Anyone else had a call to ask about hospital stays, leaving the country, and being in prison?

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kc1606

Hi, I was wondering if anybody had ever had anything similar to this, I sent my original application off on 10th feb, first time around after a stressful and long wait I was rejected, however I realised I hadn’t sent enough evidence off and so I sent off more with my MR. Got a call 2 days ago from a lady at DWP who said she’s looking at my review today and just had a few questions. She asked 

have you had a long term stay in hospital since 10th feb?
have you been out of the country since 10th feb 
have you been in prison since 10th feb 

I said no, she said ok that’s fine and have you changed your bank details since 10th feb( which would be when I gave my bank details on original application) I said no, she said ok you will have a letter in the next 10 days bye. 

I know that hospital stays, going abroad and prison can have your benefits stopped or deducted, so I can’t help but think she wouldn’t be asking if she wasn’t awarding me the PIP, has anybody else had a call like this and then went on to recieve pip or is this just a standard call they make when doing the reconsiderations? 

Anybody that gets back to me I would be very grateful I can’t help over thinking right now 


Thankyou 

poppy123456

Those are indeed questions they usually ask when they owe you some money. However, there has been a recent member here who was asked those very questions but a few weeks later when they received the MR decision it was still a refusal. Fingers crossed that this isn't the same for you.