Esa Wca and Uc

Andi66
Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 1,140 Championing
in Benefits and income

After all this time ,I have a wca assessment for the 16th this month. My friend going to be with me andi asked them to record it as well.she taking notes, Any idea what sort of questions they ask,? I am nervous as i had to go through a tribunal first to get esa back, then I had to do a mantary appeal with pip.

It being so close to me moving over to UC next month, I worried about if they stop my claim due to lies that they put. What will happened with UC and my rent etc. I have no money to live on

I'm a bag of nerves

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,401 Championing

    There is a great guide here:

    https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/resources/work-capability-assessment?srsltid=AfmBOorzXJ5dhuNR4l_BwL_UE13CT3ociNvAaJOKKuMI7641m1u0xMfR#TheAssessment

    LCWRA descriptors:

    https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/universal-credit-uc/uc-faq/limited-capability-for-work

    You would still apply for UC, and would qualify for Housing Element & Standard Allowance.

    Any work commitments would depend on what ESA award if any you migrate across with.

    I see you are currently in LCW so it's unlikely you would qualify for Transitional Protection anyway, so no impact there.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 1,140 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1064396#Comment_1064396

    I get severe disability premium of £82, and £21, I'm on pip

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,401 Championing
    edited September 2

    Ah okay I'm not sure on the figures as even though you currently have SDP, WRAG doesn't pay much if you even get anything for that.

    So there still may be no entitlement to Transitional Protection.

    TP is only paid if your UC award is lower than legacy benefits.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 1,140 Championing

    I'm on Limited capacity for work. I get living expenses £92.05, extra money because I'm severely disabled £82.90

    Extra money because of income guarantee £21.20

    £196.15 a week

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,401 Championing

    As advised if you migrate with no ESA award following the WCA, you would be entitled to Standard Allowance (£400.14) and Housing Element for your rent.

    If you migrate with a WRAG award, you would get TP because your UC award is as above, which is lower than your legacy benefits.

    Transitional Protection is added if your total UC award is lower than legacy benefits. This erodes over time as other elements go up or new elements are added.

    If you migrated with WRAG, and the outcome of WCA was LCWRA, then your Transitional Protection would reduce by the LCWRA amount which is £423.27.

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 1,140 Championing

    How on earth are you supposed to exist , they shouldn't make you worse off. To do away with the disability element is wrong. Are they trying to get people into work, by reducing the money. I'm so anxious about having nothing to live on, plus with this wca coming up

  • Andi66
    Andi66 Online Community Member Posts: 1,140 Championing

    Well just had my esa wca , went ok I hope, had panic attack and needed Inhaler. So I sent it back in Jan 24. Which they received. Not heard anything since. When I went to the doctors about my copd review there was a form on the file from the jobcentre about my conditions dated April 24. The lady from wca said they only knew about my condition had changed last month when I phoned them to enquire about the form in ready for uc that's why I needed a wca . So why if my conditions I have now I had put on the form last year and the form sent to the doctors last year wasn't it picked up on, until I rang up

  • whybother1983
    whybother1983 Online Community Member Posts: 15 Connected

    Migrating from esa wrag to Uc & lcw is abseloutely horrendous. Iv went from having a call a few times a year from a nice understanding work coach to monthly appointments with a work coach that won’t take nothing into account. And this is all before seeing a penny uc.

  • Gerald
    Gerald Online Community Member Posts: 225 Empowering

    Hi there I'm having the same problem from migration from income related Esa I'm now on the new Esa on my payments with UC I get Limited capability for work and work-related activity £423 plus Trans protection £236 then they take £609 off so I ended up with £12.50 a week the bit that gets me is the Limited capability for work and work-related activity how they work that out as you get £48.50 on top of your weekly £92.05 but the DWP count it all as Limited capability for work and work-related activity how is a nightmare and if you ask on your journal it's like a copy and paste answer to what ever you ask who ever came up with this as never lived in the real world or asked someone who is disabled anything they just look at paperwork and that's it and I'm sick of it it's hard enough living with disabilities with out being looked at as a number do they think we are living the life of wine and roses.

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