Worried by reading this article on PIP

sben

Personal Independence Payments (PIP), the primary disability benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), can provide up to £750 per month for disabled claimants. A reduction or complete loss of this benefit can have a significant impact on individuals.

There are various reasons the DWP may halt or decrease your payments, but it rarely happens without prior notice. You'll likely receive a letter before the benefit is stopped, informing you of when it will end and why.

Your award letter will also let you know when your original claim is due to expire and whether it will be reviewed at that time. If your case needs to be reviewed before it can be extended, you'll receive a different letter with an award review form that you must complete and return.

Failure to do this promptly is one of the reasons the DWP can use to stop or reduce your benefit, according to Citizens Advice. This list also includes:

• Reaching the end of your fixed-term award
• After a medical assessment, the DWP decided your condition has improved
• You missed a medical assessment
• A change of circumstances that you reported to the DWP has made you ineligible
• You owe the DWP, and it is taking part of the benefit as a repayment
• You've been accused of benefit fraud
• You're subject to immigration control

If you're unsure as to why your benefit has been halted or reduced, the PIP enquiry line is available, call 0800 121 4433. This service is free from both mobiles and landlines, reports the Mirror.

If you failed to return a review form in time, this helpline can be used to explain your situation and request an extension. If you can't get an extension, it's crucial to begin completing a new PIP claim immediately, with the aim of reinstating your benefit before significant sums are missed.

A similar procedure applies if you missed a medical assessment. You should contact the enquiry line to explain why you missed the appointment and ask for a reschedule. If you manage to secure another appointment and it's found that you're still eligible for PIP, any payments missed during the period of cessation will be backdated.

Additionally, you can challenge any decision to stop or reduce your payments, a process known as mandatory reconsideration. However, this must be initiated within one month of the decision. Advisors at Citizens Advice and other charities can help you through this process.

In situations where you've been accused of benefit fraud, your payments will be halted while the DWP investigates. If your condition worsens during this time, you may be able to submit a new claim.

Otherwise, you'll need to wait until the investigation is completed. If the investigation finds that you did not commit benefit fraud, your payments will be backdated to include the money you would have received had your benefits not been stopped.

This for me is very scary.

Is this true, that PIP is going to stop, and no one will have finances for their disabilities?

Also, why is there not any other benefits for disabilities?

It makes me feel that PIP, the Government and DWP does not understand disabilities.

luvpink

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/134264/pip-might-be-stopping

Hi

Nothing has been confirmed yet.

You can join in the Green paper thread at the top of this page regarding potential changes to benefit cuts.

FredFlintstone

Sorry, but that title is very much like the clickbait you see on news articles and is not very helpful.

Trevor_PIP

You have misread the start of the article, there is nothing new in that article that isn't already known by a PIP claimants. The article is only giving reasons how you could lose your PIP, that is all.

Don't be worrying about it!

Rosie_Scope

Hi @sben, Hope you're okay, it's not an easy time and there can be a lot of confusing information about.

As others have mentioned, this article just gives reasons that PIP might be stopped in a normal claim. In most circumstances your PIP isn't often stopped without a good reason, so please don't worry.

If you're worried about government plans to change PIP, this has not been confirmed yet so things might still change. But from what we do know, PIP is not expected to be completely stopped for everybody. There's some information about the proposed changes here if you'd like to read about them:

Changes to disability benefits: what you need to know | Disability charity Scope UK