New ESA50 form

Hi everyone just trying to get my thoughts ready for the next time they send an ESA50 form as they do! As its the new type of form now I am not familiar with it at all.

My son has mental problems and learning disabilities and has been put in the Support Group at reconsideration stage and I think I have read somewhere with this new form that you can only qualify for the Support Group if a definite name of a mental condition is mentioned. e.g. schizophrenia etc. Is this right do we need to get written evidence from the doctor saying a definite named conditon? I am a little confused as you can tell!

Thanks

No, you do not need to have a specific, named condition in order to be put into the Support Group. However, DWP decision makers do have access to a list of conditions and what can be expected from those. I suppose it might be easier for them to accept a claim if they can turn to this and see that the claimant's reported limitations correlate to this.

The PDF version of the form is here, if you want to have a look at the changes

Using The PDF Version Of The ESA50 Questionnaire