ESA points system confused

doyouwantfrieswiththat

Hi

I know you need 15 points to stay on ESA but how many do you need to be placed into the support group?

thanks

wiccanlou

Its not a case of points to get into the support group as such. You will need to get the descriptor from the WCA list that matches word for word for the limited capability for work descriptor, apart from the incontinence one I think it is.

this is the work related capability list (wrag)

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/esa/wca

This is the limited capability for work related activity (support group)

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/esa/lcwra

Does that make sense.

doyouwantfrieswiththat

wiccanlou wrote: »

Its not a case of points to get into the support group as such. You will need to get the descriptor from the WCA list that matches word for word for the limited capability for work descriptor, apart from the incontinence one I think it is.

this is the work related capability list (wrag)

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/esa/wca

This is the limited capability for work related activity (support group)

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/esa/lcwra

Does that make sense.

What do you mean by the incontinence one?

Muttleythefrog

The points based descriptors are for qualification for WRAG (15 points total required). To qualify for Support Group you need to meet at least one support group descriptor. Some of the Support group descriptors just happen to also be the same as some of the 15 point scoring descriptors for WRAG. There are some additional special circumstances criteria that can qualify you. The second link above gives the standard Support group (Limited capability for Work Related Activity) descriptors.

wiccanlou

On the incontinence one for the wrag its lose control once a month for 15 points but to get in the support group it has to be once a week.