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Confusing ESA letter

Hi, received letter ESA3 Will (IBR). The letter says it wants to look at my claim again from 27/7/2013. It states that I could be entitled to extra payments/premium's. I am receiving contribution related ESA but says I could be entitled to income related ESA. The letter also states DWP will ring me within next two weeks. Am really confused. Anyone give me any advice please.
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Scope
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When the DWP moved people from incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance to ESA, they were supposed to consider, in every case, whether that person might be entitled to income-related as well as contributory ESA.
They didn't do this and now a series of court actions has high-lighted this and forced them, after some delay, to agree that full arrears, must be paid from the date where people started to lose out financially. This is usually the date when they were transferred from IB or SDA onto ESA.
This is the meaning of the letter you have received. The DWP are writing to about 70,000 people along these line.
Complete the form and send it back - if you were entitled to income-related benefit on the day you "moved across", then you should get some arrears money from this.
I hope so! Good luck.
Gill _Scope
Make sure you check the actual disability premiums for the years in question.
Gill_Scope
Once entitlement has been established they should pay you within 12 weeks, but I think from what I've seen on here it's faster.
If you have a breakdown of your £112, then compare that to the actual entitlement you should be able to work out roughly what you will get. Ask the dwp for a full breakdown as well.
If infact you do get a massive lump sum then you relax and enjoy the money without worrying. Good luck
it was straight forward and there is no need to worry at all.. At the end he said the information will go to the process dept and should take 12 wks before payments will reach my bank acc.. it took 4 wks.. so I wish you good luck
At least you know it shouldn’t be too long until you get what’s owed to you..
My enhanced disability premium was backdated to Oct 2014.. I was transferred from incapacity benefit to esa support group in June 2013, so they still need to pay me those missing payments..
The dwp are now paying people from the date of conversion.. so I will be chasing that up.. Will keep you posted.. 😃
it makes me so angry when genuine people who are ill get treated so badly by the dwp.
Its a disgrace..