What does an ongoing award mean? Will I have another review in 10 years?
Ashvinney
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Hi I am so pleased I got my award ongoing on both not sure what that means , do I get review again the date is 10 years they we'll look back at me then dus this mean I well be on the touch reward were you don't need reviewed again sorry about spelling I am dyslexic
Ajones
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I think the ongoing award means it will be reviewed next in 10 years, whether that means you have to complete forms again or it’s just a phone call I have no idea...mine was also an ongoing award for 10 years.
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An ongoing award is an ongoing award. However, it will be reviewed at the 10 year point. That does not mean you won’t be looked at for 10 years. It is open to DWP to review at any time as they see fit. In most cases they will indeed leave it for 10 years but there are plenty of examples where they have reviewed inside a year or 2. No point in worrying about such reviews as they could happen even if you had a 2 year award.
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I found this by googling which is the DWP response to a FOI request regarding light touch review
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/742619/response/1762860/attach/3/FOI2021%2026091%20Reply.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1
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Yup, as it says, no such thing as a light touch review as yet.
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However it does state that it is not expected it will not involve further assessments, unless something has significantly changed, as these ongoing awards are supposed to be given to people whose problems are not expected to improve let’s hope things are indeed kept to a minimum!mikehughescq said:Yup, as it says, no such thing as a light touch review as yet. -
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Not strictly true. They randomly review around 5,000 cases a year regardless of what they say and they could randomly review everyone should they so desire.DuffersMum said:
However it does state that it is not expected it will not involve further assessments, unless something has significantly changed, as these ongoing awards are supposed to be given to people whose problems are not expected to improve let’s hope things are indeed kept to a minimum!mikehughescq said:Yup, as it says, no such thing as a light touch review as yet.No change is needed for a review to be triggered. -
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