Hi, I wonder if you can help I was on Incapacity Benefit and then transferred to Bereavement Benefit on the 1/1/11 until the 21/11/14. I was unaware that I transferred to ESA on 22/9/12 and I am now having to go through an appeal process after having been interviewed under caution for fraud as I had a pension which I thought was disregarded. It turns out it was disregarded but I had been put in the support group so this was taken into account. My question is as I was on BB until the 21/11/14 would I then have a year of contribution based ESA or would my BB benefit have cancelled this out.
You really need to get face to face advice from a trained advisor, your situation is obviously complicated and requires sight of the papers involved.
Do an internet search for "welfare advice" with your postcode, town or county.
If your ESA started on 22 September 2012 then you would have been entitled to Contribution Based ESA until 21 September 2013 if you were not placed in the Support Group,
Gordon
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