Cable Forum - View Single Post - Worrying news for ESA claimants converting from DLA to PIP.

RichardCoulter · 06-02-2018, 21:29

The Government decision to amend the regulations to cut PIP to those facing psychological problems when going outside eg those who are blind, have mental health problems/disabilities has been defeated by the courts.

As a result every PIP claim (whether successful or not) since the scheme began will have to be reviewed (there are about 200,000 of them).

There will be no need to contact the DWP as they will contact each person separately and you won't be required to have another face to face assessment, however, because assessors were in effect told not to take this issue into account, many claims will have insufficient information and be routinely turned down. If you are turned down you should appeal and provide the extra information to support your claim.

This is going to cost a fortune to administer and is another example of this Governments cuts to help for the most vulnerable in society costing the taxpayer more than what they hoped to save.

This extra help could be worth up to £58 a week at current rates.

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RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10,067	Re: Worrying news for ESA claimants converting from DLA to PIP. The Government decision to amend the regulations to cut PIP to those facing psychological problems when going outside eg those who are blind, have mental health problems/disabilities has been defeated by the courts. As a result every PIP claim (whether successful or not) since the scheme began will have to be reviewed (there are about 200,000 of them). There will be no need to contact the DWP as they will contact each person separately and you won't be required to have another face to face assessment, however, because assessors were in effect told not to take this issue into account, many claims will have insufficient information and be routinely turned down. If you are turned down you should appeal and provide the extra information to support your claim. This is going to cost a fortune to administer and is another example of this Governments cuts to help for the most vulnerable in society costing the taxpayer more than what they hoped to save. This extra help could be worth up to £58 a week at current rates.