I amm pregnant - i need advice on ESA

Poppie68

The op is certain to be a Willber/Dipsy relative....can't wait for the next one, they are getting more entertaining each time.

tonycottee

MoreRosey wrote: »

Oh , you have never asked what a troll is? So if I ask what a troll is, that means I am a troll? So when you asked what a troll is did you get a reply "only people that ask what is a troll are the trolls"? How very sad for you. Cheer up.

Woh woh woh. Don't get mad at me, I'm only trying to help. Follow my advice and you can years of happy trolling without having to keep changing usernames.
I don't know why I bother sometimes.

Poppie68

tonycottee wrote: »

Woh woh woh. Don't get mad at me, I'm only trying to help. Follow my advice and you can years of happy trolling without having to keep changing usernames.
I don't know why I bother sometimes.

I don't know, you just can't get a decent TROLL these days....

deeplyblue

Can I just clear up some confusion about ESA.

It's called Employment and Support Allowance and some people - very understandably - think that if they need some help and support finding employment, then ESA might be the thing.

Actually ESA is a benefit for the sick and disabled - it replaces the old Incapacity Benefit, aimed at those who need more than a few days off work with the flu. 20% of those who get ESA are so ill or disabled that they will probably never work. The system is supposed to help (that's the reason for the "support" bit in the misleadng name) those who are recovering from sickness, or who need help adapting to disability by giving them support to find and keep work. Unfortunately that bit isn't working very well.

The only people who can get it because they are pregnant are those whose pregnancy is making them very seriously ill or if them working at anything would be a very serious risk to the baby.

The other thing about ESA is that it is a contributory benefit. When you make a new claim, you have to have been working for most of the time for the previous 2 years, to get enough National Insurance (or NI) credits. Since you have not worked recently and have not been on sickness benefits, you would not qualify for ESA anyway - however ill you were.

If someone has got enough NI credits, then whether they get ESA or not depends on how sick they are. People who are terminally ill (their doctors give them less than 6 months to live) get ESA very quickly. Most other people have to go through a long and difficult assessment process - the WCA - which finds a lot of really quite sick people "Fit for Work".

Most people who get ESA have to be re-assessed quite frequently - every 6 months is not unusual.

MoreRosey, if you want help finding a job, then you might find that the Job Centre might help you - but probably not until you are ready to start looking for a job. You may find that when you have 2 children to look after that you will need longer as a "stay at home" mum than you are currently planning for.

You will certainly be entitled to more Child Benefit and there will be tax credits as well (I don't know much about them). Try looking at the government's own websites. You may also be entitled to some Council Tax Benefit (again, I don't know anything about that.)

Note that some benefits are supposed to be changing a lot in the near future with the arrival of Universal Credit.

I'm going to suggest that you try researching Universal Credit using Google and looking it up on official sites - not relying on information here, some of which is wrong. Look at the search for benefit information as a "dry run" for when you are having to do job searches online or show you know how to use Google effectively.

Good luck to you and all your family.

MoreRosey

Troutwrestler wrote: »

Less time being a eejit online would mean you could maybe look for a job to support the kids you have chosen to have. Or maybe you could carry on with your awful attitude pop out a few more and expect everyone to pay for those too.


Thanks though, you gave me a laugh wanting to go on esa because you chose to get pregnant.....you couldn't make it up

Brainwave for you.... Tell your hubby to get more hours. No need for child are and more cash..or would that be too simple

Troutwrestler,

It is so sad I am being misunderstood. Have you read my first post?

Am I posting, I want this, I want that?

All I am asking am I entitled to more benefits? It is a normal question that women (single/married/working/non-working ask when they are pregnant. And as I have read somewhere that pregnant women can get esa, I wanted to ask this forum the same thing. I also posted that I want to get back to work . How come you missed that ?? I have had worked for ten years and paid my full tax. Why am I being misunderstood? I don`t like being misuderstood. So what if there was a support system to get me back to work - be it esa or other working programmes - at least I will be in the work front. I don`t have a history of being on benefits so obviously if people like you misjudge me and get all personal - I will make the time to set you guys right and if you still prefer to misunderdstand me and get all personal - well you are wasting your time. I am in this forum because I wanted to collate useful information.

MoreRosey

Thank you deeplyblue :A

deeplyblue wrote: »

Can I just clear up some confusion about ESA.

It's called Employment and Support Allowance and some people - very understandably - think that if they need some help and support finding employment, then ESA might be the thing.

Actually ESA is a benefit for the sick and disabled - it replaces the old Incapacity Benefit, aimed at those who need more than a few days off work with the flu. 20% of those who get ESA are so ill or disabled that they will probably never work. The system is supposed to help (that's the reason for the "support" bit in the misleadng name) those who are recovering from sickness, or who need help adapting to disability by giving them support to find and keep work. Unfortunately that bit isn't working very well.

The only people who can get it because they are pregnant are those whose pregnancy is making them very seriously ill or if them working at anything would be a very serious risk to the baby.

The other thing about ESA is that it is a contributory benefit. When you make a new claim, you have to have been working for most of the time for the previous 2 years, to get enough National Insurance (or NI) credits. Since you have not worked recently and have not been on sickness benefits, you would not qualify for ESA anyway - however ill you were.

If someone has got enough NI credits, then whether they get ESA or not depends on how sick they are. People who are terminally ill (their doctors give them less than 6 months to live) get ESA very quickly. Most other people have to go through a long and difficult assessment process - the WCA - which finds a lot of really quite sick people "Fit for Work".

Most people who get ESA have to be re-assessed quite frequently - every 6 months is not unusual.

MoreRosey, if you want help finding a job, then you might find that the Job Centre might help you - but probably not until you are ready to start looking for a job. You may find that when you have 2 children to look after that you will need longer as a "stay at home" mum than you are currently planning for.

You will certainly be entitled to more Child Benefit and there will be tax credits as well (I don't know much about them). Try looking at the government's own websites. You may also be entitled to some Council Tax Benefit (again, I don't know anything about that.)

Note that some benefits are supposed to be changing a lot in the near future with the arrival of Universal Credit.

I'm going to suggest that you try researching Universal Credit using Google and looking it up on official sites - not relying on information here, some of which is wrong. Look at the search for benefit information as a "dry run" for when you are having to do job searches online or show you know how to use Google effectively.

Good luck to you and all your family.

Thank you for this. :A

MoreRosey

tonycottee wrote: »

Woh woh woh. Don't get mad at me, I'm only trying to help. Follow my advice and you can years of happy trolling without having to keep changing usernames.
I don't know why I bother sometimes.

Lol , I am sorry if I misunderstand you re Trolling!!

MoreRosey

Poppie68 wrote: »

The op is certain to be a Willber/Dipsy relative....can't wait for the next one, they are getting more entertaining each time.

Hey?? I don`t know them.

p00hsticks

MoreRosey wrote: »

All I am asking am I entitled to more benefits? It is a normal question that women (single/married/working/non-working ask when they are pregnant.

I hope that you are wrong about this. Sadly, and going by a number of the posts on this board, including yours, I suspect you are right ,and it just shows what a mess we are in these days.

MoreRosey

kelpie35 wrote: »

Well reading your replies to most people on your thread I would advise you to take lessons in manners before your try to entry the workforce.

You might like to use the time till the baby is born in learning to be grateful for all the financial help you and your family receive from taxpayers and when you have achieved that lesson to a good standard then move on to learning good manners, respect etc.

Why do you think I am ungrateful?? Have you read that I have worked for 10 years and paid my taxes whilst claiming no benefits. I came on this forum to gain information with the goal to get back to work. just to give you information do you know that families who work and pay taxes get benefits too. Obviously, when I am getting questions for my questions and being misjudged - my tendancy is to explain my points and obviously if I have to explain again and again and get fed up - well that is not bad manners. I am not calling any of you names , all I am saying I am being misjudged and misunderstood and if you think that I have bad manners and being ungrateful well you have to take time to learn how to understand.