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Hi its about my pip appeal decision and how long it takes dwp to sort it all out?
simister8763
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hi i would like some advice i was on dla for 5 years and had to apply for pip i did so and i was scored 0 points in all areas i then 6 months later went to a tribunal hearing and won my appeal under first tier tribunal its been 3 weeks since my tribunal and not heard a thing first question is do they have 28 days from tribunal date to ask for statement of reason or is it on the date they recieve the letter?? also how long would you roughly say it takes to release payment and back date?? any advice and help would be appreciated i am hoping they dont appeal as the last 6 months have been a nightmare and dont fancy going through another 6 month wait
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I am glad to hear that a tribunal awarded PIP.
It can take around 6-8 weeks for PIP awards to be paid and backdated. As such, it does not surprise me that you have heard nothing further since the tribunal.
In regard to full reasons for the tribunal decision, these have to be requested within 1 month of the tribunal decision, and are only requested if someone wants to consider challenging a tribunal decision. The tribunal should notify you if PIP have requested the full reasons for the tribunal decision, but if you want to make sure you can contact the tribunal service after 4-5 weeks, and ask if PIP have requested the reasons. If they have not made this request then it looks like they have accepted the tribunal decision.
It is rare for PIP to challenge a tribunal decision, but unfortunately i cannot guarantee that this will not happen in your case.
Maria
An award normally goes into payment following a tribunal decision 5-8 weeks
The DWP can take some time to consider the statement of reasons, and in the meantime they suspend your benefit payment. They must tell you if they are going to apply for leave to appeal further. They have one month from when they were sent the statement of reasons.
As CockneyRebel says, they can only appeal further on an error of law, so hopefully they won't find one. But they do seem to be suspending benefit more and more often to take as long as they are allowed to think about it - which is nerve-racking for you.
Will
Firstly i am so sorry to hear that you are having this battle it seems these days the dwp will go all out to appeal
myself n partner have been having the same battle as yourself only we are 13 since we won appeal and in august it will be 2 years since all payments stop and our case as been woth the upper level since end of Septeber 2017 ever time we phone we get the same reply its with the judge all i can say is hang in there as there seems no time limit to how long it should take with the judge its crazy keep phoning them and keep us posted on your progress
because if it take longer for tribunal date to come