Change of circumstances or not? [New Style ESA] 29 September 2022 at 4:24PM in Benefits & tax credits 3 replies 173 views

AnonyMoose

Afternoon all,

quick question, my wife has been claiming ESA in the support group for her depression and ehlers danlos for over a year. 

Separately, she has now been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

is this something we need to rush to tell the DWP, or can we simply put it on her next review? Autism was never eluded to in her first claim, not mentioned.

poppy12345

Support Group is the highest award you can have so this doesn't affect her claim.

AnonyMoose

poppy12345 said:

Support Group is the highest award you can have so this doesn't affect her claim.

So the DWP wouldn’t get angry if we just waited and mentioned it on her next ESA50?

poppy12345

AnonyMoose said:

poppy12345 said:

Support Group is the highest award you can have so this doesn't affect her claim.

So the DWP wouldn’t get angry if we just waited and mentioned it on her next ESA50?

No because as i advised she's already in the Support Group. It's not about a diagnosis anyway, so that alone won't make any difference.