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ESA and Inheritance
Hi all… I'm new here and I have a question. My wife is registered disabled - she has Cerebral Palsy and a couple of other medical conditions and claims Pip (both top rate) and ESA - Contribution based and some Income based. I am due to receive a substantial amount of inheritance soon (£100k+) and my wife is worried that…
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ESA
hi I’m on contributory esa and I’m due a reassessment this July and I also get pip but a couple of years ago my partner suffered a brain injury if they declare me fit for work if I don’t pass the assessment or put me in group were you have to look for work I’m not going to be in a position to get a job due to my partners…
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Contribution ESA support group/pregnancy
Hey, I've been on contribution based ESA support group for a couple of years now. I get the lower daily living PIP aswell, my husband covers most of the bills although we are not well off by any means. I'm now pregnant, do I need to inform ESA? Will I get taken off of it and then he unable to reapply as I haven't worked in…
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Does ESA have a fit for work group?
Hello there, I know UC has one but does ESA? If you don’t get into either Support Group or WRAG I presume you won’t get ESA? Thanks.
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Hi, my name is nakita30! what happens if your on cobtrbution based esa and in the support group?
Can anyone explain what happens if your on cobtrbution based esa and in the support group. From what i understand the payments will stop after 6 months. I cannot survive without this payment !!!! Does anyone know if this is true.....
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ESA suport group
hi me and my hubby are on esa suport group we both get pip and I get carers allowance for looking after him so we are having my mum move in she’s on pension credit state pension and attendance allowance will this effect our ESA support allowance?
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Why am I on contribution based ESA?
Hi. I've never worked and am unlikely to ever be able to work, so I don't understand why I'm on contribution based ESA. I was on income related ESA and contribution based ESA (receiving a P60 every year and a £10 Christmas bonus), before I complete the migration process to UC. I receive UC monthly and CB ESA every 2 weeks.…
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ESA to UC
hi all I hope your all having a nice day..I’m currently on esa support group..I’m due to go over to universal credit,will I automatically go onto lwcra??many thanks
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New style esa claim question
I’m on universal credit SINCE JANUARY 2025 . I applied for New style ESA on March 7th and have received a text in UC journal stating I have a phone appointment on 26th to Discuss MY claim New style ESA. Has anyone had this before? Is this a commitment meeting? I’m really confused! I suffer from Mental Health problems and…
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Enhanced premiums on esa
II'm On income based esa and also get pip higher rate for both components my adult son now lives with me and gets lower rate mobility pip my application for enhanced disability premium got rejected saying my son doesn't have a qualifying benefit when he does he gets lower rate mobility pip I'm having it appealed at the…
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support group esa new style contributions
Hello everyone I received a letter today advising i have been put in the support group for new style contribution based esa. i am in receipt of PIP also. My husband is my carer and he is paid carers allowance every month. I am so confused now. Will i stay in the support group until retirment age now and can my husband…
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Clarity
hi i keep looking around the internet looking for some clarity if new style esa is still staying for existing people or not seems very unfair if you payed all the money in over the years and now because you have some savings which you have saved for you are discriminated against I have a degenerative neurological disease…
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Migration from ESA to UC
Hello, I read the new benefit reforms on gov.uk. I saw all kinds of confusing statements but did mention the ongoing migration from Income Related Emloyment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit. Is this still going to take place by December 2025 or has this now changed ? I am in the Support Group. Thank You
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Hi, my name is shazzieadams! I’m really worried for when I get the migration letter and I just...
I’m really worried for when I get the migration letter and I just know it will confuse me at the moment. I’m in the group ESA and full and house benefit and council tax paid for. I’m just worried about filling out all the forms. Many thanks if you can help as my anxieties going through the roof at the moment.
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ESA 50
been on incapacity benefit then ESA since 1996 for severe anxiety disorder and severe irritable bowel syndrome to be fair my last ESA assessment was back in 2012, but they always put be in work related activity group, then after once or twice seeing a work coach they realize,there no way a can work, and don't make me do…
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Final migration deadline
hi if you miss your deadline on your migration notice but then claim before your final deadline when does the claim start from? does it start from the day you make the claim after you have missed your deadline day? or does it get backdated to the deadline on your migration notice? or does it just get backdated for…
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Severe Disability Premium
Hi I'm wondering if anyone can give me any advice. Out of the blue last month I received a phone call from DWP saying there had been a "review" and inviting me to fill in IS10 forms for SDP both for my current address and my previous address which I left in 2016. I filled the forms in and don't have a decision yet but DWP…
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Will I have to confirm my id in person?
After submitting my esa to uc migration claim online yesterday I unintentionally clicked that I was unable to confirm online. Actually I am not totally sure if I would be able to confirm online. Anyhow, it now says on my to do list "we will call you." I read somewhere on this site from another's experience that even after…
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ESA Award
I have been claiming ESA several years and I was awarded work activity group after a while of being in support group, in October of past year I was sent a reassessment form out of the blue. In January of this year I was sent a letter telling me my new amounts, I'm just trying to clarify whether I'm now on limited…
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Old ESA work related activity group
So I am in ESA work related activity group even though I think I should be in the support group, I haven't had to do any work related activities due to severe anxiety disorder I also get pip standard both, so as I seem to get it there merging jobseeker with ESA wrag ,does this mean we lose our money for bring in a group ?…
