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shocking

its only through a pal of mine i learned about servere disability payment i was severely disabled for years never received this as I didn't ask for it only way you get it was never told about it no one is have to know in order to make claim extra 72 quid a week again been robbed by those in the portion to help you .I think it's disgusting so all those that don't know now you do . call and ask e.s.a about it ..may be robbing you too this goverment need quick kick up Backside for wrongs they do ....
Only me .. cathie..
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Not everybody is computer savvy or even owns one.
As for being proactive, you can only ask if you are entitled to something if you actually know that the something exists. Given the climate welfare claimants face in asking if there is anymore money they can get from anywhere it's not surprising that they are very reluctant to ask with the danger of feeling a scrounger.
Should the over 65's be more proactive? Should they go knocking on doors asking for more money?
A quote from AgeUK - Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, says: "Despite millions of older people struggling financially, around £3.5 billion in money benefits remains unclaimed every year when this extra income could make a huge difference to their lives.”
For this category of people the DWP actually know the majority who should be claiming the above and are failing to contact them to get a claim in.
I have heard it many times that the notes are far too detailed and unclear.
Get to page 25 and it looks like the end of the claim form. Many unintentionally don't go to complete pages 26 onwards as it appears to only deal with immigrants etc.
It could be years later that they find out that pages 26 et seq should have been completed also if the income based part of ESA was appropriate.
I have read the notes of this form many times and they still confuse me.
My comments suggested that this isn't always the case as the form is so long winded with notes for completion almost impossible to understand that many claimants fail to go any further than page 25. Pages 26 et seq are for claiming the Income based top up.
Hence if the ESA1 was made easier to complete and not have it in two parts then there would never really be a need for the IS10 to be completed. As claimants are finding out, failure to complete both parts of the ESA1 and then having to complete the IS10 at a later date will/could result in the loss of a benefit for the intervening period.
You are seemingly under the impression that all claimants fill out the ESA1 from pages 1 through to 55. They don't generally for the reason I gave in my earlier post.