DWP brown envelope

robertt
robertt Community member Posts: 120 Connected
in PIP, DLA, and AA
Hi guys. Today I have received brown envelope DWP Belfast. I haven't opened it yet. I got my award last year in March until March 2023. Could it be that they want to call me for assessment? 

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  • MarkM88
    MarkM88 Community member Posts: 3,121 Connected
    I would just open it. It’s speculation until you do. 
  • robertt
    robertt Community member Posts: 120 Connected
    Thank you guys. I'm actually thinking of stopping claim and try to work. It's a bit stressful constantly thinking about upcoming assignments etc. I will open the envelope when get home later. 
  • leeCal
    leeCal Community member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    edited March 2021
    @robertt such self discipline! If I get a brown envelope I rip it open immediately! Gets the pain over and done with ?

    (sometimes it’s good news)
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Community member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    @robertt ir may just be an extension letter due to covid

    It is unlikely to be assessment as they send them 6 months 0prior ti end award so you shouldn't get any till till about oct nov 2022

    You dont need to stop your claim 8f you work you can get PIP and still work as long as work doesnt contradict why you claim PIP 

    You may as well just keep it until at least the award ends 
  • Queenofdisabilities
    Queenofdisabilities Community member Posts: 91 Connected
    robertt just open it its been sent to you for a reason may be nothing to worry about.
  • Queenofdisabilities
    Queenofdisabilities Community member Posts: 91 Connected
    Leecal im totally with you!
    I get brown PIp envelopes & think oh no what do they want with me now?!
    I just rip the plaster off & rip the envelope open.
    Take that yon brown envelope from t Pip!!!
  • robertt
    robertt Community member Posts: 120 Connected
    Hey guys. If anyone receives brown envelope is most likely PIP increase rates from April this year. That's what I got yesterday. Thank you for your help. 
  • dve24
    dve24 Community member Posts: 11 Connected
    not necessarily if its a thin letter I got one yesterday a single piece of paper telling me my claim has been stopped 
  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    I feel like they should change the colour of the letters. Make the envelope orange or something and they might not seem as daunting :) 

    Glad it wasn't anything to worry about in the end @robertt
  • MarkM88
    MarkM88 Community member Posts: 3,121 Connected
    @Ross_Scope apparently it’s been proposed. 

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community member Posts: 2,992 Championing
    I'm not sure how I'd feel about a bright pink envelope covered in flowers and emojis with an award refusal letter inside.  :D
  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    OverlyAnxious said:
    I'm not sure how I'd feel about a bright pink envelope covered in flowers and emojis with an award refusal letter inside.  :D
    Fair point. They could colour code them so the bad ones remain brown, but I guess that wouldn't help in the slightest to ease people's worry about opening them :) 
  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community member Posts: 2,992 Championing
    On a serious note, I don't think it would make any difference.  People would soon get used to whatever colour the 'bad' ones became and the anxiety would come back.   
  • leeCal
    leeCal Community member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    Years ago all business envelopes were brown, now from a Pavlovian point of view that could get quite ambiguous ...woof!
  • laurapeach
    laurapeach Community member, Scope Member Posts: 114 Empowering
    If it's a thin envelope it's more than likely just about the benefit rates for this year, I got one the other day and had the same panic!

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