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DWP has not acknowledged my appeal

I was searching on the internet to see if anyone else has experienced what Im currently going through with appealing Dwp decision to stopping my PIP completely. In June 2018 I submitted an appeal to Tribunal and till this day off me posting this, DWP has not responded or acknowledged my appeal with Tribunal. I contacted DWP by phone and they apologised for not responding at all and said that they will send the pack with there defence in 2 weeks. 4 weeks have gone and still have not received pack containing DWP defence. yesterday I received a letter from Tribunal and they have stated that they are going to proceed with an oral hearing rather than paper hearing due to no response received. Im worried i will not get my PIP at all even if i win tribunal. Has anyone else out there been treated this way? can anyone advise?
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Disability Gamechanger - 2019
Good Afternoon & Welcome it’s great to meet you today.
I am very very sorry 😐 to see your ongoing situation with you
Here’s some info for you below
https://search.scope.org.uk/s/redirect?collection=scope-meta&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2FSupport%2FDisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2FDWP-benefits-appeals%2FUpper-Tribunal&index_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scope.org.uk%2FSupport%2FDisabled-people%2Fbenefits%2FDWP-benefits-appeals%2FUpper-Tribunal&auth=J8RBp%2F9tUn3x3rgBxg2xJQ&profile=_default&rank=2&query=Pip
Please please let me know if I can help/support you further????
So sorry to hear this, what a frustrating situation! I'm unsure of how it would be best to proceed myself, but hopefully some of our experienced members will be in touch soon and able to advise.
you don't want to keep chasing them let the courts do their thing it will go against the DWP if they fail to respond it will make a good outcome for you more likely
They usually pay up within 6 weeks of the decision
Be patient think of the back pay
Write to the DWP appeals team. There have been far too many cases recently where HMCTS claim no bundle and DWP have in fact produced and circulsted one.
I’m not clear why you would think it possible to win an appeal but not her paid. If you win, you get paid provided DWP don’t appeal further to UT.
If there’s genuinely a lack of a bundle that will likely help you but you can aid things by providing a copy of your claim pack; the HCP report and all DWP decisions in relation to the issue.
I was informed, eventually, that the file no longer existed.
So unless you have copies of everything at home including all of the DLA history you are unlikely to get any joy from the DWP in them sending a copy.
What has happened to the Civil Service if it is accepted practice that what they say may well be a load of rubbish?
DWP is not the civil service and they’ve been at least this bad for the duration of my career.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/recruitment
From my experience of the DWP which goes back to 1995, I found them to be timely, efficient and correct in all of my dealings with them. Even the Pension Service were originally efficient.
I do accept that things have deteriorated since which is mainly due to the loss of staff and having outside agencies run the telephone system.
I eventually retired in 2009 and to be completely frank my department attempted to excel at everything including giving out factually correct answers.
In addition a system was put in place where the public were asked to comment on how their problem was resolved and how well they were treated.
From about 2015 I haven't had any reason to communicate with them so cannot confirm or deny if anything has changed. However I have heard from others that recently trying to get through to them has been difficult.
Again as regards the DWP in general, my only contact with them started in 1995 - IIDB and ESA in particular for which things went quite smoothly.
I will admit that I had professional assistance at that time from Welfare Rights that were attached to the local authority via my involvement with the Mental Health Community Team and having a nominated Social Worker. They did everything for me including correspondence etc. However that stopped in about 2002 when things were supposed to be dealt with within the Care in the Community programme that was rolled out which never happened in my case - I seemed to have been lost in the ether.
Think you are flogging the proverbial "dead horse", with respect to @Yadnab.
Have you got a link for your post, about Wrexham AFC? I love my radio coverage of football. If that makes sense.
I was simply seeking an example of the enhanced speech, for less sighted people.
Just so I could listen to a commentary of a match. There is no link on the BBC as you posted.
I refer you to my first and only post on this site!
Come on England.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46482677
ADC done well is just way more satisfying than traditional commrntary.
Apologies to everyone else. We’re way off topic here
Sorry to be a pain, but I am looking for a link to ADC, so I can judge for myself.
Is there a broadcast edition, that you could kindly provide?
It's sounds great, would just like to hear sample of commentary.
Duh! Yes, but it’s the perpetual leap from your experience to assertions as to how entire organisations and the rest of the population behave that’s the issue. On the hand you riff on these things and when you expand on your experience it inevitably becomes obvious it’s not even extensive experience in most cases but you remain adamant that your experience must be the same as others even when it patently isn’t.
Just asking for simple link.
Many thanks.