Esa telephone assessment (&CA)

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in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
2 things really, 
1. I have my first (new style)esa assessment Interview next week (having been on assessment rate since 2.9.93) and any advice on potential questions would be appreciated (I am already in receipt of full rate pip so am (?naively) hoping to get full rate esa.
2. My retired husband gets approx £309 a month carers allowance for caring for me - will this be deducted from any esa I get?
many thanks in advance

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    Your husbands CA will not affect your ESA. 

    I’m afraid I can’t tell you what questions they will ask during your assessment because everyone will be different. For me, they usually want to know what a typical day is like for me. Just make sure you don’t answer any questions with just a yes or no and try to give as much detail as possible. 
  • Begin
    Begin Online Community Member Posts: 35 Listener
    THank you poppy x I’ve had it now (on 18.4.24) it really wasn’t too bad x but still awaiting any feedback xx
  • Begin
    Begin Online Community Member Posts: 35 Listener
    Still waiting for any feedback-is it normal to take this long? Assessment tel call on (18.4.24) esa
    thankyou
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,463 Championing
    It’s normal. Once the assessment report was returned to DWP a decision can take up to 12 weeks. 
  • Begin
    Begin Online Community Member Posts: 35 Listener
    many than any thanks poppy x what would we do without you 😘

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