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13 April 2011
You can get employment and support allowance (ESA) if your ability to work is limited by ill health or disability. ESA replaced both incapacity benefit (IB) and income support (IS) paid on the grounds of incapacity for new claims from 27 October 2008.
Factsheet F31 - employment and support allowance is a basic introduction to employment and support allowance(ESA). You can find out more detailed information in Disability Rights UK's Disability Rights Handbook, available to buy at www.radar-shop.org.uk/ and our Employment and support allowance guide available to buy at www.disabilityalliance.org/esaguide2011.htm.
Both the ESA Guide and handbook cover the new ESA medical test rules and explain how you will be migrated onto ESA if you currently claim incapacity benefit or income support because you are sick.
Disability Alliance has now also produced Your guide to employment and support allowance which is a 16 page easy read guide to employment and support allowance. You can download a copy for free at www.disabilityalliance.org/esaeasy.htm.
All our publications are available at www.disabilityalliance.org/shop.htm. You can also place an order by contacting Disability Rights UK on 020 7247 8776 (this is not an advice line) or by fax on 020 7247 8765. All our factsheets are available at www.disabilityalliance.org/fact.htm.
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