ESA(c) 12 Mth Limit?

Hi All,

I Put a Claim in for ESA(c) at the begining of March and still have not had a medical!

Am i right in thinking that if i am eventualy put in the WRAG my claim will be back paid and then stopped at the end of March 2012.

Also any ideas on what happens if the process takes longer than the 12 month limit.

Many thanks

Pi

Pi wrote:

Hi All,

I Put a Claim in for ESA(c) at the begining of March and still have not had a medical!

Am i right in thinking that if i am eventualy put in the WRAG my claim will be back paid and then stopped at the end of March 2012.

Also any ideas on what happens if the process takes longer than the 12 month limit.

Many thanks

Pi

Hi,

Bearing in mind the time span since claiming, I would be tempted to write to the JC+ office dealing with the claim to enquire what is going on and why a decision is taking so long.

If you are subsequently put into the Support Group or WRAG then you will be back paid any owings of benefit.

If as it stands, the Welfare Reform Act goes through as it stands and becomes law in April 2012, then if you are put into the WRAG your benefit would stop as soon as the date set out in the proposals is enacted - April 2012 currently (as you would have had in excess of 12 months in the Contributory WRAG).

Pete

Many thanks.

Pi

In response to a question from Stephen Timms on the matter of reclaiming CB ESA after the one year time limit Grayling gave this answer:-

"People could re-qualify for contributory employment and support allowance if they are subsequently placed in the Support Group after their contributory benefit has been time limited where they received contributory employment and support allowance for at least one day in the tax year prior to the benefit year in which the new claim is made. This is in addition to where claimants leave benefit for work and accrue the necessary contributions, or remain or become entitled to income-related employment and support allowance."


See:- Here

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