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Esa

Hi a quick question my partner was on ssp for 28 week which has end this week he is going to apply new style esa this week how long will it take him to get his first payment l would be grateful if l can get some answers please
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https://www.entitledto.co.uk/help/employment-and-support-allowance-phase
The 2 tax years that are relevant are the ones that were completed before the benefit year in which your period of limited capability for work began.
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The tax year runs 6 April - 5 April
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The benefit year runs from the first Sunday in January.
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The lower earnings limit for the 2018/19 tax year was £116, for the 2019/2020 tax year it was £118 per week
If he thinks the decision is incorrect then he'll need to ring DWP and speak to them,.Want to tell us about your experience on the community? Talk to our chatbot here and let us know what you think
It will also depend on how much they worked during those 2 tax years i mentioned above. Claiming UC will also depend on their circumstances because not everyone is entitled to claim this. Claiming New style ESA doesn't mean you're also entitled to UC.
The claim should already be closed unless you asked for it to be a credits only claim. My advice is to ring DWP to ask.
@Melin, the first thing I would suggest is to double check what they've said regarding the SSP and NI credits. He should be eligible for class 1 for that period and it may be worth him applying for that. See below:
With regards to your UC claim and the ESA50 form you already have, if his ESA is now credits-only, your husband filling in and sending the ESA50 could still be worthwhile. The decision from his credits-only ESA claim would still transfer over to UC and would mean you're not serving a longer wait period than necessary as it would begin from the date of his NS ESA claim, not your joint UC one which I believe was much later?
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