PIP tribunal help please?

Emma010101

Hi, this is my 1st time posting & I am after some advise please? 
I am currently in the process of a PIP tribunal having been denied at initial assessment and MR. The deadline for DWP to respond to my appeal is 30th August - today I received messaged from DWP to state they'd be contacting me (strange on a Sunday I thought?) Unfortunately, I missed the call and am unable to call back due to it being the weekend.. a few hours later I received an email from the tribunal service to say DWP has responded and they will contact me when my hearing is booked.
I am confused because I have only ever heard of DWP contacting before the hearing to change the award so it does not go to tribunal, so I am very confused by todays events.. 
Has anyone experienced similar to this please? 
Thanks 🤞 

poppy123456

DWP do sometimes work weekends. Unfortunately I can only guess why they contacted you and you will need to ring them on Tuesday when they open. 

jeanlafont

first what is the grounds of your appeal 
did you fill out the questions topic ie moving around>eating ect if yes based on your answers if you scored 
high mark on those issues you will fail if you did not get assessment form then write back saying why not
hope that helps ps am new on this platform  first post whom am i

poppy123456

jeanlafont said:

did you fill out the questions topic ie moving around>eating ect if yes based on your answers if you scored 
high mark on those issues you will fail

Sorry but i don't understand what you mean by this? Scoring high for a descriptor doesn't mean you'll "fail"

Jimm_Alumni

Hi @jeanlafont, I'm afraid the lack of punctuation and the formatting makes it rather hard to read your post. Could you clarify what you are trying to say or edit it if that's okay?

Thank you

jeanlafont

the common man women understand that is the answer. a steam of blah.

poppy123456

jeanlafont said:

the common man women understand that is the answer. a steam of blah.

I'm sorry but you've lost me here and i don't understand your comment.

Emma010101

It was just a call to say I'll be receiving my bundle in the post - so it looks like we're going to tribunal! 
I have 4 weeks from the date on the bundle to submit my answers to the tribunal, is that right? 

poppy123456

Emma010101 said:

I have 4 weeks from the date on the bundle to submit my answers to the tribunal, is that right? 

I've not heard of that rule before. If you do have any extra evidence to send HMCTS usually ask you to make sure it arrives at least 2 weeks before the hearing date. 

Assuming you've requested either a telephone/video or face to face hearing then a several month wait at least is most likely. Either of those will give you the best chance of a decision in your favour, current 70%+ at least. Paper based hearings have a considerably less chance of between 5-8%.

Emma010101

poppy123456 said:

Emma010101 said:

I have 4 weeks from the date on the bundle to submit my answers to the tribunal, is that right? 

I've not heard of that rule before. If you do have any extra evidence to send HMCTS usually ask you to make sure it arrives at least 2 weeks before the hearing date. 

Assuming you've requested either a telephone/video or face to face hearing then a several month wait at least is most likely. Either of those will give you the best chance of a decision in your favour, current 70%+ at least. Paper based hearings have a considerably less chance of between 5-8%.

So there is not a set time for responses to be submitted to the tribunal? 
I have requested a video hearing.

poppy123456

No, not for the claimant, other than to make sure any extra evidence, including your submission arrives no later than 2 weeks before the hearing.