transferring from work related activity group to support group

KRLG
KRLG Community member Posts: 15 Listener
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
If I request to be in the support group as I am presently in the WRAG would this mean that I would be transferred to UC

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  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    No.
  • KRLG
    KRLG Community member Posts: 15 Listener
    Thanks for the response Calcotti, would I be able to claim the SDP if my PIP claim is successful?

  • KRLG
    KRLG Community member Posts: 15 Listener
    Sorry should have said would that effect my ESA claim and mean I would be put on UC
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    KRLG said:
    Sorry should have said would that effect my ESA claim and mean I would be put on UC

    Claiming PIP or reporting a change of health condition to be put into the Support Group will not mean a transfer to UC.
    KRLG said:
     would I be able to claim the SDP if my PIP claim is successful?


    You need a daily living award of PIP for this. You also need to live alone or be treated as living alone, no other adults living with you unless they either claim a qualifying disability benefit theirself or they are registered blind.
    No one must claim either carers allowance or carers element of UC for looking after you.
  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    edited February 2023
    KRLG said:
    Thanks for the response Calcotti, would I be able to claim the SDP if my PIP claim is successful?
    If you receive income based ESA and you live alone (or are treated as living alone) or other adults you live with also get a disability benefit and you get awarded Daily Living PIP and nobody claims Carers Allowance or carer element of UC for looking after you then you would be claim SDP in the ESA.
  • KRLG
    KRLG Community member Posts: 15 Listener
    Thanks Poppy123456 and if get DL awarded would the IR/ESA be increased for the SDP or would I have to claim which may trigger a UC claim as you can see I panic that I may taken off ESA and put on UC
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    edited February 2023
    KRLG said:
    Thanks Poppy123456 and if get DL awarded would the IR/ESA be increased for the SDP or would I have to claim which may trigger a UC claim as you can see I panic that I may taken off ESA and put on UC

    Nothing you described will trigger a claim to UC as we advised a few times. Whether you qualify for SDP if you're successfully awarded daily living PIP will depend on who you live with, as advised here.
    poppy123456 said:
    You also need to live alone or be treated as living alone, no other adults living with you unless they either claim a qualifying disability benefit theirself or they are registered blind.
    No one must claim either carers allowance or carers element of UC for looking after you.


  • calcotti
    calcotti Community member Posts: 10,005 Championing
    edited February 2023
    At the moment the only things that will end your ESA are
     - if you choose to end UC, or
     - you start to live with someone as a partner who already gets UC
     - or you come into capital which takes you over £16,000.

    Everything thing you have asked about are just changes to your ESA.

    The government currently intend to require you to apply for UC in 2028, some quite a long time before then.


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