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How much compensation should DWP for 7 years delay
julia21r
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Hi. My disabled sister’s claim for Income Related ESA was accepted and backdated after 7 long years, after a hugely long battle with DWP, and in courts.
She was recently paid the backdated money but when I’ve asked for compensation to cover the legal cost, for mal-administration again after a 5 months battle in which they didn’t accept initially they ever done anything wrong, recently I had the DWP accept they were wrong but denied anything I’ve asked.
They offered to pay the interest (£587) and £200 compensation!
Which I believe it’s not fair!
Many advice please?
She was recently paid the backdated money but when I’ve asked for compensation to cover the legal cost, for mal-administration again after a 5 months battle in which they didn’t accept initially they ever done anything wrong, recently I had the DWP accept they were wrong but denied anything I’ve asked.
They offered to pay the interest (£587) and £200 compensation!
Which I believe it’s not fair!
Many advice please?
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I've moved this post into our Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) category, so other members of our community can offer advice and support.
The DWP complaints procedure is here and you should follow each stage of it, and carry on until the end or until you have a satisfactory outcome.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/complaints-procedure
It's impossible to say how much compensation you should have for 7 years of delays, it's a case of how long is a piece of string. All the best,
Lee
Thank you.
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/members-only-news/1141-how-some-claimants-get-thousands-of-ppp-in-dwp-compensation