Incapacity Normal Review

davidst_2

Do you mean that i will get a review in 2012 then reassessed by the ESA and not the IB criteria.

seven-day-weekend

Fron 2011 there will be no more IB renewals, they will all be done under ESA. So your 2012 assessment will be for ESA not IB.

.....unless you reach State Retirement age before April 2014. Then you will not be migrated to ESA but will stay on IB.

davidst_2

All i am wanting to know is that will my next assessment be in 2012 under esa,if so i was reading conflicting information provided by the CAB and all of the information on a lot of other web sites claiming that the reassessments will be at the claiments PCA normal review i hope that makes sense.:o

JS477

davidst wrote: »

Do you mean that i will get a review in 2012 then reassessed by the ESA and not the IB criteria.

In 2012 instead of getting an IB assessment (the PCA) you'll very likely get an ESA assessment (the WCA).

crumbling

sorry to interrupt but does this change apply to all ib claimants or claims from a certain date?

zzzLazyDaisy

What about people who are currently on High Rate Care DLA, which means they are exempt from IB reviews. I understand that the exemption doesn't apply, but when will they be reviewed, as they won't have a normal review date under IB. Do we know when it is planned to move those people over?

richard9991

crumbling wrote: »

sorry to interrupt but does this change apply to all ib claimants or claims from a certain date?

It applys to all ib claimants

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

I sent my IB50 off a couple of months ago but haven't heard anything back.

crumbling

are claimants supposed to be notified directly of the changes?

bertiebat

crumbling wrote: »

are claimants supposed to be notified directly of the changes?

Background

Between October 2010 and March 2014 existing incapacity benefits claimants (those on incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and income support on disability grounds) will be reassessed under the employment and support allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) instead of the Personal Capability Assessment.
Key aspects of migration

• no new claim will be required for the move to ESA, the process will be triggered by a notice to the customer;
• the date of a customer’s re-assessment will be based on the review date of their Personal Capability Assessment;
• people who reach State Pension Age during this reassessment period 2010-2014 will not be reassessed to avoid having to change benefits twice in a short period;
• where possible, the DWP will use existing data held for IB/IS to determine entitlement to ESA;
• DWP has pledged to help customers adapt to their new circumstances and ensure continuity of payment is maintained;
• existing incapacity benefits will continue to be paid to the day before the change;
• where people who are eligible for ESA receive more on existing incapacity benefits than the appropriate ESA rate, their existing rate of benefit will be frozen at the point of conversion;
• where people who are eligible for ESA receive less on incapacity benefits than the appropriate ESA rate, their benefit will immediately be increased to the ESA rate on conversion;
• all claims to incapacity benefits on or after 31 January 2011 will be treated as new ESA claims - there will be no link to earlier claims for incapacity benefits;
• appeals may be brought against the decision not to award ESA as a result of failure to meet the WCA threshold;
• ESA will be paid at the same rate as for new ESA claims where a person is appealing against a decision that they are not entitled because of not meeting the WCA threshold;
• DWP have amended Housing Benefit (HB) / Council Tax Benefit (CTB) Regulations to ensure that the majority of customers will see no reduction in their overall benefit income solely because of this change (however, some Child Dependency Allowance customers may be affected by the change). See more information below.
• following careful consideration, it has been decided that the Work Focused Health Related Assessment (WFHRA) element of the WCA will be suspended for a period of 2 years. This will provide DWP with an opportunity to reconsider the WFHRA’s purpose and delivery. It will also improve the capacity to focus on and manage this change.

Timetable for migration

IB migration trials are due to start in Aberdeen and Burnley from October 2010 using a sample of 1,700 claimants. DA's understanding is that these will be handled clerically, which means that DWP computer software will not be used or tested until full migration starts.
The main-roll out of migration of claimants from IB/income-related Income Support onto ESA will begin on 28 February 2011 and is due to finish in March 2014.
People reaching state pension age between these two dates will be excluded from the migration. This is the only group exempt from migration so far .
Arguments were put forward to move the Personal Capability Assessment exempt groups (about 30% of IB/IS claimants) onto the ESA Support Group but these were rejected. The Treasury are still mulling over what to do about pre-1995 tax exempt claimants (of IB and SDA).
For more information on incapacity benefits migration timetable see the DWP website at www.dwp.gov.uk/adviser/updates/ib-reassessing-claims/