Employment and Support Allowance: Coronavirus
(asked on 17th March 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to pay employment and support allowance to claimants on the first day of application as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
This question was answered on 23rd March 2020
Those applying for Contributory ESA are able to claim from day 1 – as opposed to day 8. And we have removed the need for face-to-face assessment.