ESA permitted work

shambolics

Hi I am in the support group for ESA I can't do much but I am a singer and occasionally do the odd charity gig. I saw on another thread on here, now closed, that it is possible to work and not lose ESA. I am only thinking of maybe one gig a month if that, probably my max. This is the rule cited but I cannot find it anywhere else. Is this valid still?

You have a choice of permitted work options depending on your circumstances:

• 1. Permitted Work Lower Limit - under this option you can earn up to £20 a week for an unlimited period.
  2. Permitted Work Higher Limit - you can work for a 52 week period if the work is for less than 16 hours a week and your earnings do not exceed £95 a week after deductions. Once a period starts even weeks when you do no work count towards the 52 week limit. After you have done 52 weeks work there must be a gap of at least 52 weeks before you can work again, whereupon another 52 weeks work is permitted.
  3. Supported permitted work - if you choose this work option you must be supervised by someone who is employed by a public or local authority, a community interest organisation or voluntary organisation which provides or finds work for people with disabilities. You cannot earn more than £95 a week.
  4. Work done as part of a treatment programme done under medical supervision whilst someone is an in-patient or regularly attending as an out-patient of a hospital or similar institution. Again the limit is £95 per week.
  5. If you are exempt from the IB/IS personal capability assessment - you can work for an unlimited period, if the work is for less than 16 hours a week and your earnings do not exceed £95 a week after deductions.
  6. You are on ESA and you have limited capability for work related activity (you are in the support group) - you can work for an unlimited period, if the work is for less than 16 hours a week and your earnings do not exceed £95 a week after deductions.

As you can see the last option would be ideal as I am only looking at an hour a month.

Here is the original thread
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2864394

pmlindyloo

Still allowed - only the maximum amounts of earnings have changed

http://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/work-people-living-disability-or-health-conditions

You need to discuss this with your advisor and, I believe, complete a form.

The only possible problem might be if the reasons for being in the support group were at odds with doing the work. That might raise questions.