Post date after required date

MyHappy256
MyHappy256 Online Community Member Posts: 148 Empowering
in PIP, DLA, ADP & AA

I tried to order a post collection service from Royal mail, either for tracked 48 or for next day by 1pm, both of them say it will only be delivered by 29/12/25.

If the required delivery date is the 27/12/25, does posting it on the 22nd meet the deadline or does it have to arrive on the 27/12/25?

Thanks

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  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,875 Championing

    PIP aren't interested in the date you posted it. The deadline is for them to receive it. If they haven't received it and scanned it onto the computer by the deadline then your PIP can be automatically suspended. (This happened to me a couple of years ago).

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,875 Championing

    I wouldn't be at all surprised. Mine was posted in plenty of time, just not scanned quickly enough due to backlogs at their end. The automated computer systems just have a date set for suspension, they don't take things like bank holidays into account.

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,875 Championing

    The problem with many laws is that they are reactive, not proactive. The computer systems can't know when a person has posted something, for example, so they can't work on the postal date.

    The law means that PIP does get reinstated if the claimant is able to challenge the suspension. In my case I didn't even need proof of posting (I physically can't get to a PO so never have it) but I did need a relative to phone PIP on my behalf.

    Regardless of what the law says, I find it is always less hassle to cover myself proactively rather than relying on the reactive nature of legislation.

  • MyHappy256
    MyHappy256 Online Community Member Posts: 148 Empowering

    Scary, thank you for answering all, just have to accept the risk, I guess if they review it without all the information I sent I can still then raise it at tribunal that I responded?

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