Does anyone have advice about MR from PIP? How long do they take to pay arrears from MR?

susieb45

Hi does anyone have any advice about MR from pip please. I did one in may and I got a call from someone at dwp last week and they asked me further questions to support my claim and also made a note of the things they got wrong. She said I will hear in a week if I was successful.  Also do you know how long they take to pay arrears from MR

Emilyb81

Hiya ? i had my call on a Saturday got a yes and i got arrears on the thursday? So it was probably put through on monday so took 5 days for mine? She told me id get it by Wednesday or Thursday on the call? Did they not mention how long? I also spoke to esa on the Tuesday about putting sdp back into payment and she told me pip arrears was going to be in my account on Thursday and the amount ?

Emilyb81

Oh i just read your post again! Sorry so it should be about 3 days from the decision? If sending out you may get payment before letter as some others have? But id wait a week and call them they can tell you exactly when ??

janer1967

Hi there 

Impossible to say really 

The decision could take longer than the time they quoted due to workload 

The payment then needs to be calculated and authorised and then clear in your account 

Every case is different and there are no fixed timescales 

Girl_No1

@susieb45 I was in the same situation as you, telephone call re MR and no indication at that point what *new* outcome would be.  I received the arrears in account three days later, and the letter confirming new award quite a few days after that.  This was in January this year.  However, as @janer1967 wisely counsels, it really is impossible to say due to so many stages in the process.  Good luck! 

susieb45

@Emilyb81 Hiya thank you for your reply hun.Glad you got your award ?? The dwp rang me on a Sunday gone which I thought was odd, I nearly missed the call??‍♀️she asked a few questions in regards to my MR and she said I would get a letter in 7days so look out it. So just wondered how long to get any payments after the letter. But thank you will just wait and see,hopefully soon. I also did an application for esa just sent my fit note to them via email.  I've been told to apply for universal credit, but its confusing.Will get more info on it.

susieb45

@janer1967 hiya thank you for your reply hun, your right maybe it could be sooner or later as I suppose each case is different. Will just have to be patient I suppose ?

susieb45

@Girl_No1 Hiya thank you so much for sharing your experience,  so glad yours was good news,thats fab hun???. Hopefully I will hear from them soon ,will just be patient. Just wasn't sure of the time scale as I didn't even know they would be calling in regards to MR. Thanks again