Hi, my name is Cljs1967! PIP assessment only lasted 20 mins. Will it be a bad decision?

Cljs1967

Hello I how is everyone I had my pip phone assessment today but it only lasted about 20 minutes so I'm thinking that the decision won't be a very good one as anyone else short phone assessment and still been awarded pip

Kimi87

Yes, mine was what's known as a paper based assessment so my phone call was out of the blue and not scheduled.

It lasted less than 20 minutes and I was awarded Enhanced for both, 6 years.

Cljs1967

Was you did it take long for them to give you a decision. I'm not holding my breath to be honest

Kimi87

This was back in April so I don't remember the answer to your question.

I was able to look at my phone's call log for the call duration 😊

Albus_Scope

Welcome to the community @Cljs1967 I'd try not to worry too much about the length of any assessments, they're usually there for assessors to get more information on things they arent sure of. So if you filled in your forms with all the relevant info, then the assessment would be quite short. It can be a good thing.

Cljs1967

Ok thank you I received a txt message this afternoon saying they have received my report and should hear back in around 8 weeks

poppy123456

The length of time the assessment took is no indication of what the decision is likely to be. It’s normal for assessments to last anything from 20 to 120 minutes.

palmer

hello my assessment was paper based phone call out of the blue only lasted about 5 minutes I asked more questions than the caller got high award on both 10 year’s award regards

Cljs1967

Thank you poppy123455 & palmer I don't think I will be awarded it to be honest because I have heard lots of people say you get refused with first application so I don't think I will get awarded but will just wait and see thank you all for your messages