esa reconsideration appeal

helen1234 wrote: Gordon ,how long do N.I.contributions last when your on the sick , i worked for 19 years ,on IB for 16 years and ESA for 2 years ( contribution based )when do these run out

I'm not sure what you mean by "run out".

NI Contributions are used to decide eligibility for ESA(CB), if you are eligible then there is no further reference to your NI Contributions as long as your claim is continuous, as you were transferred from IB to ESA then your eligibility for ESA(CB) was a result of your receiving IB.

If for any reason your ESA claim was closed and you then made a new claim for ESA, then you would only meet the ESA Contribution Conditions if you had worked and earned sufficient NI Contributions in the two complete Tax Years prior to the year of your claim.

As a completely different scenario. ESA(CB) is only payable for a total of 365 days if you are not in the Support Group. See

12 Month Limit for ESA(CB)

Gordon

helen1234 wrote: hi Gordon ,thinking of going straight for appeal ,there doesn`t seem to be a date for the legal team to sort out there stuff, i`m also worried that after all the time i`m waiting for a MR they might turn around and say i was outside the time frame for requesting one seeing as the decision to be placed in wrag was made in feb16 and i didnt send in request for MR until may/june ,no one has in all my correspondence ever mentioned that the time frame was outside the allowed month or ever asked me for the reason i was late with my request ,what do you think on the likely hood of this happening

I'm afraid you cannot appeal until the MR is completed, you need the MR Notice that you will be sent when the DWP get back to you in order to have your appeal accepted.

Timing should not be an issue as you will have one month from the date of the MR Decision Letter to request an appeal.

Gordon