Nearly 6 years in ESA support group with no review

Hi again

I could do with some advice please. As the subject says when I migrated from IB to ESA in June 2012 it must have been a paper based decision as I did not attend any assessment, I was placed in the support group and have heard nothing since, thank goodness. Anyway when I got the result it was via a phone call from the decision maker I cannot remember getting a letter through the post about the decision and I am meticulous about keeping all paperwork relating to benefits. The decision maker clearly said my award was for two years. I was very naive about the new disability benefits back then so did not ask for a report or any information re the decision. When I transferred successfully to PIP last year I decided to phone the EAS helpline to ask when my next assessment was due and I was told not before September 2018. My questions are, can I still request the report all this time later ? it will I would think give me the advantage of knowing how I got into the support group. Also if it is paper based again would I even know my file had been looked at ? I assume I would not have been left this long without having some kind of review in the last nearly 6 years ? if it was reviewed I certainly wasn't aware it had. If I am am to be reviewed in September this year when should I expect to hear from them ?

thank you
Chazy

( if this is a duplicate could you delete one please as my first post I got an error message )

Thank you Gordon for the help and links. Gordon do you think I will have had a Re assessment at some point during the 6 years without me knowing ?

Thank you
Chazy

Hi again Gordon

Thought I would keep this question here as it still relates to the same subject.

It is now nearly 7 years since I was switched to ESA contribution based support group with no face to face assessment. I did as above, ring up to be told I would not be re assessed before September 2018, I was not re assessed in September and have heard nothing at all. I know I really should not be wondering about this as so many people have such awful journeys to get the awards they deserve but I was wondering Gordon if my PIP result in 2017 ( enhanced for both for 10 years ) may be the reason why I was not called in September last year ? maybe they did a paper based or is it more likely to be down to backlogs ? One other question, would they do a paper based review and make a decision without a form being issued for me to fill in ?

Thank you Gordon