Can DWP do this with my renewal IB to ESA

Hi,

My renewal came for IB in November and I sent it off in December after taking nearlly 4 weeks to complete.

I had not heard so called them to see what was going on, to be told the following:

If I had not heard by March (March starts tomorrow) then they would scrap my IB Claim and someone would telephone me and then start the process for ESA.

I would have thought once instigated it they have to see it through, especially given that starting again will exacerbate
my ill-health.

Advice please

Thanks

Hi Lorraine,

I'm afraid that it probably is correct, though very unfair.

The DWP are sending out 1,000 letters today to claimants informing them that they are about to be assessed for ESA.

From now on they will, as far as we are aware, only be assessing people for ESA rather than IB, though there will be people who already have IB medicals booked which will still happen.

Steve

steve iv just read your post and you have said that 1,000 letters are going out today from the dwp.then why is plymouth getting 10,000 letters sent out this week?i posted on here on friday and somebody put the link on here for everyone to look at.

Gordon wrote:

denise

I think your paper has this seriously wrong, apart from the fact it is at odds with the info we have, the Plymouth offices of the DWP and ATOS could not even come cloase to handling this number of transfer at one time.

Gordon

the fact they cant manage to do 500 right would not stop them sending 10,000 out

Our local Sussex paper has claimed that local incapacity claimants numbering 40,000
will be getting the letter this week.
i think there is a lot of confusion. i just stick to what I read on this site. (-:
www.theargus.co.uk/news/8877433.Thousand...reassessment/?ref=mc