Scope's reply to the governments planned concessions to the green paper.

To everyone concerned about the proposed changes to CB ESA, you haven't been forgotten. However the 2nd reading of the 'Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill' which will have it's 2nd reading next week, is just about those 2 benefits, & why most of the current discussion is about UC & PIP.

There's still time to respond to the Govt's Green Paper as the proposed changes to the CB ESA & JSA are at least being consulted upon. Please see the following from section 151 onwards. You can either respond to this & the few other bits that are actually open to consultation, or email in a reply. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper#section-1--what-the-reformed-system-will-look-like

It's said right at the end of this,

Please email consultation.pathwaystowork@dwp .gov.uk

if:

• you would like to respond via email, or
• you have any other enquiries specifically relating to this consultation

You have until midnight 30 June to reply

It's annoying that this question has not been asked, as far as I can tell, by anybody in a position to do so.

I suspect you're right, they don't have a good track record so far for keeping promises and this isn't even that because it's so muddled and unclear. At this point, I don't trust anything is secure for us at all.

Well so far the concessions seem to barely go far enough. Surely they wont curry the favour of the rebel MPs?

If that’s the case why does mobility have two different descriptors one for how far you can walk outside and one for planning journeys safely etc . Second part is clearly for those who suffer panic attacks etc .

Thank you 🙏. I think because I’ve had suck bad luck with assessments, even tribunal where the dwp turned up , it’s made me nervous now . It’s funny but the dwp have mostly been supportive of me but assessors not so much

Yes phone is better for me personally as I have invisible conditions so I look fine unless my sciatica plays up then I’m screaming in pain . Same as the pain from my arthritis. But my fibromyalgia pain is a pain that throbs constantly and my reaction to it is different so you wouldn’t know what I’m feeling. My first assessor was face to face and absolutely nasty . Lied , disagreed with everything I said , ignored all medical evidence. So I don’t want a face to face . I’m praying for paper based , just to get a break for once

I agree with your post! This has been going on years and how to claim PIP etc. And the numbers of working age claiming ill health benefits has gone up 2/3 since lockdown - this is fact. PIP claimants have risen 1.7m in the same period from 2m in 2020. Absolutely sure UC and PIP are being gamed (fleeced) at a time face to face appointments I went through were stopped!! It's obvious when you look at averages on PIP alone. There were a 1/4m applications for PIP in the first 3 months of this year, so as you say clogged up! I said all this when I first joined this forum and I am sure it is the cause of all the upset for genuine disabled people.

Same concern which I mentioned in an earlier post, this is a win, anything that gives us progress is a win, but of course there is still a battle for new claimants, and these later descriptor changes which I have a sneaky feeling may not be included in these concessions. But we wont know until more is revealed, apparently these concessions havent even being put in the written bill yet, so MPs dont know what they voting on.