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DLA Information for Parents and Carers
This information only applies to England and Wales. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) helps with the extra costs of raising a disabled child. You can claim DLA for each disabled child under 16 who.. • has difficulty with mobility • needs more care than a non-disabled child of the same age Your child does not need a formal…
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Read me: How do I claim PIP and where can I get help filling the form in?
How do
I claim PIP? The initial claim is made by calling 0800 917
2222. You need your National Insurance Number, your bank details, and your GP
and other medical professionals’ contact details to hand. Someone can call on
your behalf, but you need to be with them when they call. A claim form is then sent out to you, and…
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Read me: What is Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and who is eligible?
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit
designed to help with the extra costs resulting from disability or long-term
ill health. PIP rates range from £21.80 to £139.75 per week, depending on how
your condition affects you. To quote from the official government website, “you
must have a long-term condition or…
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Pip - Have I passed the review?
I had a text saying my review is complete, i call the automated telephone number and it says im getting another payment in January aswell as the December payment, does this mean I have passed the review? Many thanks
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PIP AR1 Review Form confusion
Hello everyone I got my PIP AR1 review form today in the post and already filled it in but I'm a bit confused what I send back. Do I include the first few pages(the letter to me saying about my review is due with name and address etc and the guide on how to fill the form in)? Or do I just send the part that's marked as an…
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Disability premium
HHi Can some one help with enhanced disability premium I'm reaching 66 this February.but should I have been entitled to enhanced disability premium when I was first awarded both enhanced pip & under pension age . & on my housing benefit was I entitled to severe disability premium while under pension age
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My PIP is going to a tribunal over residency, can I travel in the mean time
So its taking such a long time that I can now go on holiday again (im allowed 3 weeks per year) I was allowed 3 weeks in 2025 but I didnt take it because of fear, and mental health, in 2026 if Im ready for it Ill go somewhere safe, unless that will affect residency again? Will it affect PIP and residency or not? I was out…
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PIP renewal
20 weeks is the usual amount of time for an application to be looked at so expect to hear at any time around 20 weeks before and it will be a PIP2 form PIP3 form etc.
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PIP assessment maximus
PIP assessment on 12th December 2025 at the Hull assessment centre. First, why was I not informed that the door of the assessment room was locked. My wife was not informed either. This is relevant due to the nature of my disability of anxiety and panic attacks and depression and Autism. I should have been informed that the…
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DLA date - is this correct or an error?
Hello, my child currently gets middle rate DLA for care only and has been getting it for a few years. I have just had a letter telling me about the increase from April but it is showing that they will be getting DLA until October 2nd 2027, however, they turn 16 on October 2nd 2026 (this year). Is this correct with DLA or…
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Confused about my award results
hi everyone, I’m hoping someone will be able to shed some light on my pip award that’s given to me and if this is the norm for DWP, I had my review recently I’m glad it was only a paper based review and not a horrid telephone assessment, I recieved my award letter last week and it states the following dates I’m awarded…
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Pip
hi I phoned the pip automated line to see if it told me my next payment before I got the decision letter it said my next payment is 28th September its now January so I was confused have I been awarded or is this a mistake in their side? I told them all the details they asked for but it told me that on the automated line…
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Cancel/change claim
I currently recieve pip and the award ends at the end of this year. I am autistic, have chronic pain and mental health issues. My claim is mainly for my mental health, when I first claimed I couldn’t leave the house now I am beginning to be able to and my condition is improving after support and help. I want to cancel my…
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PIP reassessment
Hello! I have been on PIP since 2022 for my chronic condition. I was asked last year to complete the PIP forms again and I added that I've been diagnosed with OCD and ADHD too, I've now just been diagnosed with osteoarthritis and impinged hips which have been agony. My Mum said they won't take my ADHD and OCD seriously…
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Form filled inaccurately by benefits advisor welfare charity
Help to put my issues right this is the only service in plymouth and they have basically ignored my requests to get a second opinion on my ar1 coc pip form to be looked at by anyone to double check it was done right as I no she didn't write half the things I said dismissed me.. didn't look at my ongoing award answers I…
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PIP Assessment
A question and bit of a rant. So I had a txt from pip/DWP nearly 3 weeks ago saying that a Health professional was looking at my claim, they would contact me with an appointment if they need to, this is the same message my friend got on the exact same day but with 24 hours she was given appointment for the week after so…
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PIP Result - Ask for an MR?
Hi, I had my assessment via a phone call, which was recorded at my request, I have had a message after a week saying I have been awarded pip. apparently standard on both parts which I find incredulous given the significant nature of my disability, and the physical limitations some of the causes of which are un-diagnosed…
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PIP
Question, my mum turns pension age in January, and she trying to get pip. So you just got the letter saying she has not got it again because basically they are not listening to her about how bad her arthritis is but can she still do the mandatory reconsideration and the appeal even if she goes past the date she start…
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tribunal points
we had to fight all the way for my husband we did get full m@d after fighting for years we had the hearing date come though for tribunal but a week before the pip manager rang and said this will get laughed out of court so she granted full points, however renewal things have got worse and they taken all points away been…
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PIP being backdated.
Hello, all. I'I've had a phone call frfrom PIP today ToTo Say i'm getgetting Some money backdated. Is this because I was in a care home and now i'I've left?
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The dreaded PIP review forms!
Hi all, I hope to find you all keeping as well as you can be. This Sunday I'm starting my PIP review forms. I moved over the Summer & have never seen my new gp i just spoke to him over the phone & he was not a very nice man! He stated that I Must come off my morphine & dropped it a large amount which made me very poorly &…
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Worried about my assesment
Hi all, I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD in the last year, I'm a 28 male so this has been a long long wait for something I knew already. I'm needing a bit of reassurance/ even advice for this. I applied for pip and have my assessment coming up. Firstly I forgot to provide my evidence like an idiot. When I asked my…
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Pip reconsideration
Hi I got a text this morning I need to be called about a personal independence payment he asked me questions about hospital stays and then other questions about my health he also said about a lump sum if I want it in a lump sum or installments he then said would standard daily be ok does this mean I’ve been successful or…
