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11 years 2 months ago - 11 years 2 months ago #97525 by rj
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I am in the process of applying to be migrated from Incapacity Benefit to ESA. I have found this web site very useful, but I can't find much about those of us who were originally migrated from Invalidity Benefit to Incapacity Benefit. I,m trying to find out if any of the rights I retained from Invalidity Benefit (which I assumed entitled me to a higher level of benefit because of my previous national insurance payments), would be retained when migrated to ESA. Does anybody know anything about this.
Many thanks.
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11 years 2 months ago - 11 years 2 months ago #97529 by Gordon
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R. Clark wrote: I am in the process of applying to be migrated from Incapacity Benefit to ESA. I have found this web site very useful, but I can't find much about those of us who were originally migrated from Invalidity Benefit to Incapacity Benefit. I,m trying to find out if any of the rights I retained from Invalidity Benefit (which I assumed entitled me to a higher level of benefit because of my previous national insurance payments), would be retained when migrated to ESA. Does anybody know anything about this.
Many thanks.


On the assumption that you are successfully transferred to ESA, you will be paid the applicable ESA rate plus a Transitionary Payment to make your ESA payments up to the same amount as you are currently receiving on IB (assuming that your current IB rate is higher than what you would be paid on ESA).

This additional payment will continue while you remain eligible for ESA(CB) and your ESA payments are less than what your IB payments were at the time of your transfer, or until April 2020.

You need to be aware if you are placed in the WRAG then your ESA(CB) payments will be limited to 365 days.

Also, ESA(CB) is liable to tax.

Please have a look at the following FAQs for more information

IB/IS/SDA transfer FAQs

and

12 Month Limit for ESA(CB)

Gordon

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