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Topic	Replies	Views	Created	Last reply
Sticky: Leaked DWP letter - IB migration to ESA will be a nightmare & our fears realised this may also AFFECT DLA	1	240	by John 22/07/2010 - 4:35pm	by John 22/07/2010 - 5:30pm
Sticky: Work focused health related assessment suspended for two years	3	135	by John 28/06/2010 - 12:47pm	by John 29/06/2010 - 1:39pm
Sticky: Welfare for the 21st Century & State of the nation report: poverty, worklessness and welfare dependency in the UK - DWP 270510	9	386	by John 27/05/2010 - 12:03pm	by kevin 29/05/2010 - 10:20am
Sticky: ESA - Definition of work related activity.	0	386	by John 14/05/2009 - 11:42am	n/a
Sticky: Mental Health and the Employment & Support Allowance - DWP	3	489	by John 26/02/2009 - 7:38pm	by anonymous (not verified) 10/03/2009 - 1:48pm
Sticky: Employment & Support Allowance (ESA) and HIV/AIDS, DLA, training etc .. - Answers to Freedom of Information Request.	2	692	by John 13/01/2009 - 7:41pm	by John 14/01/2009 - 4:14pm
Sticky: DEAC - Disability Employment Advisory Committee (DWP)	0	309	by John 15/12/2008 - 10:59am	n/a
Sticky: Easy ESA guide from Disability Alliance	0	334	by John 22/11/2008 - 5:21pm	n/a
Sticky: Easy ESA Guide from the Disability Alliance	0	303	by John 22/11/2008 - 5:18pm	n/a
Sticky: HIV, Employment & Support Allowance (ESA) & Employment - the issues?	2	456	by John 06/11/2008 - 12:18am	by John 06/11/2008 - 9:49pm
Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment Statitics	0	0	by kevin 6 min 24 sec ago	n/a
New statistics show thousands found fit for work as Government vows to push ahead with plans to reassess incapacity benefits	2	44	by John 27/07/2010 - 11:05am	by kevin 8 min 56 sec ago
Reassessment of 1.5 million incapacity benefit claimants will be a challenge that the DWP is equipped to deliver says Lord Freud	2	106	by John 21/07/2010 - 9:32pm	by anonymous (not verified) 1 day 3 hours ago
The Welfare Reform Act 2007 (Commencement No. 12) SI 2010 no. 1905(C. 100) facilitates move to ESA from IB	1	25	by John 27/07/2010 - 10:51am	by anonymous (not verified) 1 day 12 hours ago
The Social Security (Housing Costs) (Standard Interest Rate) Amendment Regulations 2010 SI 2010 no. 1811	0	37	by John 22/07/2010 - 4:58pm	n/a
MP's Guide to Disability, Lord Freud & Welfare Reform, Anne Begg MP all at the APPG Disability Financial Independence Event	2	219	by John 17/06/2010 - 4:44pm	by John 22/07/2010 - 4:40pm
Employment and support allowance - the medical tests	1	126	by kevin 09/06/2010 - 4:48pm	by anonymous (not verified) 19/07/2010 - 6:04pm
Protection of housing benefit and council tax benefit when claimants migrated to ESA - HB/CTB A14/2010	0	35	by John 02/07/2010 - 9:14pm	n/a
ESA & IB appeals double in last year according to Tribunals Service stats. Of those appeals, 42% decided in favour of claimant	0	65	by John 02/07/2010 - 8:58pm	n/a
Work Capability Assessment (WCA) Internal Review published "WCA is accurately identifying individuals’ capability for work"	0	55	by John 02/07/2010 - 8:50pm	n/a
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)	5	154	by kevin 16/06/2010 - 8:50am	by kevin 02/07/2010 - 4:55am
Scots benefit claimants to test stringent work pilot - Work Capability Assessment (WCA) & ESA	1	95	by John 30/06/2010 - 1:34pm	by kevin 01/07/2010 - 10:03am
DWP research report 633: A Study of Language and Communication Between Advisers and Claimants in Work-Focused Interviews (IB)	0	46	by John 30/06/2010 - 1:39pm	n/a
Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Medical Examinations - FOI request	4	290	by kevin 27/06/2010 - 4:28am	by anonymous (not verified) 29/06/2010 - 12:06pm
IFW, IB, SDA AND ESA: SS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) (NO 3) REGULATIONS 2010 - Memo DMG 33/10	0	98	by John 26/06/2010 - 1:29pm	n/a
Employment and Support Allowance data for November 2009	0	27	by kevin 24/05/2010 - 6:09pm	n/a
CAB evidence on the ESA work capability assessment	3	453	by kevin 24/03/2010 - 7:17am	by al g (not verified) 12/05/2010 - 5:19pm
Latest DWP Statistics on ESA claims to August 2009 and WCA to February 2010	2	166	by John 29/04/2010 - 2:07pm	by kevin 29/04/2010 - 4:32pm
Even HARSHER new ESA medical approved - Benefits & Work - 13th April 2010	0	722	by John 13/04/2010 - 5:40pm	n/a
"Building Bridges to Work – helping the long term unemployed back to work" DWP - CHANGES to WCA/ESA/JSA	0	211	by John 01/04/2010 - 7:09pm	n/a
DWP Memo DMG 16/10 ESA AND INCAPACITY FOR WORK APPEAL	3	234	by John 22/03/2010 - 6:08pm	by kevin 22/03/2010 - 6:40pm
The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2010 SI. 2010 No 840 including medicals	0	30	by John 22/03/2010 - 6:17pm	n/a
2010 UKUT 50 AAC, CE 2373 2009, ESA, mental, cognitive & intellectual function assessment WCA Descriptor 18&19 Tribunal Case Law	0	127	by John 17/03/2010 - 3:15pm	n/a
APPDG Special DWP Review of Employment Support for Disabled People, DCS Briefing & DWP Presentation on ESA, Pathways etc..	0	57	by John 17/03/2010 - 2:59pm	n/a
Training and diagnostic experience required by Atos Medical Doctors carrying out Work Capability Assessments.	1	414	by John 09/03/2010 - 4:10pm	by John 09/03/2010 - 4:13pm
Sharing of Social Security information DWP, Training Providers,Careers Advisory Services & Employers - SI 2010 No. 508.	0	54	by John 09/03/2010 - 2:17pm	n/a
The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Sanctions for Failure to Attend) Regulations 2010 SI.no. 509 - effective 6th April 2010	0	98	by John 09/03/2010 - 2:01pm	n/a
The influence of outcome-based contracting on Provider-led Pathways to Work - DWP Report no. 638 - "Parking of some claimants"	0	98	by John 01/03/2010 - 12:16pm	n/a
ESA AWARDED FOLLOWING ESA APPEAL - Memo DMG 07/10 internal DWP	2	139	by John 20/02/2010 - 6:21pm	by anonymous (not verified) 20/02/2010 - 6:54pm
CPAG - ESA (Transitional Provisions)(Existing Awards) regulations (2010) - SSAC consultation response.	0	66	by John 11/02/2010 - 11:01am	n/a
DWP RR605 Joint Pilots baseline research '"Hard to help" individuals may never be employable'	0	84	by John 25/01/2010 - 10:26am	n/a
19 January 2010 – Welfare reform – fewer people left behind in this recession - DWP Press Release	0	100	by John 20/01/2010 - 11:35am	n/a
Well fair reform?: Tackling disability poverty in a changing welfare state - conference report - Disability Alliance	2	459	by John 03/12/2009 - 5:50pm	by anonymous (not verified) 16/12/2009 - 4:14pm
BBC Inside Out London covers the new "fit note" and the issues for GP's	2	324	by John 12/10/2009 - 6:51pm	by John 03/11/2009 - 12:08pm
Medical evidence: Use of evidence from claim to one benefit (DLA Mobility) in claim to different benefit (ESA PCA Incapacity)	0	118	by John 03/11/2009 - 10:42am	n/a
13 October 2009 – New figures show thousands stopped from getting trapped on sickness benefit (ESA/IB) - DWP Press Release	2	198	by John 14/10/2009 - 4:33pm	by John 15/10/2009 - 7:48am
Integration of a claim for ESA and Housing/Council Tax Benefit	0	197	by John 06/10/2009 - 10:03am	n/a
Some changes to means tested & ESA benefits - Statutory Instrument 2009 No. 2655	0	171	by John 06/10/2009 - 9:35am	n/a
New Deal becomes "Flexible New Deal" from 5th October 2009	0	189	by John 05/10/2009 - 8:52am	n/a
CONTINUING ENTITLEMENT TO IS: PERSONS INCAPABLE OF WORK DMG 30/09	0	192	by John 02/09/2009 - 1:26pm	n/a
Case law - "No continuing duty to disclose where disclosure to correct office"	0	196	by John 02/09/2009 - 1:20pm	n/a
"PM faces benefit plan rebellion " - Housing Benefit	0	145	by John 28/08/2009 - 10:41am	n/a
"Work for your Benefit" - pilot programmes to start in 5 areas from October 2010	0	127	by John 04/08/2009 - 9:11am	n/a
Benefits should be simplified - various news agencies	0	116	by John 03/08/2009 - 4:57pm	n/a
ESA & Work Capability Assessment (WCA) how many since introduction of ESA.	0	312	by John 23/07/2009 - 10:31am	n/a
IB, ESA & Mental Health how many assessed as 'limited' since 1997.	0	136	by John 23/07/2009 - 10:26am	n/a
Number of work-focused interviews for IB and ESA claimants over next 2 years ?	0	279	by John 23/07/2009 - 10:21am	n/a
No. of IB Claimants to be migrated to ESA over next three years - written answer	0	133	by John 23/07/2009 - 10:18am	n/a
New test raises bar for sickness benefits - Financial Times	0	154	by John 13/07/2009 - 5:43pm	n/a
Call for independent assessment of medical assessment interviews by Atos	0	112	by John 09/07/2009 - 3:16pm	n/a
Lone parents to be offered better pay incentives to work	0	101	by John 06/07/2009 - 12:46pm	n/a
Cuts package threatens deep political divisions - Housing benefit	0	84	by John 06/07/2009 - 12:44pm	n/a
Billions in benefits go unclaimed - BBC	3	158	by John 25/06/2009 - 12:31pm	by John 28/06/2009 - 1:17pm
New Statutory Instrument 2009 no. 1490	0	160	by John 23/06/2009 - 7:02pm	n/a
ESA Appeals Guide available from benefitsandwork.co.uk	0	136	by John 12/06/2009 - 11:04am	n/a
"e-Transfer" begins next month - transfer of Housing Benefit claim information from Jobcentre plus to claimant's Local Authority	0	105	by John 10/06/2009 - 9:40am	n/a
New ‘fit note’ unveiled - government gets rid of ‘sick note’ culture - DWP Consultation	1	343	by John 29/05/2009 - 11:18am	by John 04/06/2009 - 1:58pm
Welfare Reform Milestones	0	220	by John 26/05/2009 - 5:53am	n/a
"Budget for jobs announces £1bn future jobs fund and guaranteed work or training for all young people" - DWP Budget09	1	354	by John 23/04/2009 - 4:13pm	by John 23/04/2009 - 4:22pm
ESA Rates	0	345	by John 31/03/2008 - 12:12pm	n/a