ESA migration

Just Me wrote:

So say I get chucked off and have to go onto assessment rate pending my appeal, at which point would they start the clock ticking? At the time of my medical?

If you failed the ESA medical as part of the transfer, appealed and subsequently won your case and were placed in the WRAG, the Effective Date of Transfer would still be the date that the Decision had originally been made.

So for example,

- Your transfer begins in June.
- You are Found fit for work on 01/09/11.
- You appeal.
- Your appeal is heard on 13/08/12 and finds in your favour.
- Your ESA claim will be backdated to 01/09/11.
- The year for receiving ESA(CB) in the WRAG will start on 01/09/11 and finish on 30/08/12.

Hope this explains it.

Gordon

Just Me wrote:

Ah, right I think I do. Thanks for that.

So when will they start sending out forms asking for finance details that I'll have to fill in? August next year?

The finanical information required for ESA is no different from that required for IB, SDA or IS, so there will be no seperate request for this information as part of the transfer, of course, this does not mean that you might not be asked to confirm the information you have previously supplied.

This is obviously different from someone making a new claim for ESA, where this information is required as part of the initial application.

Gordon