i think im enntitled to contribution based esa in the support group, if i remarry wil

laura_williams

hi im on ni. based incapacity benefit and dla i think i might be entitled to esa contributory based but in the support group, if i am and i got married in the future, would the esa stops, i know it stops after 365 days in the wrag group but the support group is continuous but does it if marry, appreciate any help, i cant sem to get this one questioned answered on the net

paddedjohn

Does getting wed hinge on the answer?

sleepless_saver

Getting married is irrelevant - if you're living with a partner who works you are unlikely to get income related ESA.

If you were moved to the support group from your contribution based IB living with a partner wouldn't affect the ESA. But most people aren't put in the support group, even if they think they should be. So if you were put in the WRAG and had a working partner, your contributory ESA would stop after a year.

Torry_Quine

Your ESA if suport group would continue as long as you are deemed eligible but as said its hard to get into and WRAG will only mean benefit for a year although NI contributions would still be paid.

marybelle01

I wouldn't recommend making life decisons based on what benefits you might or might not get. If you love him enough to marry then the answer doesn't matter. If the answer matters you don't love him enough and shouldn't marry.