Support group ESA(C)

userinfo1
userinfo1 Community member Posts: 44 Connected
in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

Could someone advise I know it's not guaranteed but I'm worrying again about that dreaded pink form to come in post.

I was awarded esa ( c) and put into the support group. I know that the dates for renewals are just guides but I'm heading to the 24 month mark now.

Are the support group claimants still in this suspended status and that it is luck of the draw for it's renewal due to the massive back logs?

I have made sure got evidence again for it all just in case but each day fearing the postman… in case a review form arrives.

Could someone advise if there is still massive back logs and it's still down to luck if this pink form arrives… each day worrying when letter box clicks.

I have a long term health problem but I know what the dwp are like they couldn't give a dam and if I called them would just panic me again.

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,736 Championing

    They are still suspended for those in the Support Group and LCWRA. There's no point in ringing ESA because all they will do is give you a date of when your expected referral date will be, which doesn't help.

    It's been 4 years since I had my last review so 2 years isn't long at all. Some haven't been reviewed since 2016 and longer.

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Community member Posts: 622 Empowering
    edited August 29

    A few reviews are happening here and there, I know of 3 people personally who are in ESA SG and have had a review in the last 12 months.

    One was passed again with a paper based assessment, the other two sent their forms back months and months ago, with nothing further heard yet.

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,736 Championing

    Yes they did review selected few last year as a trial only but nothing since then and they are now suspended again.

  • userinfo1
    userinfo1 Community member Posts: 44 Connected

    It this what really frustrates me not knowing and could happen over night. I know when it's time if that dreaded pink form arrives but constantly I'm battling to make sure I have written evidence of my condition just solely I'm the unlucky one.

    From what I'm reading it's like a lotto with the dwp… total joke and expect people to just hang on and wait thinking to get people when they don't have evidence.

    I suppose the next few weeks will just have to keep my eye on the postman if this form arrives or not... I know is not ideal but my stress levels are bad enough with my condition and this on top is typically how bad they are.

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,736 Championing

    I would say it's highly unlikely that you will receive a form anytime soon. If the have a mobile contact number for you then I do know that they've started sending out texts to tell you that your review has started. So at least the form arriving won't be a total shock, as it usually is.

    The envelopes are white too, not brown, which also shocked me when I had my last review.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Community member Posts: 1,232 Pioneering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/121904/support-group-esa-c

    Mine was 2020 and before that it was 10 years

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Community member Posts: 1,232 Pioneering

    Can I jump on I know I've asked 100 times I cannot get My head around uc erodes so TP is what I get now and is erodes when benefits go up ??? That's really fk up I think also new worry social housing going up I have bedroom tax how much is 3.2 inflation I'm money?

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Community member Posts: 1,232 Pioneering

    Would you pay 3.2 inflation on one bedroom flat ? I maybe have to downsize looking forward in not panicking just weighing my options

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Community member Posts: 1,232 Pioneering

    I feel this about UC forms awful isn't it no matter how to try stay grounded I still get moments it's good your got all evidence you know if you request SARS you can get your medical advice from doctors free I went back to 2010

  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,736 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/904742#Comment_904742

    See the advice on your other thread here from OverlyAnxious about TP.

    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/122007/social-housing

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