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It is worth adjusting?
It took me forever to receive daily living standard pip. My health issues have worsened since with new diagnosed conditions. Is it worth letting pip know? Will I have to do whole new claim?
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Backdated PIP paid straight to Tax credit arrears.
Hi, I have been receiving PIP for my mental health issues for the last few years, i wrote in due to a change in circumstances and i received a letter this morning along with some back dated money that was owed to me from my change in circumstances in January. I previously was only awarded the standard rate for the Daily…
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Moving in with partner, do I need to tell PIP?
Hi all I am in receipt of PIP, I live in Essex but want to move in with my partner who lives in Cambridge. Do i send the pip a letter with a change of address, will my claim be ok or will it end. I’m currently awaiting an award review.
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PIP review and Motability car
Hi My pip is due to expire 7 December and I sent my review back with evidence back in May. I have had no reply yet from pip and have a motability vehicle. What happens with my vehicle if I haven't heard back? I am not good on the phone but my son can help me. Any advice would be good. Many thanks
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Hi, my name is AshleyHall1! How long does an SOR take?
Hi. I won my pip appeal on October 8th and the DWP have asked the court for an SOR. Please can somebody tell me how long this should take and what the chances of DWP appealing this are please? My claim has been going on since 23/05/2023 and this is affecting my mental health to an all time low now.
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Pip declined.
Applied for PIP end of June. Heard absolutely nothing from them until last Friday. Hubby gets a text saying the are sending the paper form out for him to fill in. So on the phone I get on Tuesday and the lady explains the text was send out by mistake and she would forward his form to the medical assessment department…
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PIP Assessment
Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing as well as possible. Just wanted to say that I just had my PIP assessment (phone call) which I was dreading as I've heard so many horror stories. How wrong was I? The lady was lovely. She went through the questions on my form and asked for a bit more detail here and there. At the end,…
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Pip assessment appointment
Hi everyone Does anyone have an idea why in my phone call one question was, do you sit in your garden? I said I like gardening. So he asked that. I have ADHD and severe anxiety. That question was a bit odd I thought. Am I overthinking it? Ha!
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Pip payment
Im sure this has been asked loads of times! But I can't find the answer on here. I got a text saying I've been awarded PIP this morning!! And the letter will come in 2 weeks. If I call them will they tell me what my award and backdated is? (The text says don't call!)
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Hi, my name is Lilly86! how long it take for them to backdate DLA money
Hey, my child has been awarded Dla. I'm getting the first payment in my UC this month. Just wondering does anyone know how long it takes for them to backdate the money from June to October? Thankyou
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How long does PIP decision take?
I’ve only just joined. I do have a question I had my first assessment for pip on the 26th off September and got a text on Wednesday the 2nd off October saying I’ll have a decision anything up to 8 weeks. So I was wondering if anyone has any advice on if it takes this long. I did have a really lovely lady that asked a lot…
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Back Dated PIP
We asked for the DWP to look again at a decision they made on my husbands PIP award. This was because of the change in the law which meant that some people who had been scored 2 on the social engagement with people question were now eligible to score 4 points. The DWP agreed that my husband was effected and the change in…
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Payments reduced after review
Hi all, Just Venting here and hoping someone has gone through something similar to offer me advice. The first time I applied for PIP I was refused and ended up going to Tribunal. I was awarded at appeal standard rate in both components. I have stage 4 bilateral knee osteoarthritis and since October 2022 I have to use a…
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What could / should PIP be paying for ?
The government appears to have backed down on the option of paying PIP in the form of vouchers - this time ! But lets start a list of everything that PIP could / should be paying for ? (Things that I am unable to do myself - that my wife does for me) I'll start off with a few : Someone to cook my meals for me. Someone to…
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Pip horror story - Going to Upper Tribunal
It seems that everyone is having the same problem with pip as me. They wrote things that I didn’t say in their report. The tribunal said because my son went to mainstream school, could drive and had 2 temporary jobs in 6 years and gained qualifications he has made sufficient progress therefore he is not eligible. The worst…
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PIP
Hi, I sent my daughter Pip Forms special delivery. It got there the day later. I had to send them before the 26 of October. They got there on the 17 of October. I just received a letter from Pip dated the 16 of October saying that they haven't received them yet. But as I said, they got there on the 17. It states on the…
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Update on my pip review
Just a quick message to all rang dwp as people advised me to do yippee spoke to a very lovely lady who did my MR over the phone and even she was shocked at the coments the assessor and the decision maker wrote as she got my file up infront of herself especially about me driving for work no mention of help I need after work…
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Pip appeal won July then today I received this
I have no idea what this means. I was awarded Pip after a year long battle. Then today out of the blue I received a Pip tribunal letter teir 1. I'm on enhanced and daily, and have been since July, should I be bothered or not? I don't want to phone them just in case they say they've made a mistake and that I shouldnt have…
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Confused over reinstatement of carers allowance
I'm still waiting for my Mr decision letter for my MR. However, my husband's carers allowance has been backdated to 10th of June. After ringing carers allowance and PIP enquiry lines to find out why the back payment was made neither of them seem to know. We have informed UC and asked if they know , as they sent a message…
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Lwrca
Any updates on budged about lwcra
