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Pip esa assessment together

deeds1970
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Hi all,with the news that both benefits in future face to face being combined.how does this work if you have a pip award for 5 years and esa review due within 18months, does it meam the pip award looked at again.im little confused by how it will work to tie in together if esa is done every 1,2 or 3 years..
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It's a government proposal to consider combining the assessments so nobody knows how it will work as no details have been been issued yet.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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mikehughescq said:The proposal has long since been “paused” i.e. kicked into the long grass.
See https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-02-19/155229Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK. -
What is bizarre about the parliamentary answer i referenced above is that primarily refers to IT systems rather than to fundamental issues that might need to be addressed when considering one assessment process for PIP and WCA. (Who comes up with names such as 'Departmental Transformation Area'?)
Of course it would no doubt be easier if the assessment services were actually run by DWP instead of being outsourced.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK. -
mikehughescq said:It’s not so bizarre. The first attempt foundered instantly on the fact the IT was nowhere near up to snuff. This they abandoned the specific idea of joining the two processes and have decided to explore whether they could make the IT work regardless. Nothing learnt from 30 years of IT failures.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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mikehughescq said:The UC one is interesting...So, it was deliberately premised on it not bothering to acknowledge complexity from the off.
Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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