ESA late return reason not accepted

Robin

Your options are extremely limited and given that you are receiving no benefit the thing you have to deal with immediately is getting your claim re-submitted.

I don't know whether this will be affected by your previous claim being rejected, but you can normally backdate an ESA claim by up to three months, providing you would have been eligible to receive ESA at that time and that you are able to provide Fit notes to cover the period.

With regard to your previous claim, you can try escalating it to the manager at your local DW office, the phone number will be on the letters they have sent.

You can also try to get a copy of the phone call where you were told by the DWP that it would be alright for it to be late. You may need to raise a Subject Access Request to do this, there's a guide in the Members area.

Finally try escalating this to your local MP.

Let us know how you get on.

Gordon

robin wrote:

Thanks, I have contacted my MP and will do the rest!
The DWP told us we should have kept our children out of school to attend the appointment. Surely that is against the law? Can't you be prosecuted for such?

Robin, sorry to pick you up on this, but you mentioned missing an appointment, could you clarify the why your claim was rejected. Was your ESA50 late, or did you miss the medical?

Thanks

Gordon