Today I returned from the shops to discover that I'd received not one but three letters from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). Totalling 16 pages these all relate to that questionnaire I had to fill in towards the end of 2012.
While I'm still digesting this all the summary is that because none of my answers have changed nothing about my classification has changed. Therefore I am still on contribution based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and am still in a work related activity group which means I still need to have periodic interviews with a specialist personal adviser. My entitlement to contribution based ESA actually yesterday (20/2/13). However while none of the letters make any reference to it I should immediately be transferred to income related ESA without me having to do anything.
Obviously Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is being phased out to be replaced by the Personal Independence Payment (PIP). However the very long list with my name on it will not begin the transfer until 2015 at the earliest and as there is a strong possibility that Britain will have a different government by then the change from DLA to PIP may not even happen at all.
I'm actually a bit disappointed by this because I was quite ready to go to war over it which is probably why the DWP decided against it. I may still challenge my being placed in a work related activity group because the last time I did voluntary work related activity (Enterprise House) it didn't end so well. However there is a strong possability that the appeal process will be more disruptive then just attending the occassional interview.
15:15 on 21/2/13
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