permitted work in support group

Hi

Has anyone who did permitted work under Incapacity Benefit rules been transferred to ESA Support Group whilst still doing permitted work? If so, what was the nature of their permitted work? The details of anyone's experience would be much appreciated? Many thanks.

dragon1 wrote:

Hi

Has anyone who did permitted work under Incapacity Benefit rules been transferred to ESA Support Group whilst still doing permitted work? If so, what was the nature of their permitted work? The details of anyone's experience would be much appreciated? Many thanks.

Hi d1,

This has been discussed many times in the past, see this list of threads that came up when I put "Permitted Work" into the search engine at the top of the page :

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/forum?func=adv...name=1&childforums=1

See also the FAQ : Permitted Work

As you will see it is not a straightforward issue, and there can be pitfalls.

Of course, other members are most welcome to relate their personal experiences.

bro58

Thanks bro58. I have checked your links and notice that the Gov.uk website does not refer to "work which is part of a treatment programme under medical supervision whilst you are an inpatient or regularly attending as an outpatient of a hospital or similar institution" as permitted work. This was accepted as permitted work under incapacity benefit. The answer is important to a relative of mine who at some point will be migrated from incapacity benefit. It seems that there is a change.

dragon1 wrote:

Thanks bro58. I have checked your links and notice that the Gov.uk website does not refer to "work which is part of a treatment programme under medical supervision whilst you are an inpatient or regularly attending as an outpatient of a hospital or similar institution" as permitted work. This was accepted as permitted work under incapacity benefit. The answer is important to a relative of mine who at some point will be migrated from incapacity benefit. It seems that there is a change.

No problem d1,

As you can see, it can be a "Minefield", this is why we can't give definitive answers Re : Permitted Work.

I'm glad that you found the links helpful.

bro58

I was on longterm IB due to Mental health issues and have been successfully transferred to the ESA Support group - without a Medical - whilst doing Permitted Work of 3 hours a week. I have been reassessed for ESA since and still retain Support Group status. I wrote pages of info to send in with my ESA50 about this work making VERY clear that there was NO conflict with any descriptors I hoped to score points on.

Francis