Can anyone claim ESA for 13 weeks?

batg

As title suggests, can anyone claim ESA for 13 weeks in the assessment phase before they look into the claim?
Is there any criteria to claim for those 13 weeks?
thanks

w06

you'd need a fit note unless a student on PIP or DLA

batg

w06 wrote: »

you'd need a fit note unless a student on PIP or DLA

So nothing more than a fit note?
Not paid enough NI contributions (I think) in last 2 years though they have been protected because until youngest got to 12. Partner earns too much for the other version (can't remember what it's called)
So even if I get knocked back at 13 weeks, the fit note will get me on it?

marliepanda

batg wrote: »

So nothing more than a fit note?
Not paid enough NI contributions (I think) in last 2 years though they have been protected because until youngest got to 12. Partner earns too much for the other version (can't remember what it's called)
So even if I get knocked back at 13 weeks, the fit note will get me on it?

No, you have to qualify for either conts (you say you dont) or income based (you say you dont)

poppy12345

batg wrote: »

Not paid enough NI contributions (I think) in last 2 years though they have been protected because until youngest got to 12.

That won't count for Contribution based benefits.

TELLIT01

Anybody who has a 'fit note' can put in a claim for ESA but as marliepanda says you have to fulfil other qualifying criteria before you will qualify to receive any payment.

batg

thanks
will look at seeing what PIP entails then

TELLIT01

Basic requirements for PIP.


You must be aged 16 to 64 and have a health condition or disability where you:

• have had difficulties with daily living or getting around (or both) for 3 months
• expect these difficulties to continue for at least 9 months (unless you!!!8217;re terminally ill with less than 6 months to live)

You must have lived in England, Scotland or Wales for at least 2 of the last 3 years, and be in one of these countries when you apply.



Claiming sickness benefits isn't intended to be an easy way to get money if all you want to do is avoid working.

batg

TELLIT01 wrote: »

Basic requirements for PIP.


You must be aged 16 to 64 and have a health condition or disability where you:

• have had difficulties with daily living or getting around (or both) for 3 months
• expect these difficulties to continue for at least 9 months (unless you!!!8217;re terminally ill with less than 6 months to live)

You must have lived in England, Scotland or Wales for at least 2 of the last 3 years, and be in one of these countries when you apply.



Claiming sickness benefits isn't intended to be an easy way to get money if all you want to do is avoid working.

I'd class query Multiple Sclerosis (MRI next week), "ladies problems" that looks like requiring radical surgery, severe IBS, and severe vertigo as a bit more than just claiming to try and avoid working..........

poppy12345

batg wrote: »

I'd class query Multiple Sclerosis (MRI next week), "ladies problems" that looks like requiring radical surgery, severe IBS, and severe vertigo as a bit more than just claiming to try and avoid working..........

Please bear in mind that PIP isn't awarded based on a diagnosis, it's how those conditions affect you daily. This maybe a good place to start, its only a guide to what you could possibly score though. Relevant evidence will be needed.
http://www.mybenefitsandwork.co.uk/pip/indexxx.php

TELLIT01

batg wrote: »

I'd class query Multiple Sclerosis (MRI next week), "ladies problems" that looks like requiring radical surgery, severe IBS, and severe vertigo as a bit more than just claiming to try and avoid working..........

I would agree, but a thread where it looks like somebody is trying to claim benefit without providing medical evidence i.e. a fit note, looks suspicious to say the least. I can't see a doctor refusing to provide a fit note to enable ESA to be claimed with that list of illnesses.