Esa ?

sheilavw wrote: »

Thanks , Despite spending hours on the phone, completing the forms we were told to, security checks you were right. I turned up with all my paperwork at the Job Centre and we have done it all wrong. I even asked when booking this appt was this right because I wasnt claiming, assured it was. The lovely lady cancelled the claim and gave me the correct phone number and the forms. Ironically the form from his company arrived too!. She has given us the phone number, the options to press, the I.D required. She said someone will come to the house to see him.
Thanks again

Which is what we were trying to tell you the whole time. Claiming Contribution based New style ESA will of course depend on NI contribution in the last 2 tax years.

You did do it all wrong.

He claimed UC which is why they wanted to see you in the jobcentre. He should withdraw his UC claim.

He has to do a separate claim for ESA Conts New Style, for this claim they will not need to see you, and will not need to see him. He can only backdate an ESA claim up to 3 months, he will need his SSP1 from his employer, he will need to have earned enough to qualify for ESA C, circa £5600 per year for the the tax years 15/16 & 16/17 and at least 26 weeks of that in a single tax year has to be above LEL which is about £110 per week.

From a link I posted earlier:

"The contribution conditions
You qualify for contributory Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) if you have paid sufficient National Insurance contributions. There are two contribution conditions you must meet:

First contribution condition - in one of the last two complete tax years, you must have paid Class 1 or 2 contributions on relevant earnings at the lower earnings limit for at least 26 weeks. This means you must have worked for at least 26 weeks of the last two complete tax years; and
Second contribution condition - in both of the last two complete tax years, you must have paid or been credited with, Class 1 or 2 contributions to the value of 50 times the lower earnings limit.
The 2 tax years that are relevant are the ones that were completed before the benefit year in which your period of limited capability for work began.

The tax year runs 6 April - 5th April
The benefit year runs from the first Sunday in January.
The lower earnings limit for the 2014/2015 tax year was £111 per week, for 2015/2016 it was £112 per week, for 2015/2017 it was £112 per week, "

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will treat any credits that are earned as a carer as actual National Insurance payments."

Equivalent annual earnings to achieve the lower earnings limit for the 2014/2015 tax year was £111 times 52 = £5772, and for 2015/2016 it was £112 times 52 = £5824."
(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-national-insurance-contributions/rates-and-allowances-national-insurance-contributions).

sheilavw wrote: »

As instucted by our job centre he called the new ESA contributions line 08003285644 choose option 2 then option 6. They said No we are in a Universal credit area and passed him from pillar to post all day. I called back in the job centre at the end of the day. They said the people are poorly trained and the number is right. They are speaking to a manager today to tray and sort it and will ring him

He has to claim ESA C New Style on the Universal Credit application line. The job centre has given you the correct phone number. Call again and say these words very clearly...
"I wish to claim Employment Support Allowance Contributory New Style...this can only be done on the Universal Credit New claim phone line, if you are unsure about this please speak to your manager about it." If they still don't do it ask to speak to the manager directly, take names and office locations and say you want to make a formal complaint.

His tax year earnings seem fine, just wait and see.