esa3

Please can you help me. I applied for a warmer home discount and was contacted by an independent welfare advisor who asked me to send in my benefit award letters to see if I qualify. I am currently in receipt of contribution based esa, support group, and high rate care and low rate mobility dla. She phoned me back when she received them and told me that I was being underpaid by £65, I get £221 a fortnight on esa c/b at the moment. She really didn't explain it thoroughly to me though She then said why don't I contact the dwp and enquire about it, I said no I didn't like talking to them as I have mental health issues and I can't cope with that stress, I have been feeling extremely suicidal all xmas and new year, She suggested a 3 way conference call over the phone and she would speak to them, I would just have to pass the security checks, I said ok, and the dwp agent asked me a few security questions and said she would send me out an esa3 form. After she hung up the independent welfare advisor then asked me if I had a carer I said yes she said " oh, that's why you didn't get the extra money. So, today I got the esa3 form through the post. To my horror its a form for re-assessment for income related esa, and it says because I have told them about a change in my circumstances, but I didn't, the welfare advisor did. Do I have to pursue this claim. I can't go through all that stress again, it nearly killed me last time, they lost all my medical evidence before and it took 8 months to resolve it. Can I just ring them and tell them that I don't want to pursue this and my circumstances haven't changed, the independent welfare advisor didn't explain what she was going to do or ask me if I had a carer. Can I just stay put on c/b esa, instead of having to fill all these forms out again, go through a wca and await a decision that might make me more ill. What happens if I don't send the forms back, will I just stay in the c/b esa support group. Many thanks.

Many, many thanks Gordon, god bless you. Its just the form says re-assessment and asks about your health condition and Dr's details and who signs certificates, but, I don't send in certificates. I'm confused. Also, it says I might be asked to do a wca and wfi, and if I don't complete and send back forms within the month it may affect my money. Thanks again.

Hi Gordon, just looked at form again and it says it is an ESA3 10/24. But does say on the cover ESA application for re-assessment.

Sorry, forgot to add. I cannot download the link you posted, for some reason, so don't know what it looks like either.