I recorded my assessment, and the report doesn't match. Should I quote the recording in a statement?

rob86

Was after some advice. I recorded my telephone assesment  on my phone and have asked for the report and got it before a decision has been made.
Reading the report I think I've no chance of any points, but comparing the report to the recording theres a lot of inaccuracies/lies/omissions.
So my question is should I write a statement detailing and quoting the recording, before decision is made or wait and save it for mandatory? (Will also be sending extra evidence, that I've asked them to wait for).
Thank you.

chiarieds

Hi @rob86 -  Have you looked at the black circles or ticks near the end of your report to see what points may be awarded? You can check against these comparable activities/descriptors to work out the points for each component (daily living & mobility). Please see: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/Migrated_Documents/adviceguide/pip-9-table-of-activities-descriptors-and-points.pdf

About your recording, the only use is for you personally. If you do need to ask for a Mandatory Reconsideration, where another decision maker looks at all of your evidence, then, no, I wouldn't mention your recording, nor would I mention it now.

If needed, what gains a PIP award is giving a couple of detailed examples as to your difficulty for each applicable activity rather than concentrating on any 'inaccuracies.' For now, I would check to see how many points are recommended by the assessor using the link above. Then please do come back to us.

Justcheckingin15

@charieds..Do you know if 'they' record our Phone Assessments ?

rob86

Thanks for the reply's. Sorry to sound something? I thought recordings were ok as long as not shared to a third party?
If thats definately not the case could I not just reference a few points without saying its a recording?
Just furious with so much of what was said and thought I'd caught a break recording all my calls.
I'd already sent examples, but they weren't mentioned and I scored 0 for all.
Thank you.

chiarieds

Hi @rob86 - I very much doubt they either have the time or resources to record assessments, & you would have had to agree with this previously. It's normally some claimants that have wished to do so.

If you could irrefutably 'prove' a lie that the assessor has made, then no reason not to say, but this may be hard to do. You say how you are, & the assessor makes an opinion based on that, tho it may be contrary to how you really are. As mentioned above, rather than concentrating on the 'inaccuracies' in your assessor's report, you should concentrate on where you should have gained points. The next stage is a Mandatory Reconsideration, which should be put in writing, & altho this doesn't often result in a change of award (tho you have nothing to lose), tribunals have a far higher success rate.

wilko

@mikehughescq, another well written answer, your a man of great wisdom, and always give a well thought out answers.

Tori_Scope

Welcome to the community @rob86 Have the above replies helped? Do you have any further questions?

Just to let you know, I've renamed your post slightly to try and briefly reflect your situation and the question you asked. 

rob86

Thanks for all the replies. In over my head I think so will get someone to help. Glad checked here otherwise I'd probably just jumped in wrong again.

Tori_Scope

Here's a link to find advice near you should you need it @rob86