ESA odd text

I had an odd text from ESA which I have been claiming for 6 years now. It thanked me for my enquiry, that I didn't need to call and that payment would be made on 'date' - my usual payment.
Do PIP applications look at ESA awards in their decision process? I am in the review process.

Hi I don’t know if this is relevant or linked but for information only but on my PIP MR letter today it states they have looked at my ESA assessment dated February 2021 whilst reviewing my mandatory reconsideration..... not that it done any good lol

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daisychain59 wrote: I had an odd text from ESA which I have been claiming for 6 years now. It thanked me for my enquiry, that I didn't need to call and that payment would be made on 'date' - my usual payment.
Do PIP applications look at ESA awards in their decision process? I am in the review process.

Hi daisy. Hope this explains further clarification.

I can tell you from my own experience they do use other assessments from each other, it happened to me in 2012, I was on ESA SG and then applied for DLA they used both ESA85 for my DLA.

I've had it since to for my PIP..

Here is some further information regarding sharing between various benefits.

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centres—I will cover specifically the points raised by the hon. Member for Plymouth, Moor View (Alison Seabeck) in a minute—and extended their opening hours.

We have increased the number of paper-based assessments, so in many cases it should be possible, based on the paperwork that people produce, to make a decision without having to call them in for an assessment. The hon. Member for Edinburgh East is right that, at the beginning of the process, the number ran very low and below where we expected it to be. We have improved the process. I hope she will be pleased to know that, when claimants have been unable to work and have gone through the work capability assessment, we are joining up the process, so that we take the ESA85—the report from the work capability assessment—and put it with their PIP form and any other evidence they have provided. That is enabling us to make more decisions based on the paperwork without needing to call people in for assessments. I hope that is sensible.

See full conversation here. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/c...text/141125h0002.htm

By the way I advise everyone to get all your reports for all of your benefits, that includes ESA85 if you had assessment, or ESA85A paper based, for PIP it's a PA3 if paper based, if you had assessment it's PA4.

I have everyone of mine and will continue to do so, you are entitled to them.