have put me on esa , I'm now on less money than I was getting is there anything else I can claim , also I don't know how long this is for and if I have to re-apply again for benefit , do they get in touch with me after a certain amount of time ,any advice would be much appreciated it's stressing all this new stuff you don't know where you stand with anything.

Hi SH,

I have just looked at your previous post : Here, and even though you have now clarified that you have been awarded ESA, we do need some more details before we can help fully.


Was this a fresh claim for ESA ?

Or

Were you transferred over to ESA from another benefits such as Incapacity Benefit, (IB) Severe Disability Allowance (SDA) or Income Support due to Incapacity (IS) ?

If you have been transferred over from one of the benefits above, see :

What will I be transferred to?

Then you are covered by Transitional Protection, in that you cannot be paid any less than you were being paid prior to transfer to ESA, but you can receive more, see :

What will I be paid?

We would also need to know which group of ESA you have been placed into, WRAG or Support Group (SG) ?

Whichever group you have been placed into, even though you will not have to "re-apply", your ESA group award will be reassessed periodically, see :

How often will I be reviewed

From our : ESA FAQ’s

You don't have to instigate any future reassessment, when the time comes, you will receive a new ESA50 Questionnaire through the post.

You should be able to find out the recommended period before you are reassessed (known as The Prognosis) by ringing the telephone number on your ESA letter.

The Call Responder should have it on-screen.

To gain a better understanding of how ESA works, you could read through the guides from the top two links on this page :

ESA Claims Guides

If you are not already in receipt of DLA or PIP, which are totally separate "Benefits" to ESA, and can be claimed as well as ESA, ( DLA & PIP can only be claimed individually, one or the other) you could make a claim for PIP :

PIP Claims Guide. (2nd Link on page)

PIP Self Test

PIP Topic Thread in Spotlight Area

You can no longer make a new claim for DLA unless you live in Northern Ireland. (NI)

If you do live in NI, see : DLA Guides

If you wish to provide us with more information so that we can try and help further, you can do so by replying to this topic.

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bro58

Thank you for your reply , I was in receipt of income support due to incapacity , I have now been transferred to ESA and in the support group , does this make a difference it's all so complicated .

Thank you for your help I will call them today .