PIP decision

kay2017

Pip has has had my change of circumstances now for eight months and still made no decision I've had my assessment and the manager called my appointee and said they was going to get this looked at in the next few days???? Can anyone help

poppy123456

HI and welcome.

May i ask when you had your face to face assessment?

kay2017

Hi poppy I had an written assessment about 3 weeks ago

poppy123456

Thanks for that. There's no timescales for decisions, it depends on backlog in your area. You can request a copy of the assessment report to be sent to you, this will give you some idea what the decision is likely to be because they usually go with the report.

As a change of circumstances were reported, if the decision is to award you a higher rate PIP then you will be backdated the difference to the date the changes were reported.

kay2017

Thankyou poppy for your reply they are really dragging there feet and seems like there doing it on purpose they've had my change of circumstances for nearly nine months now and getting no response from DWP 

poppy123456

You're welcome. That is a quite a long time to wait yes but on the other hand there's no timescales to any decision. Backogs is just part of the reason a decision can be delayed.

When you say written assessment i assume you mean you've had a paper based assessed. If so then at least you didn't have to have a face to face assessment.Hopefully not too long now.

kay2017

Hey poppy yeah I had a paper based assessment hopefully It won't be too long then till they make a decision it's really affecting my mental health now 

kay2017

Hi poppy Ive got a back pay from pip coming soon and it's gone to debt management are they allowed to take it out of your back pay from pip

poppy123456

Yes, i'm afraid they area allowed to do that.

kay2017

I was under the impression that there not allowed can't I set up a payment plan

poppy123456

That's not correct, they can. You will need to ring debt management and speak to them.

kay2017

Do you know how long it takes for the backpay to go into bank account

poppy123456

3-5 working days from the day the release the funds.

kay2017

Thanks poppy for letting me know

poppy123456

See link for the list of benefits that a debt can be taken from, PIP is included in this list.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770083/benefit-overpayment-recovery-guide.pdf