Husband carer and both on ESA - will we have to look for work?

casperanimation

Hello, husband and I have been on contribution ESA support group for a long time, I have recently been awarded PIP enhanced for both daily and mobility. My husband is caring for me, and we have included this on our UC application - he is wondering if he has to look for work? I assume as we're in the support group for ESA we will automatically not need to provide fit notes and look for work anyway etc (I couldn't see how to say on the form about the fact we are transferring to UC from support group ESA, it just mentioned fit notes).
My husband is self employed but that is for writing, and he gets some royalties but very few and far between (like £50 a year at the moment, unless he gets a publishing deal in the future) - so he's not really working in the normal sense with a wage and average income, nonetheless we said he was self employed and hope that was OK because he still writes as and when he can? About 14 hours a week. We also have a son and get CB for him. 

poppy123456

As a carer for you then your husband will not have to look for work or attend any appointments (with the exception of the first appointment) Which you will both need to attend.

If you have a letter saying that you're in the Support Group you can take this with you for your appointment and show them. This will hopefully speed up the process of transferring your ESA award across to UC.

As you're in the Support Group then you'll be entitled to the LCWRA element from the start of your claim. Though they may ask for a fit note as part of the claims process. If you've already submitted your claim then you could put a message onto your journal telling them that you're in the Support Group for ESA.

Any Income Related ESA will continue for 2 weeks and then stop. If any part of your ESA is contributions based this will continue as normal (£117.60/week) but be deducted in full from any UC entitlement.

Your UC will include standard couples element, child element, carers element, LCWRA element and help with the rent (if you rent your home)

First payment is 1 month and 6 days after you claim. You can ask for an advance payment but this will need to be repaid back and will reduce your future UC payments.

Your husband will need to make sure he reports being self employed and he will need to report his earnings and expenses on his journal on the last day of your assessment period.

casperanimation

Thank you as always, Poppy!
Husband and I went into the Job Centre for ID reasons, husband was put in the group where he didn't need to look for work as my carer and I was put in the 'intense work search group' which made me panic immensely. The lady who was sorting the ID booked me a phone app next week with a work coach and reassured me that the work coach would interview me and put me into the LCWRA group, and as I am on ESA as well it will all be sorted but not going to lie I was really stressed about it! Hopefully nothing to worry about though