How many of us are scared of the dwp?
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https://www.gov.uk/pip/how-much-youll-get
"If you get other benefits and PIP
You may get a top-up (called a disability premium) if you get:
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Housing Benefit
You might get the disability element of Working Tax Credit if you’re eligible.
If you get Constant Attendance Allowance you’ll get less of the daily living part of PIP.
If you get War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement you will not get the mobility part of PIP."
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https://www.gov.uk/constant-attendance-allowance/what-youll-get
"If you get Constant Attendance Allowance at the same time as Attendance Allowance, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA), the amount of Attendance Allowance, PIP or DLA you get might be reduced."
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Like for example myself, I receive both ESA and UC, ESA has not fallen off so to speak, it stays there until the migration is complete, and will become one under UC eventually in the long run, but the effective amount won't change.
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The exact amount you will get under UC will be given to you on the universal credit portal a few days before the actual bank transfer, that date of the release of the report on how much you will get will also be on there, and you will be told that date by your advisor as well.
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Oh wow what a mind field god used to get stressed on old system when assessment coming up do they leave you alone on support group thankyou for explaining I don't think I will ever understand god I'd wish they left us alone
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II'm Sorry to hear gid awful do they contact you alot on uc
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I think when the erase wca pip will become the main health benefit and become means tested
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The great thing is at first there is a couple of phone calls, one to verify identify and explain the process, and the other if things need to be clarified. Most of the communication is just on the UC portal luckily, and you will get an email if there is a new message on there, it allows for uploading and making journal entries as well, and also if you need help you can just make an entry for your advisor sort of like a message back.
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So being a married couple means one carers element, instead of what they were doing.
They want to reduce benefits and salt the only way they are getting away with it is to move people onto a benefit where things don't exist. I have already experienced the losses with the last saving money cuts.
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It’s perfectly normal to have appreciation about the unknown. My advice is to prepare for the unexpected in whatever you do. It’s almost like you need to document everything and keep it safe for a rainy day - that’s what I have always done when dealing with the DWP. If you’re health condition or finances change, remember to inform them of everything.
I had to have a phone review of my UC today. Even I was caught off guard! I had failed to do something quite simple and have spent the day putting my documents in files and sending them off.
it is what it is unfortunately. The system was never meant to be easy unfortunately.0 -
I am staying too prepare for the transition by keeping my bank statements for four months. Then, if I am ever asked to provide them for any review, be it uc or council. I will have them ready.
I am also closing an account, as it will be simpler to just have one that the council won't query everytime!
It's not going to be straightforward because people on pip or other benefits that aren't monthly, will still find it harder to budget?
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It's not teething problems, its the policy of their higher ups to purposefully make it hard on you and **** you off, otherwise they'd be out of the job, their job could be automated then, as it doesn't require any intelligence.
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My PIP claim was pretty traumatic, and most of it was unnecessary as I was going from permanent DLA with a lifelong condition and it should have been as simple as transferring me from one to the other. It should not have gone to tribunal.
I think I would rather not have interaction with the DWP that isn't entirely necessary. So I have told them detail changes like phone number etc, that's important. But I haven't bothered to tell them that I haven't had my Christmas bonus in 3 years, because it feels like it will just lead to more hassle I don't need.
I am afraid of them in the sense that I don't want to have to fight for my rights again. So overall, I would definitely tell them about important changes in personal details. Perhaps fortunately, my condition is permanent and lifelong, and not likely to change, so changes in other ways are not really likely for me. But I admit, I would worry about contacting them if I had a worsening condition, in case it put me back through that whole process again.
I still have anxiety when a letter from the DWP arrives, even if it's just the April notification of new rates.
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No, this isn't the case for everyone. Some that claim UC do not have any TP included and some already have LCWRA when the migrate across.
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You are correct, a PIP award doesn't affect UC in a bad way. Actually in some cases it can increase your UC.
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sorry I am asking a lot of questions, I get pip but it doesn’t make me better off as it is deducted from my uc as the same amount, and my daughter DLA is as well so how can it make some people be better off?
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I'm sorry but some of this information in the first paragraph that isn't correct. Contributions based ESA Support Group and New style ESA Support Group has no end it. It's only time limited to 1 year if placed into the WRAG.
Some people claiming CB ESA will be entitled to the Income Related top up but this doesn't end the CB ESA claim. The ESA will be known as Income Related but the real term is known as CB with an Income Related top up.
Some people will not be entitled to the Income Related top up so their ESA remains only as CB.
New style ESA has no income Related top up because there's no disability premiums payable with this.
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Like others, I had to 'migrate' to PIP following an indefinite award of DLA. I have a genetic disorder, which is obviously also 'lifelong.'
I didn't have, & still don't have, any fear concerning the DWP. I think possibly the difficulty is that you just can't compare the criteria for DLA & PIP, so there was never going to be 'just' a simple transfer from one to the other. What can be difficult is actually understanding the criteria.
With PIP, if a claimant has a worsening condition, then always seek advice, as this would not necessarily result in an award/a higher award, & if it wouldn't, then no, do not put in for a 'change of circumstances,' as you'd likely have to complete a new claim form, go through another assessment, etc. You do not otherwise have to report a worsening condition, a new diagnosis nor a change in your medication.
Hopefully here on this forum is where help can be found in understanding the criteria for different benefits. We should also know that statistically claimants have a more overall positive experience, so reading about negative comments elsewhere shouldn't stop people here asking for help, listening to considered advice, as well as looking at any helpful links provided which are always worth reading.
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every time I speak to them I end up crying! They made me attend job coach interviews when I’ve been very unwell, I’ve even thrown up in their office when I’ve had a severe headache and stiff neck/ photophobiadue to my brain injury/ hydrocephalus/ high intercranial pressure.
im very worried about the future. I’m still quite ill a few years down the line.the white paper that’s going through parliament at the moment where they’re making disabled people go back to work is giving me sleepless nights. I know I wouldn’t be able to hold down a job. I was badly bullied in my last job…..and I have a lot of difficulty managing my stress levels.
Last time I claimed universal credit they took a whole year to pay me…..they’re going to transfer me back to UC soon.
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Please refer back to your thread because help is being given on there.
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