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ESA articles
ESA medical assessments: official guidance
Calculating ESA (article from WRB 205)
The work capability assessment (article from WRB 204)
Employment and Support Allowance: announcements in the new Green Paper
Q&A – Employment and Support Allowance (updated 9 October 2008)
Conditionality for ESA claimants
Transitional Arrangements: Employment and support allowance
Employment and Support Allowance: the detailed rules
A quick reference guide
ESA Rates Analysis
A detailed comparison of current benefit rates with the ESA rates that will apply to new claimants from October 2008.
Download ESA Rates Analysis (36 KB PDF file)
ESA legislation
Primary legislation:
The Welfare Reform Act 2007: Part 1
www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2007/ukpga_20070005_en_2#pt1-pb1-l1g1
Secondary legislation:
The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080794_en_1
The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2008 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080795_en_1
The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2008, SI No.1082 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20081082_en_1
The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No.2) Regulations 2008, SI No. 1554 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20081554_en_1
The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 3) Regulations 2008, SI 2008 No.1879 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20081879_en_1
The Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008, SI 2008 No.2428 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20081879_en_1
ESA guidance
DWP Decision Makers Guide - new ESA volumes
Two new volumes (nos. 8 and 9) have been added by the DWP in anticipation of ESA.
This handbook contains guidance for health care professionals who examine claimants and produce reports for the DWP concerning the work capability assessment. It contains useful information about medical services procedures, and about the way in which the DWP themselves interpret the meaning of some of the ESA provisions.
This guidance produced by the DWP for local authorities administering housing benefit and council tax benefit explains how the Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2008 (SI.No.1082/2008) amend the rules for housing benefit and council tax benefit to take account of the introduction of ESA.
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