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  2. Employment and Support Allowance - Wikipedia

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    Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is a United Kingdom welfare payment for adults younger than the State Pension age who are having difficulty finding work because of their long-term medical condition or a disability. It is a basic income-replacement benefit paid in lieu of wages.

  3. Disability benefits - Wikipedia

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    Disability benefits are a form of financial assistance or welfare designed to support disabled individuals who cannot work due to a chronic illness, disease or injury. Disability benefits are typically provided through various sources, including government programs, group disability insurance provided by employers or associations or private ...

  4. Criticism of Employment Support Allowance - Wikipedia

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    At the time Employment and Support Allowance was implemented in 2008 it was assumed that less than 10% of those having a Work Capability Assessment would go into the Support Group and that, as a result of [the extra help to find work given to people in the Work-Related Activity Group], there was an aspiration that one million fewer people would ...

  5. Work Capability Assessment - Wikipedia

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    If the evidence shows that, on balance, according to the legally-defined criteria of the test, the claimant could not reasonably be expected to work or prepare for work, then a face-to-face assessment should not be necessary, the claimant should be recommended for the Support Group, and the higher rate of ESA usually granted.

  6. ESA (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Coverdell Education Savings Account, an American investment account; Economic Stabilization Agency, of the Government of the United States; defunct; Employment and Support Allowance, a British Government state benefit; Employment Standards Act, of the Parliament of Canada; European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority

  7. What are cold weather payments and how can I get one?

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    The bank top-up will be in eligible people’s bank account within 14 days of the trigger. – Does this affect my benefits? Cold weather payments do not affect other benefits.

  8. Incapacity Benefit - Wikipedia

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    In 1995, the Conservative Secretary of State for Social Security, Peter Lilley, abolished Invalidity Benefit for fresh claims and replaced it with Incapacity Benefit after the Prime Minister of the day, John Major, had complained about the burgeoning caseload, saying: "Frankly, it beggars belief that so many more people have suddenly become invalids, especially at a time when the health of the ...

  9. Severe Disablement Allowance - Wikipedia

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    Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA) was a United Kingdom state benefit intended for those below the state pension age who cannot work because of illness or disability. It was replaced by Incapacity Benefit in April 2001, which itself was replaced by Employment and Support Allowance. However, although it is no longer possible to make a claim for ...