ESA

nini1963
nini1963 Online Community Member Posts: 17 Listener
edited August 2019 in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Sent my form in for esa how long does it take and do everyone Go for assessment thanks Nigel

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,458 Championing
    HI,

    There's no timescales, it depends on backlog in your area.

    Most people have face to face assessments so expect one of these. It's rare to have a paper based assessment.
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 10,506 Championing
    Hi @nini1963, I hope you are not waiting too long :)
  • April2018mom
    April2018mom Posts: 2,863 Championing
    There are no timescales.
    It depends on the backlog for your area. To answer your other question more than often they carry out a face to face assessment. Paper based ones are rare. 
  • Mispy
    Mispy Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
    Hello, I can't remember exactly but it took about 8-10 weeks for mine to come through. I got it all backdated from the date they received the form,
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,458 Championing
    Mispy said:
    Hello, I can't remember exactly but it took about 8-10 weeks for mine to come through. I got it all backdated from the date they received the form,
    Hi.
    ESA isn't backdated from the date they receive the form. It's backdated from the 14th week of the claim, if successfully placed into the support group.

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