Form completion time

As I understand it you now have 4 weeks to complete the ESA50 form. But what if you are sent the form late and have less than 4 weeks to fill it out, can you do anything about it?

Please can anyone also advise me if you can send a printed version of the form or must the original form be completed by hand.

Thanks

pickles wrote:

As I understand it you now have 4 weeks to complete the ESA50 form. But what if you are sent the form late and have less than 4 weeks to fill it out, can you do anything about it?

Please can anyone also advise me if you can send a printed version of the form or must the original form be completed by hand.

Thanks

Hi P,

The 4 weeks is actual legislation, see this extract :

Amendments to the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995

9.—(1) The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 7(2)(18) (failure to provide information)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a) for “6 weeks” substitute “4 weeks”; and.
(b)in sub-paragraph (b)–.
(i)for “4 weeks” substitute “3 weeks”, and.
(ii)for “2 weeks have” substitute “1 week has”.

From 9. of this document :

www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2425/part/3/made

With respect to the ESA50 see here :

Use Of The Interactive PDF Version Of The ESA50 Questionnaire

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