ESA claim when partner on incapacity?

ShaShaSha

Hi everyone, can someone answer this for me.... when someone makes a new ESA claim, and there partner is already on Incapacity Benefit...does this mean the partners Incapacity will be swapped for ESA or will it stay unchanged?


Hope someone can give me a speedy answer for this! Thanks

NASA_2

You claim ESA and you partner remains on IB. His IB, assuming it is payable IB, will be taken into account on your claim for the Income Related part but will be totally disregarded for the ESA(C) part.

He will transfer over to ESA next year though as part of the migration.

ShaShaSha

Thanks very much for your speedy reply, its my partner thats claiming esa but im already on long term incapacity, it asks about my disability - so shall I fill this in? or leave it blank?

Thanks so much :T

NASA_2

You can fill it in or leave it blank, not really sure why it asks that on the form as there is nowhere to input it when processing a claim, so its not really relevant to the claim from what I can see.

ShaShaSha

Thanks again

sunnyone

ShaShaSha wrote: »

Thanks very much for your speedy reply, its my partner thats claiming esa but im already on long term incapacity, it asks about my disability - so shall I fill this in? or leave it blank?

Thanks so much :T

Dont fill it in unless you want them pushed on to carers allowance, thats whats happening ATM and it dosnt come into it for contributions based benefits anyway.

2010 ESA migration NASA, no chance of it happening even for the first under 25 group, they cant keep up with new claims so how can the migration begin when its taking months for claims to be sorted and everyones appealing desions?

sunnyone

NASA_2

sunnyone wrote: »

Dont fill it in unless you want them pushed on to carers allowance, thats whats happening ATM and it dosnt come into it for contributions based benefits anyway.

2010 ESA migration NASA, no chance of it happening even for the first under 25 group, they cant keep up with new claims so how can the migration begin when its taking months for claims to be sorted and everyones appealing desions?

sunnyone

Months to sort out claims? Not where I am.

sunnyone

NASA wrote: »

Months to sort out claims? Not where I am.

MY partner was addmited to hospital in July and his claim has just been sorted out, he went 8 weeks without any income at all.

Hes had the medical and will probably have problems with that, hes still undergoing tests but it seems likely he has a tumor that needs treatment to make it suitable for removal along side removal of one of his kidneys. Hes very ill and could do without ESA problems.

sunnyone

NASA_2

sunnyone wrote: »

MY partner was addmited to hospital in July and his claim has just been sorted out, he went 8 weeks without any income at all.

Hes had the medical and will probably have problems with that, hes still undergoing tests but it seems likely he has a tumor that needs treatment to make it suitable for removal along side removal of one of his kidneys. Hes very ill and could do without ESA problems.

sunnyone

The average where I am is 17 days. That isnt a huge amount of time IMO. From what I have heard the migration will take place in 2010. Whether they stagger it or wait until every area is up to speed I dunno - but there are two sets of staff administering two benefits at the minute - would make sense to amalgamate ASAP.

ShaShaSha

My partners claim took around 13 days, we are in south west scotland

NASA_2

ShaShaSha wrote: »

My partners claim took around 13 days, we are in south west scotland

It really does seem to vary from region to region.

At the start where I am it took around 22 days - its improving all the time as people get to grips with what an integrated Contributory and Income Related benefit is like.