ESA WRAG group and SDP

[ehlers]

Hi does anyone else that's in the WRAG group get the severe disability premium , in with there ESA ? This is just an interest ?

[Hidden]

The rates of ESA are £28 extra for the WRAG and £34 for the support group.

[ehlers in reply to Hidden]

It's the £58 severe disability premium payment on top of the wrag£28 orsupport£34 .

[fibro]

im assuming you mean SDP with income support, as people in the WRAG or Support group dont get any extra on top. it would be best to peak you the department that ays your income support, they will be able to tell you xx

[ehlers in reply to fibro]

No never been on income support , I get sever disability premium on ESA as I live alone , it was people at ESA that told me about it .

[fibro in reply to ehlers]

I'm really confused now, but that doesn't take much for me lol

I didn't know you can get extra, i think i might have to look at what i get as i don't is is housing benefit paid on top or something, as i just get basic ESA contribution rate…. i admit I don't live alone, my OH is on a low salary,less than he got 15 yrs ago where we used to live, but we had to move coz i could no longer manage the stairs and he just took any job so he could be close to home in case i need him.

Don't you think they really have made it hard to tell what you should be getting since they changed all these benefits. PIP is going to be even worse.

I wonder if its to cover up errors, it used to be very clear what people were entitled to, it doesn't seem like that now. xx

[sue32]

I do!! I get ESA, I'm in the WRAG, but I live alone and have several chronic conditions, so I get the 'top up'! XX

[ehlers in reply to sue32]

That's like me x

[haribo36]

Iam getting high rate long term incapacity and income support top up with the severe disability premium x

[ehlers]

I'm alone , I'm on ESA , get the 28 for WRAG , and have recently been given £58 severe disability premium . I just wondered how many in the WRAG v support group get this as it is a severe disability premium and yet they have me in the WRAG group fit for work ?

[fibro in reply to ehlers]

the WRAG group doesn't mean you are fit for work, it means that there is potential for you being able to return to work…. now thats just their words, we know our own bodies. it takes me until mid day to come to and be able to move, so I can only guess you all much be feeling the same. I know some do work with Fibro, but myself like many other, have other problems too.

It really annoys me to think how much money has been spend changing all these benefits, having all these sub groups as such and add ons etc, why couldn't they just leave the system alone…. they say it was to save money but i bet with all the appeals that many have won, they will be out of pocket in the end.

Some bigwig consultant got paid millions to review the way the system was being run and now all they have done is mack a complete mash of it!! xx

[ehlers]

I agree fibro , they keep changing it , making the way they assess things different , new paperwork ( ain't saving any trees lol) every time the pages get more and more , theres training for there staff and advisors to help us and as you say appeals system , but changing paperwork and calling it a different name , its all just the same thing , they have to pay out . Whether income support , ESA, pip , What ever group they put us in , like dla it high , middle, low rate . Mobility or care the should just add in work or no work . Lets face it 99 percent of us would work if we could only dont work because at this time we cant or wouldn't be claming .

[Joanne1973]

I am in WRAG group, live alone but have 3 dependant children, I get £200 a fortnight, can I get sdp ? X

[ehlers]

Depend on your situation , why not apply , it was my advisor at a4e that I meet or speak with that got me the forms . I don't get carers allowance for anyone once he new that he mentioned SDP I'm not sure if these two are related or not , it's £58 week to much to be missing out on I got mine back dated to date 12 weeks . Good luck . I