Do I have to migrate?

bellatango

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1046053#Comment_1046053

Hi frontier53, no problem at all you jumping on here.

I have to migrate by 30th Aug and I'm still not sure what to do, like you say there isn't much information.

It means I/we would be £21.20 a week worse off basically (the disability income guarantee) which I can cope with but I just don't know if I would be shooting myself in the foot. My ongoing award for enhanced pip lasts until 2029.

I can't actually remember the last time I had a face to face assessment. I was on IB for about 7 years and then it was changed to ESA. I did go to an assessment for ESA in 2013 I think and the lady was running about 2hrs behind, she came out to me in the waiting room and could see I was clearly in pain and said something along the lines of "oh you should never have been called back in" and cancelled it and told me to go home and I've never heard from them since.

My concern is what happens to CB ESA in a few years time and this new unemployment insurance that will be time limited?

Sorry I know that doesn't help x

bellatango

I did see this on benefits and work site. On there they say

Yes, your husband would still receive his Contributions Based ESA.

As you would be ignoring UC migration his Conts Based ESA would not be converted to New Style ESA.

I thought it would convert, so what does happen then?

https://benefitsandwork.co.uk/forum/10-dla-esa-queries-results/147168-uc-migration-refusal

frontier53

Many thanks, @bellatango. I actually have to migrate by early August so I'll be ahead of you in that case. I'm pretty determined I'm not going to claim UC as I know I'll find the process too stressful. My last encounters with the DWP left me with PTSD as it was so bad (involved demands to attend work assessments the day after major surgery, MP involved, the works, never again). I do wonder if I might have to remind the DWP that I'm still entitled to Contributions based ESA (P60U confirms that) once the income based element goes. I don't want to phone them as I know I'll be on hold for hours and then just end up speaking to someone reading from a script. So I might write them a recorded delivery letter. Many thanks for your reply and the post from Benefits and Work, I'd missed that. It is odd there's no information online on forums as surely someone other than us must have gone down this road already. I've seen how making UC claims have destroyed people and I just can't do that, would rather just get by on slightly less. Anyway, thanks again, perhaps some more answers will come to light in the coming weeks. 🙏

bellatango

I did find this @frontier53

https://www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support/social-security-tax-and-financial-support/what-the-disability-cuts-mean-for-you

Says the "end of indefinite entitlement to cESA will only apply to new claimants"