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If i win PIP tribunal, do i get the money back that they woud have paid for the car that i had?

Hi im awaiting for a date for my PIP tribunal case, im just wondering if anyone knows, i had my motability car taken off me in Oct 2016, and i was just wondering if i win the case, do i get the money back that they woud have paid for the car that i had? Thanks in advance.
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Basically, yes they do. If the decision is changed by the appeal tribunal and you are awarded the enhanced rate of the mobility component then the DWP will pay you the arrears going back to the time your PIP was first awarded. Assuming you are currently getting the standard rate of £21.80 per week and you are later awarded the enhanced rate of £57.45 per week then the DWP will owe you the balance of £35.65 per week for the period in between the date of the original PIP award and the date the decision is later changed.
Good luck with your appeal
David
Thank you in advance.
Paulp
Hi Paul,
Hope you've got this!
The amount of the backdate would, assuming you are now on the standard rate, be £35.65 x the number of weeks since your enhanced rate was removed.
As Pathood correctly says, this is the equivalent of car x this number of weeks, as this is the alternative option to having the mobility car.
Hope this helps!
Mary
Paulp
How's everything going? Have you got a date for your tribunal yet?