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7 years 1 month ago #183291 by HarryC
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Is ESA being phased out and replaced with universal credit? When will this all happen and how will it affect current and new claimants?
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7 years 1 month ago #183293 by HarryC
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Will the HMRC be able to tell me if I qualify for ESA (cb), are they used to dealing with ESA queries?
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7 years 1 month ago #183316 by Gordon
All Income Related benefits (e.g. ESA(IR)) are being replaced by Universal Credit, Contribution Based benefits (e.g. ESA(CB)) are not affected.
Claimants will at some time be migrated to UC, best guess at the moment is that this will start in two or three years.
Claimants making a new claim for ESA in what is called a Full Service UC area, will have to claim ESA under UC rather than just ESA. Lots of areas have UC rolled out but are not Full Service yet, in these areas new claims are still for ESA.
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HarryC wrote: Is ESA being phased out and replaced with universal credit? When will this all happen and how will it affect current and new claimants?
All Income Related benefits (e.g. ESA(IR)) are being replaced by Universal Credit, Contribution Based benefits (e.g. ESA(CB)) are not affected.
Claimants will at some time be migrated to UC, best guess at the moment is that this will start in two or three years.
Claimants making a new claim for ESA in what is called a Full Service UC area, will have to claim ESA under UC rather than just ESA. Lots of areas have UC rolled out but are not Full Service yet, in these areas new claims are still for ESA.
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7 years 1 month ago #183317 by Gordon
No but they can tell you if you have the required NI Contributions in the required Tax Years.
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HarryC wrote: Will the HMRC be able to tell me if I qualify for ESA (cb), are they used to dealing with ESA queries?
No but they can tell you if you have the required NI Contributions in the required Tax Years.
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7 years 1 month ago #183386 by HarryC
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How will claiming ESA (IR) under UC differ to the original way of claiming ESA(IR)? Is the criteria/descriptors the same?
Will the new ESA(IR) equivalent be given a new name under UC? Must be some terminology to differentiate those 'on the dole' seeking work and those on 'the sick'?
Will the new ESA(IR) equivalent be given a new name under UC? Must be some terminology to differentiate those 'on the dole' seeking work and those on 'the sick'?
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7 years 1 month ago #183393 by smallboy
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On my recent visit to jobcenterplus Chippenham a new desk with banner was set up for universal credit, I asked if I should move from ESA and PIP to UC and was told I would be worst off and would not be able to claim PIP as well as UC. When I did an online scoring after putting in my details it looked as if I would be better off , I think my area goes full UC in MAY.
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