ESA and self-employment

bevpayne

hi my daughter is on esa support group .She wants to start her own little business but needs help and support from her dad as he is her carer as she has learning difficulties and does not trust anyone else.How would she go about doing this as it would be self employed work about 14Hrs a week and will she still be able to claim her esa while trialing it?

mikehughescq

You need to read up about ESA and permitted work but prior to that your daughter also needs help from a small business adviser and a welfare rights officer who will look at not just the implications for your daughter but also for anyone on benefits who is assisting her. They will also assess the longer term risk to her ESA as regards whether the work she chooses will eventually suggest she can perform activities which would take her out of the Support Group or out of ESA altogether.

Either way this is very much a case of act in haste, recent at leisure.

Donisha_scope

Hi @bevpayne, 

Thank you for your enquiry. 

I would definitely recommend visiting Scope's work web page, as it gives tons of details on self -employment. 

It ranges from information on the benefits of self-employment, how to get ready, the pros and cons, reasonable adjustments and how to get help with managing tax and benefits. 

Kind regards,

Donisha