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Hello,

 

A while ago I received an ESA50 which was filled out and returned and I am still awaiting any communication from them.

 

Today I received a letter from the council telling me that HB and CT benefit (I don't get full benefit) has been suspended because the DWP have told them there is a change in my circumstances or income.

 

This is news to me, I have heard nothing besides this so I'm getting very anxious that my IB has been stopped and I haven't been informed.

 

Can anyone help with this, is this just standard while they decide or should I have been informed?

 

My thanks for your help.

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The first thing to do would be to contact the benefit centre that pays your IB and ask what's happening. It sounds like they're in the process of migrating you to ESA, so this may be what's causing the problem.

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Hi, thanks for replying. I mentioned the esa because I thought it might be relevant. What I want to know is does this happen all the time? Should they not wait until I have an interview (just can't bring myself to call it a 'medical') before making any decisions and have these decisions been made without my being informed?

Basically whatever anyone knows about this generally.

I will not be contacting the dwp.

Thanks for any help.

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It's fairly common for people transferring from IB to ESA to be placed in the WRAG without a medical assessment, and if this has happened it could possibly cause an interruption to your payments. I've not heard of anyone having their benefits actually stopped (that is, claimant found fit for work) without an assessment taking place, though.

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Same happened to me

 

I changed from JSA to ESA

The job centre informed the council i was no longer claiming JSA

 

What you need to do is send the benefits department at the council an email, tell them you are migrating to ESA

AND THAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NOT CHANGED

 

They replied two days later stating that my benefit had not been closed down, but stopped on instructions from the DWP.

 

They immediately reinstated my payments which i received two days later. You must tell them though, the DWP will not too begin with, send the email to the council

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Thank you both for your help. This is the sort of information I was looking for, didn't know what it meant but this sounds likely. They do seem to do things in an odd way. My thanks again.

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