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6 years 11 months ago #188338 by Orangeblossom
WRAG cuts query was created by Orangeblossom
I saw the following in a past newsletter, and wondered, would this cut also apply to someone who was in SG and moved to the WRAG, or not? Many thanks.

The DWP have finally published regulations removing the work-related activity component of employment and support allowance (ESA) for new claims.

New ESA claimants in the work-related activity group who are aged 25 or over will receive only £73.10 a week. They will not receive the additional £29.05 component that current claimants receive.

Similar regulations apply to universal credit claimants who have limited capability for work.

Claimants who made a claim for ESA before 3 April, or who are deemed to have made a claim before that date, as well as claimants who are still waiting to be transferred from incapacity benefits to ESA, will not be affected.

Claimants who qualify for the support group are not affected by the changes.

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6 years 11 months ago #188361 by Gordon
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OB

You have answered your own question!!!!

Orangeblossom wrote: Claimants who made a claim for ESA before 3 April, or who are deemed to have made a claim before that date, as well as claimants who are still waiting to be transferred from incapacity benefits to ESA, will not be affected.

Claimants who qualify for the support group are not affected by the changes.


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6 years 11 months ago #188376 by Orangeblossom
Replied by Orangeblossom on topic WRAG cuts query
OK, what I meant was, if they took someone out of the SG and put them in WRAG, would they then be affected, as they would not be a "new ESA claimant"?

It's a bit confusing.

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6 years 11 months ago #188377 by Orangeblossom
Replied by Orangeblossom on topic WRAG cuts query
Sorry it says people who claimed before 3 April would not be affected, presumably that would cover it.

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6 years 11 months ago #188445 by Gordon
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Yes.

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