New Style ESA refused due to Income, Income has dropped should I reapply ?.

MoneySaver616161

Hi, I need some help with New Style ESA.

I am self-employed and work from home (Small Business), I have Osteoarthritis in my knee and have recently been award PIP and have a Blue badge.

 

I submitted a claim for new Style ESA based on my earning for the Previous month, as being self-employed I calculate my earnings from the previous month, so when I applied for ESA at the end of February I used the month of January Earnings.

 

The January earnings were around £250 a week, so I put down £250, then my claim was rejected as I earn too much, I understand it is around £167 a month you can earn. Now the January earnings were high as it was just after Christmas and I had a lot of orders, but my earnings in February averaged around £100 a week.

 

Is it worth reapplying now with the new figures ?, as I am cautious as I don’t want them to simply think we told him it was too high and now he has dropped what he earns to quality, as that’s not true, my earnings do vary month my month as I don’t know who much people will order or if they will order at all, so some months a better than others.

 

So I am just looking for a bit of advice if it is worth applying again or if it is best not too as it might look suspect. I do have a Sick Note from the Doctor which lasts for 3 months and is Marked “Fit for Work – Amended Duties”.

 

Many Thanks

huckster

Yes you could apply again, if your earnings are typically less than £167 per week and you work less than 16 hours per week.

It will be a case of the £250 earnings at the time being too high for an application, but a new application should go through.

But what are your earnings averaged over say 3 months or 6 months ?  If you make a new claim and then have average earnings over a period which exceed the threshold, then they will stop paying you the benefit.