ESA query

Watermann20 · 2 March 2015 at 6:52PM

Wonder if anyone can advise.

Brother in law aged 61 suffered a near fatal aneurism Jan 2004 and has still not recovered .

After his work sick pay ran out he started receiving ESA CB around £72 in April/March . His work paid him off with a small sum some time last year.

On talking to him, he said he's never filled in a detailed ESA form nor been asked to attend an assessment, and is still getting this £72 per week.

Am I right in thinking as this is CB based it will run out sometime this year? And should he not be on a different rate?

He doesn't receive anything else and won't be eligible for anything means tested.

TELLIT01 · 2 March 2015 at 6:57PM

There is a huge backlog of claim at the moment. I would suggest he phone ESA to find out when his assessment is likely to be. You are correct that Conts based payment will cease after 365 days so he does need to act now.

pmlindyloo · 2 March 2015 at 7:02PM

He certainly should have filled out a form.

He needs to ring and find out what is happening.

Torry_Quine · 2 March 2015 at 7:03PM

To add to ^ once assessed and presuming he gets into one of the two groups he will be entitled to back money from week 13. If he gets into the support group then his money wouldn't stop after one year but continue.

Watermann20 · 2 March 2015 at 7:41PM

Ok thanks I'll tell him. I also thought he had to be assessed and a decision issued as to which group he was put in.

If put in the Support group of CB ESA would the fact his wife works reduce his ESA payment.

Torry_Quine · 2 March 2015 at 8:23PM

Watermann20 wrote: »

Ok thanks I'll tell him. I also thought he had to be assessed and a decision issued as to which group he was put in.

If put in the Support group of CB ESA would the fact his wife works reduce his ESA payment.

No, if he gets into the support group then he will get the full amount, however if the WRAG then his wife working means he won't get money but would get his NI paid.

Watermann20 · 20 March 2015 at 11:49AM

Quick update, he phoned to ask why he was still on this rate, and within a week was given a cancellation assessment date. I think he's probably filled in a form with help from an health advisor sometime last year and forgotten about it.

He called yesterday to say he's got a letter saying he's been put in the Support Group. He said the assessment process was fine, no complaints. He'd been a bit worried about it , because of all the things you read in the papers. And wasn't sure what to expect.

So thought I'd just update, maybe reassure others going through this as well.

Thanks again.

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