New Style Employment and Support Allowance

Proteus
Proteus Online Community Member Posts: 13 Connected
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

Morning,

I have just been migrated over from income related ESA in the support group to UC. I have just had an appointment pop up to Agree a New Style Employment and Support Allowance commitment in 2 weeks and I wondered what this is? I was told that I would not have to do another WCA but this has me concerned, perhaps needlessly but my mental health struggles with things like this and no knowing what is going on.

If anyone can clarify things for me I would be very grateful.

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 5,747 Championing
    edited April 23

    Read through this thread (click on the purple text View Post) for an explanation and reassurance.

    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/130268/ive-already-moved-to-universal-credit-but-ive-received-a-letter-from-esa
  • Proteus
    Proteus Online Community Member Posts: 13 Connected

    Thank you. I so glad these forums and people exist as the constant cryptic messages on the UC website are starting to do my head in. It should not be the case I need to take panic attack meds after looking at my journal not knowing what the heck is happening.

    Another thing I would like to ask, will I get a letter telling me what I am now claiming going forward? There was a breakdown statement for this weeks payment but deducting ESA, I assumed because I got payment while being moved over but judging by this appointment notification I'm still on a version of ESA, confusing as I thought ESA was ending and UC is meant to make thigs more simple, what was the point in moving me to UC just to have things even more convoluted sigh

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 5,747 Championing

    I agree it is confusing, it is Income Related ESA that's changing to UC, so Contributions Based ESA gets replaced by New Style ESA when migrating.

    You should get letters at some point.

  • Yogiisbroken
    Yogiisbroken Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener

    what othe rhelp can i recieve until they approve my disabliy i get tanif which is only 450 a month that isnt even half my rent alone and i get 292 in food stamps which iam a coupon queen lol any othe rsources in wa state/ anywhere please hekp i dont wanna be homeless and all credit cards are in collections due to not able to pay them waiting is destoying life and credit making me depressed and full of anxiety ands anger

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 5,747 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1020987#Comment_1020987

    Unfortunately this is a UK forum so we aren't well placed to advise on the USA welfare system.

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