New law will apply from 3/ 4/2017 removing the Work Related Activity Component for new claimants of ESA. The Support Component if applicable will remain payable.
Transitional protection is given where-
'where
(a)the claim for employment and support allowance was made before 3rd April 2017 and that claim results in an award;
(b) where the claim was made on or after 3rd April 2017 but the claimant had previously been entitled to employment and support allowance and their period of limited capability for work started before 3rd April 2017;
(c) where the claimant is or will become a notified person for the purposes of conversion from an incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance and is subsequently found to have limited capability for work or limited capability for work related activity;
(d)where the claim was made on or after 3rd April 2017 but the claimant’s employment and support allowance is payable before 3rd April 2017;
(e)where the claim was made on or after 3rd April 2017 but the claimant’s assessment phase is deemed to have started before 3rd April 2017;
(f)where a claimant (who was previously entitled to an employment and support allowance as part of a claim made before 3rd April 2017) having been in receipt of a maternity allowance (which because they were receiving contributory employment and support allowance terminated their award to an employment and support allowance) makes a new claim for an employment and support allowance within 12 weeks of the date that their maternity allowance ended.'
Similar cuts apply to those presenting as sick under Universal Credit in the Work Related Activity Group. Transitional protection is also given.
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