esa appeal from wrag to support

nashly

pmlindyloo wrote: »

There has been some confusion here because of someone else posting.

If you are on contribution based ESA and in the WRAG group then at the end of the 365 days your ESA will finish even if you appeal to go into the Support group. If you win the appeal then your ESA will be backdated to when it stopped.

Contribution based ESA when in the Support Group has no time limit.

The confusion has arisen because income based ESA is not time limited for either group so if you are on income based ESA in the WRAG group then if you appealed for the Support Group your money would continue.

Since your wife was migrated from IB she will be on contribution based ESA. And just to complicate things further would she be eligible for income based ESA when her contribution based ends so that she can continue to receive it while she is appealing?

Hi thanks for your reply

She would be eligible for income based

maggieann2luke

She will only be entitled to income-based if you (her husband) work less than 24 hours a week.

nashly

maggieann2luke wrote: »

She will only be entitled to income-based if you (her husband) work less than 24 hours a week.

Thanks I can only manage about ten hours a week

rogerblack

nashly wrote: »

Thanks I can only manage about ten hours a week

And under (about) 150 quid a week.

nashly

I earn £8 hr Roger

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

nashly wrote: »

When my wife was migrated over from Incapacity to ESA she was placed in the WRAG group which she appealed straight away as she fits more than one descriptor of the support group, the DWP have not made a decision in the 11 months since appealing and we are worried that after a year her payments might stop due to the year limit on WRAG payments.
Am I correct in thinking this might be the case ?

I was recently put in the wra group (March) after being transferred over from IB, my GP asked for a reconsideration straightaway & got the letter to say I was successful & have been put in the support group for 2 years today so maybe chase them up.

rogerblack

nashly wrote: »

I earn £8 hr Roger

This will - if she's on income-based ESA - reduce the amount paid by the amount of your wages, less 20 pounds.

nashly

Ta all, will be ringing DWP tomorrow.

nashly

Also is she on appeal yet as she has not even been told about her reconsideration request ?

pmlindyloo

nashly wrote: »

When my wife was migrated over from Incapacity to ESA she was placed in the WRAG group which she appealed straight away as she fits more than one descriptor of the support group, the DWP have not made a decision in the 11 months since appealing and we are worried that after a year her payments might stop due to the year limit on WRAG payments.
Am I correct in thinking this might be the case ?

You say here that your wife appealed straight away so she is in the appeal process now.

Reconsideration before appeal only started in October 2013 so your wife wouldn't have had to put in a reconsideration. She would have gone straight for an appeal.

Have you checked what is happening with the appeal?