ESA and work-related activity

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

I wish to ask what procedure is followed when an ESA claimant in the Work Related Activity Group is first of all required to attend a Work-Focused Interview and then required to attend the Work Programme.

• What is recorded in the course of a Work-Focused Interview?
• In what format?
• Who has access to this?
• Is the claimant given a copy?
• Is an Action Plan drawn up by Jobcentre Plus in each case?
• What is the format and required content of an Action Plan drawn up by JC+?
• What information is the claimant given about their right to request reconsideration of the Action Plan?
• What guidance exists for staff about what to put in an Action Plan and how to inform the claimant? I wish this to be made available

On referral to the Work Programme, what information is the WP provider given:

• A copy of the ESA Work Capability Assessment points?
• A copy of the Health Care Professional assessment?
• GP or other medical evidence used in the ESA decision?
• The DM’s full decision and reasoning?
• The record of any WFI and Action Plan drawn up by JC+?
• Other?

If the provider then draws up its own Action Plan:
• Is this required to take JC+ information in to account?
• Does the claimant have the same legal right to request reconsideration of the plan?
• Who makes any decision upon such a request?

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Dutton
Derbyshire Welfare Rights

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