ESA WRSG

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i have just subscibed to your amazing site, but i am unable to use it correctly. i would like some details on ESA as i have crohnes disease and at present bleeding from by bowels. i also suffer from other ilnesses as well/ i was put in the work related group and they are pressuring me to attend the meeting. i have asked wether they have the facilities of toilets in which i can use whilst being at the job centre, i was told no as its like going to a bank were the banks dont cater for toilets. i then said to sue my bladder or bowels do not run on a times table.



i asked the advisor wether she could come out and visit me, she also refused. i did mention i have a letter from the chrohnes and collitis organisation requestin of the job centre to give me access of the toilets when needed whilst being in the work related group at the job centre. the letter was also dismissed as well as the home visits.



she said she need to see me at some point and her hands are tied. Sue has now left me for 6months untill june 13. should i take this matter to a manager





thanks for your help

i have just subscibed to your amazing site, but i am unable to use it correctly. i would like some details on ESA as i have crohnes disease and at present bleeding from by bowels. i also suffer from other ilnesses as well/ i was put in the work related group and they are pressuring me to attend the meeting. i have asked wether they have the facilities of toilets in which i can use whilst being at the job centre, i was told no as its like going to a bank were the banks dont cater for toilets. i then said to sue my bladder or bowels do not run on a times table.

i asked the advisor wether she could come out and visit me, she also refused. i did mention i have a letter from the chrohnes and collitis organisation requestin of the job centre to give me access of the toilets when needed whilst being in the work related group at the job centre. the letter was also dismissed as well as the home visits.

she said she need to see me at some point and her hands are tied. Sue has now left me for 6months untill june 13. should i take this matter to a manager

thanks for your help

Brenda wrote: i have just subscibed to your amazing site, but i am unable to use it correctly. i would like some details on ESA as i have crohnes disease and at present bleeding from by bowels. i also suffer from other ilnesses as well/ i was put in the work related group and they are pressuring me to attend the meeting. i have asked wether they have the facilities of toilets in which i can use whilst being at the job centre, i was told no as its like going to a bank were the banks dont cater for toilets. i then said to sue my bladder or bowels do not run on a times table.

i asked the advisor wether she could come out and visit me, she also refused. i did mention i have a letter from the chrohnes and collitis organisation requestin of the job centre to give me access of the toilets when needed whilst being in the work related group at the job centre. the letter was also dismissed as well as the home visits.

she said she need to see me at some point and her hands are tied. Sue has now left me for 6months untill june 13. should i take this matter to a manager

thanks for your help

Hi B,

If you feel that you should be in The Support Group, (SG) you have one month from the date of the letter informing you that you were in The WRAG to appeal.

If you have missed this one month deadline, you can make a late appeal upto 13 months after the decision notice, but you will have to show good cause for the late appeal.

In either case, you can appeal using The GL24 Form, which can be downloaded and printed off from the link on this page :

How to submit an appeal

See also the following FAQ's :

Is there any risk to challenging a decision?

Do I have to attend WFIs while I appeal?

What will I be paid while I appeal?

Which are included in our : Appeals FAQ’s

There is an ESA Appeals Guide on this page :

ESA Claims Guides

Whilst on that page, you may wish to have a look at the appropriate ESA Claims Guides for the ESA 50 that you filled in, (old ESA50 03/11, before 28/01/13, or new ESA50 01/13)

Are you aware that if the ESA paid to you in The WRAG is Contribution Based (CB) ESA only, you will only receive 365 days of payment, unless you can gain access to The SG, see :

12 Month Limit for ESA(CB)

From our : ESA FAQ’s

Finally, as The DWP and/or any Works Provider are "public service providers" they are obliged to make "Reasonable Adjustments" for disabled people who visit their premises, especially if they are compelled to attend. This may include such things as Disabled Toilet access, etc, etc.

This is covered under The Equality Act 2010 :

odi.dwp.gov.uk/disabled-people-and-legis...010-and-dda-1995.php

I think "Reasonable Adjustments " are covered under sections 20, 21 and 22 of EA2010.

I d not want to overload you with too much information, so once you have read through the above, please repost on this topic if you have any further queries.

bro58

Hi B,

Please keep all your queries to the one topic thread, by hitting the reply to topic button.

Otherwise it causes confusion, and may mean that different Mods are answering the same question twice, as here.

For ease of access to this topic in the future, you should hit the "Favorite" button at the top of the topic.

I have merged your two topics.

bro58