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PIP stats
I found this https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/tableView/tableView.xhtml on line At the moment - I am trying to figure out how to use it - but I am sure that it holds vital information fot claimants !!
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Filling in PIP form on computer
Hi everyone. well my brown envelope arrived "inviting" me to apply for PIP because they are stopping my DLA. As my handwriting is chuffing awful (because my hands don't work properly) I want a version I can type into instead. I seem to recall there was a link on here some time ago, but I can't find it now. Please could…
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DLA & Uni
Hi I am currently in receipt of a lifetime DLA award (and have been seriously keeping my head well below the PIP parapet 😉 ), which of course provides me with my car, amongst other things. I am also in receipt of Housing & Council Tax Benefit and ESA. I've been attending a local Creative Writing group for some years and…
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"Moving Around" PIP
How do they decide the distance that you are able to move in the PIP assessment ? Do they ask you to try to walk between two markers and time you with a stopwatch /? I understand that Dr's letters etc are ignored ......
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Suitable cassette recorders for PIP interview?
I'm trying to help a friend source two cassette recorders for a PIP interview so that she can produce two recordings. She thinks that an inbuilt microphone isn't likely to be good enough but I'm struggling to find anything online that has a microphone jack. She doesn't have much money to spend. Can anyone suggest a…
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Carers alliwance income
I am in the process of applying for the carers allowance. I currently have a part time job which is paid at £520 a month every month. Am i entitled to carers allowance? Thanks
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Who pays for what when care is needed?
My Mother is terminally ill and been told we are looking at months, she is end stage heart and renal failure, with other associated problems. I have been having problems with Social Services and the financial assessment in particular. At first it was nil then because she got higher rate AA from lower rate, the council took…
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Proofread and check appeals letter for PIP please?
Would there be anyone happy to proofread and check my appeal against a PIP claim, please? I’ve looked at a few examples of letter layouts and suggestions and used the .Gov site, and I’m pretty sure I have the information I’ve needed to be included, but I want to be sure I’ve covered points correctly based on the…
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Another PIP post
So I filled in the form this morning. Not as bad as I was expecting but still worried as what I see here and what they say on the form conflict. I suspect I won't get awarded anything but one has to try. For me its not about the money its more about access to things. Really would like something like the nimbus access card…
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Mobility Car / PIP For my Dad, How to Apply?
Hi, hoping someone can help. My Dad has recently become disabled due to a brain infection and has ended up cortically blind and in a wheelchair. He is 78 and my Mother would like to take him out now and again from the nursing home but finding it impossible to do so without transport, just today we tried to book a…
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Benefits for terminally ill on top of AA
My Mother had a routine visit from her heart failure nurse yesterday. She brought a form to be signed and said it was to get her some extra money, around £88 per week. Unfortunately I wasn't there to see the form so I am not sure exactly what it was. The nurse said it was extra money for terminally ill people and there…
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pip on going award
Hi, My husband's pip is due for renewal in September, on the last award letter said he would be contacted September 2019, which is two months before his state pension age. We were only talking about it this morning, going the doctors for a supporting letter and up to date medical information, wondering when the forms would…
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Please get assessor's report.
Please listen to the people on here who says to get an assessor’s report. I’ve just received ours and to say I’m shocked is an understatement. The person who came to us was really nice and assured us that we had no need to worry as he’s put down for enhanced in both, but it’s not up to him as his superior and the Pip team…
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Pip pa4
DLA to PIP: Six weeks after my assessment and at the third time of asking I received today a copy of the PA4, I was previously on mid care, low mobility DLA adding up the points scored on the PA4 it looks like standard care enhanced mobility.Of course I still have to wait for the official decision. I have to say that the…
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PIP Renewal over due
Hello, My PIP award is from 2016 to 21st Feb 2020. I haven’t received my renewal form yet. In February this year I received a yearly review letter saying nothing had changed but nothing else was sent. It says on my award letter I will get contacted after 21st Feb 2019, but no letter has been sent by DWP. Are they behind,…
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Do i have to declare
Girlfriend split with ex boyfriend. And has joint ownership of house but he pays the morgage. Shes Now living in another house left to her in her nans will.no morgage on that property. She claims pip and esa She lives in the house and rents out. the other 2 bedrooms 1 at 65 pounds and the other at 85 pounds..does she have…
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Appealing PIP decision - interview paperwork missing information
Hi, I’m appealing the decision made for PIP. Originally, I said I wanted to appeal just the mobility, but looking through the interview notes the nurse made, there are things missing here and there, answers I gave and explained are ridiculously short, limited to four word sentences in some instances. My walking has…
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pip assessment
hi i had my pip home assessment done today at lunch time 1pm today and worried about few things she made me do stuff i couldnt do and wanted know what i watched on tv now big question is i just had a text from dwp saying they had my report is this a bit quick and its now 5pm does this sound like bad news
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Salary sacrifice and carers allowance
I am claiming carers allowance at the moment. I am wanting to go back to work and will be hiring a car through a salary sacrifice scheme. This will reduce my already part time hours below the wage for carers £123. I know someone who works with me who does this she states it’s the gross salary they look at so it’s fine. I…
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Hoist for mobility scooter (also s'hand fitters)
Hi all I've been looking at getting a secondhand Hoist fitted in my Fiat Doblo as hubby has had another heart attack. I've phoned everyone in the area (SE Wales) and no-one is willing to fit - the motability fitting outlets won't fit 2nd hand ones anyway. I did find a company in Filton, Bristol that sold & installed…
