All ESA claimants who are put into the work-related activity group will be required to attend a series of six work-focused interviews with
a personal adviser.
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The purpose of these interviews is to draw up and implement an action plan with a view to getting you back to work.
Regulations specify the following information to be provided by you at interview-
- your educational qualifications and vocational training;
- your work history;
- your aspirations for future work;
- your skills that are relevant to work;
- your work-related abilities;
- your caring or childcare responsibilities;
- any paid or unpaid work that you are undertaking.
At interview you will be expected to discuss the following-
- any activity that you are willing to undertake which may make obtaining or remaining in work more likely;
- any such activity that you may have previously undertaken;
- any progress that you may have made towards remaining in or obtaining work;
- any work-focused health-related assessment that you may have taken part in;
- your opinion as to the extent to which the ability to remain in or obtain work is restricted by your physical or mental condition.
Failure to attend or participate in these interviews could result in your benefit being sanctioned.
