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Durus

Hi,

I recently filled and sent off my PIP assessment with the help a welfare charity about a week and a half ago.

I received a very short phone call today from a lady from captia (about 5 minutes) and asked a few more questions and then said I didn't need an assessment and would receive a decision within a few weeks.

I'm worried as it seems very rare not to have an assessment? I didn't send a huge amount of evidence either as the person from welfare charity helping me said I could send more evidence if the claim initally gets rejected. 

Anyone got an experience with not needing an assessment?

poppy123456

Sounds like you had what’s known as a paper based assessment. Though these are rare they do happen.

Once the report is returned to DWP a decision can take up to about 12 weeks. I just admit your timescale has been extremely fast after returning the forms.