Managed Migration to UC when on ESA Support Group

Hi Via,

In your case there should be nothing to worry about as far as the Work Coach is concerned.
That is because as long as the Migration is carried out correctly you will be transferred to the UC equivalent of the Support Group which is called LCWRA ( limited capability for work and work related activity ).
This means that your conditionality group for the Claimant Commitment is the No Work Related Requirements Group. So there is no requirement to attend the Jobcentre to look for work or prepare in the future for work.

The link below is to a useful Citizens Advice website.
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/unive...mmitment-what-group/

David

Hi VIA

The transfer should be automatic when you sign your claimant commitment.

The conditions for claiming Universal Credit are set out in a "claimant commitment" that most people will have to accept at the beginning of their claim. If you are part of a couple, you will each have a separate claimant commitment that may be different from each other's.

People who may not need to accept a commitment include those who lack capacity, those who have exceptional circumstances  where it would be unreasonable to expect them to agree a commitment (this is decided by the work coach on a case by case basis), or, From 15 February 2022 people with a terminal illness and less than 6 months to live were also excluded, and from 4 April 2023 this was extended to 12 months.

 There are 4 conditionality groups:

* Group 1. No work related requirements
* Group 2. Work-focused interview requirement
* Group 3. Work preparation requirement
* Group 4. All work-related requirements

www.entitledto.co.uk/help/Claimant-commitment-Universal-Credit

Gary

Hi BV

You will still need to sign a claimant commitment as you will be making a new claim.

Gary