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ESA award letter confusion

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missjones
missjones Community member Posts: 2 Listener
edited September 2023 in Start here and say hello!
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good evening. My partner claims esa for us both, claim started in 2012. I am confused which one we get. Is it contribution based or income based? Our housing benefit claim says income based esa but i am confused with this latest award letter. Thank you 
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,334 Disability Gamechanger
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    HI and welcome,

    I note from that letter that you're in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) this means that your ESA is entirely Income Based. Just so that you're aware, Contributions based ESA is only paid for 1 year unless you're placed into the Support Group.

    Hope this helps.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • missjones
    missjones Community member Posts: 2 Listener
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    Thank you very much. They're not the easiest letters to understand. 
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,334 Disability Gamechanger
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    missjones said:
     They're not the easiest letters to understand. 

    Can't disagree with that.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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