new here hello. need benefit advice esa/jsa/IS

deem

Hi im dee. Ive been on esa for few years now. During that period i had a child who will be 3 next month.

Ive had a review come through post. Not been able to face it yet even though im past deadline for sending it back. 

I think they will take me off esa because ive improved in the last year.  Worst case senario; my question is what will they put me on? Will it be IS or jsa or universal credit? Does this depend on the age of my son? 

Thanks in advance

CockneyRebel

Hi Dee and welcome

Try putting your dtails into one of the online benefit calculators

CR

Lasian_Alumni

Hi @deem, I'm sorry to hear you're having a hard time with this.

It's hard to face but it is important that you do contact them regarding the review, the process might otherwise become more difficult.

We have some information about ESA and I hope our benefits calculator can help.

mikehughescq

You will lose ESA because you have gone past the 4 week deadline for returning the form. They won’t “put you” on anything. You will have to make a claim. 

Sam_Alumni

Hi @deem
I think what Mike is saying here is that no one will automatically change you onto a different benefit, but that you will have to make a claim yourself.  I hope this helps

mikehughescq

That’s exactly what I was saying but the big concern is that sailing past the deadline means ESA will cease and that makes the whole thing more complex. It’s much better to meet deadlines or get help to do so than to try and FYI things once they’re broken.