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25% ME Group wrote: Does anyone have any further clarification of what is going to be happening with regards to people transferring to Universal credit and in receipt of SDA? Understand that transitional protection is available but that's only until a change of circumstance takes place, would this include change of bank details, address etc??
An interesting questions which I can't answer.
The Transitional provisions apply only to ESA and do not include Universal Credit, which was not even a twinkle in IDS's eye at the time that they were written.
Nor does UC offer any Transitional Protection for claims that are not part of a managed transfer, which will not start for a number of years.
The issue would only arise in a UC Full Service area, where legacy ESA is no longer available.
Do you know if you are in one of these?
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luluspice wrote: If you are on ESA just now you should get a ESA questionaire. You only get moved to UC if on jobseekers or deemed 'fit for work'. We are still on ESA, not moving to UC.
I'm sorry but this is not correct, ESA(IR) claimants can be moved to UC as a result of making a new claim for one of the other benefits covered by UC such as Housing Benefit.
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